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Mysteries of Distant Times & Exotic Climes
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Southwest USA & Native American Mysteries
150 Essential Mystery Novels Page
Mystery Authors & Series
authors A-G (on page 1) authors H-K {just below}
authors L-O [below] authors P-Z (on page 3)
Mystery & Thriller Authors A-Z books at Amazon.com
Mystery & Thriller ebooks at Amazon.com
Mystery & Thriller Authors A-Z audiocassettes at Amazon.com
British & American 'Top 100 Crime Novels' lists at Wikipedia
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Jane Haddam
+ ex-F.B.I. agent Gregor Demarkian of Philadelphia
browse books
author's website
Wikipedia
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Jean Hager
browse all books Wikipedia {empty}
Cherokee cops mysteries
Iris House B&B cozy mysteries
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Timothy Hallinan Page
 | "Shaken: Stories For Japan" [2011] Edited by Timothy Hallinan Conceived by mystery author Hallinan and edited by him, with royalty proceeds going to Japan America Society of Southern California's 2011 Japan Relief Fund Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2011] for $3.99 {sic} twenty original stories by award-winning authors; not all are mysteries, but all are related to Japan; contribu-tors include Brett Battles, Cara Black, Vicki Doudera, Dianne Emley, Dale Furutani, editor Hallinan, Stefan Hammond, Rosemary Harris, Naomi Hirahara, Wendy Hornsby, Ken Kuhlken, Debbi Mack, Adrian McKinty, I.J. Parker, Gary Phillips, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Jeffrey Siger, Kelli Stanley, C.J. West, and Jeri Westerson |
Simeon Grist mystery series
'Poke' Rafferty in Thailand thriller series
Los Angeles burglar-detective Junior Bender mystery series
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Denise Hamilton + reporter Eve Diamond series
all books
author website
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Steve Hamilton + Alex McKnight of Michigan series
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David Handler
browse David Handler books at Amazon no entry at Wikipedia
Berger and Mitry mystery series
Stewart Hoag mystery series
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Joseph Hansen [1923-2004] + Dave Brandstetter series
all books
Wikipedia
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Fred R. Harris + Oklahoma Sheriff Okie Dunn series
all books
U.N.M. homepage
Wikipedia
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Jamie Harrison + Sheriff Jules Clement series: all books
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Donald Harstad
+ Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman of Iowa
browse books
Wikipedia
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Bruce Hartman lives in Philadelphia, PA
browse books
official website
Wikipedia
"Perfectly Healthy Man Drops Dead" [6/2008]
http://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Healthy-Man-Drops-Dead/dp/1930486812/
"The Rules of Dreaming" [5/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Dreaming-Bruce-Hartman/dp/0988918102/
"The Muse of Violence" [10/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Muse-Violence-Bruce-Hartman/dp/0988918110/
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The Philosophical Detective mystery series
"The Philosophical Detective" [#1 = 6/2014]
http://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Detective-Bruce-Hartman-ebook/dp/B00KPZDS5O/
http://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Detective/dp/0988918129/
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Elizabeth Haynes lives in Kent, U.K.
