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Mystery Detective Mysteries and Police Procedurals

Boris Akunin
 
B
 The Turkish Gambit
 
B
 The Winter Queen
Margery Allingham
 
C
 The Black Dudley Murder
  B The Case of the Late Pig
  D The Death of a Ghost
  A The Fashion in Shrouds
  A The Fear Sign (aka Sweet Danger and Kingdom of Death)
 
B
 Look to the Lady
 
B
 Mystery Mile
 
C
 Police at the Funeral
Robert Barnard
 
C
 Political Suicide
Nevada Barr
  A Blind Descent
  B Blood Lure
  C Borderline
  B Deep South
  B Endangered Species
  B Firestorm
  B Flashback
  B Hard Truth
  C Ill Wind
  C Liberty Falling
  B A Superior Death
  B Track of the Cat
  B Winter Study
M.C. Beaton
  B Death of a Gentle Lady
  D Death of a Glutton
  C Death of a Maid
  C Death of a Snob
Stephen Booth
  B Blind to the Bones
Rhys Bowen
  B Death of Riley
  C Evans Above
  B Murphy's Law
James Lee Burke
  B Cimarron Rose
Agatha Christie
  C Dead Man's Folly
  C Hallowe'en Party
  A Murder on the Orient Express
  A+ The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  A The Tuesday Club Murders
Patricia Cornwell
  B Unnatural Exposure
Colin Dexter
  C The Daughters of Cain
  C Last Bus to Woodstock
  B Last Seen Wearing
  B The Remorseful Day
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  A+ The Hound of the Baskervilles
John Dunning
 
B
 Booked to Die
 
B
 The Bookman's Promise
 
A
 The Bookman's Wake
 
B
 The Bookwoman's Last Fling
 
B
 Deadline
 
B
 The Sign of the Book
Linda Fairstein
 
C
 The Bone Vault
 
C
 Entombed
Corey Lynn Fayman
 
C
 Black's Beach Shuffle
Nicolas Freeling
 
B
 A Dwarf Kingdom
Tana French
 
B
 In the Woods
Tess Gerritsen
 
D
 The Bone Garden
Sue Grafton
 
B
 A is for Alibi
 
C
 N is for Noose
 
A
 O is for Outlaw
 
B
 P is for Peril
 
B
 Q is for Quarry
 
B
 R is for Ricochet
 
B
 S is for Silence
  B T is for Trespass
 
B
 U is for Undertow
Dorien Grey
 
A
 The Bottle Ghosts
 
A
 The Paper Mirror
 
A
 The Role Players
Martha Grimes
 
D
 The Five Bells and Bladebone
Batya Gur
 
C
 Literary Murder a Critical Case
Jane Haddam
 
B
 A Stillness in Bethlehem
Dashiell Hammett
 
B
 The Maltese Falcon
Jim Michael Hansen
 
C
 Shadow Laws
Sue Henry
 
D
 Deadfall
 
B
 Death Takes Passage
 
B
 Murder on the Iditarod Trail
 
B
 The Serpents Trail
 
C
 The Tooth of Time
Susan Hill
 
B
 The Various Haunts of Men
Tony Hillerman
 
C
 The Blessing Way
 
C
 Dance Hall of the Dead
M.J. Hollingshead
 
B
 The Inspector's Wife
Arnaldur Indriđason
 
A
 Jar City
 
A
 Silence of the Grave
 
A
 Voices
P.D. James
 
B
 A Certain Justice
 
B
 Cover Her Face
 
B
 Death in Holy Orders
 
B
 The Murder Room
 
B
 A Taste for Death
J.A. Jance
 
B
 Birds of Prey
 
B
 Breach of Duty
 
B
 Damage Control
 
B
 Dead to Rights
 
B
 Dead Wrong
 
A
 Desert Heat
 
A
 Devil's Claw
 
B
 Exit Wounds
 
C
 Failure to Appear
 
C
 Improbable Cause
 
B
 Injustice for All
 
B
 Long Time Gone
 
C
 Minor in Possession
 
B
 A More Perfect Union
 
B
 Outlaw Mountain
 
C
 Paradise Lost
 
B
 Partner in Crime
 
A
 Payment in Kind
 
A
 Rattlesnake Crossing
 
B
 Skeleton Canyon
 
B
 Shoot, Don't Shoot
 
B
 Taking the Fifth
 
A
 Tombstone Courage
 
B
 Trial by Fury
 
B
 Until Proven Guilty
 
A
 Without Due Process
Karen Kijewski
 
A
 Alley Kat Blues
 
A
 Copy Kat
 
C
 Honky Tonk Kat
 
B
 Kat Scratch Fever
 
B
 Kat's Cradle
 
B
 Katapult
 
B
 Katwalk
 
B
 Stray Kat Waltz
 
B
 Wild Kat
Laurie R. King
 
B
 The Game
 
B
 Justice Hall
 
B
 Locked Rooms
 
B
 The Moor
 
B
 Night Work
Mary Kruger
 
A
 Death on the Cliff Walk
Jane Langton
 
D
 The Dante Game
Betty Sullivan LaPierre
 
A
 Double Trouble
Paul Levinson
 
B
 The Consciousness Plague
 
B
 The Pixel Eye
 
B
 The Silk Code
William Manchee
 
A
 Black Monday
 
A
 Brash Endeavor
 
A
 Ca$h Call
 
A
 Deadly Distractions
 
A
 Deadly Distractions
 
A
 Death Pact
 
A
 Plastic Gods
 
A
 Second Chair
 
A
 Trouble in Trinidad
Margaret Maron
  B Baby Doll Games
  A+ Bootlegger's Daughter
  B Corpus Christmas
  C Death in Blue Folders
  D Death of a Butterfly
  C Death's Half Acre
  C Fugitive Colors
  A Hard Row
  B High Country Fall
  B Home Fires
  B Killer Market
  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
Archer Mayor
 
