Supper Sleuths

Where Done It?:
Mysteries with a Strong Sense of Place

Like the topic, Crime in the Great Outdoors, for most of these novels, the setting influences the tone of the stories. The environment itself is a major character in these mysteries. This list contains almost exclusively series, and there are no obvious Historical mysteries on it.
Where Done It? covers all of the United States, so if you hanker for a European or African experience, you need to look for another list or wait until we compile one! Since Supper Sleuths has already done Massachusetts mysteries, those authors are not listed; although, there is a link to the Massachusetts Mysteries.
When reading your choices, concentrate on whether the author transports you to an area you would like to go or back to a place you have been. In this discussion, setting is place. When an author creates place well--you can feel the tropical breeze, feel the grit of the sand on your face, hear the stillness, or the tumbling of rushing waters, and smell the pine needles.

Thank you, once again, to Beebe Reference Librarian Beth Radcliffe for her thorough research on this list. Many of the titles come from RUSA's original list; although, this list is edited to reflect our library and network's holdings.

This list is listed by state, author, character, then title. Whenever possible, if a series, the titles are in order of publication date. Series characters follow after the author's name. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and please let us know if you feel that a title should be here. Please read one or more titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

*indicates Wakefield does not own a copy.

STATE AUTHOR CHARACTER TITLE

AL Anne George Southern Sisters Murder on a Girl's Night Out; bk.1 (1996)
For others in the series, see Cozy Mysteries list.

Mike Stewart Tom McInnes/Legal Sins of the Brother (1999)
Dog Island (2000)
Clean Kill* (2002)

AK Sue Henry Alaska series Murder on the Iditarod Trail; bk.1 (1991)
For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list.

Stan Jones Nathan Active
Inupiat Eskimo White Sky, Black Ice (1999)
Shaman Pass (2003)

Christopher Lane Ray Attla
Inupiat Eskimo Elements of a Kill* (1998)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
Season of Death* (1999)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
Shoud of Midnight Sun* (2000)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
Silent as the Hunter* (2001) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
Deadly Quiet* (2001)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print

Dana Stabenow Kate Shugak series

Liam Campbell series Cold Day for Murder; bk.1 (1992)
For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list.
Fire and Ice; bk.1 (1998)
For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list.

John Straley Cecil Younger Woman Who Married a Bear* (1992)
Curious Eat Themselves (1993)
Music of What Happens (1996)
Death and the Language of Happiness* (1997)
Angels Will Not Care (1998)

AZ Sinclair Browning Trade Ellis/Apache Last Song Dogs (1999)
Sporting Club* (2000)
Rode Hard, Put Away Dead* (2001)

David Cole Laura Winslow/Navajo Hopi Butterfly Lost* (1999)
Killing Maze (2001)
Stalking Moon (2002)
Scorpion Rain (2002)
Dragonfly Bones* (2003)
Shadow Play (2004)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
Falling Down (2005)

J.A. Jance Joanna Brady series Desert Heat (1993)
Tombstone Courage (1994)
Shoot/Don't shoot (1995)
Dead to Rights (1996)
Skeleton Canyon (1997)
Rattlesnake Crossing (1998)
Outlaw Mountain (1999)
Devil's Claw (2000)
Paradise Lost (2001)
Exit Wounds (2002)
Partner In Crime (2002)
With J.P.Beaumont
Devil's Claw (2000)

Kirk Mitchell Emmett Quanah Parker
& Anna Turnipseed Cry Dance; bk.1 (1999).
For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.

AR Charlaine Harris Lily Bard Shakespeare's Landlord; bk.1 (1996).
For others in the series, see Cozy Mysteries list.

Joan Hess Arly Hanks series
Claire Molloy series Malice in Maggody*; bk.1 (1987)
For others in the series, see Comic Capers list.
Strangled Prose; bk.1 (1986)
For others in the series, see Comic Capers list.

CA Robert Crais Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series Monkey's Raincoat: bk.1 (1987)
See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).

Laura Crum Gail McCarthy series Cutter* (1994)
Hoofprints* (1996)
Roughstock* (1997)
Roped* (1998)
Slickrock (1999)
Breakaway (2001)
Hayburner (2003)
Forged (2004)

Jerrilyn Farmer Madeleine Bean series Sympathy for the Devil*: bk.1 (1998)
See Culinary Mysteries.

Earlene Fowler Benni Harper series Fool's Puzzle: bk.1 (1994)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Laurie R. King Casey (Kate) Martinelli Grave Talent* (1993)
To Play the Fool (1995)
With Child (1996)
Night Work (2000)

Marcia Muller Sharon McCone series Edwin of the Iron Shoes: bk.1 (1977)
See Women PI Mysteries.

