EURO CRIME

• Ackroyd, Peter
  
  

  • Hawksmoor	1985
  • Chatterton	1987
  • Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (apa The Trial of Elizabeth Cree)	1994
  • The Clerkenwell Tales	2003
  • The Lambs of London	2004

  
  

• Adam, Paul
  
  

  • Unholy Trinity	1999
  • Shadow Chasers	2000
  • Genesis II	2001
  • Flash Point (apa Oracle Lake)	2003
  • Sleeper (apa The Rainaldi Quartet)	2004
  • Enemy Within	2005
  • Knife Edge	2008
  • Paganini's Ghost	2010

  
  Mike McLean

  • An Exceptional Corpse	1993	1
  • A Nasty Dose of Death	1994	2
  • Toxin	1995	3

  
  

• Adams, Douglas
  
  Dirk Gently

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	1987	1
  • The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul	1988	2
  • The Salmon of Doubt (unfinished)	1995	3

  
  

• Adams, Jane
  
  

  • Bird	1997
  • Dangerous to Know	2004
  • A Kiss Goodbye	2005

  
  DI Mike Croft

  • The Greenway	1995	1
  • Cast the First Stone	1996	2
  • Fade to Grey	1998	3
  • Final Frame	1999	4

  
  Naomi Blake, blind ex-police officer

  • Mourning the Little Dead	2002	1
  • Touching the Dark	2003	2
  • Heatwave	2004	3
  • Killing A Stranger	2006	4
  • Legacy of Lies	2007	5
  • Blood Ties	2010	6

  
  Ray Flowers, ex-police officer, Leicestershire

  • The Angel Gateway	2000	1
  • Like Angels Falling	2001	2
  • Angel Eyes	2002	3

  
  Rina Martin, Actress

  • A Reason to Die	2007	1
  • Fragile Lives	2008	2
  • The Power of One	2009	3
  • Resolutions	2010	4

  
  

• Adams, Will
  
  Daniel Knox

  • The Alexander Cipher	2007	1
  • The Exodus Quest	2008	2

  
  

• Aird, Catherine
  
  

  • A Most Contagious Game

  1967

  
  DI C D Sloan, Calleshire

  • The Religious Body	1966	1
  • Henrietta Who?	1968	2
  • The Complete Steel	1969	3
  • Late Phoenix	1970	4
  • His Burial Too	1973	5
  • Slight Mourning	1975	6
  • Parting Breath	1977	7
  • Some Die Eloquent	1979	8
  • Passing Strange	1980	9
  • Last Respects	1982	10
  • Harm's Way	1984	11
  • A Dead Liberty	1986	12
  • The Body Politic	1990	13
  • A Going Concern	1993	14
  • After Effects	1996	15
  • Stiff News	1998	16
  • Little Knell	2001	17
  • Amendment of Life	2003	18
  • A Hole in One	2005	19
  • Losing Ground	2007	20
  • Past Tense	2010	21

  
  Short Stories

  • Injury Time	1994
  • Chapter and Hearse	2003

  
  

• Alan, Ray
  
  

  • Retribution

  2011

  
  Detective Inspector Bill Forward

  • Death and Deception	2007	1
  • A Game of Murder	2008	2
  • A Fear of Vengeance	2010	3

  
  

• Alding, Peter (See also: Jeffrey Ashford, Roderic Graeme, Roderic Jeffries, Graham Hastings)
  
  Constable Kerr & Inspector Fusil

  • The C.I.D. Room (aka All Leads Negative)	1967	1
  • Circle of Danger	1968	2
  • Murder Among Thieves	1969	3
  • Guilt Without Proof	1970	4
  • Despite the Evidence	1971	5
  • Call Back to Crime	1972	6
  • Field of Fire	1973	7
  • The Murder Line	1974	8
  • Six Days to Death	1975	9
  • Murder is Suspected	1977	10
  • Ransom Town	1979	11
  • A Man Condemned	1981	12
  • Betrayed by Death	1982	13
  • One Man's Justice	1983	14

  
  

• Allen, Michael (See also: Michael Bradford, Patrick Read)
  
  

  • No Holds Barred

  1989

  
  Detective Superintendent Ben Spence

  • Spence in Petal Park (apa Spence and the Holiday Murders)	1977	1
  • Spence at the Blue Bazaar	1979	2
  • Spence at Marlby Manor	1982	3

  
  

• Allingham, Margery
  
  

  • Blackkerchief Dick	1923
  • Water in a Sieve	1925
  • The White Cottage Mystery	1928
  • Other Man's Danger (apa The Man of Dangerous Secrets) (as Maxwell March)	1933
  • The Mystery Man of Soho	1933
  • Rogues' Holiday (as Maxwell March)	1935
  • The Shadow in the House (as Maxwell March)	1936
  • Black Plumes	1940
  • Deadly Duo (apa Take Two at Bedtime)	1949

  
  Albert Campion

  • The Crime at Black Dudley (apaThe Black Dudley Murder)	1929	1
  • Mystery Mile	1930	2
  • Look to the Lady (apa The Gyrth Chalice Mystery)	1931	3
  • Police at the Funeral	1931	4
  • Sweet Danger (apa Kingdom of Death/The Fear Sign)	1933	5
  • Death of a Ghost	1934	6
  • Flowers for the Judge (apa Legacy in Blood)	1936	7
  • Dancers in Mourning (apa Who Killed Chloe?)	1937	8
  • The Case of the Late Pig	1937	9
  • The Fashion in Shrouds	1938	10
  • Traitor's Purse (apa The Sabotage Murder Mystery)	1941	11
  • Coroner's Pidgin (apa Pearls Before Swine)	1945	12
  • More Work for the Undertaker	1948	13
  • The Tiger in the Smoke	1952	14
  • No Love Lost	1954	15
  • The Beckoning Lady (apa The Estate of the Beckoning Lady)	1955	16
  • Hide My Eyes (apa Tether's End/Ten Were Missing)	1958	17
  • The China Governess	1962	18
  • The Mind Readers	1965	19
  • Cargo of Eagles (completed by Philip Youngman Carter)	1968	20

  
  Short Stories

  • Mr Campion: Criminologist	1937
  • Mr Campion and Others	1939
  • Wanted: Someone Innocent	1946
  • The Case Book of Mr Campion	1947
  • Mr Campion and Others (revised)	1950
  • The Darings of the Red Rose	1995

  
  

• Alper, Debi
  
  

  • Nirvana Bites	2003
  • Trading Tatiana	2005

  
  

• Alvarez, Maria
  
  

  • Mirror, Mirror

  2007

  
  

• Ambrose, David
  
  

  • The Man who Turned into Himself	1993
  • Mother Of God	1995
  • Hollywood Lies	1996
  • Superstition	1997
  • The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk	2000
  • Coincidence	2001
  • A Memory of Demons	2003

  
  

• Anderson, Geraint
  
  

  • Just Business	2011
  • Payback Time	2012

  
  

• Anderson, James
  
  

  • Alpha List	1972
  • Appearance of Evil	1977
  • Angel of Death	1978
  • Assault and Matrimony	1980
  • Auriol	1982
  • Additional Evidence	1988

  
  Chief Inspector Wilkins

  • The Affair of the Blood Stained Egg Cosy	1975	1
  • Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat (apa The Affair of the Mutilated Mink)	1982	2
  • The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks	2003	3

  
  Murder, She Wrote

  • The Murder of Sherlock Holmes	1985	1
  • Hooray for Homicide	1985	2
  • Lovers and Other Killers	1986	3

  
  The Assassin

  • Assassin	1969	1
  • Abolition of Death	1974	2

  
  

• Andrews, Phil
  
  PI Steve Strong

  • Own Goals	1999	1
  • Goodnight Vienna	2001	2

  
  

• Anthony, Michael David
  
  

  • A Cold Unhurried Hand (completed by Ross Tomkins)

  2006

  
  Colonel Richard Harrison, working for the Diocese of Canterbury

  • The Becket Factor	1990	1
  • Dark Provenance	1994	2
  • Midnight Gone	1998	3

  
  

• Apostolou, Anna (See also: Ann Duthkas, Michael Clynes, P C Doherty, C L Grace, Paul Harding)
  
  Alexander the Great

  • A Murder in Macedon	1997	1
  • A Murder in Thebes	1998	2

  
  

• Ardin, William
  
  Charles Ramsey, Antiques dealer

  • Plain Dealer	1993	1
  • Some Dark Antiquities	1994	2
  • Light at Midnight	1995	3
  • The Mary Medallion	1996	4