B
 Chat
   
Walter Mosley
  B Fear Itself
  B Fear of the Dark
  B Fearless Jones
Marcia Muller
 
B
 Dead Midnight
 
B
 The Ever-Running Man
 
B
 Vanishing Point
Carol O'Connell
 
B
 Crime School
 
A
 Dead Famous
 
A
 Find Me
 
B
 Killing Critics
 
B
 Mallory's Oracle
 
C
 The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
 
C
 Shell Game
 
C
 Stone Angel
 
B
 Winter House
Sara Paretsky
 
B
 Fire Sale
Robert B. Parker
 
B
 Back Story
 
C
 Blue Screen
 
B
 A Catskill Eagle
 
B
 Ceremony
 
C
 Death in Paradise
 
B
 Double Deuce
 
B
 God Save the Child
 
B
 The Godwulf Manuscript
 
B
 High Profile
 
B
 Hugger Mugger
 
B
 Hush Money
 
A
 Looking for Rachel Wallace
 
A
 Night Passage
 
B
 Pale Kings and Princes
 
B
 Paper Doll
 
B
 Playmates
 
B
 Potshot
 
B
 Promised Land
 
C
 A Savage Place
 
B
 Sea Change
 
B
 Small Vices
 
C
 Stardust
 
B
 Stone Cold
 
C
 Trouble in Paradise
 
C
 Widow's Walk
   
T. Jefferson Parker
 
B
 Black Water
 
B
 The Blue Hour
 
B
 Cold Pursuit
 
B
 Laguna Heat
 
B
 Red Light
Eliot Pattison
 
B
 The Skull Mantra
Ellis Peters
 
D
 Rainbow's End
Ian Rankin
 
A
 The Falls
 
B
 Set in Darkness
 
B
 Tooth and Nail
John R. Riggs
 
D
 A Dragon Lives Forever
J.D. Robb
 
B
 Betrayal in Death
 
B
 Born in Death
 
B
 Ceremony in Death
 
A
 Conspiracy in Death
 
B
 Creation in Death
 
A
 Divided in Death
 
B
 Glory in Death
 
B
 "Haunted in Death" Bump in the Night
 
C
 Holiday in Death
 
C
 Imitation in Death
 
B
 Immortal in Death
 
C
 Innocent in Death
 
A
 Judgment in Death
 
B
 Loyalty in Death
 
D
 Memory in Death
 
B
 Naked in Death 11/7/2003
 
C
 Origin in Death
 
B
 Portrait in Death
 
B
 Promises in Death
 
B
 Purity in Death
 
B
 Rapture in Death
 
B
 Remember When
 
B
 Reunion in Death
 
B
 Salavation in Death
 
C
 Seduction in Death
 
C
 Silent Night
 
B
 Strangers in Death
 
A
 Survivor in Death
 
B
 Vengeance in Death
 
C
 Visions in Death
 
B
 Witness in Death
   
Les Roberts
 
B
 Collision Bend
 
B
 The Cleveland Connection
 
B
 The Cleveland Local
 
B
 Deep Shaker
 
C
 The Duke of Cleveland
 
B
 Full Cleveland
 
B
 The Lake Effect
 
B
 Pepper Pike
 
B
 A Shoot in Cleveland
Nora Roberts
 
A
 Blue Smoke
 
C
 High Noon
 
C
 Northern Lights
 
B
 Remember When
Chris Rogers
 
A
 Bitch Factor
  B Chill Factor
 
B
 Rage Factor
S.J. Rozan
 
B
 A Bitter Feast
 
B
 China Trade
 
B
 Concourse
 
A
 No Colder Place
  B Mandarin Plaid
 
B
 Stone Quarry
John Sandford
 
B
 Dark Moon
Dorothy Sayers
 
B
 Busman's Honeymoon
 
A
 Gaudy Night
 
A
 Murder Must Advertise
Julie Smith
 
B
 82 Desire
 
A
 The Axeman's Jazz
 
C
 Crescent City Kill
 
C
 House of Blues
 
A
 Jazz Funeral
 
B
 The Kindness of Strangers
 
B
 Mean Woman Blues
 
C
 New Orleans Beat
 
A
 New Orleans Mourning
   
Dana Stabenow
  C A Cold Day for Murder
Rex Stout
 
B
 Death of a Dude
 
C
 A Family Affair
 
B
 The Father Hunt
 
C
 The Rubber Band
 
A
 Where There's a Will
Lisa Unger
 
A
 Beautiful Lies
Leland Waldrip
 
A
 Griz Nightmare
 
A
 Vigilante Virus
Kate Wilhelm
 
B
 The Best Defense
  B Clear and Convincing Proof
 
B
 Death Qualified
 
A
 Defense for the Devil
 
A
 Desperate Measures
 
B
 No Defense
  A Skeletons
 
A
 The Unbidden Truth
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
Dorian Yeager
  C Cancellation by Death
  C Eviction by Death
   
 
 
 
 

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