"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)
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Rick Walker, Private Investigator
 | "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 Kindle Edition from Amazon [7/2001] for $9.95 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 click here for excerpt Croatian-language edition |
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Megan E. Abbott + gun molls in Fifties L.A.
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David Goodis [1917-67]
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Dorothy B. Hughes [1904-93]
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Cornell Woolrich [1903-68]
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Not Noir, But Excellent
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Harold Adams + N.D. drifter Carl Wilcox: all books
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Susan Wittig Albert + China Bayles: browse books fansite
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Delano Ames [1906-87]
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Donna Andrews
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Meg Langslow comedic mysteries
"Murder With Peacocks" [1999]
"Murder With Puffins" [2000]
"Revenge of The Wrought-Iron Flamingos" [2001]
"Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon" [2003]
"We'll Always Have Parrots" [2004]
"Owls Well That Ends Well" [2005]
"No Nest For The Wicket" [2006]
"The Penguin Who Knew Too Much" [2007]
"Cockatiels At Seven" [7/2008)
"Six Geese A-Slaying" [10/2008)
"Swan For The Money" [8/2009)
"Stork Raving Mad" [7/2010)
"The Real Macaw" [7/2011]
A.I.P. Turing Hopper computer mysteries
"You've Got Murder" [4/2002]
"Click Here For Murder" [5/2003]
"Access Denied" [12/2004]
"Delete All Suspects" [11/2005]
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Isaac Asimov [1920-92]
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David Baldacci
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Linda Barnes + Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle
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Nevada Barr + Park Ranger Anna Pigeon
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Robert L. Bellem [1902-68] + Dan Turner pulps
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"The Case Files of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective" [2009] by Robert L. Bellem CreateSpace 9½x7¼ pb [1/2009] 20 stories, 2 essays for $20.00 Volume 1, 1934-41: 9 pulp stories CreateSpace 9½x7¼ pb [11/2009] for $15.00 Volume 2, 1943: ? pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $20.00 Volume 3, 1944: 9 pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $20.00 Volume 4, 1944: ? pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $20.00 Volume 5, 1945: 8 pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $20.00 Volume 6, 1946: 11 pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $20.00 Volume 7, 1950: 14 pulp stories CreateSpace 9x6 pb [10/2010] for $20.00 |
"Blackmail" [Republic Pictures July 1947]
Directed by Lesley Selander; starring William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez & Grant Withers
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"Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective" video release [Fries Ent. Aug 1990]
Filmed in Oklahoma; a studio chief hires an independent Hollywood detective to find out whether his actress girlfriend is being blackmailed; when Turner arrives on location in Northern California, he witnesses a murder and becomes the main suspect. Directed by Christopher Lewis; adaptation by John Wooley; starring Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Nicholas Worth, Arte Johnson, Paul Bartel, Eddie Deezen, Clu Gulager & Danny Kamin full credits at IMDb released on video under the title "The Raven Red Kiss-Off" Delta Library Co. color VHS [7/91] out of prodn/used |
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E.C. Bentley [1875-1956]
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"Trent's Last Case"
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Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933]
+ Honolulu police detective Charlie Chan
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Charlie Chan Movies Earl Derr Biggers
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Gavin Black
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Nicholas Blake {real name Cecil Day-Lewis}[1904-72]
+ Nigel Strangeways series
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Lawrence Block
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Jack Bludis
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"Munchies and Other Tales of Guys, Gals & Guns" [4/2011]
http://www.amazon.com/Munchies-Other-Tales-Guys-Gals/dp/1615084029/
Rick Page series
 | "Shadow of The Dahlia" mystery novel [2010] Every cop in L.A.P.D. Robbery-Homicide is trying to find out who killed 'The Black Dahlia', while private-eye Rick Page is trying to locate a millionaire's missing wife; then Page is unwill-ingly drafted to find a young man who wronged the daughter of a crime lord. Bodies tortured in the same manner as the Dahlia soon begin to pile up, and Page finds himself linked to the cunning copycat killer; book was Shamus Award Finalist Kindle Edition from PageTurner [9/2010] for $1.99 {sic} PageTurner 8½x5&frav12 pb [8/2010] for $12.47 |
"Dirty Work: A Rick Page Mystery" [Kindle 3/2011] /B004QTP2EK/
Brian Kane series
"The Big Switch: A Brian Kane Mystery" [7/2001] /1891946102/
"The Deal Killer: A Brian Kane Mystery" [10/2002] /1891946188/
"The Last Sellout: A Brian Kane Mystery" [Kindle 3/2011] /B004S7OH64/
Rick Knight series writing as Jack Burns
"Dead Blondes Don't Tell: A Rick Knight Mystery" [Kindle 2/2010] /B0039CQI20/
"Dead Brunettes Can't Testify: A Rick Knight Mystery" [Kindle 2/2010] /B0039CQI2A/
"Dead Redheads Won't Lie: A Rick Knight Mystery" [Kindle 3/2010] /B003B0W1SU/
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John Bonett {real name John Hubert Arthur Coulson}
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Emery Bonett {real name Felicity Winifred Carter} [1907-95]
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Anthony Boucher [1911-68]