incomplete author store at Amazon
official website
Wikipedia
"Into The Darkest Corner" [2/2011] became a New York Times bestseller
 | "Crime Writers: A Research Guide" [2011] by Elizabeth Haynes Kindle Edition from Libraries Unlimited [1/2011] for $31.20 {sic} Libraries Unlimited 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $40.00 |
"Revenge of The Tide" (U.S. title: Dark Tide) [3/2012]
"Human Remains" [2/2013]
"Under A Silent Moon" [e-Book 10/2013, pb 4/2014]
"Behind Closed Doors" [3/2015]
"Never Alone" [10/2016]
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Michael T. Harvey + Chicago P.I. Michael Kelly Page
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Jeremiah Healy [1948-2014] + John Francis Cuddy series
browse books author website
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Carl Hiaasen of Florida
browse books author's website
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
"Tourist Season" [1986]
"Double Whammy" [1987]
"Skin Tight" [1989]
"Native Tongue" [1991]
"Strip Tease" [1993]
filmed in 1996 by Andrew Bergman, starring Demi Moore & Burt Reynolds
"Stormy Weather" [1995]
"Lucky You" [1997]
"Naked Came The Manatee" [1998 collaboration with 12 other authors]
"Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World" [1998 non-fiction]
"Kick Ass" [1999 non-fiction]
"Sick Puppy" [2000]
"Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns" [2001 non-fiction]
"Basket Case" [2002]
"Skinny Dip" [2004]
"Nature Girl" [2006]
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2007" Edited by Carl Hiaasen & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8x5½ pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $21.28 |
"The Downhill Lie" [2008 non-fiction]
"Star Island" [2010]
Announced 7/2011: Michael Oates Palmer & Michael Keaton will exec produce Hiassens 2004 caper novel
Skinny Dip for H.B.O. The tale is set in South Florida, and centers on a woman who takes revenge on
her cheating husband after he attempts to murder her; still 'in development' in 2016 latest info at IMDb
Announced 12/2016: Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to "Basket Case", an hourlong drama based on the bestselling
2002 book by Carl Hiaasen; producers are Jeff Eastin and Jason Winer not yet listed at IMDb
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Patricia Highsmith [1921-95]
browse books browse DVDs IMDb listing
Wikipedia
 | "Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith" [2003] by Andrew Wilson Bloomsbury USA 7½x4¾ pb [4/2004] for $14.78 Bloomsbury USA 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2003] for $26.60 |
"Carol" [The Weinstein Co. 2014?]
Announced 5/2012: A film based on Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novel "The Price of Salt" (published under the pseudonym
Claire Morgan); adaptation by Phyllis Nagy to be directed by John Crowley; actresses Mia Wasikowska & Cate Blanchett
are signed to star; the story is about a twenty-something girl working in a 1950s New York City department store while
harbouring bigger dreams, who meets a middle-aged wife trapped in a money-driven, loveless marriage; added 8/2013:
Rooney Mara is replacing Mia Wasikowska, release bumped to 2014
latest info at IMDb
book entry at Wikipedia
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Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
daughter Anne Hillerman is writing continuation novels in the Leaphorn / Chee series; the first one in 2013 was a smash hit.
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Chester B. Himes [1909-84] + Harlem procedurals
browse books IMDb listing
Wikipedia
SWW's Chester Himes fansite
Friends of Chester Himes fansite
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Naomi Hirahara + Los Angeles gardener Mas Arai series
all books
official website
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"Summer of The Big Bachi" [2004] by Naomi Hirahara
San Gabriel Valley gardener Mas Arai's carefully constructed existence is upended when Shuji Nakane, a private investigator from Hiroshima, turns up at Tanaka's lawnmower shop in Altadena. Dell mass pb [1/2008] for $7.99 Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $11.05 the second Mas Arai novel "Gasa-Gasa Girl" [2005] Dell mass pb [5/2008] for $6.99 Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2005] for $9.60 the third Mas Arai novel "Snakeskin Shamisen" [2006] Delta 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $9.96 the fourth Mas Arai novel "Blood Hina" [2010] Minotaur Books 8½x6 hardcover [3/2010] for $16.49 |
