African American

Try:

Eleanor Taylor Bland ~ Marti MacAlister series
Charlotte Carter ~ Nanette Hayes Series
Christopher Chambers ~ Angela Bivens series
Grace F. Edwards ~ Mali Anderson series
Ardella Garland
Barbara Hambly ~ Benjamin January series
Gar Anthony Haywood ~ Aaron Gunner series
Norman Kelley ~ Nina Halligan series
Penny Mickelbury
Walter Mosley
Barbara Neely
Kris Nelscott ~ Smokey Nelson series
Gary Phillips
James Sallis ~ Lew Griffin series
Blair S. Walker ~ Darryl Billups series
Valerie Wilson Wesley ~ Tamara Hayle series
Paula L. Woods ~ Charlotte Justice series

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Animal Mysteries

Try:
Lydia Adamson
Garrison Allen ~ Big Mike series
Marion Babson
Carol Lea Benjamin ~ Rachel Alexander & Dash series
Laurien Berenson ~ Melanie Travis series
Lillian Jackson Braun ~ Jim Qwilleran series
Rita Mae Brown ~ Sneaky Pie series
Melissa Cleary
Susan Conant ~ Holly Winter series
Carole Nelson Douglas
Gerald Hammond
Carolyn Hart ~ Death on Demand series
Virginia Lanier ~ Bloodhound series
Alex Matthews ~ Cassidy McCabe series
Ted Wood

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Arts

Try:
Emily Brightwell ~ Mrs Jeffries takes the Stage
Peter Duchin ~ Blue Moon / Good Morning, Heartache
Philip Gooden ~ Shakespearean Murder series
Ron Goulart ~ Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders
Christine T. Jorgensen ~ Dead on her Feet
Martha Mabey ~ Artists Die best in Black
Ngaio Marsh ~ Artists in Crime
Edward Marston ~ Nicholas Bracewell Series
Sam McCarver ~ To Die or not to Die
Deborah Nicholson ~ House Report
Jonathan Santlofer ~ The Death Artist
Melissa Scott ~ Point of Dreams
Robert Skinner

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Chicago

Try:
Ace Atkins ~ Nick Travers series
Eleanor Taylor Bland ~ Marti MacAlister series 
Fredric Brown
Robert Campbell
Harlan Coben ~ Gone for Good
Max Allan Collins ~ Nate Heller series
Barbara D'Amato ~ Chicago Police series
Bill Granger ~ The El Murders
Hugh Holton ~ Larry Cole series
Fred Hunter ~ Jeremy Ransom series
Eugene Izzi
Stuart Kaminsky ~ Abe Lieberman series
Alex Matthews ~ Cassidy McCabe series
Steve Monroe
Sara Paretsky ~ V.I. Warshawski series
Michael Raleigh ~ Paul Whelan series
Sam Reaves
Troy Soos ~ Murder at Wrigley Field
David J. Walker
John Wessel

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Christmas

Try:
Lydia Adamson ~ A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock
Nancy Atherton ~ Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Marian Babson ~ Twelve Days of Christmas
M.C. Beaton ~ A Highland Christmas
Alan Beechy ~ Murdering Ministers
J.S. Borthwick ~ Dude on Arrival
Simon Brett ~ The Christmas Crimes at Puzzel Manor
Jill Churchill ~ The Merchant of Menace
Carol Higgins Clark ~ Iced
Mary Higgins Clark ~ All Through the Night / Deck the Halls / Silent Night
Patricia Cornwell ~ Scarpetta's Winter Table
Barbara D'Amato ~ Hard Christmas
Carole Nelson Douglas ~ Cat in a Golden Garland
Janet Evanovich ~ Visions of Sugar Plums
Ann Granger ~ A Season for Murder
Carolyn G. Hart ~ Sugarplum Dead
John Harvey ~ Cold Light
Joan Hess ~ A Holly Jolly Murder
Holmes for the Holidays & More Holmes for the Holidays
Fred Hunter ~ Ransom for a Holiday
Henry Kisor ~ Season's Revenge
Constance Little ~ The Black-headed Pins
Richard Lockridge ~ Dead Run
Charlotte MacLeod ~ Rest you Merry
G.A. McKevett ~ Cooked Goose
Leslie Meier ~ Mail Order Murder
Katherine Hall Page ~ The Body in the Bouillon
Anne Perry ~ A Christmas Journey
Ellis Peters ~ A Rare Benedictine
Ann Ripley ~ The Christmas Garden Affair
Gillian Roberts ~ The Mummer's Curse / Philly Stakes
Peter Robinson ~ Past Reason Hated
Corinne Holt Sawyer ~ Ho Ho Homicide
Georges Simenon ~ Maigret's Christmas
Barbara Burnett Smith ~ Mistletoe from Purple Sage
Joan Smith ~ Don't Leave Me This Way
Kathy Hogan Trocheck ~ A Midnight Clear