CO Diane Mott Davidson Goldy Bear series Catering to Nobody: bk.1 (1992)
See Culinary Mysteries.

James D. Doss Charlie Moon Shaman Sings; bk.1 (1994).
For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.

John Dunning Cliff Janeway Booked to Die; bk.1 (1992).
For others in the series, see Bibliomysteries list.

CT Parnell Hall Puzzle Lady series Clue for the Puzzle Lady: bk.1 (1999)
See Senior Sleuths Mysteries.

David Handler Berger & Mitry series Cold Blue Blood: bk.1 (2001)
See African American Detectives.

DC Robert Andrews Kearney & Phelps series Murder of Honor* (2001)
Murder of Promise (2002)
Murder of Justice (2004)

George Pelecanos Derek Strange series Right as Rain: bk.1 (2002)
See African American Detectives.

Phyllis C. Richman Chas Wheatley series The Butter Did It: bk.1 (1997)
See Culinary Mysteries.

FL Nancy Bartholomew Sierra Lavotini Miracle Strip* (1998)
Drag Strip (1999)
Film Strip (2000)
Strip Poker (2001)

Edna Buchanan Britt Montero series Contents Under Pressure: bk.1 (1992)
See Investigative Reporter Mysteries.

Nancy Cohen Bad Hair Days series Permed to Death (1999)
Hair Raiser (2000)
Murder By Manicure (2001)
Body Wave (2002)
Highlights to Heaven (2003)
Died Blonde (2004)
Dead Roots* (2005)

Carolina Garcia-Aquilera Lupe Solano series Bloody Waters*: bk.1 (1996)
See Women PI Mysteries.

Stuart Kaminsky Lew Fonesca Vengeance (1999)
Retribution (2001)
Midnight Pass (2003)
Denial (2005)

Jonathon King Max Freeman Blue Edge of Midnight (2002)
Visible Darkness* (2003)
Shadow Men (2004)
A Killing Night (2005)

Nancy Pickard Marie Lightfoot series Whole Truth (2000)
Ring of Truth (2001)
Truth Hurts (2002)

Lawrence Saunders
Vincent Lardo (1999) Archie McNally series McNally's Secret (1992)
McNally's Luck (1992)
McNally's Risk (1993)
McNally's Caper (1994)
McNally's Trial (1995)
McNally's Puzzle (1996)
McNally's Gamble (1997)
McNally's Dilemma (1999)
McNally's Folly (2000)
McNally's Chance (2001)
McNally's Alibi (2002)
McNally's Dare (2003)
McNally's Bluff (2004)

Randy Wayne White Doc Ford Sanibel Flats (1990)
Heat Islands*; bk.2 (1992)
Man Who Invented Florida (1993) Captiva*; bk.2 (1996)
North of Havana (1997)
Mangrove Coast (1998)
Ten Thousand Islands (2000)
Shark River (2001)
Twelve Mile Limit (2002)
Everglades (2003)
Tampa Burn (2004)
Dead of Night (2005)
Dark Light (2006)

GA Charlaine Harris Aurora Teagarden series Real Murders (1990)
Bone to Pick* (1992)
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse* (1994)
Julius House (1995)
Dead Over Heels (1996)
Fool and His Honey (1999) Last Scene Alive (2002)
Poppy Done to Death (2003)

Virginia Lanier Jo Beth Sidden series Death in Bloodhound Red* (1995)
See Human & Animal Teams Mysteries.

Karin Slaughter Sara Linton series Blindsighted (2001)
Kiss Cut (2002)
Faint Cold Fear (2003)
Indelible (2004)
Faithless (2005)

Kathy Hogan Trocheck Callahan Garrity series Every Crooked Nanny: bk.1 (1992)
See Women PI Mysteries.

HI Charles Knief John Caine series Diamond Head* (1996)
Sand Dollars (1996)
Emerald Flash (1999)
Silversword (2001)

Juanita Sheridan Lily Wu & Janice Cameron Chinese Chop* (1949)
Kahuna Killer* (1951)
Mamo Murders* (1952)
Waikiki Murders (1953)

ID Wendell McCall
(AKA Ridley Pearson) Chris Klick Dead Aim* (1988)
Aim for the Heart* (1990)
Concerto in Dead Flat (1999)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print.

IL Eleanor Taylor Brand Marti MacAlister series Dead Time: bk.1 (1992)
See African American Detectives Mysteries.

Barbara D'Amato Cat Marsala series Hardball: bk.1 (1990)
See Investigative Reporters Mysteries.

