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Thanks for your note. I have tried "Still Life" and a few others in that series. I know they are popular. I just found the writing verbose.

Since I first posted my question, I have been enjoying Ruth Rendell's "Inspector Wexford" series. They are certainly more intense and lack the sweetness of Constable Evans, but Rendell has created a whole world, filled with astute psychological insights and characters who refuse to be cliches.

I have also tried M.C. Beaton. I guess Hamish MacBeth can be compared to Evan Evans, but I didn't enjoy him as much. And I find Beaton's Agatha Raisin series to be trite.

I admit it: I am picky. I have been disabled 18 years and reading is one of the few things I can still do, so this question is really important to me.

I wish that Alexander McCall Smith would add to his Isabel Dalhousie series. I had read that a new book would be published April 1, but that turned out to be erroneous.

Have you tried the Peter Maxwell series by M.J. Trow? It is brilliantly written.

No, I have not heard of that series. Will check it out. Thanks for your willingness to help a stranger.

Anything to promote "Mad Max" - and of course to help someone who likes Evan Evans. ;)

I see you know my old friend Isabel Dalhousie. I was sad when I came to the end of that series.

Yes, I do like her. Still two books to go for me, plus the e-short. I have developed a taste for 44 Scotland Street as well.

Louise Penny has not been a page turner for me......