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Made up things are even better. The point is to enjoy the pleasure in the world of reasoning."
— Seicho Matsumoto [1909-92]
Distant Times
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"The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits" [2005] by Mike Ashley includes 30 stories from Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott, Sharan Newman, Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Peter Tremayne & others Carroll & Graf 8¼x5 pb [6/2005] for $11.86 |
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"The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits" [2002] by Mike Ashley includes stories from Paul Doherty, Suzanne Franke, Lauren Haney, Michael Pearce, Elizabeth Peters, Lynda Robinson Carroll & Graf 7¾x5 pb [8/2002] for $11.86 Constable & Robinson 7½x5 pb [9/2002] for $12.27 |
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"The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits" [2001] by Mike Ashley includes 22 stories from Cherith Baldry, Margaret Frazer, Susanna Gregory, Edward D. Hoch, Tom Holt, Michael Jecks, Elizabeth Peters, Mary Reed & Eric Mayer, Steven Saylor, Keith Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Peter Tremayne, Derek Wilson & others Carroll & Graf 7½x5¼ pb [10/2001] out of print/used |
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"Murder Through The Ages: A Bumper Anthology of Historical Mysteries" [2001] by Maxim Jakubowski includes stories from Kate Ellis, Ian Morson, Manda Scott, Peter Tremayne & others iBooks 8¼x5 pb [3/2006] for $11.86 Headline Books mass pb [4/2001] for $13.99 |
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"The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives" [1995] by Mike Ashley includes stories from Lillian de la Torre, Edward D. Hoch, Melville Davisson Post & others Carroll & Graf 7½x5 pb [8/95] out of print/used |
Boris Akunin of Republic of Georgia
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Erast Fandorin, detective in Imperial Russia
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Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre
+ Insp. Juve vs. Fantτmas in Belle Epoque France
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Isaac Asimov's Robot Mysteries {in the future} Page
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Emily Brightwell
+ Victorian Era Insp. Witherspoon & Mrs. Jeffries mysteries
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Ms. Lindsey Davis
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+ Marcus Didius Falco of Ancient Rome:
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Dale Furutani
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Samurai Trilogy in 1603 C.E.:
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J. Robert Janes
St-Cyr & Kohler in Occupied France series
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Giulio Leoni + Dante Alighieri in Florence, A.D. 1300
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Albert Noyer of New Mexico: author's website
Getorius & Arcadia Asterius of Vth Century Ravenna:
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Anne Perry
+ Victorian Age detectives Wm. Monk & Thomas Pitt, etc.
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Ellis Peters {nee Edith Pargeter} [1913-1995]
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Brother Cadfael in XIIth Century Britain series
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John Maddox Roberts of New Mexico:
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Roman Senator Decius / S.P.Q.R. series:
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Sax Rohmer [real name Arthur Sarsfield Ward, 1883-1959]
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master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu series:
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"Master of Villainy: A Biography of Sax Rohmer" [1972] by Cay Van Ash & Elizabeth Sax Rohmer Popular Press hardcover [12/72] out of print/rare |
Laura Joh Rowland: author's website Wikipedia
XVIIth Century samurai Sano Ichiro series: series books
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Robert van Gulik [1910-67] + VIIth Century Judge Dee Chinese mystery series
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Arthur W. Upfield [1888-1964]
+ Det. Insp. Napoleon Bonaparte series
tales of an extraordinary half-aborigine/half-white police inspector in the post-World War I outback of Australia
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Unofficial Upfield & Bony Homepage fansite
Exotic Climes
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"Murder In Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime & Detection" [1987]
Edited by John L. Apostolou & Martin H. Greenberg
Dembner Books hardcover [6/87] out of print/used
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Jiro Akagawa
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A.C. Baantjer
+ Amsterdam Insp. Jurrian DeKok series
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Dutch-language author fansite
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Cara Black of San Francisco: author's website
Aimιe Leduc of Paris, France series: browse books
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Giles Blunt
+ Northern Ontario, Canada detectives Cardinal & Delorme series