Fred Hunter Ransom & Charters series Presence of Mind: bk.1 (1994)
See Senior Sleuths Mysteries.

Sara Paretsky V.I. Warshawski series Indemnity Only: bk.1 (1991)
See Women PI Mysteries.

David J. Walker Malachy Foley series Fixed in His Folly* (1995)
Half the Truth* (1996)
Applaud the Hollow Ghost* (1998)
No Show of Remorse (2002)

IN Sara Hoskinson Frommer Joan Spencer series Murder in C Major: bk.1 (1986)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Ralph McInerny Roger & Philip Knight On This Rockne: bk.1 (1997)
See Campus Crimes.

KS Charlene Weir Susan Wren Winter Widow* (1992)
Consider the Crows* (1993)
Family Practice* (1995)
Murder Take Two* (1998)
Cold Christmas* (2001)
Up in Smoke (2003)

KY Barbara Taylor McCafferty &
Beverly Taylor Herald Bert & Nan Tatum Double Exposure* (1997)
Double Cross* (1998)
Double Dealer (2000)
Double Date (2001)

Taylor McCafferty Haskell Blevins Ruffled Feathers (1992)
Not in NOBLE/Out of Print.
Bed Bugs* (1993)
Thin Skins* (1994)
Funny Money* (2000)

LA Kenneth Abel Danny Chaisson Cold Steel Rain (2000)
Burying Field (2002)

Ace Atkins Nick Travis Crossroad Blues (1998)
Leavin Trunk Blues (2000)
Dark End of the Street (2002)
Dirty South (2004)

James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux Neon Rain: bk.1 (1988)
See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).

Barbara Colley Charlotte LaRue Maid for Murder (2002)
Death Tidies Up (2003)
Polished Off (2004)
Wiped Out (2005)

Julie Smith Skip Langdon

Talba Wallis New Orleans Mourning* (1990)
Axeman's Jazz* (1991)
Jazz Funeral (1993)
New Orleans Beat (1994)
House of Blues (1995)
kindness of Strangers (1996)
Crescent City Kill (1997)
82 Desire (1998)
Mean Woman Blues (2003)
Louisiana Hotshot (2001)
Louisiana Bigshot (2002)
Louisiana Lament (2004)
PI on a Hot Tin Roof (2005)

ME J.S. Borthwick Sarah Deane Case of the Hook-Billed Kites: bk.1 (1982)
See Campus Crimes.

Sarah Graves Home Repair series Dead Cat Bounce: bk.1 (1998)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Leslie Meier Lucy Stone series Mistletoe Murder: bk.1 (1991)
AKA Mail Order Murder.
See Cozy Mysteries.

MD Helen Chappell Hollis Ball series Dead Duck: bk.2 (1971)
1st in series Not in NOBLE/OOP. See Supernatural Mysteries.

Tim Cockey Hitchcock Sewell Hearse You Came In On (2000)
Hearse Of A Different Color (2001)
Hearse Case Scenario (2002)
Murder in a Hearse Degree (2003)
Backstabber (2004)

Laura Lippman Tess Monaghan series Baltimore Blues: bk.1 (1996)
See Women PI Mysteries.

Marcia Talley Hannah Ives series Sing It To Her Bones (1999)
Unbreathed Memories* (2000)
Occasion of Revenge (2001)
Not in NOBLE.
In Death's Shadows (2004)
This Enemy Town* (2005)

MA See Massachusetts Mysteries.

MI Loren D. Estleman Amos Walker series Motor City Blue (1980)
Angel Eyes* (1981)
Midnight Man (1982)
Sugartown (1984)
Every Brilliant Eye (1986)
Lady Yesterday (1987)
Downriver (1988)
General Murders (1988)
Silent Thunder (1989)
Sweet Women Lie (1990)
Never Street (1997)
Witchfinder (1998)
Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000)
Sinister Heights (2002)
Poison Blonde (2003)
Retro (2004)

Steve Hamilton Alex McKnight series Cold Day in Paradise; bk.1 (1998)
See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).

Susan Holtzer Anneke Haagen series Something to Kill For*; bk.1 (1994)
See Campus Crimes.

MN K.J.Erickson Mars Bar series Third Person Singular (2001)
Dead Survivors (2002)
Last Witness (2003)
Alone At Night (2004)

Joanne Fluke Hannah Swenson series Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder: bk.1 (2000)
See Culinary Mysteries.