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Leonard Holton + Father Joseph Bredder series
pseudonym of author Leonard Wibberley [1915-83]
Father Joseph Bredder Section on the Leonard Wibberley webpage
PG's fanpage for the Father Joseph Bredder mystery novels
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Melodie Johnson Howe
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actress Diana Poole mystery series
 | "Shooting Hollywood: The Diana Poole Stories" [2012] Diana Poole has reached the age where rebuilding her Hollywood movie acting career is becoming tougher and tougher. Includes 9 stories: "Dirty Blonde", "Another Tented Evening", "Killing The Sixties", "Facing Up", "Tiffany Blue", "The Talking Dead", "The Good Daughter", "What's It Worth?", and "A Hollywood Ending" Kindle Edition from Mysterious Press/Open Road [2/2013] for $7.69 Crippen & Landru Publrs 9x6 pb [1/2012] for $13.25 Crippen & Landru Publrs hardcover [1/2012] out of print/used |
 | "City of Mirrors" [2013] Diana Poole's much-loved husband and movie-star mother have recently died, and Diana has to jump-start a cold career as actress and-or screenwriter. She lands a role in a new movie, and then discovers the female leads murdered body . . . Kindle Edition from Pegasus Books [8/2013] for $13.99 Pegasus Books 9x6 hardcover [8/2013] for $17.80 |
Conrad & Hill series
http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Claire-Conrad-Maggie-ebook/dp/B00B1MSIGY/
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Shadow-Claire-Conrad-ebook/dp/B00B1MSIX2/
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Jon A. Jackson + Det. Sgt. Mulheisen series
browse books
author website
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
J.A. Jance Page
Sheriff Brady series books
J.P. Beaumont series books
Ali Reynolds series books
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Marshall Jevons + Henry Spearman mystery series
{actually the team of economics professors William Breit & Kenneth G. Elzinga}
browse books official website Wikipedia
"Murder At The Margin" [1978]
"The Fatal Equilibrium" [1985]
"A Deadly Indifference" [1995]
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Denis Johnson
all books
Wikipedia
 | "Angels: A Novel" [1983] by Denis Johnson
Johnson's first novel: A runaway wife toting two kids meets an ex-con drifter on the Greyhound bus to Phoenix. Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [4/2002] for $12.19 Knopf 8½x6 hardcover [8/83] out of print/many used |
 | "Nobody Move: A Novel" [2009] by Denis Johnson Serialized in Playboy magazine, Summer 2009. Addictive gambler Jimmy Luntz escapes a knee-capping and hooks up with an alcoholic vixen set on revenge after she was set up as fall-guy for a million-dollar swindle by her prosecutor husband; the underworld kingpin and his enforcer catch up with them and muscle in on the money deal. Picador 8¼x6½ pb [4/2010] for $11.20 FS&G 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $17.01 |
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Stuart M. Kaminsky [1934-2009] Page
Toby Peters mystery series
Porfiry Rostnikov mystery series
Abe Lieberman mystery series
Lew Fonesca mystery series
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Susan Kandel + researcher Cece Caruso Page
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Frank Kane [1912-68] + detective Johnny Liddell series
browse books
bio page at 'Thrilling Detective'
incomplete IMDb listing
Wikipedia {empty}
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Henry Kane + N.Y.C. P.I. Peter Chambers
browse books
IMDb listing
Nico's Henry Kane fanpage
Thrilling Detective Henry Kane page
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Marshall Karp + funny L.A. cops Lomax & Biggs
browse books
official website
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mystery & sci-fi author Harry Stephen Keeler [1890-1967]
Keeler wrote over 90 mystery & science fiction novels (including a circus series); all of them are in print today at Ramble House.
