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First Margery Charlotte Russell
Series/Title Albert Campion series – The Fashion in Shrouds Various, A Dram of Poison Payton Sherwood series – East of A, Losers Live Longer
Genre 1930s classic police procedural Classic 1950s American suspense, humor Contemporary, PI
Contemporary, PI, humorous; unnamed neurotic bookstore owner, amateur sleuth; disgraced reporter Belfast; Northern Ireland
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Knight during the Crusades Contemporary wise-cracking PI Contemporary legal thrillers Contemporary, police procedural Contemporary, gypsies, humorous
Wales New York Tulsa, OK Los Angeles California
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Cattle inspector, amateur sleuth WWII Contemporary, mobsters Contemporary, ex-cop, head of security, PI; freelance writer, caper
Montana England New York City
Contemporary, noir, violent Classic WWI spy thriller Hard-boiled, noir Contemporary comedy of manners Contemporary, wiseguys, humorous Golden Age Robin Hood criminal, books, movies, radio, 1920s-70s Contemporary, police procedural
London England Various County Kerry, Ireland Brookyln England, various
Bateman
Colin
Beaufort Beinhart Bernhardt Bishop Blevins Block Bowen Brand Breslin
Simon Larry William Paul Meredith Lawrence Peter Christianna Jimmy
Brod
D. C.
Bruen Buchan Cain Caldwell Carillo Carr
Ken John James M. Joseph Charlie John Dickson
Various series and many standalone: Dan Starkey series – Divorcing Jack; Man with No Name series – Mystery Man The Case of the Jack Russell; standalone – Cycle of Violence Pseudonym of Susannah Gregory. Sir Geoffrey Mappestone series – Deadly Inheritance (earlier books are not available) Tony Cassella series – No One Rides for Free Various, Ben Kincaid series – Primary Justice Various, Det. Faye Croaker series – Kill Me Again Mystic Cafe/Annie Szabo series – The Hummingbird Wizard Various, but not his series work Gabriel Du Pré series – Coyote Wind Three classic British police series – Green for Danger Various – The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Quint McCauley series – Murder in Store, Error in Judgment; Robyn Guthrie series – Getting Sassy, Getting Lucky Various, Roberts & Brant – The White Trilogy; standalone – Her Last Call to Louis MacNiece Various, Richard Hannay series – The Thirty-Nine Steps Various, not his famous works Various, The Pig Did It series – The Pig Did It My Ride with Gus Various
Charteris Charyn Coleman
Leslie Jerome Reed Farrel
Various, Simon Templar - Enter the Saint Various, Isaac Sidel series – Blue Eyes, Marilyn the Wild Various, Mo Prager series
Cook
Thomas H.
Various, standalone – Mortal Memory
Cooper Cotterill Coxe
Susan Rogers Colin George Harmon
Craig
Alisa
Setting England Various East Village
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Chicago area
England New York City New York
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Elegantly written psychological suspense novels, contemporary Various R Contemporary police procedural, long out of Various, Milt Kovak series – The Man in the Green Chevy print Oklahoma R Dr. Siri series – The Coroner's Lunch 1970s coroner, communists Laos S Various and many: Jack Casey series – Silent Are the Dead 1930s newspaper crime photographer Boston Pseudonym of Charlotte MacLeod. Grub and Stakers series – Contemporary, amateur sleuths, cozy mysteries: The Grub and Stakers Move a Mountain; Madoc and Janet garden club member and author; Royal Lobelia Falls, Ontario; New Rhys series – A Pint of Murder Canadian Mountie Brunswick Page 1
