EURO CRIME

• Lacey, Sarah (See also: Kay Mitchell)
  
  Leah Hunter, Tax Inspector

  • File Under: Deceased	1992	1
  • File Under: Missing	1993	2
  • File Under: Arson	1994	3
  • File Under: Jeopardy	1995	4

  
  

• Lackberg, Camilla
  
  Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, Fjallbacka

  • The Ice Princess	2008	1
  • The Preacher	2009	2
  • The Stonecutter	2010	3
  • The Gallows Bird (apa The Stranger)	2011	4
  • The Hidden Child	2011	5
  • The Drowning	2012	6
  • The Lighthouse	2013	7

  
  

• Laden, Barry
  
  

  • Klarkey's War

  2005

  
  

• Lagerlof, Selma
  
  

  • Lord Arne's Silver

  1923

  
  

• Lake, Derek W
  
  

  • The Twitcher

  2005

  
  

• Lake, Deryn
  
  

  • The Governor's Ladies

  2005

  
  John Rawlings, Apothecary, Georgian London

  • Death in the Dark Walk	1994	1
  • Death at the Beggar's Opera	1995	2
  • Death at the Devil's Tavern	1996	3
  • Death on the Romney Marsh	1998	4
  • Death in the Pearless Pool	1999	5
  • Death at Apothecaries' Hall	2000	6
  • Death in the West Wind	2001	7
  • Death at St James's Palace	2002	8
  • Death in the Valley of Shadows	2003	9
  • Death in the Setting Sun	2004	10
  • Death and the Cornish Fiddler	2006	11
  • Death in Hellfire	2007	12
  • Death and the Black Pyramid	2009	13
  • Death at the Wedding Feast	2011	14

  
  Reverend Nick Lawrence, Lakehurst, Sussex

  • The Mills of God

  2010

  1

  
  

• Lake, John
  
  

  • Hot Knife - Love, Bullets and Revenge in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

  2008

  
  

• Lalbeharry, Mark
  
  DCI Diane Cresson, London

  • The Simian Curve

  2006

  1

  
  

• Lambert, Charles
  
  

  • Any Human Face

  2010

  
  

• Lampi, Heimo
  
  

  • Death Stalks Meteora

  1995

  
  

• Lang, Maria
  
  

  • Death Awaits Thee	1967
  • No More Murders	1967
  • A Wreath for the Bride	1968

  
  

• Langfield, Martin
  
  

  • The Malice Box	2007
  • The Secret Fire	2009

  
  

• Langford, Michael
  
  

  • The De Vere Papers

  2008

  
  

• Lanyon, Josh
  
  Adrien English, Mystery Bookshop Owner, LA

  • Fatal Shadows	2000	1
  • A Dangerous Thing	2002	2
  • The Hell You Say	2006	3

  
  

• Lapidus, Jens
  
  The Stockholm Noir trilogy

  • Easy Money

  2011

  1

  
  

• La Plante, Lynda
  
  

  • Widows 2	1985
  • Bella Mafia	1990
  • Framed	1992
  • Prime Suspect 2	1992
  • Entwined	1993
  • Prime Suspect 3	1993
  • Seekers	1993
  • The Lifeboat	1994
  • Trial and Retribution	1997
  • Trial and Retribution 2	1998
  • Trial and Retribution 3	1999
  • Sleeping Cruelty	2000
  • Trial and Retribution 4 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2000
  • Royal Flush (apa Royal Heist)	2002
  • Trial and Retribution 5 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2002
  • Trial and Retribution 6 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2002
  • Last Suspect	2004
  • The Little One (Quick Reads novella)	2012

  
  Detective Anna Travis, London

  • Above Suspicion	2004	1
  • The Red Dahlia	2006	2
  • Clean Cut	2007	3
  • Deadly Intent	2008	4
  • Silent Scream	2009	5
  • Blind Fury	2010	6
  • Blood Line	2011	7
  • Backlash	2012	8

  
  Dolly Rawlins

  • Widows	1983	1
  • Prime Suspect	1991	1
  • She's Out	1995	3

  
  Helen Hewitt

  • The Governor	1995	1
  • The Governor 2	1996	2

  
  Lieutenant Lorraine Page, Pasadena

  • Cold Shoulder	1994	1
  • Cold Blood	1996	2
  • Cold Heart	1998	3

  
  