publisher's author homepage
Wm. P's unofficial author website
author entry at Wikipedia
 | "Strands of The Web: The Short Stories of Harry Stephen Keeler" [2009] Edited by Fred Cleaver 22 short stories by Keeler, with a complete bibliography of short works (26 stories, one stageplay, and one short film scenario) Ramble House 9x6 pb [4/2009] for $19.99 |
 | "Three Novellos" [2010] by Harry Stephen Keeler
Ramble House 9x6 pb [7/2010] for $17.99 Keeler wanted these three stories published together in one volume, but publishers rejected the idea; published as individual volumes in 2002, and finally together by Ramble House in 2010; contains "Adventure In Milwaukee", "The Blackmailer", and "The Flyer Holdup" |
pseudonym Carolyn Keene: Wikipedia
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Nancy Drew Mystery Series [est. 1930] Page
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Faye Kellerman
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Wikipedia
Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series: series books
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Jonathan Kellerman
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author's website
Wikipedia
Alex Delaware series: series books
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{their son} Jesse Kellerman
all books
author website
Wikipedia
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M.Z. 'Mac' Kelly
browse books
author website
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The Hollywood Alphabet Series
L.A.P.D. Detective Kate Sexton and her sexual predator canine partner Bernie; blurb warns of 'adult language and laugh-out-loud situations'
series books on Kindle bundle at Amazon
"Hollywood Assassin" [#1 = 3/2014]
"Hollywood Blood" [#2 = 4/2014]
"Hollywood Crazy" [#3 = 6/2014]
"Hollywood Dirty" [#4 = 7/2014]
"Hollywood Enemy" [#5 = 8/2014]
"Hollywood Forbidden" [#6 = 9/2014]
"Hollywood Games" [#7 = 11/2014]
"Hollywood Homicide" [#8 = 12/2014]
"Hollywood Intrigue" [#9 = 2/2015]
"Hollywood Jury" [#10 = 5/2015]
"Hollywood Killer" [#11 = 7/2015]
"Hollywood Lust" [#12 = 9/2015]
"Hollywood Murder" [#13 = 11/2015]
"Hollywood Notorious" [#14 = 2/2016]
"Hollywood Outlaw" [#15 = 5/2016]
"Hollywood Prisoner" [#16 = 9/2016]
"Hollywood Quest" [#17 = 1/2017]
"Hollywood Rage" [#18 = 4/2017]
"Hollywood Scream" [#19 = 8/2017]
"Hollywood Taken" [#20 = 1/2018]
"Hollywood Underworld" [#21 = 7/2018]
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Judith Kelman + Sarah Spooner series
browse books
IMDb listing
author website
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Harry Kemelman [1908-96]
browse books
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
Rabbi David Small series: series books
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Shirley Kennett + psychologist P.J. Gray series
all books
author website
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Laurie R. King
+ Kate Martinelli series & Mary Russell series
browse books
author website
Wikipedia
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Ed Kovacs
browse books
official website no entry at Wikipedia
New Orleans homicide detective Cliff St. James mystery series:
"Storm Damage" [Dec 2011]
http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Damage-Ed-Kovacs/dp/0312581815/
"Good Junk: A Cliff St. James Novel" [Dec 2012]
http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Black-Cliff-James-Novel/dp/1250020298/
"Burnt Black: A Cliff St. James Novel" [Nov 2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Black-Cliff-James-Novel/dp/1250020298/
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William Kent Krueger
+ Sheriff 'Cork' O'Connor series
all books
author's website
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Ken Kuhlken + Tom Hickey series
all books author website Wikipedia
Emma Lathen + John Putnam Thatcher series
browse books Wikipedia
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Stephen Legault Page
Cole Blackwater mystery series
Red Rock Canyon trilogy
Durrant Wallace of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police mystery series
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Con Lehane lives near Washington, DC
browse all books
official website no entry at Wikipedia
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bartender Brian McNulty series
"Beware The Solitary Drinker" [#1 = 9/2002]
http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Solitary-Drinker-Con-Lehane-ebook/dp/B005ERQJWM/
http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Solitary-Drinker-Con-Lehane/dp/1590580206/
http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Solitary-Drinker-Con-Lehane/dp/1590580168/
"What Goes Around Comes Around: A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery" [#2 = 1/2005]
http://www.amazon.com/What-Goes-Around-Comes-Featuring-ebook/dp/B007IVQSAU/
http://www.amazon.com/What-Goes-Around-Comes-Featuring/dp/0312322984/
http://www.amazon.com/What-Goes-Around-Comes-Featuring/dp/B000H2N4QS/
"Death At The Old Hotel: A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery" [#3 = 6/2007]
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Old-Hotel-Bartender-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0077CTA0K/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Old-Hotel-Bartender-Mysteries/dp/031232300X/
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curator Raymond Ambler series
"Murder At The 42nd Street Library" [Minotaur/Thomas Dunne 4/2016]
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-42nd-Street-Library-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0166RNP16/
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-42nd-Street-Library-Mystery/dp/1250009960/
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Dennis Lehane
browse books
browse audio
IMDb listing
author's website
Wikipedia
Kenzie & Gennaro series: series books
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Elmore Leonard [1925-2013] Page
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Paul Levine + Jake Lassiter of Miami, Florida
all books
author website
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Marilyn Levinson
author's official website
 | "Murder a la Christie" [2014] by Marilyn Levinson
A young professor sets up a Golden Age of Mystery weekend and several attendees are murdered; Lexie begins to think she is stuck in Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" and tries to invoke the skills of Miss Marple and M. Poirot to stop the murderer. Kindle Edition from Oak Tree Press [3/2014] for $2.99 Dark Oak Mysteries 9x6 pb [2/2014] for $11.04 |
Michael Z. Lewin + Albert Samson of Indiana
all books author website
Wikipedia
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Elizabeth Linington [1921-88]
all books (out of print/used)
Wikipedia
(writing as Dell Shannon) L.A.P.D. Lt. Luis Mendoza, etc.
