Mystery Books Without Profanity?

[Choine]

Hello all! I’m looking for some good mystery/crime books without profanity. It’s hard to find those unless they’re in the YA or children’s section. Any suggestions?

[TopaAzul062]

Haven't noticed that before but you're right. Off the top of my head, I can suggest The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin and yes it's a YA book. That said, it's an interesting read and falls into the mystery category. Outside of classics, I haven't come across many with light use of profanity; nor graphic material for that matter. I would suggest Relic by Preston/Child but I'm not sure if that counts as a mystery - very light use of foul language, not so much with graphic descriptions.

[Kansas City Teacher]

Would be interested in what people say. I have not seen one, especially one written in the first person that was completely clean.

[TopaAzul062]

I might have something. C. Hope Clark is an author I just discovered and from what I'm seeing she's pretty light with the colorful language; granted the first word was found on page 3 of the current book I'm reading (Murder on Edisto).