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Tom Bradby
+ mysteries set in 1926 Shanghai, 1917 Russia, 1942 Cairo
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John Burdett
+ Royal Thai Police Det. Sonchai Jitpleecheep series
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Andrea Camilleri
+ Commissario Montalbano in Sicily series
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Camilleri Fan Club [est. 1997]: in Italian or in English
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Gianrico Carofiglio
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Vikram Chandra
+ Insp. Sartaj Singh of Bombay, India series
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"Sacred Games" [2007] HarperCollins 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2007] for $16.77 Insp. Singh also appeared in a story in |
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Henry Chang
+ N.Y.P.D. Det. Jack Yu in New York's Chinatown series
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"A Corpse In The Koryo" [2006] by James Church Inspector O of North Korea's Ministry of State Security is assigned to the case of an unidentified Westerner found dead in a hotel room. St. Martin/Minotaur 8½x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $17.00 |
Michael Dibdin
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Aurelio Zen of modern Venice, Italy series: series books
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Εke Edwardson
+ Swedish Insp. Erik Winter series
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Kerstin Ekman page at Project Runeberg {in Swedish}
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Kerstin Ekman
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Kjell Eriksson + Swedish detectives Haver & Lindell series
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John Farrow + Montreal detective Emile Cinq-Mars series
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Karin Fossum + Norwegian Insp. Konrad Sejer series
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Nicolas Freeling [1927-2003]
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Insp. Van der Valk of Amsterdam series:
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Henri Castang of Brussels, Belgium series:
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David Fulmer
+ Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr series
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Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
+ Insp. Espinosa of Rio de Janiero series
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Friedrich Glauser [1896-1938] + Det. Sgt. Studer series
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KP's German-language Friedrich Glauser fansite
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Batya Gur [1947-2005]
+ Jerusalem Police Supt. Michael Ohayon series
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David Hewson
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detective Nic Costa of Rome, Italy series
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Arnaldur Indriπason + Icelandic Insp. Erlendur series
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H.R.F. Keating
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Insp. Ghote of Bombay, India:
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"A Perfect Murder" [Merchant-Ivory July 1988]
Someone attempts to kill an employee in the home of an upper-caste family, and Insp. Ghote is under pressure to solve this and several other cases, as well as dealing with a visiting professor. Co-written & directed by Zafar Hai, co-written by H.R.F. Keating, from his book; starring Naseeruddin Shah {as Ghote}, Stellan Skarsgεrd, Amjad Khan, Madhur Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor, Archana Puran Singh, Dalip Tahil, Dinshaw Daji, Johnny Walker, Mohan Agashe, Rajesh Vivek, Ratna Pathak & Salim Ghouse Merchant-Ivory widescreen color DVD [1/2005] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
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based on the H.R.F. Keating novel [1964] Academy Chicago Publrs 8x5 pb [10/97] for $9.31 |
Donna Leon
+ Commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice, Italy series
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Carlo Lucarelli
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Commissario De Luca series
RA's Italian-language Commissario De Luca fansite
Grazia Negro of Bologna series
Grazia Negro 'official?' website {parked 2/2007}
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Henning Mankell + Swedish police series
books in English, German, Swedish & Spanish
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Art's Insp. Wallandar fansite
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Paul Mann: browse books
half-caste George Sansi, detective of the N.C.B. in Bombay series
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Petros Markaris + Insp. Haritos of Athens Homicide series
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John P. Marquand [1893-1960]
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"The Mr. Moto Collection - Volume 1" Starring Peter Lorre
Fox color DVD box set [8/2006] 4 disks for $44.99 includes "Thank You, Mr. Moto" [1937], "Think Fast, Mr. Moto" [1937], "Mr. Moto Takes A Chance" [1938], and "Mysterious Mr. Moto" [1938] "The Mr. Moto Collection - Volume 2" Starring Peter Lorre