books (out of print/used)
(writing as Lesley Egan) Vic Varallo + Jesse Falkenstein
books (out of print/used)
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Eleazar Lipsky [1911-93]
all books, 1947-72 (out of print/used) IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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{Ms.} Ki Longfellow, lately of Puget Sound, Washington State
official website author's weblog
"Shadow Roll: A Sam Russo Mystery" [#1 = 4/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Roll-Sam-Russo-Mystery/dp/1937819000/
"Good Dog, Bad Dog: A Sam Russo Mystery" [#2 = 4/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Dog-Bad-Russo-Mystery/dp/1937819043/
"The Girl in the Next Room: A Sam Russo Mystery" [#3 = 4/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Girl-Next-Room-Mystery/dp/1937819051/
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Christopher Lord of Portland, Oregon
browse books official booksite/blog
 | "The Christmas Carol Murders: A Dickens Junction Mystery" [#1 = 2012] First in a planned series about the small town of Dickens Junction, Oregon and bookstore owner & amateur sleuth Simon Alistair Kindle Edition from Harrison Thurman Books [9/2012] for $2.99 {sic} Harrison Thurman Books 8½x5½ pb [9/2012] for $11.86 |
http://www.amazon.com/Edwin-Murders-Dickens-Junction-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00FE1TLUU/
http://www.amazon.com/Edwin-Drood-Murders-Christopher-Lord/dp/0985323639/
"The Our Mutual Friend Murders" [#3] seeking a publisher (11/2015)
"The Oliver Twist Murders" [#4] exists as an outline
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Lisa Lutz of Upstate New York, or maybe Seattle
browse books
IMDb listing
official website
Wikipedia
"Heads You Lose" [2011] with David Hayward
http://www.amazon.com/Heads-You-Lose-ebook/dp/B00475AXCE/
http://www.amazon.com/Heads-You-Lose-Lisa-Lutz/dp/0399157409/
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The Spellman Detective Agency series
"The Spellman Files" [#1 = 2007] optioned by Paramount in 2009
"Curse of The Spellmans" [#2 = 2008]
"Revenge of The Spellmans" [#3 = 2009]
"The Spellmans Strike Again" [#4 = 2010]
"Trail of The Spellmans" [#5 = 2012]
"The Last Word" [#6 = 2013]
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Jack Lynch [1930-2008] + Peter Bragg of San Francisco series
books are out of print Peter Bragg entry at Thrilling Detective website
"A Dream of Condors" [1992]
"Bragg's Hunch" [#1=1981]
"The Missing and The Dead" [1982]
"Monterey" [4/85]
"Pieces of Death" [1982]
"Sausalito" [6/84]
"San Quentin" [#5=10/84]
"Seattle" [9/85]
"Wolf House" [2/2002]
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
John D. MacDonald [1916-86] Pages
Travis McGee Mystery Novels other novels short stories
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Ross Macdonald [1915-83] Page
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Charlotte MacLeod [1922-2005]: all books Wikipedia
writing as Alisa Craig: all books
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author & editor Cynthia Manson: all books
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Harold Q. Masur [1909-2005]
all books IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Christine Matthews
+ Gil & Claire Hunt series (with Robert J. Randisi)
all books
author's website
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Archer Mayor + Joe Gunther of Vermont
browse books
official website
Wikipedia
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Gordon McAlpine
browse books
official website
Wikipedia
"Mystery Box" [2003] by Gordon McAlpine
Were Franklin Dixon & Carolyn Keene indeed the mysterious authors of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books? Or just made-up names?
