Donald Westlake's Dortmunder series) probably would fit the bill.

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At least one Dortmunder -- DROWNED HOPES -- does have a death in it
(along with a few near misses).  Can't remember if any of the others
do, but you're right that most, at least, do not.

Dennis Lien / [log in to unmask]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:20 PM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One of the most well-known novels without a murder is Dorothy L. Sayers's
> _Gaudy Night_.  In addition, classic puzzle mysteries by authors such as R.
> Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, and E. W. Hornung as well as "caper"-type
> mysteries (e.g., Peter Mayle's _The Diamond Caper_; Parnell Hall's _Caper_;
> Janet Evanovich's _Plum Lucky_; Donald Westlake's Dortmunder series)
> probably would fit the bill.
> Elizabeth Foxwell
> Managing Editor, _Clues: A Journal of Detection_
> Editor, McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series (vol. 8: P. D. James)
> https://sites.google.com/site/cluesjournal/
>
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>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:34:39 -0500
> From: Val Stark
> Subject: Looking for Mystery/Detective novels with no death in them
>
> I hope the collective knowledge on this list can help me. My searches
> haven't been too successful. One of my patrons wants mystery/detective
> novels with no death in them. She also needs large print. That criteria
> eliminates probably 98% of the books we own. Of course I can interlibrary
> loan titles. I just need to know what authors & titles to request.
>
> I have found a few: Alexander McCall Smith, The "Secrets of Mary's Bookshop
> Series" and the Susan Wittig Albert Beatix Potter series. Someone else
> suggested the Miss Julia novels by Ann B. Ross, even though they aren't
> quite mysteries, she does figure out things.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Val Stark
> Quincy Public Library
> Quincy, IL
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