"He was like a blind man looking in a dark room
for a black hat that was not there."

— Dashiell Hammett (short story "It", November 1923)

author pages:
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James Lee Burke Page
James M. Cain Page
Michael Connelly Page
James Ellroy Page
Dick Francis Page
Erle Stanley Gardner Page
Dashiell Hammett Pages
Tony Hillerman Page
J.A. Jance Page
John D. MacDonald Page
Ross MacDonald Page
Robert B. Parker [1932-2010] Page
Rex Stout Page
Jim Thompson Page
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authors A-G
authors H-O

on Homepage Part Two
authors P-Z

Re: Legal Eagles
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on Homepage Part Three
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Noir Mysteries Dept.

Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages

Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] Pages

Rick Walker, Private Investigator

"Backlot Requiem" novel by G.E. Nordell   "Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery" [iUniverse March 2005]
by G.E. Nordell

When a long-buried body is discovered at National Pictures Studios, private investigator Rick Walker is called in to identify it. His investigation leads to a thirty-year-old murder case, a dying film director and his wild daughters, a legendary film star of the Silent Era, local gangsters, and a very discreet love affair.
9x6 hardcover [3/2005] for $22.95 at Amazon
9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.95 at Amazon
9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.95 thru Barnes & Noble
9x6 hardcover [3/2005] for $22.95 thru Barnes & Noble
also on sale at Amazon Canada, U.K., France, Germany & Japan
Croatian-language edition
click here for excerpt

Books About Noir Film

Fiction: Novels & Stories Pages

Non-Fiction About Hard-Boiled & Noir

'The Black Dahlia Murder Case' Page

Megan E. Abbott + gun molls in Fifties L.A.
browse books • IMDb listing

W.R. Burnett [1899-1982] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

James M. Cain [1892-1977] Page

James Ellroy Page

David Goodis [1917-67]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dorothy B. Hughes [1904-93]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ross Macdonald [1915-83] Page

Jim Thompson [1906-77] Page

Cornell Woolrich [1903-68]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Cornell Woolrich fansite




Not Noir, But Excellent
authors A-G [just below] • authors H-O • authors P-Z {on Page 2}

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Harold Adams + N.D. drifter Carl Wilcox: all books

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Susan Whittig Albert + China Bayles: browse books • fansite

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Delano Ames  [1906-87]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Donna Andrews + Meg Langslow comedic mysteries:
browse books • author's official website

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Isaac Asimov's Robot Mysteries Page

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Ace Atkins + Nick Travers in New Orleans
browse books • Wikipedia

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David Baldacci
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official David Baldacci website

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Linda Barnes + Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle
browse books • author website • Wikipedia

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Nevada Barr + Park Ranger Anna Pigeon
browse books • author website • Wikipedia

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Robert L. Bellem [1902-68] + Dan Turner pulps
all books • movie/tv credits

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E.C. Bentley  [1875-1956]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Trent's Last Case"

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Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933]
+ Honolulu police detective Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan main page
Charlie Chan Movies • Earl Derr Biggers • Charlie Chan Novels

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Gavin Black
browse books (out of print) • IMDb listing

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Nicholas Blake  {real name Cecil Day-Lewis}[1904-72]
+ Nigel Strangeways series

browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Lawrence Block
author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
browse books • browse audio

Matthew Scudder series: series books

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John Bonett {real name John Hubert Arthur Coulson}
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
Emery Bonett {real name Felicity Winifred Carter} [1907-95]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

browse team books (out of print)

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Anthony Boucher [1911-68]
browse mysteries • IMDb listing {as Theo Durrant} • Wikipedia

Ramble House's Anthony Boucher fansite

Anthony Boucher bio-bibliography  
"Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography" [2008]
by Jeffrey Marks

McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [2/2008] for $35.00
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Jack Boyle [1879?-1928?]: books (out of print) • movie credits

+ Boston Blackie: books & audio • Wikipedia

"Boston Blackie" radio program [1945-50] 178 episodes on CD
'The Life & Times of Boston Blkackie' fansite

Boston Blackie graphic/comic by Stefan Petrucha & Kirk Van Wormer   "Boston Blackie" comic book [2003]
by Stefan Petrucha, artwork by Kirk Van Wormer

