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Lydia Adamson
  B A Cat on Stage Left
  B A Cat Named Brat
  D A Cat with a Fiddle
Boris Akunin
 
B
 The Turkish Gambit
 
B
 The Winter Queen
Steve Allen
 
C
 Murder in Vegas
Donna Andrews
 
B
 Murder with Peacocks
 
B
 Murder with Puffins
Isaac Asimov
 
C
 Murder at the ABA
Marian Babson
 
C
 Canapes for the Kitties
 
B
 Nine Lives to Murder
 
C
 To Catch a Cat
M.C. Beaton
 
D
 Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
 
B
 Death of a Gentle Lady
 
D
 Death of a Glutton
 
C
 Death of a Maid
 
C
 Death of a Snob
Lawrence Block
 
C
 The Burglar in the Closet
 
B
 The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
 
B
 Burglars Can't Be Choosers
 
A
 The Girl with the Long Green Heart
Brenda M. Boldin
 
A
 A Bird by Any Other Name
 
A
 Dead Birds Don't Sing
Rhys Bowen
 
B
 Death of Riley
 
C
 Evans Above
Lilian Jackson Braun
 
C
 The Cat Who Brought Down the House
 
B
 The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal
 
C
 The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
 
B
 The Cat Who Said Cheese
 
C
 The Cat Who Sang for the Birds
Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
 
C
 Cat on the Scent
 
D
 Murder, She Meowed
 
C
 Murder on the Prowl
  B Santa Clawed
 
C
 The Tail of the Tip-Off
Josephine Carr
 
C
 My Very Own Murder
Tori Carrington
 
C
 Sophie Metropolis
Sally Chapman
 
B
 Cyberkiss
 
C
 Love Bytes a Silicon Valley Mystery
Laura Childs
 
B
 Gunpowder Green
Jill Churchill
 
C
 A Farewell to Yarns
 
C
 Grime and Punishment
Carol Higgins Clark
 
C
 Snagged
Mary Higgins Clark
 
C
 All Through the Night
 
B
 Before I Say Good-Bye
 
A
 A Cry in the Night
  B Just Take My Heart
 
B
 Moonlight Becomes You
 
B
 On the Street Where You Live
 
B
 Pretend You Don't See Her
 
B
 Stillwatch
 
B
 We'll Meet Again
 
A
 While My Pretty One Sleeps
Mindy Starns Clark
 
B
 Blind Dates Can Be Murder
 
B
 Elementary, My Dear Watkins
 
B
 The Trouble with Tulip
 
A
 Whispers of the Bayou
Diane Mott Davidson
 
B
 Catering to Nobody
 
B
 The Cereal Murders
 
B
 Chopping Spree
 
B
 Dark Tort
 
B
 Double Shot
 
C
 Dying for Chocolate
 
B
 The Grilling Season
 
C
 Killer Pancake
 
D
 The Last Suppers
 
B
 The Main Corpse
 
C
 Prime Cut
 
C
 Sticks and Scones
 
C
 Sweet Revenge
 
C
 Tough Cookie
Carole Nelson Douglas
 
C
 Cat in a Crimson Haze
 
D
 Cat in a Diamond Dazzle
 
C
 Cat in a Flamingo Fedora
 
B
 Cat in a Golden Garland
 
C
 Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit
 
B
 Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit
 
C
 Cat in a Kiwi Con
 
B
 Cat in a Leopard Spot
 
B
 Cat in a Midnight Choir
 
D
 Cat in a Neon Nightmare
 
B
 Cat in a Quicksilver Caper
 
C
 Cat in a Red Hot Rage
 
B
 Cat in a Sapphire Slipper
  B Cat in a Topaz Tango
 
C
 Cat in an Indigo Mood
 
B
 Cat in an Orange Twist
 
B
 Cat on a Blue Monday
 
B
 Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt
 
C
 Cat with an Emerald Eye
 
C
 Catnap
 
B
 Pussyfoot
Janet Evanovich
 
B
 Fearless Fourteen
 
B
 Four to Score
 
C
 Eleven on Top
 
C
 Hard Eight
 
B
 High Five
 
A
 Hot Six
 
C
 Lean Mean Thirteen
 
B
 Metro Girl
 
D
 Motor Mouth
 
B
 One for the Money
 
D
 Plum' Lovin
 
D
 Plum Lucky
 
C
 Plum Spooky
 
A
 Seven Up
 
B
 Ten Big Ones
 
B
 Three to Get Deadly
 
C
 To the Nines
 
B
 Twelve Sharp
 
B
 Two for the Dough
 
B
 Visions of Sugar Plums
Arlene Evans
 
A
 Dinner for Two
Corey Lynn Fayman
 
C
 Black's Beach Shuffle
Monica Ferris
 
C
 Crewel World
 
C
 Framed in Lace
Jasper Fforde
 
C
 The Big Over Easy
 
A
 The Eyre Affair
 
B
 First Among Sequels
 
D
 The Fourth Bear
 
A
 Lost in a Good Book
 
C
 The Well of Lost Plots
Anne George
 
C
 Murder Makes Waves
 
C
 Murder on a Girls' Night Out
 
C
 Murder Runs in the Family
Linda Gerber
 
D
 Death by Latte
Dorothy Gilman
  B The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
  D Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
  C Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
  B Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
  B Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
  B The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Lyn Hamilton
  C The Xibalba Murders
     

 

 
 
 
 