• Larsen, Michael
  
  

  • Uncertainty	1996
  • The Snake in Sydney	2000

  
  

• Larsson, Asa
  
  Rebecka Martinsson, Lawyer, Sweden

  • Sun Storm (apa The Savage Altar)	2006	1
  • The Blood Spilt	2007	2
  • The Black Path	2008	3
  • Until Thy Wrath be Past	2011	4

  
  

• Larsson, Bjorn
  
  

  • The Celtic Ring

  1997

  
  

• Larsson, Stieg
  
  Millennium Trilogy

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo	2008	1
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire	2009	2
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest	2009	3

  
  

• Lasdun, James
  
  

  • The Horned Man	2002
  • Seven Lies	2005

  
  

• Latus, Dan
  
  

  • Never Look Back

  2008

  
  

• Laurence, Janet
  
  

  • To Kill the Past

  1994

  
  Canaletto

  • Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge	1997	1
  • Canaletto and the Case of the Privy Garden	1998	2
  • Canaletto and the Case of Bonnie Prince Charlie	2002	3

  
  Darina Lisle, Cook

  • A Deepe Coffyn	1989	1
  • A Tasty Way to Die	1990	2
  • Hotel Morgue	1991	3
  • Recipe for Death	1992	4
  • Death and the Epicure	1993	5
  • Death at the Table	1994	6
  • Death a la Provencale	1995	7
  • Diet for Death	1996	8
  • Appetite for Death	1998	9
  • The Mermaid's Feast	2000	10

  
  

• Laurie, Hugh
  
  

  • The Gun Seller	1996
  • The Paper Soldier	2009

  
  

• Lawrence, David
  
  DS Stella Mooney, London

  • The Dead Sit Round In A Ring (apa Circle of the Dead)	2002	1
  • Nothing Like the Night	2003	2
  • Cold Kill	2005	3
  • Down Into Darkness	2007	4

  
  

• Lawrence, Paul
  
  Harry Lytle, 17th Century Restoration London

  • The Sweet Smell of Decay	2009	1
  • A Plague of Sinners	2010	2

  
  

• Laws, Darren E
  
  

  • Tripping

  2007

  
  FBI Agent Georgina O'Neil

  • Turtle Island (revised edition 2008)	2003	1
  • Dark Country		2

  
  

• Laws, Valerie
  
  

  • The Rotting Spot

  2009

  
  

• Lawton, John
  
  Chief Inspector Frederick Troy, post WW2

  • Black Out	1995	1
  • Old Flames	1996	2
  • A Little White Death	1998	3
  • Riptide (apa Bluffing Mr. Churchill)	2001	4
  • Blue Rondo (apa Flesh Wounds)	2005	5
  • Second Violin	2007	6
  • A Lily of the Field	2010	7

  
  PI Turner Raines

  • Sweet Sunday

  2002

  1

  
  

• Layton, Clare (See also: Natasha Cooper)
  
  

  • Clutch of Phantoms	2000
  • Those Whom The Gods Love	2001
  • He Came Looking	2004

  
  

• Lean, Frank
  
  David Cunane, PI, Manchester

  • Red for Rachel	1994	1
  • Nine Lives	1995	2
  • The Reluctant Investigator	1997	3
  • Kingdom Gone	1999	4
  • Boiling Point	2001	5
  • Above Suspicion	2001	6
  • Raised in Silence	2004	7

  
  

• Lear, James
  
  

  • The Back Passage

  2006

  
  

• Lear, Peter (See also: Peter Lovesey)
  
  

  • Goldengirl	1977
  • Spider Girl	1980
  • The Secret of Spandau	1986

  
  

• Learner, Tobsha/T S
  
  

  • Sphinx	2009
  • The Map	2012

  
  

• Leather, Stephen
  
  

  • Pay Off	1987
  • The Fireman	1989
  • Hungry Ghost	1991
  • The Chinaman	1992
  • The Vets	1993
  • The Long Shot	1994
  • The Birthday Girl	1995
  • The Double Tap	1996
  • The Solitary Man	1997
  • The Tunnel Rats	1997
  • The Bombmaker	1999
  • The Stretch	2000
  • Tango One	2002
  • The Eyewitness	2003