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Edmund Laura
Cunningham
E. V.
Davis Dentinger
Dorothy Salisbury Jane
Dunlap
Susan
Dunning Eberhart
John Mignon
Eccles Eco
Marjorie Umberto
Elkins Ellin
Aaron Stanley
Ellroy Estleman Evans Fennelly Fitzhugh Fleming
James Loren D. Penelope Tony Bill Ian
Ford Fossum
G. M. Karin
Fraser
Anthea
Freemantle
Brian
Gardner Gault Gifford
Erle Stanley William Campbell Thomas
Series/Title Various, Gervase Fenn series – Holy Disorders; first appearance in The Case of the Gilded Fly not available in KU Gail McCarthy series – Cutter Pseudonym of Howard Fast; Masao Masuto series – The Case of the Angry Actress Various, Mrs. Norris series – Death of An Old Sinner; Julie Hayes series – A Death in the Life Jocelyn O'Roarke series – Murder on Cue Various, multiple series, Jill Smith – Karma; Vejay Haskell – An Equal Opportunity Death; Kiernan O'Shaughnessy – Pious Deception Non-series, Looking for Ginger North, Deadline, The Holland Suggestions Non-series romantic suspense Various, DCI Gil Mayo series, but not all – More Deaths Than One Various, The Name of the Rose Various series: Gideon Oliver – Fellowship of Fear; Chris Norgren – A Deceptive Clarity; Alix London – A Dangerous Talent Various, standalone – Dreadful Summit Various and many, most not in KU: Brown's Requiem (Ellroy's first novel); Suicide Hill Amos Walker series – Motor City Blue Standalone novels, The Last Girl, The Trick of the Dead Margo Fortier series – The Hippie in The Wall Various, Rick Shannon series – Radio Activity James Bond series – Casino Royale Leo Waterman series – Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca?, Cast in Stone Inspector Sejer series – Eva's Eye Various, DCI Webb series – The Seven Stars (earlier books are not all available); Rona Parrish series – Brought to Book Various and many, Charlie Muffin series – Charlie M; standalone – The November Man Perry Mason series, but not all offered – The Case of the Sulky Girl (#2) Various, Brock Callahan series – Day of the Ram Various, The Wind Chill Factor Page 2
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Golden Age, Oxford don, amateur sleuth, witty Contemporary, equine veterinarian
England Santa Cruz
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1960s Japanese American homicide detective 1950s, Scottish housekeeper, amateur sleuth; 1970s fortune-teller Contemporary, understudy, Broadway
Beverly Hills
Contemporary: police procedural; amateur sleuth meter reader; former medical examiner
New York City New York City Various, California
1970s, ex-cop; journalist California; New York Founder of American romantic suspense, 1930s Various Contemporary police procedural Historical 1300s, monastery
Midlands Italy
Contemporary forensic anthropology; museum curator; art conservator 1940s-80s suspense and crime novels
The World Various
Contemporary PI; former LAPD Detective Contemporary, PI, hard-boiled, Viet Nam vet Contemporary, psychological suspense 1990s gossip columnist, former stripper Contemporary DJ, amateur PI, humorous Classic spy novels
Los Angeles Detroit UK New Orleans Mississippi The World
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Contemporary, PI Seattle Contemporary, police procedural Oslo Contemporary, cozy, humorous, detective series; freelance journalist England
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1970s spy thrillers, Cold War
London
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Defense attorney, 1930s-70s 1960s former football player turned PI Contemporary thriller
New York City California Various
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First Jacqueline Robert J. Philip Ed Sara
Haddam Hall Hall Handler Hansen Harvey
Jane James W. Patricia David Joseph John
Hautman
Peter
Haywood Heald Healy
Gar Anthony Tim Jeremiah
Hellman
Libby Fischer
Henderson Hiaasen, Carl & Montalbano, Bill
Lauren
Hornsby
Wendy
Howe
Melodie Johnson
Hughes Hurley
Dorothy B. Graham
James Janes
Bill Robert J.