  
  

• Armour, Richard
  
  

  • The Habit	2002
  • The Lottery Killer

  
  

• Armstrong, David
  
  Det. John Munroe

  • Night's Black Agents	1993	1
  • Less Than Kind	1994	2

  
  Inspector Frank Kavanagh

  • Until Dawn Tomorrow	1995	1
  • Thought for the Day	1997	2
  • Small Vices	2001	3
  • A Kind of Acquaintance	2007	4
  • Written Out	2009	5
  • A Pact of Silence	2010	6

  
  

• Armstrong, Vivien
  
  

  • The Honey Trap	1992
  • The Wrong Road	1997
  • Dead in the Water	1998
  • Fly in Amber	2000
  • Fool's Gold	2000
  • Rewind	2001
  • Smile Now, Die Later	2002
  • Murder Between Friends	2004

  
  DCI Hayes

  • No Birds Singing	2003	1
  • Bird of Prey	2003	2
  • The Payoff	2005	3
  • Blue Murder	2006	4
  • Roll Over, Play Dead	2007	5
  • Gone to Earth	2008	6

  
  WPC Judith Pullen

  • Sleight of Hand	1991	1
  • Close Call	1994	2
  • Beyond the Pale	2002	3

  
  

• Armstrong, Campbell & Weldon, Thomas
  
  

  • The Trader's Wife	1997
  • The Surgeon's Daughter	1998

  
  

• Arnold, Michael
  
  Captain Stryker, Civil War

  • Traitor's Blood	2010	1
  • Devil's Charge	2011	2

  
  

• Arnott, Jake
  
  

  • The Long Firm	1999
  • He Kills Coppers	2001
  • Truecrime	2003

  
  

• Ash, Maureen
  
  Templar Bascot de Marins

  • The Alehouse Murders	2007	1
  • Death of a Squire	2008	2
  • A Plague of Poison	2009	3
  • Murder for Christ's Mass	2009	4
  • Shroud of Dishonour	2010	5
  • A Deadly Penance	2011	6

  
  

• Ashford, Lindsay
  
  

  • The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen

  2011

  
  Megan Rhys, Investigative psychologist

  • Frozen	2003	1
  • Strange Blood	2005	2
  • Death Studies	2006	3
  • The Rubber Woman (Quick Reads)	2007	4
  • The Killer Inside	2008	5

  
  

• Ashton, Richard
  
  

  • Operation Romanov	2002
  • The Romanov Blue	2006

  
  

• Asplin, Richard
  
  

  • Gagged	2004
  • Conman	2009

  
  

• Astbury, Margaret
  
  Kate Mallory, Journalist and Richard Torrey

  • The Hitch-hiker	2001	1
  • The Seal	2002	2
  • Devil's Own Daughter	2005	3

  
  

• Astley, Neil
  
  

  • The End of My Tether

  2002

  
  

• Atkins, Meg Elizabeth
  
  

  • By the North Door	1975
  • Samain	1976
  • Tangle	1988

  
  DCI Sheldon Hunter

  • Cruel as the Grave	1998	1
  • Death out of Season	2001	2
  • Private View	2003	3
  • A Suburban Death	2005	4

  
  

• Atkinson, Kate
  
  Jackson Brodie, Retired PI

  • Case Histories	2004	1
  • One Good Turn	2006	2
  • When Will There Be Good News?	2008	3
  • Started Early, Took My Dog	2010	4

  
  

• Aycliffe, Jonathan (See also: Daniel Easterman)
  
  

  • Naomi's Room	1991
  • The Matrix	1994
  • A Shadow on the Wall	2000
  • A Garden Lost in Time	2004

  
  

• Aylett, Steve
  
  All set in Beerlight

  • The Crime Studio	1994	1
  • Slaughtermatic	1998	2
  • Atom	2000	3

  
  

• Badenoch, Andrea
  
  

  • Mortal	1998
  • Driven	1999
  • Blink	2001
  • Loving Geordie	2002

  
  

• Bailey, Michele
  
  Matilda Haycastle

  • Dreadful Lies	1994	1
  • The Cuckoo Case	1995	2
  • Haycastle's Cricket	1996	3

  
  

• Baird, John
  
  

  • Chasing Shadows

  2009

  
  

• Baker, Adam
  
  

  • Outpost	2011
  • Juggernaut	2012

  
  

• Baker, John
  
  

  • Winged with Death

  2009

  
  Sam Turner, PI, York

  • Poet in the Gutter	1995	1
  • Death Minus Zero	1996	2
  • King of the Streets	1998	3
  • Walking with Ghosts	1999	4
  • Shooting in the Dark	2001	5
  • The Meanest Flood	2003	6

  
  Stone Lewis

  • The Chinese Girl	2000	1
  • White Skin Man	2004	2

  
  

• Baker, Martin
  
  Samuel Spendlove

  • Meltdown	2008	1
  • Version Thirteen		2

  
  

• Baker, Sam
  
  Annie Anderson, Feature writer

  • Fashion Victim	2005	1
  • This Year's Model (apa Deadly Beautiful)	2008	2

  
  

• Bale, Tom (See also: David Harrison)
  
  

  • Skin and Bones

  2009

  
  Joe Clayton

  • Terror's Reach	2010	1
  • Blood Falls	2011	2

  
  

• Banerji, Sara
  
  

  • Blood Precious

  2007

  
  

• Banks, Carla (See also: Danuta Reah)
  
  

  • The Forest of Souls	2005
  • Strangers	2007

  
  

• Bannister, Jo
  
  

  • The Matrix	1981
  • Winter Plain	1982
  • Cactus Garden	1983
  • Mosaic	1986
  • The Lazarus Hotel	1996
  • Unlawful Entry (aka The Mason Codex pub. in 1988)	1998
  • The Fifth Cataract	2005
  • Tinderbox	2006
  • Fathers and Sins	2008
  • Death in High Places	2011

  
  Brodie Farrell

  • Echoes of Lies	2001	1
  • True Witness	2002	2
  • Reflections	2003	3
  • The Depths of Solitude	2004	4
  • Breaking Faith	2005	5
  • Requiem for a Dealer	2006	6
  • Flawed	2007	7
  • Closer Still	2008	8
  • Liars All	2009	9

  
  Castlemere

  • A Bleeding of Innocents	1993	1
  • Sins of the Heart	1994	2
  • A Taste for Burning	1995	3
  • No Birds Sing	1996	4
  • Broken Lines	1998	5
  • The Hireling's Tale	1999	6
  • Changelings	2000	7

  
  Clio Rees

  • Striving with Gods (aka An Uncertain Death)	1984	1
  • Gilgamesh	1989	2
  • The Going Down of the Sun	1990	3

  
  Mickey Flynn

  • Shards (aka Critical Angle)	1990	1
  • Death and Other Lovers	1991	2

  
  Rosie Holland

  • The Primrose Convention	1998	1
  • The Primrose Switchback	1999	2

  
  

• Barclay, Tessa
  
  Crown Prince Gregory of Hirtenstein, concert agent

  • Farewell Performance	2001	1
  • A Better Class of Person	2002	2
  • A Handful of Dust	2004	3
  • A Final Discord	2005	4
  • To Die For	2007	5
  • Diamonds in Disguise	2009	6

  
  

• Barnard, Frank
  
  RAF Pilots Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf, WW2

  • Blue Man Falling	2006	1
  • Band of Eagles	2007	2

  
  

• Barnard, Robert (See also: Bernard Bastable)
  
  

  • Death of an Old Goat	1974
  • A Little Local Murder	1976
  • Blood Brotherhood	1977
  • Death on the High C's	1977
  • Unruly Son (apa Death of a Mystery Writer)	1978
  • Posthumous Papers (apa Death of a Literary Widow)	1979
  • Death in a Cold Climate	1980
  • Mother's Boys (apa Death of a Perfect Mother)	1981
  • Little Victims (apa School for Murder)	1983
  • Corpse in a Gilded Cage	1984
  • Fete Fatale (apa The Disposal of the Living)	1985
  • Out of the Blackout	1985
  • Political Suicide	1986
  • The Skeleton in the Grass	1987
  • At Death's Door	1988
  • City of Strangers	1990
  • A Scandal in Belgravia	1991
  • The Masters of the House	1994
  • Touched by the Dead (apa A Murder in Mayfair)	1999
  • Unholy Dying	2000
  • The Mistress of Alderley	2002
  • A Cry from the Dark	2003
  • The Graveyard Position	2004
  • Dying Flames	2005
  • Last Post	2008
  • The Killings at Jubilee Terrace	2009
  • A Stranger in the Family	2010
  • Rogue's Gallery	2011