http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Box-Gordon-McAlpine/dp/081262680X/
 | "The Tell-Tale Start: Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One" [YA novel 2013] by Gordon McAlpine, Illustrations by Sam Zuppardi Identical twins Edgar & Allan Poe (great-great-great-great grand nephews of 'the' Edgar Allan Poe) are wrongfully expelled for cheating on a test; then their black cat, Roderick Usher, goes missing; the real Poe and his boss Will Shakespeare communicate clues 'from beyond' which helps the two boys solve the case. Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin Publng [1/2013] for $10.99 Viking Juvenile 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2013] for $10.87 |
 | "Hammett Unwritten: A Novel" [2013] by Gordon McAlpine, writing as Owen Fitzstephen The story of the Maltese Falcon began as a real-life case for 1920s Pinkerton detective Dashiell Hammett; the conceit here is that Hammett bought the obsidian statue at a police auction, then gave it away when he became successful, after which his writing career went downhill; Hammett tries to recover the object and becomes tangled with the crooks from the old case . . . Kindle Edition from Seventh Street Books [2/2013] for $7.69 Seventh Street Books 8x5½ pb [2/2013] for $10.45 |
 | "Once Upon A Midnight Eerie: Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book Two" [YA novel 2014] by Gordon McAlpine, Illustrations by Sam Zuppardi The boys are hired to play young Edgar Allan Poe in a movie being filmed in New Orleans, where someone tries to kill them; they are helped by co-star twins Em & Milly Dickinson, by their ghostly forebear, and by a pair of real ghosts. Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin Publng [4/2014] for $9.78 Viking Juvenile hardcover [4/2014] for $13.53 |
"The Pet and The Pendulum (Misadventures of Edgar/Allan)" [YA novel 4/2014] by Gordon McAlpine
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pendulum-Misadventures-Edgar-Allan/dp/0670784923/
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Ed McBain {real name Evan Hunter} [1926-2005]
browse all books browse audio browse DVDs IMDb listing
author website
Wikipedia
87th Precinct series: series books series videos/DVDs Wikipedia
writing as Evan Hunter: browse books
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William P. McGivern [1918-82]
all books
Kindle books
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Christopher Geoffrey McPherson lives in Arizona
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official website no entry at Wikipedia
"Mama Cat" [12/2003]
"News On The Home Front: A Novel of The World War Two Home Front" [2/2012]
"Forever and Other Stories: Stories About Life – and Death – and Life Forever" [4/2012]
"The Life Line: A Story of Survival" [4/2012]
"Sarah & Gerald: A Novel of Paris In The 1920s" [9/2012]
"The Babi Makers" [1/2013]
"22: A Novel" [4/2017] by Christopher Geoffrey McPherson
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The James Murray 1930s Mysteries series
"Murder At Eastern Columbia" [5/2013]
"Sabotage At R.K.O. Studio" [1/2014]
"Abduction At Griffith Observatory" [1/2014]
"The James Murray Mysteries: The First Three Novels" [6/2014]
"Blackmail At Wrigley Field" [1/2015]
"Haunting At Ocean House" [7/2015]
"The Complete James Murray Mysteries, 1931-1939" [1/2016]
"The James Murray Mysteries Companion" [9/2016]
http://www.amazon.com/James-Murray-Mysteries-Companion/dp/1537577972/
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Leslie Meier lives in Massachusetts
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official website no entry at Wikipedia
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Lucy Stone 'cozy' mystery series
Set in rural small town Tinker's Cove, Maine
"Mail-Order Murder" / "Mistletoe Murder" [LS#1 = Dec-1991]
"Tippy-Toe Murder" [LS#2 = 1994]
"Trick or Treat Murder" [LS#3 = Oct-1996]