Kaminsky Kennett King
Stuart M. Shirley Peter
Series/Title Kate Jasper series – Adjusted to Death Various, Nero Wolfe mystery series – Murder in E Minor The Chaucer Tales series – Chaucer and the House of Fame Various, Sam McCain series – The Day the Music Died Claire DeWitt series – Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead Gregor Demarkian holiday series – Not a Creature Was Stirring; pseudonym for Orania Papazoglou Thorn series – Under Cover of Daylight Ackroyd and Thackeray series – Death by Election Stewart Hoag series – The Man Who Died Laughing Dave Brandstetter series, not all available – Troublemaker DI Charlie Resnick series – Lonely Hearts Various, Joe Crow series – Short Money (prequel), Drawing Dead; standalone – Mrs. Million, The Mortal Nuts Joe and Dottie Loudermilk series – Going Nowhere Fast Simon Bognor series – Unbecoming Habits John Cuddy series – Blunt Darts Ellie Foreman series – An Eye for Murder; Georgia Davis series – Easy Innocence Sam Jones series – Black Rubber Dress (#3, first two books not available), Freeze My Margarita Standalone novels, long out of print Maggie MacGowan series – Telling Lies; Kate Teague series – No Harm Various, Claire Conrad/Maggie Hill series – The Mother Shadow; Diana Poole series – Shooting Hollywood Various, standalone – The So Blue Marble, Ride the Pink Horse, The Fallen Sparrow Faraday and Winter series – Turnstone Harpur & Iles series – Undercover, Vacuum (only the newest titles are available) St. Cyr and Kohler series – Mayhem Various, Inspector Profiry Rostnikov series – Death of a Dissident; Abe Lieberman series – Lieberman's Folly; Toby Peters series – Death of a Star PJ Gray series – Gray Matter Unnamed gourmet detective series – The Gourmet Detective Page 3
Genre Contemporary, amateur sleuth Nero Wolfe pastiche, 1970s Middle Ages, Chaucer's work as diplomat Small town 1950s lawyer/PI Contemporary PI
Setting Marin County New York City France Black River Falls, Iowa Post-Katrina New Orleans
Contemporary, former FBI agent Philadelphia Contemporary hard-boiled thrillers Key Largo Contemporary, reporter, DCI Yorkshire Contemporary, ghostwriter, humorous New York, various 1970s-90s openly gay insurance investigator Los Angeles Contemporary, police procedural Nottingham Contemporary, ex-cop, ex-addict, PI; crime capers Minnesota Contemporary, retired couple, amateur sleuths in an Airstream trailer, humorous Various Cold War, British Board of Trade investigator England Contemporary PI Boston Contemporary, documentary filmmaker; former cop, PI Chicago Contemporary, sculptress, amateur sleuth
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London
Thriller Florida Contemporary, documentary filmmaker; heiress, romantic suspense California Contemporary, amateur sleuths; former actress
California
1930s noir Contemporary police procedural
Various Portsmouth, England
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Contemporary, police procedural, dark, funny WWII crime novels
Southwestern England Occupied France
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1980s Soviet detective; contemporary police procedural; 1940s detective Contemporary police psychologist, profiler Contemporary, amateur sleuth
Moscow; Chicago; Hollywood St. Louis London
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Alanna
Land
Jon
Langton Levine
Jane Paul
Lochte
Dick
Lutz
Frank
MacLeod
Charlotte
Malcolm Malone Mayor McBain Mitchell
John Michael Archer Ed Gladys
Murphy O'Connell
Dallas Jack
Padgett Palmer Papazoglou
Abigail Stuart Orania
Parker Pearson
T. Jefferson Ridley
Pence
Joanne
Pentecost
Hugh
Perez Reverte Perry Phillips
Arturo Anne Gary
Series/Title Various, DI Faro series – Enter Second Murder; Rose McQuinn series – The Inspector's Daughter
Genre Victorian police procedural; Victorian amateur sleuth