  
  Charlie Peace of Scotland Yard

  • Death and the Chaste Apprentice	1989	1
  • A Fatal Attachment	1992	2
  • A Hovering of Vultures	1993	3
  • The Bad Samaritan	1995	4
  • No Place of Safety	1997	5
  • The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori	1998	6
  • The Bones in the Attic	2001	7
  • A Fall From Grace	2007	8

  
  Insp. Perry Trethowan of Scotland Yard

  • Sheer Torture (apa Death by Sheer Torture)	1981	1
  • Death and the Princess	1982	2
  • Missing Bronte (apa The Case of the Missing Bronte)	1983	3
  • Bodies	1986	4
  • Death in Purple Prose (apa The Cherry Blossom Corpse)	1987	5

  
  Short Stories

  • Death of a Salesperson	1989
  • The Habit of Widowhood	1996

  
  

• Barnes, Jonathan
  
  

  • The Somnambulist

  2007

  
  

• Baron, Adam
  
  Billy Rucker

  • Shut Eye	1999	1
  • Hold Back the Night	2000	2
  • Superjack	2002	3
  • It Was You	2004	4

  
  

• Barr, Emily
  
  

  • Backpack	2001
  • The Perfect Lie	2010

  
  

• Barr, Marcus
  
  Nathan Hawk, Retired police officer

  • Haggard Hawk

  2007

  1

  
  

• Barraclough, June
  
  

  • Deadly Grief

  2005

  
  

• Barrie, David
  
  

  • Wasp Waisted

  2009

  
  

• Barrington, James
  
  Paul Richter, British Agent

  • Overkill	2004	1
  • Pandemic	2005	2
  • Foxbat	2007	3
  • Timebomb	2008	4
  • Payback	2010	5
  • Manhunt	2011	6

  
  

• Barry, Maxine
  
  

  • Hidden Rainbows	2006
  • The Lying Game	2006

  
  

• Bartlett, E G
  
  

  • The Case of the 13th Coach

  1958

  
  

• Bastable, Bernard (See also: Robert Barnard)
  
  

  • To Die Like a Gentleman	1993
  • A Mansion and Its Murder	1998

  
  Mozart

  • Dead, Mr Mozart	1995	1
  • Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart	1996	2

  
  

• Bates, M K
  
  

  • The Little Girl of the Favela

  2011

  
  

• Bates, Quentin
  
  Gunnhildur, Police Sergeant, Hvalvik, Iceland

  • Frozen Out (apa Frozen Assets)	2011	1
  • Cold Comfort	2012	2

  
  

• Bates, Veronyca
  
  Inspector Cobb

  • Dead in the Water	2010	1
  • Dead on Time	2011	2

  
  

• Battison, Brian
  
  

  • Flying Pigs

  1998

  
  DCI Jim Ashworth

  • The Christmas Bow Murder	1994	1
  • Fool's Ransom	1994	2
  • Crisis of Conscience	1995	3
  • The Witch's Familiar	1996	4
  • Truths Not Told	1996	5
  • Poetic Justice	1997	6
  • Jeopardy's Child	1997	7
  • Mirror Image	1998	8

  
  

• Battison, Patti
  
  DCI Paul Wells

  • Desperate Measures	2009	1
  • Love to Death	2010	2
  • The Dead Do Speak	2012	3

  
  

• Bauer, Belinda
  
  

  • Blacklands

  2010

  
  Policeman Jonas Holly, Exmoor

  • Darkside	2011	1
  • Finders Keepers	2012	2

  
  

• Bayliss, Tony
  
  

  • Strictly Liable

  2008

  
  

• Beaufort, Simon (See also: Susanna Gregory)
  
  Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, 12th Century knight

  • Murder in the Holy City	1998	1
  • A Head for Poisoning	1999	2
  • The Bishop's Brood	2003	3
  • The King's Spies	2003	4
  • The Coiners' Quarrel	2004	5
  • Deadly Inheritance	2009	6
  • The Bloodstained Throne	2010	7
  • A Dead Man's Secret	2010	8

  
  

• Becker, James
  
  Chris Bronson, Policeman

  • The First Apostle	2008	1
  • The Moses Stone	2009	2
  • The Messiah Secret	2010	3
  • The Nosferatu Scroll	2011	4
  • Echo of the Reich	2012	5

  
  

• Beckett, Simon
  
  Dr David Hunter

  • The Chemistry of Death	2006	1
  • Written in Bone	2007	2
  • Whispers of the Dead	2009	3
  • The Calling of the Grave	2011	4

  
  

• Bedford, Martyn
  
  

  • Acts of Revision	1996
  • Exit Orange and Red	1997
  • The Houdini Girl	1999
  • Black Cat	2000
  • The Island of Lost Souls	2006

  
  

• Beechey, Alan
  
  Oliver Swithin

  • An Embarrassment of Corpses	1997	1
  • Murdering Ministers	1999	2
  • This Private Plot		3

  
  

• Belbin, David
  
  

  • Bone and Cane

  2011

  
  

• Bell, Pauline
  
  DI Benny Mitchell, Cloughton CID, West Yorkshire

  • The Dead Do Not Praise	1990	1
  • Feast into Mourning (apa Murder at St. Oswald's)	1991	2
  • No Pleasure in Death	1992	3
  • The Way of a Serpent	1993	4
  • Downhill To Death	1994	5
  • Sleeping Partners	1995	6
  • A Multitude of Sins	1997	7
  • Blood Ties	1998	8
  • Stalker	2000	9
  • Reasonable Death	2001	10
  • Swansong	2002	11
  • Nothing But the Truth	2005	12
  • Funeral Expenses	2006	13
  • Under Fire	2007	14
  • Glockenspiel	2009	15

  
  

• Belsky, Richard
  
  

  • Loverboy	1997
  • Playing Dead	1998

  
  

• Benn, Tom
  
  Henry Bane, Manchester

  • The Doll Princess

  2012

  1

  
  

• Bentley, E C
  
  Philip Trent

  • Trent's Last Case	1913	1
  • Trent's Own Case	1936	2

  
  Short Stories

  • Trent Intervenes

  1938

  
  

• Benton, Caroline
  
  

  • The Path of the Dead

  2006

  
  

• Berry, Eleanor
  
  

  • O Hitman, My Hitman	1997
  • The House of the Weird Doctors (apa House of the Mad Doctors in 1994)	2005

  
  

• Best, G M
  
  

  • Oliver Twist Investigates

  2010

  
  

• Beynon, John
  
  

  • Foul Play Suspected

  1935

  
  

• Bickford, David
  
  

  • The Face of Tomorrow

  2004

  
  

• Biggam, Simon R
  
  

  • These Are Only Words

  2006

  
  

• Bilal, Parker
  
  Makana, former police inspector, Cairo

  • The Golden Scales

  2012

  1

  
  

• Billingham, Mark
  
  

  • In the Dark	2008
  • Rush of Blood	2012

  
  DI Tom Thorne, London

  • Sleepyhead	2001	1
  • Scaredy Cat	2002	2
  • Lazybones	2003	3
  • The Burning Girl	2004	4
  • Lifeless	2005	5
  • Buried	2006	6
  • Death Message	2007	7
  • Blood Line	2009	8
  • From the Dead	2010	9
  • Good as Dead (apa The Demands)	2011	10

  
  

• Bingham, Harry
  
  

  • The Money Makers	2000
  • Sweet Talking Money	2001
  • The Sons of Adam	2004
  • Talking to the Dead	2012

  
  

• Birmingham, Maisie
  
  Kate Weatherley, deputy director of a Citizens' Advice Bureau, London

  • You Can Help Me (apa Murder in the East End in 1994)	1974	1
  • The Heat of the Sun	1976	2
  • Sleep in a Ditch	1978	3

  
  

• Black, Helen
  
  

  • Twenty Twelve

  2012

  
  Lilly Valentine, Family care lawyer

  • Damaged Goods	2008	1
  • A Place of Safety	2008	2
  • Dishonour	2009	3
  • Blood Rush	2011	4

  
  

• Black, Sean
  
  Ryan Lock, ex-soldier turned elite bodyguard, America

  • Lockdown	2009	1
  • Dead Lock	2010	2
  • Gridlock	2011	3

  
  

• Blake, Adam
  
  

  • The Dead Sea Deception

  2011

  
  

• Blake, Marc
  
  

  • Sunstroke	1998
  • Bigtime	1999
  • 24 Karat Schmooze	2000

  
  