Moonstone Noir 10x6¾ pb [11/2003] for $5.50
"Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame" comic book [2005]
by Stefan Petrucha, artwork by Chris Burnham

stories "Black Out" & "Inside Out"
Moonstone Noir 8x5½ pb [11/2005] for $8.92
publisher's Boston Blackie book page

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Christianna Brand {real name Mary Christianna Milne}[1907-88]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Lilian Jackson Braun
browse books • browse audio • Wikipedia

+ The Cat Who... series: series books

unofficial Lilian Jackson Braun fan club

"The Cat Who Killed Lillian Jackson Braun: A Parody" by Robert Kaplow

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Anthony Bruno
+ FBI agents Gibbons & Tozzi series + Loretta Kovacs series

browse books • IMDb listing

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Edna Buchanan + Miami reporter Britt Montero series
all books • browse audio • author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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James Lee Burke Page

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James Byrom of South Africa
browse books (out of print)

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Robert Campbell [1927-2000]
browse books • publisher page • IMDb listing

Jimmy Flannery series
Whistler series

Jake Hatch, Railroad Detective books
Plugged Nickel mystery novel by Robert Casmpbell  
"Plugged Nickel" mystery novel [1988] by Robert Campbell
Speeding thru Nebraska on the California Zephyr, someone pulls the emergency cord and railroad detective Jake Hatch is thrown from the train, landing on a severed corpse.
Pocket mass pb [3/88] out of print/many, many used
Pocket Book Club hardcover [1988] out of print/used
Red Cent mystery novel by Robert Casmpbell  "Red Cent" mystery novel [1989] by Robert Campbell
A sniper puts a bullet thru the window of a fast-moving diner car, and a man is killed. Railroad detective Jake Hatch needs to find out whether the shooting was random or the victim was intended and the killer a crack shot.
Pocket mass pb [2/91] out of print/used
Pocket mass pb [1/89] out of print/many used
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Marjorie Carleton
browse books (out of print) • IMDb listing

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John Dickson Carr [1906-77] {aka Carter Dickson & Carr Dickson}
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'John Dickson Carr Collector' site
MP's John Dickson Carr fansite
U.K. John Dickson Carr fansite

John Dickson Carr bio by Douglas Greene  
"John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles" [1963]
by Douglas G. Greene

Otto Penzler Books 9½x6½ hardcover [3/95] out of print/used
Dangerous Crossing movie mystery  "Dangerous Crossing" [Fox Aug 1953]
Based on Carr's 1943 B.B.C. radio play "Cabin B-13"; a woman embarking on an ocean liner discovers that her room is changed and her new husband is missing. Directed by Joseph M. Newman; script by Leo Townsend; starring Michael Rennie, Jeanne Crain & Carl Betz
Fox b&w DVD [3/2008] for $12.99
full credits at IMDb
remade for television as "Treacherous Crossing" [Paramount-TV April 1992]
Paramount color VHS [11/98] out of prodn/used

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George C. Chesbro + dwarf/P.I. Mongo
browse books • official website • Wikipedia

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Lee Child
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

+ Jack Reacher series: series books

official Lee Child website

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Harlan Coben
+ sports agent & P.I. Myron Bolitar series

browse books • author's website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Max Allan Collins
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

+ Nathan Heller series: series books & audio

Fans of Max Allan Collins website

Max Allan Collins Black Box Collection DVD box set   "Max Allan Collins: The Black Box Collection" and "Shades of Neo-Noir" [2006]
includes 10th Anniversary Edition DVDs of "Mommy" [1995] and "Mommy 2: Mommy's Day" [1997] starring Patty McCormack, with commentary, interviews & other extras; video release "Real Time: Siege At Lucas Street Market" [2001]; and the previously-unreleased "Shades of Neo-Noir" DVD, which includes the original "Mike Hammer" TV pilot, written and directed by Blake Edwards, a 'Mickey Spillane' radio show, and interviews with Leonard Maltin, Mickey Spillane, Stacey Keach, Brinke Stevens, Patty McCormack, Del Close, Brian Keith & Lee Meredith
Neo-Noir color DVD set [1/2006] 4 disks for $44.99