  
  Dan Shepherd, SAS trooper turned undercover cop

  • Hard Landing	2004	1
  • Soft Target	2005	2
  • Cold Kill	2006	3
  • Hot Blood	2007	4
  • Dead Men	2008	5
  • Live Fire	2009	6
  • Rough Justice	2010	7
  • Fair Game	2011	8

  
  Jack Nightingale, PI, Surrey

  • Nightfall	2010	1
  • Midnight	2011	2
  • Nightmare	2012	3

  
  

• Leclere, Eric
  
  Xavier Lombard

  • The Lost Son	1999	1
  • A Place of Gardens and Lilies	2005	2
  • What if They Like it?		3

  
  

• Lee, Austin (See also: John Austwick, Julian Callender)
  
  Flora Hogg, schoolmistress turned detective

  • Sheep's Clothing	1955	1
  • Call in Miss Hogg	1956	2
  • Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders	1956	3
  • Miss Hogg and the Squash Club	1957	4
  • Miss Hogg and the Dead Dean	1958	5
  • Miss Hogg Flies High	1958	6
  • Miss Hogg and the Covent Garden Murders	1960	7
  • Miss Hogg and the Missing Sisters	1961	8
  • Miss Hogg's Last Case	1963	9

  
  

• Lee, Christopher
  
  

  • The Madrigal	1993
  • The House	1994

  
  Inspector Leonard, Bath

  • The Bath Detective	1995	1
  • The Killing of Sally Keemer	1997	2
  • The Killing of Cinderella	1998	3

  
  

• Lee, Kolton
  
  

  • The Last Card

  2007

  
  

• Lee, Tanith
  
  

  • Death of the Day

  2004

  
  

• Leigh, Danny
  
  

  • The Monsters of Gramercy Park

  2005

  
  

• Leins, Max
  
  

  • The Hunting Lodge

  2005

  
  

• Lelic, Simon
  
  

  • Rupture (apa A Thousand Cuts)	2010
  • The Facility	2011
  • The Child Who	2012

  
  

• Lengyel, Peter
  
  

  • Cobblestone: A Detective Novel

  1993

  
  

• Lennon, Patrick
  
  Charlie Blanco, the fixer

  • Fixer

  2013

  1

  
  Detective Inspector Tom Fletcher, Cambridgeshire

  • Corn Dolls	2006	1
  • Steel Witches	2008	2
  • Cut Out	2009	3

  
  

• Lenoir, Frédéric & Cabesos, Violette
  
  

  • The Angel's Promise

  2006

  
  

• Leon, Donna
  
  Commissario Guido Brunetti, Venice

  • Death At La Fenice	1992	1
  • Death in a Strange Country	1993	2
  • The Anonymous Venetian (apa Dressed for Death)	1994	3
  • A Venetian Reckoning (apa Death And Judgment)	1995	4
  • Acqua Alta (apa Death in High Water)	1996	5
  • The Death of Faith (apa Quietly in Their Sleep)	1997	6
  • A Noble Radiance	1998	7
  • Fatal Remedies	1999	8
  • Friends in High Places	2000	9
  • A Sea of Troubles	2001	10
  • Wilful Behaviour	2002	11
  • Uniform Justice	2003	12
  • Doctored Evidence	2004	13
  • Blood from a Stone	2005	14
  • Through a Glass Darkly	2006	15
  • Suffer the Little Children	2007	16
  • The Girl of His Dreams	2008	17
  • About Face	2009	18
  • A Question of Belief	2010	19
  • Drawing Conclusions	2011	20
  • Beastly Things	2012	21

  
  

• Leonard, Peter
  
  

  • All He Saw Was The Girl

  2011

  
  Harry Levin

  • Voices of the Dead	2012	1
  • Back from the Dead	2013	2

  
  

• Leoni, Giulio
  
  Dante Alighieri

  • The Third Heaven Conspiracy (apa The Mosaic Crimes)	2007	2
  • The Kingdom of Light	2009	3
  • The Crusade of Darkness	2011	4

  
  

• Levack, Simon
  
  Yaotl, Aztec slave, C16th Mexico

  • Demon of the Air	2004	1
  • Shadow of the Lords	2005	2
  • City of Spies	2006	3
  • Tribute of Death	2007	4