• Blake, Richard
  
  Aelric, Rome 609AD

  • Conspiracies of Rome (previously published in 2006 as The Column of Phocas by Sean Gabb)	2008	1
  • The Terror of Constantinople	2009	2
  • The Blood of Alexandria	2010	3
  • The Sword of Damascus	2011	4
  • The Ghosts of Athens	2012	5

  
  

• Blake, Robin
  
  Titus Cragg, Coroner & Luke Fidelis, Doctor, 1740 Lancashire

  • A Dark Anatomy

  2011

  1

  
  

• Blake, Victoria
  
  PI Samantha Falconer, Oxford

  • Bloodless Shadow	2003	1
  • Cutting Blades	2005	2
  • Skin And Blister	2006	3
  • Jumping the Cracks	2007	4

  
  

• Blincoe, Nicholas
  
  

  • Acid Casuals	1997
  • Jello Salad	1997
  • Manchester Slingback	1998
  • My Mother Was a Bank Robber and Other Stories	1998
  • The Dope Priest	1999
  • White Mice	2002

  
  

• Blundy, Anna
  
  Faith Zanetti, war correspondent

  • The Bad News Bible	2004	1
  • Faith Without Doubt	2005	2
  • Neat Vodka (apa Vodka Neat)	2006	3
  • Double Shot (apa Breaking Faith)	2008	4
  • My Favourite Poison	2008	5

  
  

• Bolitho, Janie (See also: Jodie Sinclair)
  
  

  • Wound for Wound	1995
  • Sweets for My Sweet	1996
  • The Slaughterhouse	2002
  • Full Circle	2003
  • Paying the Price	2003

  
  DCI Ian Roper, Rickenham Green, Suffolk

  • Kindness Can Kill	1993	1
  • Ripe for Revenge	1994	2
  • Motive for Murder	1994	3
  • Dangerous Deceit	1995	4
  • Finger of Fate	1996	5
  • Sequence of Shame	1996	6
  • Absence of Angels	1997	7
  • Exposure of Evil	1998	8
  • Victims of Violence	1999	9
  • Baptised in Blood	2000	10
  • Lessons in Logic	2002	11

  
  Rose Trevelyan, Photographer, Cornwall

  • Snapped in Cornwall	1997	1
  • Framed in Cornwall	1998	2
  • Buried in Cornwall	1999	3
  • Betrayed in Cornwall	2000	4
  • Plotted in Cornwall	2001	5
  • Killed in Cornwall	2002	6
  • Caught Out In Cornwall	2003	7

  
  

• Bolton, S J
  
  

  • Sacrifice	2008
  • Awakening	2009
  • Blood Harvest	2010

  
  DC Lacey Flint

  • Now You See Me	2011	1
  • Dead Scared	2012	2

  
  

• Bond, Michael
  
  M. Pamplemousse and his dog Pommes Frites, France

  • Monsieur Pamplemousse	1983	1
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission	1985	2
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot	1986	3
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure	1987	4
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft	1989	5
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates	1990	6
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case	1992	7
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location	1992	8
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm	1993	9
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train	1993	10
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation	2000	11
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat	2000	12
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation	2002	13
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines	2004	14
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives	2006	15
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution	2008	16
  • Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint	2010	17

  
  

• Bonett, Emery
  
  

  • Never Go Dark	1940
  • Make Do With Spring	1942
  • High Pavement (ap Old Mrs Camelot)	1944

  
  

• Bonett, John
  
  

  • Perish the Thought

  1984

  
  

• Bonfiglioli, Kyril
  
  Charlie Mortdecai, Crooked Art Dealer

  • Don't Point That Thing at Me	1972	1
  • After You With The Pistol	1979	2
  • Something Nasty in the Woodshed	1976	3
  • The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (completed by Craig Brown)	1996	4

  
  

• Bonner, Hilary
  
  

  • The Cruelty of Morning	1995
  • A Fancy to Kill for	1997
  • A Deep Deceit	2000
  • A Kind of Wild Justice	2001

  
  DCI Rose Piper

  • A Passion So Deadly	1998	1
  • For Death Comes Softly	1999	2

  
  John Kelly & DCI Karen Meadows

  • A Moment of Madness	2002	1
  • When the Dead Cry Out	2003	2
  • No Reason to Die	2004	3

  
  

• Booth, Stephen
  
  DC Ben Cooper novella

  • Claws (Crime Express novella)

  2007

  
  Detectives Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, Peak District

  • Black Dog	2000	1
  • Dancing with the Virgins	2001	2
  • Blood on the Tongue	2002	3
  • Blind to the Bones	2003	4
  • One Last Breath	2004	5
  • The Dead Place	2005	6
  • Scared to Live	2006	7
  • Dying to Sin	2007	8
  • The Kill Call	2009	9
  • Lost River	2010	10
  • The Devil's Edge	2011	11
  • Dead and Buried	2012	12

  
  

• Bourne, Sam
  
  

  • The Righteous Men	2006
  • Last Testament	2007
  • The Final Reckoning	2008
  • The Chosen One	2010
  • Pantheon	2012

  
  

• Bowen, Rhys
  
  Evan Evans, Policeman, North Wales

  • Evans Above	1997	1
  • Evan Help Us	1998	2
  • Evanly Choirs	1999	3
  • Evan & Elle	2000	4
  • Evan Can Wait	2001	5
  • Evans to Betsy	2002	6
  • Evan Only Knows	2003	7
  • Evan's Gate	2004	8
  • Evan Blessed	2005	9
  • Evanly Bodies	2006	10

  
  Lady Georgiana Rannoch ('Georgie'), 1930s Britain

  • Her Royal Spyness	2007	1
  • A Royal Pain	2008	2
  • Royal Flush	2009	3
  • Royal Blood	2010	4
  • Naughty in Nice	2011	5

  
  Molly Murphy, PI, 1900s New York

  • Murphy's Law	2001	1
  • Death of Riley	2002	2
  • For the Love of Mike	2003	3
  • In Like Flynn	2005	4
  • Oh Danny Boy	2006	5
  • In Dublin's Fair City	2007	6
  • Tell Me, Pretty Maiden	2008	7
  • In a Gilded Cage	2009	8
  • The Last Illusion	2010	9
  • Bless the Bride	2011	10
  • Hush Now, Don't You Cry	2012	11

  
  

• Bowen, T R
  
  Bewick and Jones, Cambridgeshire

  • The Death of Amy Parris	1999	1
  • Black Camel	2002	2

  
  

• Bowers, Dorothy
  
  

  • The Bells at Old Bailey

  1947

  
  Inspector Dan Pardoe

  • Postscript to Poison	1937	1
  • Shadows Before	1939	2
  • Deed Without a Name	1940	3
  • Fear and Miss Betony	1941	4

  
  

• Bowker, David
  
  

  • How to Be Bad

  2005

  
  D.S. Laverne and Inspector Lyn Savage

  • Death Prayer	1996	1
  • The Butcher of Glastonbury	1997	2

  
  Rawhead, Assassin

  • Rawhead (apa The Death You Deserve)	2002	1
  • Rawhead in Love (apa I Love My Smith & Wesson)	2004	2

  
  

• Bradby, Tom
  
  

  • Shadow Dancer	1998
  • The Sleep of the Dead	2001
  • The Master of Rain	2002
  • The White Russian	2003

  
  Joe Quinn

  • The God of Chaos	2005	1
  • Blood Money	2009	2

  
  

• Bradford, Michael (See also: Michael Allen, Patrick Read)
  
  

  • Counter-Coup

  1980

  
  

• Branch, Pamela
  
  

  • Lion in the Cellar	1951
  • The Wooden Overcoat	1951
  • Murder Every Monday	1954
  • Murder’s Little Sister	1958

  
  

• Brandon, Ruth
  
  

  • Left, Right and Centre

  1986

  
  Andrew Taggart, Journalist

  • Mind Out	1991	1
  • The Gorgon's Smile	1992	2

  
  Dr Reggie Lee, Art Curator

  • Caravaggio's Angel

  2008

  1

  
  

• Brandreth, Gyles
  
  Oscar Wilde

  • Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders (apa Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance)	2007	1
  • Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death (apa Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder)	2008	2
  • Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile	2009	3
  • Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers (apa Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders)	2010	4
  • Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders	2011	5
  • Oscar Wilde and the Murders of Reading Gaol	2012	6

  
  

• Branton, Matthew
  
  

  • The Love Parade	1997
  • The House of Whacks	1999
  • The Hired Gun	2001

  
  