"Back To School Murder" [LS#4 = Oct-1997]
"Valentine Murder" [LS#5 = Feb-1999]
"Christmas Cookie Murder" [LS#6 = Nov-1999]
"Turkey Day Murder" [LS#7 = Oct-2000]
"Wedding Day Murder" [LS#8 = Nov-2001]
"Birthday Party Murder" [LS#9 = Aug-2002]
"Father's Day Murder" [LS#10 = Jun-2003]
"Star Spangled Murder" [LS#11 = Jun-2004]
"New Year's Eve Murder" [LS#12 = Nov-2005]
"Bake Sale Murder" [LS#13 = Dec-2006]
"Candy Canes of Christmas Past" short story [LS#13½ = Oct-2007]
"St. Patrick's Day Murder" [LS#14 = Jan-2008]
"Mother's Day Murder" [LS#15 = Apr-2009]
"Wicked Witch Murder" [LS#16 = Sep-2010]
"Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots" short story [LS#16½ = Oct-2010]
"English Tea Murder" [LS#17 = Jul-2011]
"Chocolate Covered Murder" [LS#18 = Jan-2012]
"Easter Bunny Murder" [LS#19 = Feb-2013]
"Christmas Carol Murder" [LS#20 = Sep-2013]
"French Pastry Murder" [LS#21 = Sep-2014]
"Candy Corn Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery)" [LS#22 = Jul-2015]
http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Corn-Murder-Stone-Mystery/dp/0758277075/
http://www.amazon.com/Leslie-Meier/e/B000APW6ES/
"British Manor Murder" [LS#23 = Aug-2016]
"Eggnog Murder" short story [LS#23½ = Nov-2016]
"Turkey Trot Murder" [LS#24 = Oct-2017]
"Halloween Murder" [LS#25 = Sep-2018]
"Silver Anniversary Murder" [LS#26 = Sep-2018]
"Yule Log Murder" [LS#27 = Oct-2018]
"Valentine Candy Murder" [LS#28 = Dec-2018]
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
mystery author D.R. Meredith Page
which includes the Sheriff Charles Matthews mysteries series
and the John Lloyd Branson mysteries series
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Marilyn Meredith of California Page
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Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series
Set in a small town near a Native American Reservation in the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.
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writing as F.M. Meredith: Rocky Bluff P.D. mystery series
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Margaret Millar [1915-94]
{wife of author Ross Macdonald [1915-83]}
browse books IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Geoffrey Miller + P.I. Terry Travern
"The Black Glove": Carroll & Graf pb [8/84] out of print/used
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Marlys Millhiser
+ Hollywood agent Ms. Charlie Greene series
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Wikipedia
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Lisa Miscione {real name Lisa Unger} + Lydia Strong series
all books
author's website
Wikipedia
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Bill Moody + jazzman Evan Horne series: all books
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Walter Mosley & Easy Rawlins Series Page
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Marcia Muller {wife of Bill Pronzini (below)}
browse books browse audio
publisher pages
IMDb listing
Sharon McCone series: series books
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Radine Trees Nehring lives in the Arkansas Ozarks
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official website
"Dear Earth: A Love Letter From Spring Hollow" [5/1995] by Radine Trees Nehring
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Earth-Letter-Spring-Hollow-ebook/dp/B002ASAAVO/
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Earth-Letter-Spring-Hollow/dp/0963662023/
Carrie McCrite and Henry King of Arkansas 'cozies' series
active retiree Carrie volunteers at the art museum and husband Henry is a retired cop; mild Xian slant
"A Valley To Die For" [#1 = 8/2002]
"Music To Die For" [#2 = 10/2003]
"A Treasure To Die For" [#3 = 3/2005]
"A Wedding To Die For" [#4 = 5/2006]
"A River To Die For" [#5 = 4/2008]
"Journey To Die For" [#6 = 6/2010]
"A Fair To Die For" [#7 = 6/2012]
