Donnish Mysteries/Detectives

[Judy]

Thank you for the lists, Alwynne! Lots to explore there. I do enjoy an academic setting for a mystery.

Going back to Ruth's question about mysteries involving archaeologists, I've found a list of those too:

https://murder-mayhem.com/archaeologi...

And an interesting article from the CrimeReads website which mentions a few:
https://crimereads.com/on-archaeology...

[Margaret]

Murder by BurialStanley Casson (old green Penguin) is very good and is set on an amateur dig. Katherine Farrer The Cretan Counterfeit(1954, old green Penguin) has a background heavily linked to Crete/the Minoans. And there's an Ellis Peters set on a Roman site, which has an excellent chase scene at the end, but I can't remember the title at the moment.

[Margaret]

Margaret wrote: "Murder by BurialStanley Casson (old green Penguin) is very good and is set on an amateur dig. Katherine Farrer The Cretan Counterfeit(1954, old green P..."

Casson was a professional archaeologist/Greek historian and Farrer read Classics.

[Alwynne]

Those sound good will check them out and I've ordered the Cherwell one.

[Susan in NC]

Alwynne wrote: "I've been meaning to try this one, set in a fictional Oxford women's college Death on the Cherwell"

Me, too, it’s on my TBR list! One of us should nominate for July...

[Susan in NC]

Jill wrote: "Seems like a good one to be put up for nomination some time"

Oh, sorry, I just repeated Jill’s suggestion- what I get for not reading all comments...🤪

[Susan in NC]

Margaret wrote: "Alwynne wrote: "Judy wrote: "Death on the Cherwell is a fun read as far as I remember, Alwynne - I think we did all the books by that author as group reads a while back. I will check the details wh..."

Sounds like a good summer mystery!

[Alwynne]

Found these articles that have some good recommendations:

https://crimereads.com/the-many-myste...

https://crimereads.com/the-educated-c...

[Abigail]

Thanks for those links, Alwynne!