  
  

• Levison, Iain
  
  

  • Dog Eats Dog

  2008

  
  

• Lewis, Damien
  
  

  • Desert Claw (Quick Reads novella)	2006
  • Cobra Gold	2007

  
  

• Lewis, Dennis
  
  

  • The Corrupted

  2006

  
  

• Lewis, Geoffrey
  
  DI David Russell & DS Doug Rimmer, Grancester, Northamptonshire

  • Flashback	2003	1
  • Strangers	2004	2
  • Winter's Tale	2004	3
  • Cycle	2005	4

  
  

• Lewis, Jonathan
  
  DI Ned Bale & Dog Handler Kate Baker

  • Into Darkness	2010	1
  • Into Dust	2011	2

  
  

• Lewis, Kevin
  
  

  • Kaitlyn	2006
  • Frankie	2007

  
  DI Stacey Collins, London

  • Fallen Angel	2008	1
  • Scent of a Killer	2010	2

  
  

• Lewis, Robert
  
  Robin Llewellyn, PI, Bristol

  • Last Llanelli Train	2005	1
  • Swansea Terminal	2007	2
  • Bank Of The Black Sheep	2010	3

  
  

• Lewis, Simon
  
  

  • Go

  1998

  
  Chinese detective, Inspector Jian

  • Bad Traffic	2008	1
  • Border Run	2012	2

  
  

• Liang, Diane Wei
  
  Wang Mei, PI, Beijing

  • The Eye of Jade	2007	1
  • Paper Butterfly	2008	2

  
  

• Liffner, Eva-Marie
  
  

  • Camera	2003
  • Imago	2005

  
  

• Lindsay, Douglas
  
  

  • Lost in Juarez

  2008

  
  Barney Thomson, Barber, Glasgow

  • The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson	1999	1
  • The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson	2000	2
  • A Prayer for Barney Thomson	2001	3
  • Barney Thomson and the Face of Death	2002	4
  • The King Was in His Counting House	2004	5
  • The Last Fish Supper	2006	6
  • Final Cut	2009	7

  
  

• Link, Charlotte
  
  

  • The Other Child

  2012

  
  

• Linscott, Gillian (See also: Caro Peacock)
  
  

  • Unknown Hand	1988
  • Murder, I Presume	1990
  • The Garden	2002

  
  Birdie Linnet, ex policeman

  • A Healthy Body	1984	1
  • Murder Makes Tracks	1985	2
  • Knightfall	1986	3
  • A Whiff of Sulphur	1987	4

  
  Nell Bray, Suffragette

  • Sister Beneath the Sheet	1991	1
  • Hanging on the Wire	1992	2
  • Stage Fright	1993	3
  • Widow's Peak (apa An Easy Day for a Lady)	1995	4
  • Crown Witness	1995	5
  • Dead Man's Music (apa Dead Man's Sweetheart)	1996	6
  • Dance on Blood	1998	7
  • Absent Friends	1999	8
  • The Perfect Daughter	2000	9
  • Dead Man Riding	2002	10
  • Blood on the Wood	2003	11

  
  

• Linskey, Howard
  
  

  • The Drop

  2011

  
  

• Lipatov, Vil
  
  

  • A Village Detective

  2003

  
  

• Litchfield, Michael
  
  

  • See How They Run	1984
  • Murder Circus	1985
  • Nailed!	1985
  • Bullet for an Encore	2005
  • Last Bus to the Grave	2005
  • Deadline	2006

  
  

• Littleford, Clare
  
  

  • Beholden	2003
  • Death Duty	2004
  • The Quarry (Crime Express Novella)	2008

  
  

• Litvinov, Ivy
  
  

  • His Master's Voice

  1988

  
  

• Liversidge, Bill
  
  

  • A Half Life Of One

  2007

  
  

• Livesey, Margot
  
  

  • Homework	1990
  • Criminals	1996

  
  

• Lloyd, Frances
  
  Detective Inspector Jack Dawes

  • Nemesis of the Dead	2009	1
  • The Bluebell Killer	2010	2
  • The Colour of Death	2011	3

  
  

• Lock, Joan
  
  