• Brayne, Alan
  
  

  • Jakarta Shadows

  2002

  
  

• Breckon, Ian
  
  

  • Knight of Swords

  2009

  
  

• Brenchley, Chaz
  
  

  • The Samaritan	1988
  • The Refuge	1989
  • The Garden	1990
  • Mall Time	1992
  • Paradise	1994
  • Dispossession	1996
  • Shelter	1999
  • Confidence: A Barbershop Quartet

  
  Benedict Macallan

  • Dead of Light	1995	1
  • Light Errant	1997	2

  
  Short Stories

  • Blood Waters

  1996

  
  

• Brett, Belinda
  
  

  • Dreaming of Water	1997
  • Mother	1998

  
  

• Brett, Simon
  
  

  • A Shock to the System	1985
  • Dead Romantic	1985
  • The Christmas Crimes at Puzzle Manor	1991
  • Christmas Crimes at Rhyddal Hall	1992
  • Singled Out	1995
  • Crime Writers and Other Animals	1998
  • Crime in Rhyme and Other Mysterious Fragments	2000

  
  Brother and sister sleuths, Blotto and Twinks

  • Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter	2009	1
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess	2010	2
  • Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of Riviera	2011	3

  
  Carole and Jude, Fethering, Southern coast of England

  • The Body on the Beach	2000	1
  • Death on the Downs	2001	2
  • The Torso in the Town	2002	3
  • Murder in the Museum	2003	4
  • The Hanging in the Hotel	2004	5
  • The Witness at the Wedding	2005	6
  • The Stabbing in the Stables	2006	7
  • Death Under the Dryer	2007	8
  • Blood at the Bookies	2008	9
  • The Poisoning in the Pub	2009	10
  • The Shooting in the Shop	2010	11
  • Bones Under the Beach Hut	2011	12
  • Guns in the Gallery	2011	13

  
  Charles Paris, Actor

  • Cast, in Order of Disappearance	1975	1
  • So Much Blood	1976	2
  • Star Trap	1977	3
  • An Amateur Corpse	1978	4
  • A Comedian Dies	1979	5
  • The Dead Side of the Mike	1980	6
  • Situation Tragedy	1981	7
  • Murder Unprompted	1982	8
  • Murder in the Title	1983	9
  • Not Dead, Only Resting	1984	10
  • Dead Giveaway	1985	11
  • What Bloody Man Is That	1987	12
  • A Series of Murders	1989	13
  • Corporate Bodies	1991	14
  • A Reconstructed Corpse	1993	15
  • Sicken and So Die	1995	16
  • Dead Room Farce	1997	17

  
  Mrs Pargeter, Gangster's widow

  • A Nice Class of Corpse	1986	1
  • Mrs, Presumed Dead	1988	2
  • Mrs Pargeter's Package	1990	3
  • Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh	1992	4
  • Mrs Pargeter's Plot	1996	5
  • Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour	1998	6

  
  Short Stories

  • A Box of Tricks	1985
  • Tickled to Death	1985

  
  The Three Detectives (childrens)

  • The Three Detectives and the Missing Superstar	1986	1
  • The Three Detectives and the Knight in Armor	1987	2

  
  

• Brewerton, David
  
  

  • Impeccable Sources

  2007

  
  

• Brickell, Sean
  
  

  • Beyond The Grasp Of Demons

  2003

  
  

• Bridge, Robert J
  
  Jim Bent, ex-Cop turned PI

  • Hell Bent On Murder	2001	1
  • Hell Bent on Revenge	2006	2
  • Hell Bent on Corruption	2006	3
  • Hell Bent on Blackmail	2007	4

  
  

• Brill, Marius
  
  

  • Making Love

  2003

  
  

• Brimson, Dougie
  
  Billy Evans, football hooligan

  • The Crew	1999	1
  • Top Dog	2001	2

  
  

• Brindley, Louise
  
  Geraldine Frayling, Crime Writer, London

  • Tantalus	1999	1
  • Death on the Heath	2003	2
  • The Honeymoon Murders	2005	3

  
  

• Briscoe, Constance
  
  Icey and Sam

  • The Accused

  2011

  1

  
  

• Britton, Andrew
  
  Ryan Kealey

  • Heart of Betrayal (apa The American)	2006	1
  • The Assassin	2007	2
  • The Invisible	2008	3
  • The Exile	2010	4

  
  

• Broadbent, Tony
  
  Jethro, Cat Buglar, 1940s London

  • The Smoke	2002	1
  • Spectres in the Smoke	2005	2

  
  

• Brodrick, William
  
  Father Anselm

  • The Sixth Lamentation	2003	1
  • The Gardens of the Dead	2006	2
  • A Whispered Name	2008	3
  • The Day of the Lie	2012	4

  
  

• Brody, Frances
  
  Kate Shackleton, Bradford, 1920s

  • Dying in the Wool	2009	1
  • A Medal for Murder	2010	2
  • Murder in the Afternoon	2011	3

  
  

• Brooke, Anne
  
  

  • The Hit List	2004
  • A Dangerous Man	2007
  • Maloney's Law	2008
  • Thorn in the Flesh	2008

  
  

• Brooks, Kevin
  
  PI John Craine

  • A Dance of Ghosts

  2011

  1

  
  

• Brown, Lizbie
  
  Elizabeth Blair, Quilt shop owner, Bath

  • Broken Star	1993	1
  • Turkey Tracks	1995	2
  • Shoo-fly	1998	3
  • Double Wedding Ring	1999	4
  • Jacob's Ladder	2000	5
  • Cat's Cradle	2001	6

  
  

• Brown, Molly
  
  

  • Invitation to a Funeral	1995
  • Cracker: To Say I Love You	1996

  
  

• Brownlee, Nick
  
  Jake and Jouma, Mombassa

  • Bait	2008	1
  • Burn (apa Blood and Fire)	2009	2
  • Machete	2010	3
  • Snakepit	2011	4

  
  

• Brownley, James
  
  Alison Glasby, Journalist

  • A Picture of Guilt	2007	1
  • The Sins of the Children	2008	2

  
  

• Bruce, Alison
  
  DC Gary Goodhew, Cambridge

  • Cambridge Blue	2008	1
  • The Siren	2010	2
  • The Calling	2011	3

  
  

• Bryers, Paul
  
  

  • The Prayer of the Bone	1998
  • The Used Women's Book Club	2003

  
  

• Buck, Simon
  
  Peter White

  • Library of the Soul	2006	1
  • Crypto Da Vinci	2009	2
  • Iscariot		3

  
  

• Buckley, Fiona
  
  Ursula Blanchard, an Elizabethan lady

  • The Robsart Mystery (apa To Shield the Queen)	1997	1
  • The Doublet Affair	1998	2
  • Queen's Ransom	1999	3
  • To Ruin a Queen	2000	4
  • Queen of Ambition	2002	5
  • A Pawn for A Queen	2002	6
  • The Fugitive Queen	2003	7
  • Siren Queen	2004	8
  • Queen Without A Crown	2011	9

  
  

• Buckley, Jonathan
  
  

  • So He Takes the Dog

  2006

  
  

• Buckley, Will
  
  

  • The Man Who Hated Football

  2004

  
  

• Bugle, Winston
  
  

  • Bobby on the Run

  2010

  
  

• Bugler, Suzanne
  
  

  • This Perfect World

  2010

  
  

• Burden, Pat
  
  Ex-Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Bassett, Herefordshire

  • Screaming Bones	1989	1
  • Wreath of Honesty	1990	2
  • Bury Him Kindly	1991	3
  • Father, Forgive Me	1993	4

  
  

• Burdess, Wendy
  
  

  • The Unaccomplished Lady Eleanor	2007
  • Criminal Affair	2008
  • The Meticulous Messenger	2008

  
  

• Burdett, John
  
  

  • A Personal History of Thirst	1996
  • The Last Six Million Seconds	1997

  
  Sonchai Jitpleecheep, Buddhist Detective, Bangkok

  • Bangkok 8	2002	1
  • Bangkok Tattoo	2005	2
  • Bangkok Haunts	2007	3
  • The Godfather of Kathmandu	2010	4

  
  

• Burgen, Stephen
  
  

  • Walking the Lions

  2002

  
  

• Burke, Richard
  
  

  • Frozen	2003
  • Redemption	2006

  
  

• Burley, W J
  
  