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Clergy

Try:
Veronica Black ~ Sister Joan series
Umberto Eco
P.C. Doherty ~ Brother Athelstan series
Margaret Frazer ~ Sister Frevisse series
Kate Gallison ~ Mother Grey series
Andrew Greeley
D.M. Greenwood ~ Theodore Braithwaite series
Susanna Gregory ~ Matthew Bartholomew series
Lee Harris
Harry Kemelman ~ Rabbi Small series
William X Kienzle ~ Father Koesler series
Ralph McInerny ~ Father Dowling series
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie ~ Sister Mary Helen series
Ellis Peters ~ Brother Cadfael series
Monica Quill ~ Mary Teresa Dempsey series
Winona Sullivan ~ Cecile Buddenbrooks series

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College

Try:
J.S.Borthwick ~ Sarah Deane series
Gail Bowen ~ Joanne Kilbourn series
Amanda Cross ~ Kate Fansler series
Susan Holtzer ~ Anneke Haagen series
Jane Langton ~ Homer Kelly series
Ralph McInerny ~ Brothers Knight series
David D. Nolta ~ Grave Circle
Lev Raphael ~ Nick Hoffman series
Pamela Thomas-Graham ~ Nikki Chase series

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Cozy

See Also Little Old Lady Sleuths

Try:
Susan Wittig Albert ~ China Bales series
Donna Andrews ~ Meg Langslow series
M.C. Beaton ~ Agatha Raisin series
Simon Brett ~ Fethering series
Laura Childs
Mary Daheim ~ Judith McMonigle series
Jeanne Dams ~ Dorothy Martins series
Fred Hunter ~ Emily Charters series
Kate Kingsbury ~ Pennyfoot Hotel series
Jill Paton-Walsh ~ Lord Peter Wimsey series
Sharon Short ~ Josie Toadfern series
Ayelet Waldman ~ Mommy-Track series

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Food

See Also Food Fiction

Try Books by:
Susan Wittig Albert ~ China Bales series
Nancy Bell ~ Biggie Weatherford series
Claudia Bishop ~ Sarah Quilliam series
Michael Bond ~
Monsieur Pamplemousse series
Anthony Bourdain ~ Bone in the Throat
Anthony Bruno ~ Kovacs & Marvelli series
Dorothy Cannell ~ Femmes Fatal / The Thin Woman
Laura Childs ~ Tea Shop series
Cleo Coyle ~ On What Grounds
Isis Crawford ~ Bernie and Libby series
Camilla T. Crespi ~
Simona Griffo series
Mary Daheim ~ Judith McMonigle series
Diane Mott Davidson ~ Goldy Bear series
Nancy Fairbanks ~ Carolyn Blue series
Joanne Fluke ~ Hannah Swenson series
Robert Goldsborough ~ Nero Wolfe series
Nadia Gordon ~ Sunny McCloskey series
Claire Johnson ~ Mary Ryan series
Peter King ~ Goodwin Harper series
Janet Laurence ~ Darina Lisle series
G.A. McKevett ~ Savannah Reid series
Amy Myers ~ Auguste Didier series
Tamar Myers ~ Pennsylvania-Dutch series
Katherine Hall Page ~ The Body in the Bouillon
Joanne Pence ~ Angelina Amalfi series
Nancy Pickard ~ Eugenia Potter series - part 2
Virginia Rich ~ Eugenia Potter series - part 1
Phyllis Richman ~ Chas. Wheatly series
Corinne Holt Sawyer ~ Peanut Butter Murders
Rex Stout ~ Please Pass the Guilt
Lou Jane Temple ~ Heaven Lee series

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Gardening

Try:
Peter Abresch ~ Bloody Bonsai
Nancy Atherton ~ Aunt Dimity and the Duke
M.C. Beaton ~ Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
J.S. Borthwick ~ The Garden Plot
Carola Dunn ~ The Winter Garden Mystery
Janis Harrison ~ Bretta Solomon series
Graham & Robert Landrum ~ The Garden Club Mystery
Charlotte MacLeod ~  Something in the Water ~ The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt
Ann Ripley ~ Louise Eldridge series
Lora Roberts ~ Liz Sullivan series
Rebecca Rothenberg ~ Claire Sharples series
John Sherwood ~ Celia Grant series

