Ann Granger

Ann Granger, 2009

Patricia Ann Granger (* 1939 in Portsmouth , England ) is an English thriller - writer .

Life

Ann Granger studied modern languages ​​at London University and then worked as an English teacher in France, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Austria. She then went into the diplomatic service. Together with her husband, she worked in Zambia and later in Germany. She then returned to England with her two children, where she began working as a writer. She published historical novels under the pseudonym Ann Hulme before she became known for her crime series from 1991. Meredith Mitchell and Inspector Alan Markby starred in her first series of English country crime stories. In 1997 she started a second series with the detective Fran Varady as the heroine. Fifteen novels have been published about the couple Mitchell and Markby and seven volumes about Fran Varady. Both series have been terminated in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Her third series, started in 2006, this time from the genre "Historical Crime", revolves around Lizzi Martin and Benjamin Ross. Since 2009 she has had a modern police investigator again in Jessica Campbell. In 2019, she met Mitchell and Markby, now retired, in A Pending Murder .

Granger lives in Bicester near Oxford.

Publications (selection)

• Historical novels
  • A poor relation. 1979.
  • Summer Heiress. 1982.
  • The Garden of the Azure Dragon. 1986.
  • The Unexpected American. 1989.
  • A scandalous bargain. 1990.
  • False Fortune. 1991.

• Markby & Mitchell series (published as a "Krimi Edition" by Bertelsmann)
  • Murder is the beginning of all vice . (Say It with Poison, 1991), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-12966-0 .
  • Fox, you stole the goose . (A Season for Murder, 1991), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2000, ISBN 3-404-14321-3 .
  • Wait, you too will soon rest . (Cold in the Earth, 1992), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2000, ISBN 3-404-14375-2 .
  • Knife, fork, scissors, murder. (Murder Among Us, 1992), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2001, ISBN 3-404-14479-1 .
  • Whoever digs a pit for another. (Where Old Bones Lie, 1993), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2001, ISBN 3-404-14566-6 .
  • A nice place to die. (A Fine Place for Death, 1994), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-14696-4 .
  • Flowers for his grave. (Flowers for His Funeral, 1994), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-14787-1 .
  • Candlelight for a corpse. (Candle for a Corpse, 1995), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2003, ISBN 3-404-14865-7 .
  • A touch of mortality. (A Touch of Mortality, 1996), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2003, ISBN 3-404-14970-X .
  • Your will be done. (A Word After Dying, 1996), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-404-15119-4 .
  • The dead do not return. (Call the Dead Again, 1998), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-404-15201-8 .
  • You shall rest in a dark depth. (Beneath These Stones, 1999), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2005, ISBN 3-404-15292-1 .
  • Murder casts long shadows. (Shades of Murder, 2000), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2005, ISBN 3-404-15383-9 .
  • The curse of the evil deed. (A Restless Evil, 2002), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 3-404-15470-3 .
  • And be faithful to death. (That Way Murder Lies, 2004), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 3-404-15569-6 .
  • An unfinished business. (An Unfinished Murder, 2018), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2019, ISBN 978-3-404-17859-9 .

• Fran Varady series
  • Only death is flawless. (Asking for Trouble, 1997), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-404-26371-5 .
  • Because only death is free. (Keeping Bad Company, 1997), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2003, ISBN 3-404-92147-X .
  • The real images of his fear. (Running Scared, 1998), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-404-92174-7 .
  • That she always has to give birth to evil. (Risking It All, 2001), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 3-404-92202-6 .
  • And beware of your enemies. (Watching Out, 2003), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-92240-6 .
  • Because you don't play with murders. (Mixing with Murder, 2005), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-92261-1 .
  • And the eternal light shine for her. (Rattling the Bones, 2007), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-92289-5 .

• Martin & Ross series
  • Who puts himself in danger. (A Rare Interest in Corpses, 2006), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7857-2275-6 .
  • Curiosity is a quick death. (A Mortal Curiosity, 2008), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7857-2343-2 .
  • A murder of better quality. (A Better Quality of Murder, 2010), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-2414-9 .
  • A good eye for evil. (A Particular Eye for Villainy, 2012), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7857-2461-3 .
  • The confession of the hanged man. (The Testimony of the Hanged Man, 2014), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7857-2539-9 .
  • The dead of Deptford. (The Dead Woman of Deptford, 2016), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2017, ISBN 978-3-404-17705-9 .
  • Murder is a tough lesson. (The Murderer's Apprentice), 2019, Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7857-2656-3 .

• Jessica Campbell series
  • City, country, murder. (Mud, Muck and Dead Things, 2009), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-16392-2 .
  • Murder has no tears. (Rack, Ruin and Murder, 2011), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-16073-0 .
  • Ashes on his head. (Bricks and Mortality, 2013), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2013, ISBN 978-3-404-16838-5 .
  • Murder with a sharp pen. (Dead in the Water, 2015), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2016, ISBN 978-3-404-17335-8 .
  • In the dark grounds of the forest. (Rooted in Evil, 2017), Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, 2017, ISBN 978-3-404-17314-3 .

Ann Granger's crime series are also available in digital form from Bastei Lübbe Verlag.

• Audio book
  • Blind date

Remarks

1. ↑ Mitchell & Markby and Jessica Campbell investigate together in A Pending Murder . The English publisher has assigned the novel to the Campbell series, while it is considered the 16th Mitchell & Markby novel in the German edition

Web links

• Literature by and about Ann Granger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Work overview