Grab a cup of tea and cozy up to these 4 British mysteries this fall

This fall, check out these noteworthy British mysteries, three with film or television connections and a fourth that’s ripe for adaptation. Their authors, from both sides of the pond, weigh in on two central questions — what does it take to write a “British” crime novel and what writers would they invite for a proper British tea?

A Slowly Dying Cause

By Elizabeth George

Viking: 656 page, $32

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On the heels of the rebooted “Lynley” TV series comes George’s 22nd mystery set in Cornwall and featuring the unlikely pairing of the aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and the all-too-human Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Michael Lobb, 56, a Cornish tinsmith and jeweler, is found stabbed to death in his studio. Numerous flashbacks include Lobb’s diary entries, which lay bar