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Sujata Massey + Rei Shimura in Japan & U.S.A. series
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Seicho Matsumoto [1909-92] + Insp. Imanishi of Tokyo series
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 | "The Castle of Sand" aka 'Suna no utsuwa' [Shochiku Japan Oct 1974, USA Oct 1975] A homicide detective and his new partner investigate a body dumped in a railroad yard, which is soon identified as a policeman on vacation. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; based on a best-selling novel by Seicho Matsumoto; starring Tetsuro Tamba, Kensaku Morita, Go Kato, Ken Ogata, Yτko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi, Seiji Matsuyama & Yoshi Kato; won Kinema Junpo awards for Best Director & Best Script video not available; full credits from IMDb 2004 Japan tv series: series credits at IMDb "Inspector Imanishi Investigates" [1961 bestseller novel] Soho Crime 7½x5 pb [11/94] for $10.01 |
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James McClure [1939-2006]
+ Kramer & Zondi of South African C.I.D. series
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James Melville: all books
Tetsuo Otani of Osaka, Japan series
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Miyuki Miyabe + Tokyo police series
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Magdalen Nabb
+ Maresciallo Salvatore Guarnaccia in Florence, Italy series
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Barbara Nadel
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Insp. Cetin Ikmen of Istanbul, Turkey series
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Shizuko Natsuki
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Hεkan Nesser + Insp. Van Veeteren series
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Hεkan Nesser page at Project Runeberg {in Swedish}
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Gόnter Ohnemus:
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Iain Pears: all books Wikipedia
art historian Jonathan Argyll in Italy series:
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Daniel Pennac
+ 'Malaussθne Saga' comic mysteries
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Edogawa Rampo [real name Hirai Taro; 1894-1965]
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Satyajit Ray + Feluda of Calcutta series
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"The Complete Adventures of Feluda" [1983] by Satyajit Ray; translated by Chitrita Banerji Between 1965 and 1992, India's master filmmaker Satyajit Ray wrote a total of 335 Feluda stories, featuring Pradosh C. Mitter, a private detective living in Kolkata, India. Volume 1: Penguin 8¼x5¼ pb [1/2004] $35.00 Volume 2: Penguin India 8¼x5½ pb [2/2005] for $34.95 |
Ms. S.J. Rozan
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Lydia Chin & Bill Smith in New York's Chinatown series
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Pernille Rygg of Norway + Igi Heitmann series
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Soji Shimada (author of over 100 mysteries)
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Georges Simenon [1903-89] + Insp. Maigret of Paris series
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"The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon" [1993] by Patrick Marnham Harvest 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $22.00 FS&G hardcover [4/93] out of print/many used |
Maj Sjφwall & Per Wahlφφ [1926-75]
+ Swedish police series
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Alexander McCall Smith
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No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (of Botswana) series
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"The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" TV series [Weinstein/H.B.O. 2008]
Co-written & directed by Anthony Minghella;
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Akimitsu Takagi [1920-95]
+ Prof. Kyosuke Kamizu series
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Masako Togawa
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Helene Tursten
+ Swedish Det. Insp. Irene Huss series
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Helene Tursten page at Project Runeberg {in Swedish}
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Janwillem van de Wetering + Amsterdam police series
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Fred Vargas + Chief Insp. Adamsberg of Paris series
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Robert Wilson of Portugal: Wikipedia
Insp. Javier Falcσn in Seville, Spain series:
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Ted Wood
+ Reid Bennett of Ontario, Canada series:
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Eric Wright
+ Charlie Salter, etc. of Canada
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"A Killing Climate: The Collected Mystery Stories of Eric Wright" [2003] Crippen & Landru 8¾x6¾ pb [10/2003] for $17.00 Crippen & Landru hardcover [10/2003] out of print/used |
Seishi Yokomizo [1902-81]
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Qiu 'Joe' Xiaolong
+ Chief Insp. Chen Cao of Shanghai, China series
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