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Historical

 Ancient Rome  ~  Medieval  ~  Victorian

Links
Historical Mystery Fiction

Ancient Rome

Try:
Rob Burns ~ Gaius Livinius Severus series
Lindsey Davis ~ Falco series
Barbara Hambly ~ Search the Seven Hills
Mary Reed & Eric Mayer ~ John the Eunuch series
John Maddox Roberts ~ SPQR series
Rosemary Rowe ~ Libertus series
Steven Saylor ~ Roma Sub Rosa series
Marilyn Todd ~ Claudia Seferius series
David Wishart ~ Marcus Corvinus series

Links:
The Detective and the Toga

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Medieval

Try:
Simon Beaufort ~ Sir Geoffrey Mappestone series
Alys Clare ~ Abbess Helewise series
P.C. Doherty ~ Hugh Corbett series
Margaret Frazer ~ Sister Frevisse series
Alan Gordon ~ Medieval Mystery series
C.L. Grace ~ Katheryn Swinbrooke series
Judith Koll Healey ~ The Canterbury Papers
Roy Lewis ~ Arnold Landon series
Edward Marston ~ Domesday series
Ian Morson ~ Falconer series
Sharan Newman ~ Catherine LeVendeur series
Ellis Peters ~ Brother Cadfael series
Peter Tremayne ~ Sister Fidelma series

Links:
Medieval Mysteries

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Victorian Mysteries

Try:
Bernard Bastable
Emily Brightwell
Carole Nelson Douglas
Mark Frost
Ray Harrison
Alanna Knight
Peter Lovesey
Amy Myers
Robin Paige
Paula Paul ~ Dr Alexandra Gladstone series
Anne Perry

Links:
Victorian Mysteries

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Libraries, Librarians & Books

Try:
Jeff Abbott ~ Jordan Poteet series
Lydia Adamson ~ Lucy Wayles series
Bruce Alexander ~ Murder in Grub Street
Lawrence Block ~ The Burglar in the Library
Agatha Christie ~ The Body in the Library
John Crowley ~ Lord Byron's Novel: the evening land
Elizabeth Daly ~ Henry Gamadge series
Jo Dereske ~ Miss Zukas series
John Dunning ~ Cliff Janeway series
Bartholomew Gill ~ The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile
Batya Gur ~ Literary Murder
Charlaine Harris ~ Aurora Teagarden series
Carolyn G. Hart ~ Annie Laurance series
Joan Hess ~ Claire Malloy series
Hazel Holt ~ Sheila Mallory series
Julie Kaewert ~ Alex Plumtree series
Allen Kurzweil ~ The Grand Complication
Mariaanne Macdonald ~ Dido Hoare series
Evan Marshall ~ Jane Stuart and Winky series
William Martin ~ Harvard Yard
D.R. Meredith ~ Megan Clark series
Miriam Grace Monfredo ~ Seneca Falls series
Kate Morgan ~ Dewey James series
Elizabeth Peters ~ Jacqueline Kirby series
Sheila Simonson ~ Lark Dodge series
Edith Skom ~ Beth Austin series
Judith Van Gieson ~ Claire Reynier series
Eric Wright ~ Lucy Trimble Brenner series

Links:
Bibliomysteries

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Medical/Forensic

Try Books by:
Ann Benson ~ The Plague Trilogy
Caleb Carr
Peter Clement
Robin Cook
Michael Cordy
Patricia Cornwell ~ Kay Scarpetta series
Jeffrey Deaver ~ Rhyme & Sachs series
G.H. Ephron ~ Peter Zak series
Leonard S. Goldberg ~ Joanna Blalock series
Echo Heron
Patrick Lynch
Neil McMahon ~ Carroll Monks series
Michael Palmer
Kathy Reichs ~ Temperance Brennan series
Leah Ruth Robinson ~ Dr. Evelyn Sutcliffe series
Anna Salter ~ Michael Stone series
Steven Spruill

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Native American

Try:

Eleanor Taylor Bland ~ Fatal Remains
Peter Bowen ~ Gabriel Du Pre series
Margaret Coel ~ John O'Malley series
James D.Doss ~ Charlie Moon series
Kat Goldring ~ Willi Gallagher series
Jean Hager ~ Molly Bearpaw series
Tony Hillerman
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe ~ Deception on all Accounts
William Kent Krueger ~ Cork O'Connor series
Kirk Mitchell
Marcia Muller ~ Sharon McCone series
Thomas Perry ~ Jane Whitefield series
Dana Stabenow ~ Kate Shugak series
Aimee & Daivd Thurlo ~ Ella Clah series
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ~ Charles Spotted Moon series