Various, standalone – The Doomsday Spiral, The Valhalla Contemporary, Israeli special forces; suspended Testament; Blaine McCracken series – The Omega Command NFL player; CIA operative; dark thrillers Contemporary, Harvard professor, amateur Various, Homer Kelly series – The Transcendental Murder sleuth Various: Jake Lassiter, Solomon vs. Lord Contemporary, lawyers, humorous Various, Terry Manion series – Blue Bayou, The Neon Smile; Leo and Serendipity series – Sleeping Dog, Laughing Dog Contemporary, PI, dark, humorous Various, Frank Quinn series – Darker Than Night; Fred Carver Contemporary crime, psychological suspense, series – Tropical Heat ex-cops Various and many: Prof. Peter Shandy series – Rest You 1970s-90s, cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths; Merry; Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn – The Family Vault horticulturist, librarian Tim Simpson series – The Godwin Sideboard, The Gwen Contemporary, former rugby player turned art John Sculpture (first in series not available in KU) investment consultant Various, Uncivil Seasons (A Justin and Cuddy Novel) Contemporary crime novel Joe Gunther series – Open Season Contemporary police procedural th 87 Precinct series – Cop Hater Begun in the 50s, police procedural Various, Mrs. Brady series – Speedy Death Classic English mysteries, 1930s-80's Contemporary, dog handler and dog, amateur Artie Deemer and Jellyroll series – Lover Man sleuth Quinsigamond series – Box Nine, Wireless Contemporary dark crime novels Contemporary, Juvenile Court investigator, bipolar disorder Various, Bo Bradley series – Child of Silence Hildegarde Withers series – The Penguin Pool Murder 1930s school teacher amateur sleuth Patience McKenna series – Sweet, Savage Death Contemporary, romance writer, amateur sleuth Various, standalone, series not available in KU – Silent Joe, Laguna Heat, Little Saigon Contemporary, police, surfer; dark, funny Various Contemporary Various, Rebecca Mayfield series – One O'Clock Hustle; Angie Amalfi gourmet cook series not available in KU Contemporary, police procedural Various and many, Pierre Chambrun series – The Shape of Fear (not all titles available) Golden Age hotel manager, amateur sleuth Various: series, Captain Altriste; non-series – The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Seville Communion Historic and contemporary mystery novels Thomas & Charlotte Pitt series – The Cater Street Hangman Victorian police procedural Ivan Monk series – Violent Spring, Perdition U.S.A. Contemporary, PI
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Edinburgh The World New England, various Florida New Orleans; Southern California New York City; Florida Boston
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England North Carolina Vermont Manhattan England
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Manhattan Massachusetts San Diego New York City New York City
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Orange County, California
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California New York Europe London South Central LA
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Bill
Contemporary, CPA, hard-boiled
Nevada
Queen Quinn
Ellery Anthony
Quinnell
A. J.
Randisi Rawson
Robert J. Clayton
Rehder Rendell
Ben Ruth
Rinehart Robinson Rosen Rozan Russell
Mary Roberts Steve R. D. S. J. Alan
Sanderson Satterthwaite Sayers Shuman Solomita Soos Spencer
Gregory Walter Dorothy L. Malcolm Stephen Troy Sally
Sullivan Tapply
Mark T. William
Various, but not his series work; standalone – Blue Lonesome Various novels, short stories, Ellery Queen series – The Roman Hat Mystery Inspector Celcius Day – Disappeared. Border Angels Various, Marcus Creasey series – Man on Fire, The Perfect Kill; standalone – Snap Shot, In the Name of the Father Various and many, Miles Jacoby series – Separate Cases; Joe Keough series – Alone With the Dead The Great Merlini series – Death From a Top Hat Various, Blanco County series – Buck Fever; Ray Ballard series – Gone the Next Inspector Wexford series - #13 and 14 Non-series romantic suspense - The Circular Staircase, The Wall, The Yellow Room, The Door Jefferson Tayte series – In the Blood Harvey Blissburg series – Strike Three You're Dead Lydia Chin & Bill Smith series – China Trade Various Various, DI George Campion series – Blind Man's Bluff; John Marklund series – The Benefactors Various, Joshua Croft series – Wall of Glass Lord Peter Wimsey series – Whose Body? Alan Graham series – Burial Ground Stanley Moodrow series – A Twist of the Knife Mickey Rawlings series, Murder at Fenway Park Various series, not all books available in KU Standalone thrillers – The Fall Line, The Purification Ceremony Brady Coyne series – Death at Charity's Point Various and many, not all available in KU: MacMcKorkle series – Cast a Yellow Shadow; Artie Wu series – Out on the Rim; standalone – Briarpatch, The Fools in Town Are on Our Side Lizbet and Charlie series – Charlie's Bones, Charlie's Webb; Zachariah Smith series – Cat's Paw, Inc. Various and many, Inspector Lestrade series – The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade