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 | "Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography" [2008] by Jeffrey Marks McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [2/2008] for $35.00 |
Jack Boyle [1879?-1928]: books movie credits
+ Boston Blackie: books & audio Wikipedia
"Boston Blackie" radio program [1945-50] 178 episodes on CD
'The Life & Times of Boston Blackie' fansite
 | "Boston Blackie" [1919] by Jack Boyle A series of short stories published in the pulps and other magazines was combined into book form in 1919. Boston Blackie was a reformed safecracker and jewel thief - he went legit after prison in California - who is the first choice as suspect by Insp. Farraday whenever any such crime is committed. In order to prove his innocence, Blackie and his pals must then find the real criminals and turn them over to the police. CreateSpace 9x6 pb [5/2009] for $15.00 Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $23.52 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [2/2009] for $34.92 |
 | "Boston Blackie" comic book [2003] by Stefan Petrucha, artwork by Kirk Van Wormer Moonstone Noir 10x6¾ pb [11/2003] out of print/used "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 |
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Christianna Brand {real name Mary Christianna Milne}[1907-88]
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Lilian Jackson Braun [1913-2011]
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+ The Cat Who... series: series books
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"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
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Edna Buchanan + Miami reporter Britt Montero series
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
James Lee Burke Page
Dave Robicheaux series
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James Byrom of South Africa
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Chelsea Cain of Portland, Oregon
Sounds godawful: Detective Archie Sheridan versus serial killer Gretchen Lowell who, for example,
captures Archie, tortures him for ten days, then releases him and turns herself in!
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Paul Cain [1902-66]
real name George Carol Sims; wrote scripts as Peter Ruric
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only novel "Fast One" []
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Robert Campbell [1927-2000]
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Jimmy Flannery book series
Whistler book series
Jake Hatch, Railroad Detective books
 | "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 [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 |
Marjorie Carleton
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John Dickson Carr [1906-77] {aka Carter Dickson & Carr Dickson}
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 | "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" [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
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Lee Child + Jack Reacher Series Page
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Harlan Coben
+ sports agent & P.I. Myron Bolitar series
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Max Allan Collins
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+ Nathan Heller series: series books & audio
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"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 $34.98 |
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Michael Collins {real name Dennis Lynds}[1924-2005]
+ one-armed P.I. Dan Fortune in New York City
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
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Harry Bosch series books
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Mickey Haller series books
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Patricia Cornwell
+ forensic consultant Kay Scarpetta series
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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
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Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series: series books
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James Crumley
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John Dandola
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 | "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 book available at author's website 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]
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New York TV exec Matt Cobb mystery series
"Killed In The Ratings" [HBJ 1978]
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"Killed In The Act" [Doubleday 1981]
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"Killed With A Passion" [Doubleday 1983]
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"Killed On The Ice" [Doubleday 1984]
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"Killed In Paradise" [Mysterious Press 1988]
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"Killed On The Rocks" [Mysterious Press 1990]
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"Killed In Fringe Time" [S&S 1995]
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"Killed In the Fog" [S&S 1996]
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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
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P.T. Deutermann
+ Manceford County, NC Sheriff's Lt. Cam Richter
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Franklin W. Dixon {aka Edward Stratemeyer} [1862-1930]
+ The Hardy Boys series [est. 1927]
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 | "The Hardy Boys Starter Set" Box Set [YA 2009] by Franklin W. Dixon Grosset & Dunlap 7¾x5 hardcover set [9/2009] for $21.77 Packaged together in a collectible box set: #1 "The Tower Treasure"; #2 "The House On The Cliff"; #3 "The Secret of The Old Mill"; #4 "The Missing Chums"; #5 "Hunting For Hidden Gold"; and #6 "The Shore Road Mystery" |
Jerome Doolittle + Tom Bethany series
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Susan Dunlap + Berkeley, CA cop Jill Smith, etc.