  • The Schoolmaster

  1977

  
  Dr Henry Pym, Zoologist & Criminalist

  • A Taste of Power	1966	1
  • Death in Willow Pattern	1969	2

  
  Supt. Charles Wycliffe, Cornwall

  • Three-Toed Pussy (apa Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy)	1968	1
  • To Kill a Cat (apa Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat)	1970	2
  • Guilt Edged (apa Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi)	1971	3
  • Death in a Salubrious Place (apa Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place)	1973	4
  • Death in Stanley Street (apa Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street)	1974	5
  • Wycliffe and the Pea-green Boat	1975	6
  • Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls	1976	7
  • Wycliffe and the Scapegoat	1978	8
  • Wycliffe in Paul's Court	1980	9
  • Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase	1982	10
  • Wycliffe and the Beales	1983	11
  • Wycliffe and the Four Jacks	1985	12
  • Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin	1986	13
  • Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue	1987	14
  • Wycliffe and the Tangled Web	1988	15
  • Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death	1990	16
  • Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist	1991	17
  • Wycliffe and the Last Rites	1992	18
  • Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery	1993	19
  • Wycliffe and the House of Fear	1995	20
  • Wycliffe and the Redhead	1997	21
  • Wycliffe And The Guild Of Nine	2000	22

  
  

• Burnell, Mark
  
  

  • Freak	1994
  • Glittering Savages	1995

  
  Stephanie Patrick, Ex-intelligence operative

  • The Rhythm Section	1999	1
  • Chameleon	2001	2
  • Gemini	2003	3
  • The Third Woman	2005	4

  
  

• Burns, John
  
  Max Chard, Journalist, London

  • Hack	1996	1
  • Snap	1998	2
  • Nark	1999	3
  • Spike	2000	4

  
  

• Bushell, Garry
  
  

  • The Face	2001
  • Two-faced	2004

  
  

• Butler, Gwendoline (See also: Jenny Melville)
  
  

  • Vesey Inheritance	1976
  • Meadowsweet (apa Brides of Friedberg)	1977
  • The Red Staircase	1979
  • Albion Walk	1982

  
  Inspector John Coffin

  • Receipt for Murder	1956	1
  • Dead in a Row	1957	2
  • The Dull Dead	1958	3
  • The Murdering Kind	1958	4
  • The Interloper	1959	5
  • Death Lives Next Door (apa Dine and Be Dead)	1960	6
  • Make Me a Murderer	1961	7
  • Coffin in Oxford	1962	8
  • A Coffin for Baby	1963	9
  • Coffin Waiting	1964	10
  • A Coffin in Malta	1964	11
  • A Nameless Coffin	1966	12
  • Coffin Following	1968	13
  • Coffin's Dark Number	1969	14
  • A Coffin from the Past	1970	15
  • A Coffin for the Canary (apa Olivia/ Sarsen Place/A Coffin for Pandora)	1974	16
  • Coffin on the Water	1986	17
  • Coffin in Fashion	1987	18
  • Coffin Underground	1988	19
  • Coffin in the Museum of Crime (apa Coffin in the Black Museum)	1989	20
  • Coffin and the Paper Man	1990	21
  • Coffin on Murder Street	1991	22
  • Cracking Open a Coffin	1992	23
  • A Coffin for Charley	1994	24
  • The Coffin Tree	1994	25
  • A Dark Coffin	1995	26
  • A Double Coffin	1996	27
  • Coffin's Game	1997	28
  • A Grave Coffin	1998	29
  • Coffin's Ghost	1999	30
  • A Cold Coffin	2000	31
  • Coffin Knows The Answer	2002	32

  
  Major Mearns & Sergeant Denny, George IV era

  • The King Cried Murder!	2000	1
  • Dread Murder	2006	2

  
  

• Byrne, Gerry
  
  

  • Ruby

  1996

  
  

• Cain, Tom (See also: David Thomas)
  
  Daniel Carver, an arranger of 'accidental deaths' for money

  • The Accident Man	2007	1
  • The Survivor (apa No Survivors)	2008	2
  • Assassin	2009	3
  • Dictator	2010	4
  • Carver	2011	5

  
  

• Cameron, Jeremy
  
  Nicky Burkett, criminal, Walthamstow

  • Vinnie Got Blown Away	1995	1
  • It Was an Accident	1996	2
  • Brown Bread in Wengen	1999	3
  • Hell on Hoe Street	2002	4
  • Wider Than Walthamstow	2004	5

  
  

• Campbell, Colin
  
  

  • Blue Knights, White Cross	2009
  • Northern Ex	2010

  
  Mick Habergham

  • Through the Ruins of Midnight	2004	1
  • Ballad of the One Legged Man	2006	2

  
  

• Campbell, Duncan
  
  

  • The Paradise Trail	2008
  • If It Bleeds	2009

  
  

• Campbell, Lesley
  
  

  • Forged Metal

  1998

  
  

• Cannell, Dorothy
  
  

  • God Save the Queen!

  1997

  
  Ellie Haskell

  • The Thin Woman	1984	1
  • The Widows Club	1988	2
  • Mums's The Word	1990	3
  • Femmes Fatal	1992	4
  • How to Murder your Mother-in-Law	1994	5
  • How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams	1995	6
  • The Spring Cleaning Murders	1998	7
  • The Trouble With Harriet	1999	8
  • Bridesmaids Revisited	2000	9
  • Importance of Being Ernestine	2002	10
  • Withering Heights	2007	11
  • Goodbye, Ms. Chips	2008	12
  • She Shoots to Conquer	2009	13

  
  Short Stories

  • The Family Jewels and Other Stories

  2001

  
  Tessa Fields & Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell (who feature in the Ellie Haskell series)

  • Down the Garden Path

  1985

  1

  
  

• Carr, Jolyon (See also: Edith Pargeter, Ellis Peters)
  
  

  • Murder in the Dispensary

  1938

  
  

• Carroll, Paul
  
  

  • The Beekeeper Show

  2002

  
  

• Carson, Paul
  
  

  • Scalpel	1997
  • Cold Steel	1998
  • Final Duty	2000
  • Ambush	2004
  • Betrayal	2005

  
  

• Carter, Maureen
  
  DI Sarah Quinn, Birmingham

  • A Question of Despair	2011	1
  • Mother Love	2011	2

  
  Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss, Birmingham

  • Working Girls	2001	1
  • Dead Old	2005	2
  • Baby Love	2006	3
  • Hard Time	2007	4
  • Bad Press	2008	5
  • Blood Money	2009	6
  • Death Line	2010	7

  
  

• Carter, Philip Youngman
  
  Albert Campion

  • Mr Campion's Farthing	1969	1
  • Mr Campion's Falcon (apa Mr Campion's Quarry)	1970	2

  
  

• Carver, Caroline/CJ
  
  

  • Beneath the Snow

  2005

  
  Former Army Captain Jay McCaulay

  • Gone Without Trace	2006	1
  • Back with Vengeance	2009	2
  • The Honest Assassin	2010	3

  
  Georgia Parish

  • Dead Heat

  2003

  
  India Kane

  • Blood Junction	2001	1
  • Black Tide	2004	2

  
  

• Carver, Tania (See also: Martyn Waites)
  
  Detective Inspector Phil Brennan

  • The Surrogate	2009	1
  • The Creeper	2010	2
  • Cage of Bones	2011	3

  
  

• Carver, Will
  
  Detective Inspector January David, London

  • Girl 4	2011	1
  • The Two	2012	2

  
  

• Casson, Stanley
  
  

  • Murder by Burial

  1938

  
  

• Cato, Joyce
  
  Jenny Starling, travelling cook

  • Birthdays Can be Murder	2010	1
  • A Fatal Fall of Snow	2011	2

  
  

• Caudwell, Sarah
  
  Hilary Tamar

  • Thus Was Adonis Murdered	1981	1
  • The Shortest Way to Hades	1985	2
  • The Sirens Sang of Murder	1989	3
  • The Sibyl in Her Grave	2000	4

  
  

• Challis, Simon (See also: Peter Chambers, Peter Chester, Philip Daniels, Dennis Philips)
  
  

  • Death on a Quiet Beach

  1968

  
  

• Chambers, Clem
  
  Jim, a trading whizz kid

  • The Armageddon Trade	2009	1
  • The Twain Maxim	2010	2
  • Kusanagi	2011	3

  
  

• Chambers, Kimberley
  
  

  • Billie Jo	2008
  • Born Evil	2009
  • The Betrayer	2009
  • The Schemer	2012

  
  Frankie Mitchell

  • The Feud	2010	1
  • The Traitor	2010	2
  • The Victim	2011	3

  
  

• Chance, Alex
  
  

  • The Final Days	2008
  • Savage Blood	2010

  
  