Thomas
Ross
Thrasher
L. L.
Trow
M. J.
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Amateur sleuth, 1930s, classic New York City Contemporary, police procedural, conflict Belfast Contemporary, American former Foreign Legion member, thrillers The World Contemporary ex-boxer PI; police procedural Illusionist, amateur sleuth, Golden Age Contemporary, game warden, comedy; insurance fraud videographer Contemporary, police procedural
New York City; St. Louis New York
Classic American mysteries, 1900s-50s Contemporary, genealogical mysteries Contemporary baseball-player amateur sleuth Contemporary PI Contemporary Contemporary police procedural; government agent Contemporary PI, as well as historic figures Golden Age, amateur sleuth Contemporary archaeologist, amateur sleuth Contemporary, police procedural Historical baseball, amateur sleuth Contemporary, police procedural Contemporary, skier; Native American deer tracker Contemporary, lawyer, amateur sleuth
East Coast Various Providence, RI New York City
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Texas England
East Leicester; the World Santa Fe, NM London Louisiana New York City New York City England
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Utah; Maine Boston
Hard-boiled thrillers; bar owner; pretender to the Chinese throne; Senate investigator; former Washington, DC; Texas; intelligence officer Shanghai Contemporary, wealthy ex-waitress, ghost; PI Holmes pastiche featuring Scotland Yard's Sholto Lestrade
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Pacific NW; Portland England
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Uhnak Van Lustbader Vance Vine
Dorothy Eric Louis Joseph Barbara
Wambaugh Wentworth Westlake White
Joseph Patricia Donald Gillian
Det. Christie Opara series – The Bait Various, Nicholas Linnear series – The Ninja Various, Michael Lanyard series – The Lone Wolf Various Standalone and non-fiction – The Black Marble, Finnegan's Week, The Glitter Dome Miss Silver series – Grey Mask Various, Dortmunder series – The Hot Rock Standalone novels, Rich Deceiver, Nasty Habits
Wilcox Williams Wilson Winslow Wolfe Woolrich Zigal Zimmerman
Collin Charles Robert S. Don Inger Ash Cornell Thomas R. D.
Various, Lt. Hastings series – The Lonely Hunter; Alan Bernhardt series – Bernhardt's Edge Standalone crime novels, The Hot Spot, A Touch of Death Various. A Small Death in Lisbon Neal Carey series – A Cool Breeze on the Underground Hazel Micallef series – The Calling Various, including films – Night Has a Thousand Eyes Various, Sheriff Kurt Muller series – Into Thin Air Various, Todd Mills series – Closet
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Genre Groundbreaking female NYPD officer IRL, 1960s-70s Martial arts, Japanese-American 1910s jewel thief turned private detective Contemporary, psychological
Setting
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Manhattan New York City Europe England
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Contemporary, police procedural 1920s amateur sleuth, knitter, former governess Contemporary, jewel thief, humorous Contemporary psychological suspense 1960s-90s former football player turned homicide detective; 1980s theatrical director, amateur sleuth 1950s hard-boiled noir 1941 and 1999, WWII Contemporary, PI, humorous Contemporary police procedural Classic noir, 1940s Contemporary crime novels Contemporary, gay TV news reporter
Los Angeles, San Diego England New York City England
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San Francisco Various Portugal Various Port Dundas, Ontario New York City Aspen Minneapolis
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