  • Death in Perspective

  2001

  
  Detective Sergeant Best, Victorian London

  • Dead Image	2000	1
  • Dead Born	2002	2
  • Dead Letters	2003	3
  • Dead End	2004	4
  • Dead Fall	2005	5
  • Dead Loss	2005	6
  • Dead Centre	2008	7

  
  

• Lohr, Robert
  
  

  • The Secrets of the Chess Machine

  2007

  
  

• Longworth, Gay
  
  

  • Bimba	1998
  • Wicked Peace	2000

  
  DI Jessie Driver

  • Dead Alone	2002	1
  • The Unquiet Dead	2004	2

  
  

• Longworth, M L
  
  Verlaque and Bonnet, Aix-en-Provence

  • Death at the Chateau Bremont

  2011

  1

  
  

• Loriga, Ray
  
  

  • My Brother's Gun

  1997

  
  

• Lorrimer, Claire
  
  

  • The Shadow Falls	1974
  • A Voice In The Dark	1985
  • The Secret Of Quarry House	1988
  • Over My Dead Body	2003
  • Dead Centre	2005
  • Infatuation	2007
  • Dead Reckoning	2009

  
  

• Loukes, Matthew
  
  Slim Gunter, PI

  • Estrella Damn	2008	1
  • Goose Flesh	2009	2

  
  

• Lovesey, Peter (See also: Peter Lear)
  
  

  • The False Inspector Dew	1982
  • Keystone	1983
  • Rough Cider	1986
  • On the Edge (apa Dead Gorgeous)	1989
  • The Reaper	2000
  • In Suspense	2001

  
  Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

  • Bertie and the Tinman	1987	1
  • Bertie and the Seven Bodies	1990	2
  • Bertie and the Crime of Passion	1993	3

  
  DCI Hen Mallin

  • The Circle	2005	1
  • The Headhunters	2008	2

  
  Peter Diamond, Bath

  • The Last Detective	1991	1
  • Diamond Solitaire	1992	2
  • The Summons	1995	3
  • Bloodhounds	1996	4
  • Upon a Dark Night	1997	5
  • The Vault	1999	6
  • Diamond Dust	2002	7
  • The House Sitter	2003	8
  • The Secret Hangman	2007	9
  • Skeleton Hill	2009	10
  • Stagestruck	2011	11
  • Cop to Corpse	2012	12

  
  Sergeant Cribb, Victorian Era

  • Wobble to Death	1970	1
  • The Detective Wore Silk Drawers	1963	2
  • Abracadaver	1972	3
  • Mad Hatter's Holiday	1973	4
  • Invitation to a Dynamite Party (apa The Tick of Death)	1974	5
  • Case of Spirits	1975	6
  • Swing, Swing Together	1976	7
  • Waxwork	1978	8

  
  Short Stories

  • Butchers and Other Stories of Crime	1985
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories	1994
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose	1998
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime	2001
  • The Verdict of Us All	2006
  • Murder on the Short List	2009

  
  

• Lovesey, Phil
  
  

  • Death Duties	1998
  • Ploughing Potters Field	1999
  • When the Ashes Burn	2000
  • The Screaming Tree	2002

  
  

• Lowe, Karen
  
  

  • Death in the Physic Garden

  2005

  
  

• Lowe, Sheila
  
  Claudia Rose, Forensic Handwriting Expert, Los Angeles

  • Poison Pen	2007	1
  • Written in Blood	2008	2
  • Dead Write	2009	3
  • Last Writes	2010	4

  
  

• Lucarelli, Carlo
  
  Inspector De Luca, Italy in 1945

  • Carte Blanche	2006	1
  • The Damned Season	2007	2
  • Via delle Oche	2008	3

  
  Ispettore Grazia Negro, Bologna, Italy

  • Almost Blue	2001	1
  • Day After Day	2004	2

  
  

• Lupton, Rosamund
  
  

  • Sister	2010
  • Afterwards	2011

  
  

• Lury, Adam & Gibson, Simon
  
  Arthur C. Dogg

  • Dangerous Data	2001	1
  • Blood Data	2002	2

  
  

• Lynn, Matt
  
  Steve West, a maverick former SAS man and his unit of mercenaries

  • Death Force	2009	1
  • Fire Force	2010	2
  • Shadow Force	2011	3
  • Ice Force	2012	4