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John Dunning + Cliff 'Bookman' Janeway series
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Aaron J. Elkins
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Gideon Oliver series: series books
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Stanley Ellin [1916-86]
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Richard Ellington [1914-1980]
+ Steve Drake novels
five mystery novels (out of print)
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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 Dogs Guide To A Troubled World"
 | "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 [12/2009] for $7.99 |
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Loren D. Estleman Mysteries Page
Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore
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Janet Evanovich + Stephanie Plum series
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Percival Everett
Writes mysteries and other fiction; is Afro-American and an English professor at U.S.C. in California
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 | "I Am Not Sidney Poitier: A Novel" [2009] by Percival Everett
An 11-year-old Afro-American boy in Georgia with a very strange name is orphaned and inherits a pile of stock in Turner Broadcasting. His adventures include a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama. Graywolf Press 9x6 pb [5/2009] for $10.88 |
 | "Assumption: A Novel" [2011] by Percival Everett
The killing of an old woman in a small New Mexico town leads Deputy Sheriff Ogden Walker on a trail of many flimsy leads, eventually reaching Denver and a hippie commune. Graywolf Press 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $10.20 |
Terence Faherty
+ Owen Keane series + Scott Elliott series
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 | "The Hollywood Op: Private Eye Scott Elliott In Tinseltown" [8 stories 2011] by Terence Faherty Perfect Crime Books 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $14.95 |
Linda Fairstein
+ New York City Assistant D.A Alex Cooper series
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[blacklistee] Howard Fast [1914-2003]
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Masao Masuto of Beverly Hills P.D. mysteries: series books
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Robert Ferrigno
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Dan Fesperman
+ Bosnian former detective Vlado Petric, etc.
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G.M. Ford
+ Leo Waterman series + Frank Corso series
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Ron Franscell of Wyoming
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Dale Furutani
+ Ken Tanaka series + Samurai Trilogy
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Erle Stanley Gardner [1889-1970] Page
writing as A.A. Fair
Perry Mason series books
D.A. Doug Selby series books
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William Campbell Gault
+ Beverly Hills P.I. Brock Callahan series
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Dorothy Gilman + Mrs. Pollifax, etc.
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Lee Goldberg
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(writing as Ian Ludlow) .357 Vigilante series: series books
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Sue Grafton Page
Kinsey Milhone 'alphabet' series books
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Sarah Graves of Maine
+ Jacobia Tiptree home repair mysteries
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Anna Katharine Green [1846-1935]
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Stephen Greenleaf + John Marshall Tanner series
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Jane Haddam
+ ex-F.B.I. agent Gregor Demarkian of Philadelphia
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Jean Hager
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Cherokee cops mysteries
Iris House B&B cozy mysteries
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Denise Hamilton + reporter Eve Diamond series
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Joseph Hansen [1923-2004] + Dave Brandstetter series
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Fred R. Harris + Oklahoma Sheriff Okie Dunn series
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Jamie Harrison + Sheriff Jules Clement series: all books
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Donald Harstad
+ Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman of Iowa
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Michael T. Harvey + Chicago P.I. Michael Kelly
official website
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 | "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" [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 |
 | "The Third Rail" [2010]
Kelly witnesses a shooting at an El station by what turns out to be a pair of serial snipers, then his girlfriend is kidnapped ... Vintage pb [3/2011] for $7.99 
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2010] for $16.47 |
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"We All Fall Down" [2011] 
Terrorists unleash a deadly biotoxin in the Chicago subway. Knopf hardcover [DUE July 2011] for $15.80 |
Jeremiah Healy + John Francis Cuddy series
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Carl Hiaasen of Florida
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"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.
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Patricia Highsmith [1921-95]
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 | "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 |
Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Chester B. Himes [1909-84] + Harlem procedurals
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SWW's Chester Himes fansite
Friends of Chester Himes fansite
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Naomi Hirahara + Los Angeles gardener Mas Arai series
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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
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Jon A. Jackson + Det. Sgt. Mulheisen series
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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}
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"Murder At The Margin" [1978]
"The Fatal Equilibrium" [1985]
"A Deadly Indifference" [1995]
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Denis Johnson
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 | "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
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Susan Kandel + researcher Cece Caruso Page
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Henry Kane + N.Y.C. P.I. Peter Chambers
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IMDb listing
Nico's Henry Kane fanpage
Thrilling Detective Henry Kane page
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Marshall Karp + funny L.A. cops Lomax & Biggs
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official website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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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Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series: series books
★
Jonathan Kellerman
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Alex Delaware series: series books
★
{their son} Jesse Kellerman
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Judith Kelman + Sarah Spooner series
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IMDb listing
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Harry Kemelman [1908-96]
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Rabbi David Small series: series books
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Shirley Kennett + psychologist P.J. Gray series
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author website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Laurie R. King
+ Kate Martinelli series & Mary Russell series
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★
William Kent Krueger
+ Sheriff 'Cork' O'Connor series
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author's website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ken Kuhlken + Tom Hickey series
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"Mystery 250 Movie Pack DVD Box Set"
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Yup, 250 mystery films on 60 disks! comprised of selections from these Mill Creek DVD box sets: Action Classics 100 Movie Pack, Crime Classics 50 Movie Pack, Dark Crimes 50 Movie Pack, Detectives 10 Movie Pack, Gangsters 20 Movie Pack, Hollywood Classics 100 Movie Pack, Hollywood Legends 50 Movie Pack, Legendary Detectives 20 Movie Pack, Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack, On The Run 10 Movie Pack, Rule of The Gun 20 Movie Pack, Suspense 20 Movie Pack, Suspense Classics 50 Movie Pack & others
Mill Creek Ent. DVD box set [10/2007] 60 disks - out of prodn/used |
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