Mystery Writers

• Linda Barnes -- Carlotta Carlyle; PI and taxi driver in Boston
• Nevada Barr -- Anna Pidgeon series; Forest Ranger in areas around the country
• Neal Barrett, Jr. -- Wiley Moss, insect artist; Humerous mysteries.
• James Lee Burke -- Dave Robicheaux series; Bayoux of Louisiana
• Raymond Chandler -- One of the best ever, Farewell, My Lovely; The Long Goodbye
• Leslie Charteris -- The Saint
• Michael Connelly -- Most take place in southern California. Check out Blood Work and his Harry Bosch series.
• Robert Crais -- Elvis Cole series; Tough guy; Los Angeles
• James Crumley -- The Last Good Kiss
• Colin Dexter -- Inspector Morse series; British
• Dick Francis -- Horse racing from a Jockey's perspective; British
• Elizabeth George -- Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley; British
• Sue Grafton -- Kinsey Millhone series; Tough gal; Santa Monica
• Martha Grimes -- Richard Jury series; British
• Dashell Hammett -- The Maltese Falcon; The Thin Man
• Joseph Hansen -- Dave Brandstettler; Gay detective in Los Angeles
• Carl Hiassen -- Twisted, yet funny; Florida
• P. D. James -- Both Adam Dalglish and Cordelia Gray; British
• Dennis Lehane -- Hardboiled, set in Boston
• Elmore Leonard -- Twisted, yet funny
• Sharyn McCrumb -- The Ballad Series about Appalachia, e.g. She Walks These Hills
• Gregory McDonald -- Fletch, Flynn, Skylar series; funny
• Ross McDonald -- Lou Archer series; Los Angeles toughest guy
• Archer Mayer -- Joe Gunther series; Vermont's finest
• Camille Minichino -- Physicist detective; Titles start from The Hydrogen Murder. Up to The Lithium Murder.
• Walter Mosley -- Easy Rawlins series; Black man in Post War Los Angeles
• Marsha Muller -- Sharon McCone series; First of the tough gals; California
• William Murray -- "Shifty" Lou Anderson series; Life at the track; magician; Southern California
• Carol O'Connell -- Mallory series; New York City
• Robert Parker -- Spenser series; Boston tough guy
• Bill Pronzini -- Nameless detective series; Old tough guy; San Francisco
• John Straley -- Cecil Younger series; Alaska; The Music of What Happens; The Curious Eat Themselves; The Woman Who Married A Bear
• Dana StabenowKate Shugak series; Alaskan native
• Jim Thompson -- One of Pulps best; The Killer Inside Me; The Grifters
• Andrew Vachss -- Ultrahardboiled; not for the weak stomached. Set in New York City. Vachss is an activist against child-abuse.

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