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Michael Collins {real name Dennis Lynds}[1924-2005]
+ one-armed P.I. Dan Fortune in New York City

series books • author's website • Wikipedia

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Michael Connelly Page
Harry Bosch Mystery Series • Terry McCaleb Mystery Series • other fiction

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Patricia Cornwell
+ forensic consultant Kay Scarpetta series

all books • author's website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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George Harmon Coxe [1901-84] Page
Coxe was considered 'The Dean of American Mystery Writers' in the 1960s

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Robert Crais
browse books • author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series: series books

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James Crumley
all books • publisher pages • Wikipedia

Milo Milodragovitch series: series books

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John Dandola
all books • Wikipedia {empty}

Dead At The Box Office mystery novel by John Dandola  "Dead At The Box Office" [1990] by John Dandola
M.G.M. decides to reap free publicity by premiering the 1940 Spencer Tracy movie "Edison, The Man" in Thomas Edison 's hometown of West Orange, New Jersey. Studio publicity girl Edie Kos-low is already juggling the press, the personalities of the stars, and interference by the locals when several murders the week before the premiere threaten the festivities and her job – and her life.
Quincannon Publng Group pb [5/2001] out of print/used
Quincannon Publng Group 7¾x5¼ pb [5/93] out of print/used
previously published as "West of Orange" [1990]
Tory Corner Editions mass pb [1990] out of print/used
"Edison, The Man" [M.G.M. May 1940]
Directed by Clarence Brown; starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart & Henry Travers; Oscar nomination for Best Original Story
Warner Bros. b&w DVD [6/2009] for $26.99
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

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William L. DeAndrea [1952-96]
browse all books • Edgar Award winner for Best First Novel • Wikipedia

New York TV exec Matt Cobb mystery series
"Killed In The Ratings" [HBJ 1978]
hardcover out of print/many used • pb out of print/used
"Killed In The Act" [Doubleday 1981]
hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used
"Killed With A Passion" [Doubleday 1983]
hardcover out of print/used
"Killed On The Ice" [Doubleday 1984]
hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used
"Killed In Paradise" [Mysterious Press 1988]
hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used
"Killed On The Rocks" [Mysterious Press 1990]
hardcover out of print/many used • pb out of print/many used
"Killed In Fringe Time" [S&S 1995]
hardcover out of print/used
"Killed In the Fog" [S&S 1996]
hardcover out of print/used

Bill DeAndrea also wrote the Clifford Driscoll mystery series (4 books), the Prof. Niccolo
Benedetti mysteries {3 books), and two Lobo Blacke / Quinn Booker mysteries

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Jeffery Deaver
+ quadriplegic N.Y.P.D. detective Lincoln Rhyme & Det. Amelia Sachs

browse books • author's website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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P.T. Deutermann
+ Manceford County, NC Sheriff's Lt. Cam Richter

browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

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Franklin W. Dixon {aka Edward Stratemeyer} [1862-1930]
+ The Hardy Boys series [est. 1927]
series books • videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jerome Doolittle + Tom Bethany series
browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

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Susan Dunlap + Berkeley, CA cop Jill Smith, etc.
browse books

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John Dunning + Cliff 'Bookman' Janeway series
browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

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Aaron J. Elkins
browse books • author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Gideon Oliver series: series books

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Stanley Ellin [1916-86]
all books • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

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Richard Ellington [1914-1980]
+ Steve Drake novels
five mystery novels (out of print) • bio/review

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J.F. Englert
"Meet Randolph, a dog like any other dog – but with a nose for murder ..."
Randolph's blog "The Intelligent Dog’s Guide To A Troubled World"

Randolph The Dog novels by J.F. Englert   "A Dog About Town" [2007] by J.F. Englert
Dell mass pb [5/2007] for $6.99
"A Dog Among Diplomats" [2008] by J.F. Englert
Dell mass pb [4/2008] for $6.99
"A Dog At Sea: A Bull Moose Dog Run Mystery" [2009]  
Dell mass pb [DUE December 2009] for $7.99
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Loren D. Estleman Mysteries Page

Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Terence Faherty
+ Owen Keane series + Scott Elliott series

all books • author's website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Linda Fairstein
+ New York City Assistant D.A Alex Cooper series

all books • author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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[blacklistee] Howard Fast [1914-2003]
browse all books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Masao Masuto of Beverly Hills P.D. mysteries: series books

ST's Howard Fast fansite

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Robert Ferrigno
browse books • author website • Wikipedia

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Dan Fesperman
+ Bosnian former detective Vlado Petric, etc.

browse books • author's website

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G.M. Ford
+ Leo Waterman series + Frank Corso series

browse books

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Ron Franscell of Wyoming
all books • author's website

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Dale Furutani
+ Ken Tanaka series + Samurai Trilogy

browse books • official website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Erle Stanley Gardner [1889-1970] Page
writing as A.A. Fair • Perry Mason series • other fiction

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

William Campbell Gault
+ Beverly Hills P.I. Brock Callahan series

all books • author's website • Wikipedia

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Dorothy Gilman + Mrs. Pollifax, etc.
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

JMK's Dorothy Gilman fansite

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Lee Goldberg
all books • author's website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

(writing as Ian Ludlow) .357 Vigilante series: series books

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Sue Grafton
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing
author's website • Wikipedia

"G Is For Grafton" fansite

Kinsey Milhone series: browse A-Z series books
"P Is For Peril" [2001]
"Q Is For Quarry" [2002]
"R Is For Ricochet" [2004]
"S Is For Silence" [2005]
"T Is For Trespass" [#20 = 2007]
"U Is For Undertow" [#21 = 12/2009]  

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Sarah Graves of Maine
+ Jacobia Tiptree home repair mysteries
browse books • author's website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Anna Katharine Green [1846-1935]
browse books • Wikipedia

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Stephen Greenleaf + John Marshall Tanner series
browse books


Jane Haddam
+ ex-F.B.I. agent Gregor Demarkian of Philadelphia

browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jean Hager
browse all books • Wikipedia {empty}

Cherokee cops mysteries
Iris House B&B cozy mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Denise Hamilton + reporter Eve Diamond series
all books • author website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Donald Harstad
+ Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman of Iowa

browse books • Wikipedia

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Michael Harvey + Chicago P.I. Michael Kelly
official website • IMDb listing

The Chicago Way mystery novel by Michael Harvey  "The Chicago Way" [2007]
Former cop Kelly is asked to help a one-time partner solve an old rape case that was covered up by their superiors; hours later, the man is found shot dead on the Navy Pier – and Kelly is a suspect.
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [7/2008] for $10.94
Knopf 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.29
Random House Audio ABR audio CD [8/2007] for $22.76
The Fifth Floor mystery novel by Michael Harvey  "The Fifth Floor" [2008]
During an investigation for the mayor of Chicago, Kelly discovers a possible land-grab and cover-up that brought about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Vintage 7¾x5 pb [7/2009] for $10.17  
Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [8/2008] for $16.29
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Jeremiah Healy + John Francis Cuddy series
browse books • author website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Carl Hiaasen
browse books • author's website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Patricia Highsmith [1921-95]
browse books • browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Beautiful Shadow / Patricia Highsmith  
"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
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Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Chester B. Himes [1909-84] + Harlem procedurals
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

SWW's Chester Himes fansite
Friends of Chester Himes fansite

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Naomi Hirahara + Los Angeles gardener Mas Arai series
all books • official website

Summer of The Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara   "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.
Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $11.05
the second Mas Arai novel "Gasa-Gasa Girl"
Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2005] for $9.60
the third Mas Arai novel "Snakeskin Shamisen"
Delta 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $9.96

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Jon A. Jackson + Det. Sgt. Mulheisen series
browse books • author website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

J.A. Jance Page
Sheriff Brady series books • J.P. Beaumont series books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Stuart M. Kaminsky [1934-2009] Page
Toby Peters novels • Porfiry Rostnikov novels • Abe Lieberman novels • Lew Fonesca novels

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Henry Kane + N.Y.C. P.I. Peter Chambers
browse books • IMDb listing

