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Crime fiction authors

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Selected authors : Margery Allingham | Eric Ambler | Simon Brett | James M. Cain | Raymond Chandler | Agatha Christie | Michael Connelly | Peter Corris | Robert Crais | Edmund Crispin | James Crumley | Lindsey Davis | Colin Dexter | Michael Dibdin | James Ellroy | Loren D. Estleman | Erle Stanley Gardner | Sue Grafton | Susanna Gregory | Carl Hiaasen | Tony Hillerman | Chester Himes | P.D. James | John le Carré | John D. MacDonald | Ross MacDonald | Horace McCoy | Val McDermid | Sara Paretsky | Robert B. Parker | Ian Rankin | Ruth Rendell | S.J. Rozan | John Sandford | C.J. Sansom | Dorothy L. Sayers | Julian Symons | Donald E. Westlake |

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Crime fiction characters

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Selected fictional characters : Roderick Alleyne | John Appleby | Lew Archer | CI Tom Barnaby | Matthew Bartholomew | Harry Bosch | Albert Campion | Jim Chee | Benny Cooperman | Sergeant Cribb | Adam Dalgleish | Lucas Davenport | Marcus Didius Falco | Gervase Fen | Inspector French | Inspector Ghote | Archie Goodwin | Lew Griffin | Matt Helm | Crowner John | Coffin Ed Johnson | Gravedigger Jones | Philip Marlowe | Miss Marple | Kate Martinelli | Perry Mason | Kinsey Millhone | Inspector Morse | Nameless Detective | Parker | Hercule Poirot | Inspector Rebus | Matthew Scudder | Matthew Shardlake | Vera Stanhope | Van der Valk | Amos Walker | V.I. Warshawski | Inspector Reg Wexford | Nero Wolfe |

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Crime fiction anthologies

Sub-genres anthologies
Historical mysteries
Private eye / hard boiled / noir / pulp
Spy / espionage fiction

Anthologies by subject / location:
Australian anthologies
Canadian anthologies
Christmas related
Edgar Allan Poe related
Fishing or fish related
Locked room mysteries
Railway related
Sports related
Miscellaneous anthologies

Series:
Academy Mystery Novellas
Akashic Noir series
Best American Mystery Stories
Black Lizard Big Books
British Library Crime Classics
Crime Through Time
Ivy Books Anthologies (1980s)
Macmillan Midnight Library
Malice Domestic
Murder Most ....
Northern Blood
Women Of Mystery
World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories
Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories

Anthologies by organisations
American Crime Writers' League
Bouchercon
Crime Writers' Association
CrimeWriters Queensland
Killer Women
Ladies' Killing Circle
Mystery Writers' of America
Private Eye Writers' of America
Sisters In Crime: Australia
Sisters In Crime: USA (and chapters)
Sisters In Crime: Toronto Chapter


Non-fiction books

Genres:
General crime fiction
Legal/courtroom fiction
Private eye / hard boiled fiction
Spy fiction

Reference:
Bibliographies
Biographies
Reference books

Regional:
Australian crime fiction
Canadian crime fiction

Books about . . .
Artwork of crime books
Pulp magazines


Locations: crime fiction set in ....

UK cities / counties:
Cambridge | Cornwall | Devon | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Norfolk | Oxford | Suffolk | Yorkshire

USA cities / states:
Boston | Florida | San Francisco

Australia:
Sydney | Melbourne | Other cities/regions



Last updated January 2019