Carolyn G. Hart
  B Death on Demand
  C Design for Murder
Jane Heller
  B Princess Charming
Sue Henry
 
D
 Deadfall
 
B
 Death Takes Passage
 
B
 Murder on the Iditarod Trail
 
B
 The Serpents Trail
 
C
 The Tooth of Time
Marianna Heusler
 
A
 Buried in the Townhouse
Carl Hiaasen
 
B
 Basket Case
Stuart Kaminsky
 
C
 Dancing in the Dark
 
B
 Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Harry Kemelman
 
D
 Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
 
C
 Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Lisa Lutz
 
B
 Curse of the Spellmans
 
B
 Revenge of the Spellmans
 
B
 The Spellman Files
 
Charlotte MacLeod
 
B
 The Corpse In Oozak's Pond
Lindsay Maracotta
 
C
 The Dead Celeb
 
B
 The Dead Hollywood Moms Society
 
B
 Playing Dead
Margaret Maron
 
B
 Baby Doll Games
 
A+
 Bootlegger's Daughter
 
B
 Corpus Christmas
 
C
 Death in Blue Folders
 
D
 Death of a Butterfly
 
B
 Death's Half Acre
 
C
 Fugitive Colors
 
A
 Hard Row
 
B
 High Country Fall
 
B
 Home Fires
 
B
 Killer Market
  B Last Lessons of Summer
 
C
 One Coffee With
 
A
 The Right Jack
 
B
 Rituals of the Season
 
C
 Sand Sharks
 
A
 Shooting at Loons
 
B
 Slow Dollar
 
B
 Southern Discomfort
 
B
 Storm Track
 
C
 Uncommon Clay
 
B
 Up Jumps the Devil
 
B
 Winter's Child
Ngaio Marsh
 
B
 Artists in Crime
 
B
 Clutch of Constables
 
A
 Colour Scheme
 
A
 Death and the Dancing Footman
 
B
 Death in Ecstasy
 
A+
 Death of a Fool
 
A
 Death of a Peer
 
C
 Died in the Wool
 
A
 The Nursing Home Murder
 
D
 Overture in Death
 
B
 Photo Finish
 
B
 Spinsters in Jeopardy
 
C
 Tied Up in Tinsel
 
B
 When in Rome
 
Guillermo Martínez
 
B
 The Oxford Murders
Linda E. Masek
 
C
 Mag-ni-fi-cat and the Christmas Tree Mystery
Archer Mayor
 
B
 Chat
Sharyn McCrumb
 
Bimbos of the Death Sun
 
C
 For the mystery fan
 
A
 For the person who has ever attended a science fiction convention
 
Highland Laddie Gone
 
B
 For the mystery fan
 
A
 For the person who has ever attended a Scottish Games weekend
 
B
 If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
 
B
 If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
 
D
 Lovely in Her Bones
 
C
 MacPherson's Lament
 
B
 Missing Susan
 
D
 Paying the Piper
 
A+
 The PMS Outlaws
 
B
 She Walks These Hills
 
B
 Zombies of the Gene Pool
Marlys Millhiser
 
C
 Death of the Office Witch
 
C
 Murder in a Hot Flash
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
 
D
 Cat in the Dark
 
C
 Cat Raise the Dead
Elizabeth Peters
 
C
 The Ape Who Guards the Balance
 
C
 The Camelot Caper
 
B
 Children of the Storm
 
A
 Crocodile on the Sandbank
 
B
 The Curse of the Pharaohs
 
D
 The Deeds of the Disburber
 
C
 Die for Love
 
A
 The Falcon at the Portal
 
C
 The Golden One
 
C
 Guardian of the Horizon
 
A
 He Shall Thunder in the Sky
 
C
 The Hippopotamus Pool
 
C
 The Jackal's Head
 
B
 The Last Camel Died at Noon
 
B
 Lion in the Valley
 
B
 The Lord of the Silent
 
C
 The Mummy Case
 
A
 Naked Once More
 
B
 Seeing a Large Cat
 
C
 The Serpent on the Crown
 
B
 The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
 
C
 Tomb of the Golden Bird
 
Ellis Peters
 
B
 A Morbid Taste for Bones
 
D
 Rainbow's End
Ian Sansom
 
C
 The Case of the Missing Books
Dorothy Sayers
 
B
 Busman's Honeymoon
 
A
 Gaudy Night
 
A
 Murder Must Advertise
Jeff Shelby
 
B
 Killer Swell
 
C
 Wicked Break
Edith Skom
 
D
 The Mark Twain Murders
Alexander McCall Smith
 
B
 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Troy Soos
 
B
 The Cincinnati Red Stalkings
 
A
 Hanging Curve
 
B
 Hunting a Detroit Tiger
 
C
 Murder at Ebbets Field
 
C
 Murder at Fenway Park
 
C
 Murder at Wrigley Field
Dana Stabenow
 
C
 A Cold Day for Murder
Susan Sussman with Sarajane Avidon
 
C
 Audition for Murder
 
C
 Cruising for Murder
Josephine Tey
 
C
 Brat Farrar
Jacqueline Winspear
  A Among the Mad
  B Birds of a Feather
  B An Incomplete Revenge
  A+ Maisie Dobbs
  C Messenger of Truth
  A Pardonable Lies
Richard Yancey
  C The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs
Dorian Yeager
  C Cancellation by Death
  C Eviction by Death
   
     

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