Friday, November 1, 2024

DAY OF THE DEAD CRIME FICTION // DAY OF THE DEAD MYSTERIES


What holiday could be more fitting to Crime Fiction than El Dia de los Muertos: Day of the Dead? You'll love this list. Be sure and check my updated Halloween Crime Fiction list for other mysteries that start on Halloween and include Day of the Dead. Let me know if I'm missing any titles/authors.


Day of the Dead Crime Fiction

Day of the Day by Victoria A. Brownworth
Day of the Dead by R. Allen Chappell
The Day of the Dead by John Creed
Trick or Treason by Kathi Daley
A Cemetery, a Cannibal, and the Day of the Dead by CC Dragon 
Day of the Dead by Drew Golden
Days of the Dead by Barbara Hambly
Sugar Skull by Denise Hamilton
Dios De Los Muertos by Kent Harrington
The Wrong Goodbye by Chris Holm
Death Arts by Melanie Jackson
Day of the Dead by J.A. Jance
Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
Devil's Kitchen by Clark Lohr
Weave Her Thread with Bones by Claudia Long
Day of the Dead by Manuel Luis Martinez
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore



Bread of the Dead by Ann Myers
Day of the Dead by Mark Roberts
The Day of the Dead by Bart Spicer

Children and YA:

Loulou and Pea and the Mural Mystery by Jill Diamond; Illustrations by Lesley Ramos
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier  (Graphic Novel)
Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas
The Day of the Dead Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Any titles missing?

And an episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries: Day of the Dead, Season 10, Episode 2. 
 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd add In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman.

Anonymous said...

Hi Janet. Thanksk for posting these lists - I use them all the time. However, in checking these today, I found a few problems. Second title in list is Day of the Dead. Books that are not (Mexican) Day of the Dead: Day of the Dead-Belcamino; Day of the Dead Donelan; Day of the Dead Flashman); Day of the Dead French; Day of the Dead Giovanni; Oink Myers. Scrapbook of the Dead is Halloween, not DOTD. But I still found some new titles to read! Thanks.

Janet Rudolph said...

Thanks. I'll update. Appreciate it!

Janet Rudolph said...

And, thanks for the addition of Laura Lippman's book.