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Private Eyes

Female ~ Male

Female Private Investigators

Try Books by:
Linda Barnes ~ Carlotta Carlyle series
K.K. Beck ~ Jan Da Silva series
Carol Higgins Clark ~ Regan Reilly series
Liza Cody ~ Anna Lee series
Janet Dawson ~ Jeri Howard series
P.D. James ~ Cordelia Gray series
Sue Grafton ~ Kinsey Millhone series
Linda Hall ~ Teri Blake-Addison Series
Karen Kijewski ~ Kat Colorado series
Laura Lippman ~ Tess Monaghan series
Charlotte Macleod ~ Sarah Kelling series
Marcia Muller ~ Sharon McCone series
Katy Munger ~ Casey Jones series
Sara Paretsky ~ V.I. Warshawsky series
Anne Perry ~ Charlotte Pitt series
S.J. Rozan ~ Lydia Chin series
Valerie Wilson Wesley ~ Tamara Hayle series
K.J.A. Wishnia ~ Filomena Buscarsela series

Male Private Investigators

Try Books by:
Neil Albert ~ Dave Garrett series
Lawrence Block ~ Matt Scudder series
Raymond Chandler ~ Philip Marlowe series
George C. Chesbro ~ Mongo series
Curt Colbert ~ Jake Rossiter series
Robert Crais ~ Cole & Pike series
Earl Emerson ~ Thomas Black series
Loren D. Estleman ~ Amos Walker series
Dick Francis
Dashiell Hammett
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Jon Katz ~ Kit DeLeeuw series
John D. MacDonald ~ Travis McGee series
Ross MacDonald ~ Lew Archer series
Robert B. Parker ~ Spenser series
Lawrence Sanders ~ Arch McNally series
Jonathan Valin ~ Harry Stoner series

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Sports

Baseball  ~  Football  ~  General

Baseball

Donald Honig ~ The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson
Troy Soos ~ Mickey Rawlings Series

Football

Harlen Coben ~ Deal Breaker
Boomer Esiason ~ Toss
Leslie Glass ~ Judging Time
Tim Green ~ The Red Zone
Thomas Harris ~ Black Sunday
William Kienzle ~ Sudden Death
Ralph McInerny ~ A Cardinal Offense / Lack of the Irish
Susan Robitaille ~ Jinx

General

Alina Adams ~ Murder on Ice (figure skating)
Linda Barnes ~ Dead Heat (running)
Colin Bateman ~ Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men (boxing)
J.S. Borthwick ~ Murder in the Rough (golf)
Agatha Christie ~ Murder on the Links (golf)
Harlan Coben ~ Myron Bolitar Series (sports agent)
Conor Daly ~ Local Knowledge (golf)
Dick Francis (horseracing)
George Higgins ~The Agent
Michael J. Katz

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Woman Sleuths

See Also Female Private Ivestigators
See Also...Little Old Lady Sleuths

Try Books by:

Barbara Colley ~ Charlotte La Rue series
Lucha Corpi ~ Gloria Damasco series
David Cray ~ Julie Brennan series
Susan Dunlap ~ Jill Smith series
Janet Evanovich ~ Stephanie Plum series
Monica Ferris ~ Betsy Devonshire series
Lee Harris
Lynn S. Hightower ~ Sonora Blair series
Jane Isenberg ~ Bel Barrett series
J.A. Jance ~ Joanna Brady series
Toni L.P. Kelner ~ Laura Fleming series
Leslie Meier ~ Lucy Stone series
James Patterson ~ Lindsay Boxer series
Elizabeth Peters

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Little Old Lady Sleuths

See Also Cozy Mysteries

Try:
Marian Babson
Richard Barth ~ Margaret Binton series
M.C. Beaton ~ Agatha Raisin series
Nancy Bell ~ Biggie Weatherford series
Simon Brett
Emily Brightwell ~ Mrs Jeffries series
Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple series
Dorothy Gilman ~ Mrs Pollifax series
Annie Griffin ~ Malloy & Goldstein series
Carolyn G. Hart ~ Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins series
Virginia Rich ~ Eugenia Potter series
Cynthia Riggs ~ Victoria Trumbull series
Elliott Roosevelt ~ Eleanor Roosevelt series
Corinne Holt Sawyer ~ Benbow & Wingate series

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