"A Portrait To Die For" [#8 = 5/2016]
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Kris Neri lives in Sedona, Arizona
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official website
co-owner of the Well Red Coyote Bookstore [est. 2005 - closed 2/2015] in Sedona, Arizona
"Never Say Die" [10/2005]
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-Die-Kris-Neri/dp/1591330912/
"The Rose In The Snow: Tales of Mischief & Mayhem" [13 stories - 7/2008]
http://www.amazon.com/Rose-Snow-Kris-Neri/dp/159133229X/
http://www.amazon.com/Rose-Snow-Kris-Neri/dp/1591332281/
"Devil's Gambit - Devil's Due" [ebook 4/2011]
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Gambit-Due-ebook/dp/B004XD20ZI/
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Tracy Eaton mysteries series
"Revenge of The Gypsy Queen" [#1 = 7/1999]
http://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Gypsy-Queen-Tracy-Mysteries/dp/1568250436/
"Dem Bones' Revenge" [#2 = 11/2000]
http://www.amazon.com/Dem-Bones-Revenge-Kris-Neri/dp/B0087SS7D4/
"Revenge For Old Times' Sake: A Tracy Eaton Mystery" [#3 = 3/2010]
http://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Times-Sake-Kris-Neri/dp/097996945X/
"Revenge On Route 66: A Tracy Eaton Mystery" [#4 = 3/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Route-66-Kris-Neri/dp/1937556026/
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Helen Nielsen [1918-2002]
all books
IMDb listing
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Carol O'Connell
+ N.Y.P.D. detective Kathleen Mallory series
all books
Wikipedia
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Vincent H. O'Neil + Frank Cole series
all books author's website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Howard Owen + night beat reporter Willie Mays Black series
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author's website
Wikipedia {empty}
 | "Oregon Hill" [2012] won the Hammett Prize for Best Crime Literature
A coed at the university is murdered and her headless body found in the South Anna River; a hapless drifter is arrested for the crime, but Richmond, Virginia reporter Willie Black does not believe that the case is solved. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2012] for $9.99 Permanent Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/2012] for $20.60 |
 | "The Philadelphia Quarry" [2013] Five days after Richard Slade is released from prison due to DNA evidence proving that he did not rape a white girl, the victim is shot to death at a stoplight. Everyone assumes that Slade killed the woman, but not reporter Willie Black - and besides, Slade is his cousin. Kindle Edition from Permanent Press [7/2013] for $9.99 Permanent Press 8½x5½ pb [12/2013] for $17.29 Permanent Press 9x5½ hardcover [7/2013] for $25.20 |
 | "Parker Field: A Willie Black Mystery" [2014] |
 | "Women of Mystery: Three Writers Who Forever Changed Detective Fiction" [docu-film 1996] Directed by Pamela Briggs Interviewees are Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller & Sue Grafton distributor webpage (videos available there) credits at IMDb |
 | "The Secret of Collecting Girls' Series Books: Featuring Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Penny Parker & Ruth Fielding" [2000] by John Axe Hobby House Press 11x8½ pb [7/2000] out of print/used |
 | "All About Collecting Girls' Series Books: Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Cherry Ames, Penny Parker, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Connie Blair, Vicki Barr, Dana Girls & Others" [2002] by John Axe
Hobby House Press 11x8½ pb pb [7/2002] out of print/used |
 | "All About Collecting Boys' Series Books: The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, Tom Swift Jr., Chip Hilton, Ted Scott, Mark Tidd, Tom Slade & Others" [2002] by John Axe Hobby House Press 11x8½ pb pb [7/2002] out of print/used |
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