Ann Granger

Patricia Ann Granger (12 July 1939 – 7 September 2025) was a British crime writer, writing as Ann Hulme and Ann Granger. She authored almost forty books in four different detective series, as well as a collection of short stories.

Early life and education Granger was born in Portsmouth, England, on 12 July 1939, to Eugene Granger, a Royal Navy officer, and Norah née Davey. She attended the Northern Grammar School for Girls, and had thoughts about becoming a veterinarian, but discovered women were not accepted into vet schools because they were not believed to be strong enough. Instead she earned a Modern Languages degree at the University of London, where she first developed a desire to become a writer.

Early career Realizing that it would take some time to develop a steady income as a writer, Granger instead taught English for a year in France. She married John Hulme, By 2025, Granger had written seven novels in the series.

Short stories In 2021, in recognition of thirty years of crime novels, Granger released a collection of eighteen short stories, Mystery in the Making. Her publisher Headline announced her death on 24 September.

Awards and recognition In 1999, Granger was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club. She was also a member of the Crime Writers' Association in the UK and Sisters in Crime in the US. (1991) Cold in the Earth (1992) Murder Among Us (1992) Where Old Bones Lie (1993) Flowers for His Funeral (1994) A Fine Place for Death (1994) Candle for a Corpse (1995) A Word After Dying (1996) A Touch of Mortality (1996) Call the Dead Again (1998) Beneath These Stones (1999) Shades of Murder (2000) A Restless Evil (2002) That Way Murder Lies (2004) Deadly Company (2022)

Fran Varady mysteries Asking for Trouble (1997) Keeping Bad Company (1997) Running Scared (1998) Risking It All (2001) Watching Out (2003) Mixing With Murder (2005) Rattling the Bones (2007)

Ben Ross & Lizzie Martin mysteries A Rare Interest in Corpses (2006) A Mortal Curiosity (2008) A Better Quality of Murder (2010) A Particular Eye for Villainy (2012) The Testimony of the Hanged Man (2014) The Dead Woman of Deptford (2016) The Murderer's Apprentice (2019) The Truth-Seeker's Wife (2021) The Old Rogue of Limehouse (2023)

Campbell & Carter mysteries Mud, Muck and Dead things (2009) Rack, Ruin and Murder (2011) Bricks and Mortality (2013) Dead in the Water (2015) Rooted in Evil (2017) An Unfinished Murder (2018) (featuring Mitchell & Markby) A Matter of Murder (2020) Death on the Prowl (Audio book released December 2024 in UK)

Short story collections Mystery in the Making (2021)