• Chapman, Jean
  
  John Cannon, Ex-Met Officer

  • Both Sides of the Fence	2009	1
  • A Watery Grave	2011	2

  
  

• Charters, Charlie
  
  

  • Bolt Action	2010
  • Air Lock	2011

  
  

• Chester, Roy
  
  Chief Superintendent David Mallory and offender profiler Dr Fiona Nightingale

  • The Toy Breaker	2008	1
  • Anger Man	2009	2
  • The God Slayer	2010	3

  
  

• Child, Lee
  
  Jack Reacher, ex MP, USA

  • Killing Floor	1997	1
  • Die Trying	1998	2
  • Tripwire	1999	3
  • The Visitor (apa Running Blind)	2000	4
  • Echo Burning	2001	5
  • Without Fail	2002	6
  • Persuader	2003	7
  • The Enemy	2004	8
  • One Shot	2005	9
  • The Hard Way	2006	10
  • Bad Luck and Trouble	2007	11
  • Nothing to Lose	2008	12
  • Gone Tomorrow	2009	13
  • 61 Hours	2010	14
  • Worth Dying For	2010	15
  • The Affair	2011	16

  
  

• Childers, Erskine
  
  

  • The Riddle of the Sands

  1903

  
  

• Chisholm, P F (See also: Patricia Finney)
  
  Sir Robert Carey, 16th Century

  • A Famine of Horses	1994	1
  • A Season of Knives	1995	2
  • A Surfeit of Guns	1996	3
  • A Plague of Angels	1998	4
  • A Quarrel of Lawyers		5

  
  

• Christer, Sam
  
  

  • The Stonehenge Legacy	2011
  • The Turin Shroud Secret	2012

  
  

• Christie, Agatha
  
  

  • The Man in the Brown Suit	1924
  • The Sittaford Mystery (apa Murder at Hazelmoor)	1931
  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (apa The Boomerang Clue)	1934
  • And Then There Were None	1939
  • Murder Is Easy	1939
  • Death Comes As the End	1944
  • Sparkling Cyanide (apa Remembered Death)	1945
  • Crooked House	1949
  • They Came to Baghdad	1951
  • Destination Unknown (apa So Many Steps to Death)	1954
  • Ordeal by Innocence	1958
  • The Pale Horse	1961
  • Endless Night	1967
  • Passenger to Frankfurt	1970

  
  Adapted by Charles Osborne from a play

  • Black Coffee (with Hercule Poirot)	1998
  • The Unexpected Guest	1999
  • Spider's Web	2000

  
  Hercule Poirot

  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles	1920	1
  • Murder on the Links	1923	2
  • Poirot Investigates (short stories)	1924	3
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	1926	4
  • The Big Four	1927	5
  • The Mystery of the Blue Train	1928	6
  • Peril at End House	1932	7
  • Lord Edgware Dies (apa Thirteen at Dinner)	1933	8
  • Murder on the Orient Express (apa Murder on the Calais Coach)	1934	9
  • Three Act Tragedy (apa Murder in Three Acts)	1934	10
  • Death in the Clouds (apa Death in the Air)	1935	11
  • The ABC Murders (apa The Alphabet Murders)	1936	12
  • Cards on the Table	1936	13
  • Murder in Mesopotamia	1936	14
  • Death on the Nile	1937	15
  • Dumb Witness (apa Poirot Loses a Client)	1937	16
  • Murder in the Mews (short stories) (apa Dead Man's Mirror)	1937	17
  • Appointment With Death	1938	18
  • Hercule Poirot's Christmas (apa A Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas)	1938	19
  • Sad Cypress	1940	20
  • One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (apa An Overdose of Death / The Patriotic Murders)	1940	21
  • Evil Under the Sun	1941	22
  • Five Little Pigs (apa Murder in Retrospect)	1943	23
  • The Hollow (apa Murder After Hours)	1946	24
  • The Labours of Hercules (Short Stories)	1947	25
  • Taken at the Flood (apa There Is A Tide',)	1948	26
  • Mrs McGinty's Dead (apa Blood Will Tell)	1952	27
  • After the Funeral (apa Funerals are Fatal)	1953	28
  • Hickory Dickory Dock (apa Hickory Dickory Death)	1955	29
  • Dead Man's Folly	1956	30
  • Cat Among the Pigeons	1959	31
  • The Clocks	1963	32
  • Third Girl	1966	33
  • Hallowe'en Party	1969	34
  • Elephants Can Remember	1972	35
  • Poirot's Early Cases (Short Stories)	1974	36
  • Curtain	1975	37

  
  Miss Marple Short Stories

  • The Thirteen Problems (apa The Tuesday Club Murders)	1932	1
  • Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories	1979	2

  
  Miss Marple, St. Mary Mead

  • The Murder At The Vicarage	1930	1
  • The Body in the Library	1942	2
  • The Moving Finger	1943	3
  • A Murder Is Announced	1950	4
  • They Do It With Mirrors (apa Murder With Mirrors)	1952	5
  • A Pocket Full of Rye	1953	6
  • 4.50 from Paddington (apa What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!)	1957	7
  • The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side	1962	8
  • A Caribbean Mystery	1964	9
  • At Bertram's Hotel	1965	10
  • Nemesis	1971	11
  • Sleeping Murder	1976	12

  
  Short Stories

  • The Mysterious Mr Quin	1930
  • The Hound of Death And Other Stories	1933
  • Parker Pyne Investigates	1934
  • The Listerdale Mystery	1934
  • The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories	1934
  • Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories	1948
  • Three Blind Mice and Other Stories	1950
  • The Under Dog and Other Stories	1951
  • The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding	1960
  • Double Sin and Other Stories	1961
  • The Golden Ball and Other Stories	1971
  • The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories	1977
  • Problem at Pollensa Bay	1991
  • While the Light Lasts and Other Stories	1997
  • The Capture of Cerberus & The Incident of the Dog's Ball	2009

  
  Superintendent Battle

  • The Secret of Chimneys	1925	1
  • The Seven Dials Mystery	1929	2
  • Towards Zero	1944	3

  
  Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

  • The Secret Adversary	1922	1
  • Partners in Crime (Short Stories)	1929	2
  • N or M?	1941	3
  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs	1968	4
  • Postern of Fate	1973	5

  
  

• Clare, Alys
  
  Abbess Helewise and Sir Josse d'Acquin, 12th Century England.

  • Fortune like the Moon	1999	1
  • Ashes Of The Elements	2000	2
  • The Tavern In The Morning	2000	3
  • The Chatter Of The Maidens	2001	4
  • The Faithful Dead	2002	5
  • A Dark Night Hidden	2003	6
  • Whiter Than The Lily	2004	7
  • Girl In A Red Tunic	2005	8
  • Heart Of Ice	2006	9
  • The Enchanter's Forest	2007	10
  • The Paths of the Air	2008	11
  • The Joys of My Life	2008	12
  • The Rose of The World	2011	13

  
  Lassair, 11thC, East Anglia

  • Out of the Dawn Light	2009	1
  • Mist Over the Water	2009	2
  • Music of the Distant Stars	2010	3

  
  

• Clark, Cassandra
  
  Hildegard, Nun, 14thC, Yorkshire

  • Hangman Blind	2008	1
  • The Red Velvet Turnshoe	2009	2
  • The Law of Angels	2011	3
  • A Parliament of Spies	2012	4

  
  

• Clark, Clare
  
  

  • The Great Stink

  2005

  
  

• Clarke, Stephen
  
  

  • Dial M for Merde

  2008

  
  

• Clary, Julian
  
  

  • Murder Most Fab	2007
  • Devil in Disguise	2009

  
  

• Clay, Daniel
  
  

  • Broken

  2008

  
  

• Clayton, Mary
  
  Ex-inspector John Reynolds

  • Pearls Before Swine	1995	1
  • Dead Men's Bones	1995	2
  • The Prodigal's Return	1997	3
  • The Word Is Death	1997	4
  • Death Is the Inheritance	1998	5

  
  

• Cleave, Chris
  
  

  • Incendiary

  2005

  
  

• Cleeves, Ann
  
  

  • The Sleeping and the Dead	2001
  • Burial of Ghosts	2003

  
  Detective Jimmy Perez, Shetlands

  • Raven Black	2006	1
  • White Nights	2008	2
  • Red Bones	2009	3
  • Blue Lightning	2010	4