Nico's Henry Kane fanpage
Thrilling Detective Henry Kane page

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Marshall Karp + funny L.A. cops Lomax & Biggs
browse books • official website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

pseudonym Carolyn Keene: Wikipedia

Nancy Drew series [est. 1930]
series books • videos/DVDs • list of movies & video games on IMDb • Wikipedia

JF's Nancy Drew fansite
LS's Nancy Drew fansite
Nancy Drew page at Mystery.net

Girl Sleuth Nancy Drew  
"Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew & The Women Who Created Her" [2005]
by Melanie Rehak

Harvest Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.20
Harcourt 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $18.25
Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection DVD box set   "The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection" DVD box set [2007]
Produced by Warner Bros.; directed by William Clemens; starring Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas & John Litel; DVD set includes "Nancy Drew, Detective" [Nov 1938]; "Nancy Drew, Reporter" [Feb 1939]; "Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter" [June 1939]; and "Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase" [Sept 1939]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [6/2007] 2 disks for $19.99
Nancy Drew 2007 movie poster   "Nancy Drew: The Mystery In Hollywood Hills" [Weintraub/Warner June 2007]
Nancy's family visits Hollywood, staying at the 'haunted' mansion of an actress who died mysteriously. Co-written & directed by Andrew Fleming; starring Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Theriot, Rachel Leigh Cook & Tate Donovan
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $9.99
full credits from IMDb • official movie site
27"x40" poster available at AllPosters.com
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Faye Kellerman
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series: series books

Jonathan Kellerman
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing
author's website • Wikipedia

Alex Delaware series: series books

{their son} Jesse Kellerman
all books • author website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Judith Kelman + Sarah Spooner series
browse books • official website • IMDb listing

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Harry Kemelman [1908-96]
all books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

LitWeb bio page

Rabbi David Small series: series books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Shirley Kennett + psychologist P.J. Gray series
all books • author website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Laurie R. King
+ Kate Martinelli series & Mary Russell series

all books • author website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

William Kent Krueger
+ Sheriff 'Cork' O'Connor series

all books • author's website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Ken Kuhlken + Tom Hickey series: all books • author website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Emma Lathen + John Putnam Thatcher series
browse books • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Dennis Lehane
browse books • browse audio • IMDb listing
author's website • Wikipedia

Kenzie & Gennaro series: series books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Elmore Leonard
browse books • browse audio • browse DVDs • IMDb listing
author website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Paul Levine + Jake Lassiter of Miami, Florida
all books • author website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Michael Z. Lewin + Albert Samson of Indiana
all books • author website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Eleazar Lipsky [1911-93]
all books, 1947-72 (out of print/used) • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jack Lynch + Peter Bragg of San Francisco series
books • author's 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]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

John D. MacDonald [1916-86] Pages
Travis McGee Mystery Novels • other novels • short stories

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Charlotte MacLeod [1922-2005]: all books • Wikipedia

writing as Alisa Craig: all books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

author & editor Cynthia Manson: all books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Harold Q. Masur [1909-2005]
all books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Christine Matthews
+ Gil & Claire Hunt series (with Robert J. Randisi)

all books • author's website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

William P. McGivern [1918-82]
all books • Kindle books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Margaret Millar [1915-94]
{wife of author Ross Macdonald [1915-83]}
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Geoffrey Miller + P.I. Terry Travern
"The Black Glove": Carroll & Graf pb [8/84] out of print/used

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Marlys Millhiser
+ Hollywood agent Ms. Charlie Greene series

all books • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Lisa Miscione {real name Lisa Unger} + Lydia Strong series
all books • author's website • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Bill Moody + jazzman Evan Horne series: all books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Walter Mosley
browse books • browse audio • browse DVDs • IMDb listing
author/publisher website • Wikipedia

Easy Rawlins series: series books • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Marcia Muller {wife of Bill Pronzini (below)}
browse books • browse audio • publisher pages • IMDb listing

interview at Mystery One

Sharon McCone series: series books

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Helen Nielsen [1918-2002]
all books • IMDb listing

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Carol O'Connell
+ N.Y.P.D. detective Kathleen Mallory series

all books • Wikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Vincent H. O'Neil + Frank Cole series
all books • author's website


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