Last week’s debate about whether one could include Elizabeth Peters as a Mary Stewart read-alike got me thinking about another favorite subgenre of mine: the humorous mystery novel.

If you like mysteries with rollicking, laugh out loud humor, you’ll probably like:

— Most Elizabeth Peters novels, with special attention to her early stand-alones, like The Love Talker; the Vicky Bliss series (Night Train to Memphis still makes me make snorting noises in public); and the Jacqueline Kirby series;

— Donna Andrews’ Murder with Peacocks, in which our heroine must plan three weddings, solve a murder, and deal with her crazy Southern family;

— in a similar vein (wedding planning), Jennifer Crusie’s Agnes and the Hitman, although we can debate whether this is properly mystery, contemporary romance, or romantic suspense (I just call it highly amusing);

— anything by Dorothy Cannell (think British equivalent of Elizabeth Peters), although my two favorites will always be Down the Garden Path and The Thin Woman;

— and Kasey Michaels’ madcap “Maggie” series, in which a novelist has to deal with her Regency hero coming to life in her living room, closely followed by a series of dead bodies.

I know I’m leaving out a ton of rollicksome, frolicsome mystery novels– so which madcap mysteries would you recommend?