  
  George and Molly Palmer-Jones

  • A Bird in the Hand	1986	1
  • Come Death and High Water	1987	2
  • Murder in Paradise	1988	3
  • A Prey to Murder	1989	4
  • Sea Fever	1991	5
  • Another Man's Poison	1992	6
  • The Mill on the Shore	1994	7
  • High Island Blues	1996	8

  
  Insp. Ramsay

  • A Lesson in Dying	1990	1
  • Murder in My Backyard	1991	2
  • A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy	1992	3
  • Killjoy	1993	4
  • The Healers	1995	5
  • The Baby Snatcher	1997	6

  
  Inspector Vera Stanhope, East Yorkshire

  • The Crow Trap	1999	1
  • Telling Tales	2005	2
  • Hidden Depths	2007	3
  • Silent Voices	2011	4
  • The Glass Room	2012	5

  
  

• Clements, Alan
  
  

  • Rogue Nation

  2009

  
  

• Clements, Rory
  
  John Shakespeare, Lawyer, Elizabethan era

  • Martyr	2009	1
  • Revenger	2010	2
  • Prince	2011	3
  • Traitor	2012	4

  
  

• Clements, Toby
  
  

  • The Asti Spumante Code	2005
  • The No.2 Global Detective	2006

  
  

• Cleverly, Barbara
  
  

  • An Old Magic

  2003

  
  Commander Joe Sandilands, India

  • The Last Kashmiri Rose	2001	1
  • Ragtime in Simla	2002	2
  • The Damascened Blade	2003	3
  • The Palace Tiger	2004	4
  • The Bee's Kiss	2005	5
  • Tug of War	2006	6
  • Folly Du Jour	2007	7
  • Strange Images of Death	2010	8
  • The Blood Royal	2011	9

  
  Laetitia Talbot, archaeologist, 1920s

  • The Tomb of Zeus	2007	1
  • Bright Hair About the Bone	2008	2
  • A Darker God	2010	3

  
  

• Clooney, Ron
  
  

  • Pancardi's Pride	2008
  • A Measure of Wheat for a Penny	2009

  
  

• Clough, Nicholas J
  
  

  • The Judas Goat

  2004

  
  Inspector Thomas Daykin, Yorkshire

  • A Safe Place to Kill	2008	1
  • Shadows of Death	2009	2

  
  

• Cody, Liza
  
  Anna Lee

  • Dupe	1980	1
  • Bad Company	1982	2
  • Stalker	1984	3
  • Headcase	1985	4
  • Under Contract	1986	5
  • Backhand	1991	6

  
  Eva Wylie

  • Bucket Nut	1992	1
  • Monkey Wrench	1994	2
  • Musclebound	1997	3

  
  

• Coggin, Joan
  
  Lady Lupin Lorrimer, England, 1930s

  • Who Killed the Curate?	1944	1
  • The Mystery at Orchard House	1946	2
  • Penelope Passes Or Why Did She Die?	1946	3
  • Dancing with Death	1947	4

  
  

• Cohen, Anthea
  
  

  • Poisoned Pen	1986
  • Dream On	1999

  
  Agnes Carmichael

  • Angel Without Mercy	1982	1
  • Angel of Vengeance	1982	2
  • Angel of Death	1983	3
  • Fallen Angel	1984	4
  • Guardian Angel	1985	5
  • Hell's Angel	1986	6
  • Ministering Angel	1987	7
  • Destroying Angel	1988	8
  • Angel Dust	1989	9
  • Angel in Action	1991	10
  • Recording Angel	1991	11
  • Angel in Love	1993	12
  • Angel in Autumn	1995	13
  • Dedicated Angel	1997	14
  • Angel of Retribution	1998	15
  • Angel and the French Widow	2000	16
  • Angel and the Deadly Secret	2003	17
  • Better Dead	2005	18

  
  

• Cole, Martina
  
  

  • Goodnight Lady	1994
  • The Jump	1995
  • The Runaway	1997
  • Two Women	1999
  • Faceless	2001
  • The Know	2003
  • The Graft	2004
  • The Take	2005
  • Close	2006
  • Faces	2007
  • The Business	2008
  • Hard Girls	2009
  • The Family	2010
  • The Faithless	2011

  
  DI Kate Burrows and Patrick Kelly, East End London

  • The Ladykiller	1993	1
  • Broken	2000	2

  
  Maura Ryan, queen of the criminal underworld, East End London

  • Dangerous Lady	1992	1
  • Maura's Game	2002	2

  
  

• Collett, Chris
  
  Detective Inspector Tom Mariner, Birmingham

  • The Worm in the Bud	2004	1
  • Blood of the Innocents	2005	2
  • Written in Blood	2006	3
  • Blood Money	2007	4
  • Stalked by Shadows	2009	5

  
  

• Collier, Iris
  
  

  • Evil in the Sun	1990
  • A Nest of Scorpions	1991
  • King of the South	1992

  
  Detectives Venerables and McBride, Northumberland

  • Spring Tide	1996	1
  • Requiem	1997	2
  • Innocent Blood	1998	3

  
  Nicholas Peverell, Tudor era

  • Day of Wrath	2001	1
  • Reluctant Spy	2002	2
  • Death at Candlemas	2004	3
  • The Secrets of the Black Canons	2006	4

  
  

• Colling, Malcolm A
  
  

  • A Matter of Darkness

  2003

  
  

• Conan, James
  
  

  • The Coburg Conspiracy

  2011

  
  

• Connolly, JJ
  
  Unnamed Narrator

  • Layer Cake	2000	1
  • Viva La Madness	2011	2

  
  

• Connor, Alex
  
  

  • The Rembrandt Secret	2011
  • Legacy of Blood	2012

  
  

• Connor, John (See also: Tom Winship)
  
  DC Karen Sharpe, 1990s West Yorkshire

  • Phoenix	2003	1
  • The Playroom	2004	2
  • A Child's Game	2006	3
  • Falling	2007	4
  • Unsafe	2009	5

  
  

• Conway, Anthony
  
  John Caspasian

  • The Viceroy's Captain	2000	1
  • The General's Envoy	2001	2
  • The Colonel's Renegade	2002	3
  • The Brigadier's Outcast	2003	4

  
  

• Cook, Judith
  
  Dr. Simon Forman, Elizabethan sleuth

  • Death of a Lady’s Maid	1997	1
  • Murder at the Rose	1998	2
  • Blood on the Borders	1999	3
  • Kill the Witch	1999	4
  • School of the Night	2000	5

  
  John Latymer, retired policeman

  • Dead Ringer	2003	1
  • Worm in the Bood	2003	2
  • Keeper's Gold	2004	3

  
  

• Cookman, Lesley
  
  Libby Sarjeant, middle aged actress/investigator, Kent

  • Murder in Steeple Martin	2006	1
  • Murder at The Laurels	2007	2
  • Murder in Midwinter	2007	3
  • Murder by the Sea	2008	4
  • Murder in Bloom	2009	5
  • Murder in the Green	2010	6
  • Murder Imperfect	2010	7
  • Murder to Music	2011	8
  • Murder at the Manor	2011	9

  
  

• Coombs, Neil
  
  

  • Dark Windows

  2008

  
  

• Cooper, Brian
  
  Tench & Lubbock, late 1940s policemen, Norfolk

  • The Cross of San Vincente	1991	1
  • The Singing Stones	1993	2
  • Covenant with Death	1994	3
  • Shadows on the Sand	1995	4
  • The Travelling Dead	1997	5
  • The Blacknock Woman	1999	6
  • The Norfolk Triangle	2000	7
  • The Murder Column	2003	8
  • Out with the Tide	2006	9

  
  

• Cooper, Natasha/N J (See also: Clare Layton)
  
  

  • No More Victims (Most Wanted Novella)

  2008

  
  Karen Taylor, Psychologist

  • No Escape	2009	1
  • Life Blood	2010	2
  • Face of the Devil	2011	3

  
  Trish Maguire, barrister

  • Creeping Ivy	1998	1
  • Fault Lines	1999	2
  • Prey to All	2000	3
  • Out of the Dark	2002	4
  • A Place of Safety	2003	5
  • Keep Me Alive	2004	6
  • Gagged and Bound	2005	7
  • A Greater Evil (apa Evil is Done)	2007	8
  • A Poisoned Mind	2008	9

  
  Willow King, civil servant and secret novelist

  • Festering Lilies (apa A Common Death)	1990	1
  • Poison Flowers	1991	2
  • Bloody Roses	1992	3
  • Bitter Herbs	1994	4
  • Rotten Apples	1995	5
  • Fruiting Bodies (apa The Drowning Pool)	1996	6
  • Sour Grapes	1997	7