Elizabeth Gunn Jake Hines series Triple Play* (1997)
Par Four* (1999)
Five Card Stud (2000)
Six Pound Walleye (2001)
Seventh-Inning Stretch (2002)
Crazy Eights* (2005)

William Kent Krueger Cork O'Connor series Iron Lake* (1998)
Boundary Waters (1999)
Purgatory Ridge (2001)
Blood Hollow (2004)
Mercy Falls (2005)

Chuck Logan Phil Baxter series Price of Blood* (1997)
Big Law (1998)
Absolute Zero (2002)
Vapor Trail (2003)
After the Rain (2004)
Homefront (2005)

MS Carolyn Haines Sarah Booth Delaney Them Bones* (1999)
Splintered Bones (2002)
Crossed Bones (2003)
Hallowed Bones (2004)

Martin Hegwood Jack Delmas Big Easy Backroad (1999)
Green-eyed Hurricane* (2000)
Massacre Island (2001)
Jackpot Bay (2002)

MO Janis Harrison Bretta Solomon series Roots of Murder Murder: bk.1 (1999)
See Garden Mysteries.

Rett MacPherson Torie O'Shea series Comedy of Heirs: bk.1 (1999)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Robert Randisi Joe Keough series Alone With the Dead (1995)
Brooklyn, NY
In the Shadow of the Arch (1998)
Blood on the Arch (2000)
East of the Arch (2002)
Arch Angels (2004)

MT Peter Bowen Gabriel Du Pre Coyote Wind; bk.1 (1994).
For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.

Jamie Harrison Jules Clement series Edge of the Crazies (1995)
Going Local (1996)
Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence (1998)
Blue Deer Thaw* (2000)

NE David Wiltse Billy Tree series Heartland (2001)

NV Carole Nelson Douglas Temple Barr Catnap*; bk.1 (1992).
See Human & Animal Teams Mysteries.

Gary Phillips Martha Chainey High Hand; bk.1 (2000).
See African American Detectives Mysteries.

NH Brendan Dubois Lewis Cole Black Tide; bk.1 (1995).
See Investigative Reporters Mysteries.

Tom Eslick Will Buchanan Tracked in the Whites; bk.1 (1997).
See Crime in the Great Outdoors.

NJ Jane Isenberg Bel Barrett The "M" Word; bk.1 (1999).

For others in the series, see Comic Capers list.

Evan Marshall Jane Stuart &
Winky series Missing Marlene (1999)
Hanging Hannah (2000)
Stabbing Stephanie (2001)
Icing Ivy (2002)
Toasting Tina (2003)
Crushing Crystal (2004)

Beth Sherman Anne Hardaway Dead Man's Float (1998)
Death at High Tide (1999)
Death's a Beach. Not in NOBLE. (2000)
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2001)
Murder Down the Shore (2002)

NM Michael McGarrity Kevin Kerney Tularosa: bk.1 (1996)
See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).

Susan Slater Ben Pecos Pumpkin Seed Massacre; bk.1 (1999).
For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.

NY Leslie Glass April Woo Burning Time (1993)
Hanging Time (1995)
Loving Time* (1996)
Judging Time (1998)
Stealing Time (1999)
Tracking Time (2000)
Silent Bride (2002)
Killing Gift (2003)
Clean Kill (2005)

Ed McBain 87th Precinct Cop Hater*; bk.1 (1956).

NC Margaret Maron Deborah Knott series Bootlegger's Daughter (1992)
Southern Discomfort (1993)
Shooting at Loons* (1994)
Up Jumps the Devil (1996)
Killer Market (1997)
Home Fires (1998)
Storm Track (2000)
Uncommon Clay (2001)
Slow Dollar (2002)
High Country Fall (2004)
Rituals of the Season (2005)

Sarah R. Shaber Simon Shaw series Simon Says: bk.1 (1997)
See Campus Crimes.

OH Lynn S. HIghtower Sonora Blair No Good Deed (1998)
Debt Collector (2000)

Les Roberts Milan Jacovich Pepper Pike* (1988)
Full Cleveland* (1989)
Deep Shaker* (1991)
Cleveland Connection* (1993)
Lake Effect* (1994)
Duke of Cleveland (1995)
Collision Bend* (1996)
Cleveland Local* (1997)
Shoot in Cleveland* (1998)
Best-Kept Secret (1999)
Indian Sign (2000)
The Dutch (2001)
Irish Sports Pages (2002)

OK Susan Rogers Cooper Milt Kovak Man in the Green Chevy* (1989)
Houston in the Rearview Mirror* (1990)
Other People's Houses* (1990)
Chasing Away the Devil* (1991)
Dead Moon on the Rise* (1994)
Doctors and Lawyers and Such* (1995)
Lying Wonders* (2003)

OR Mary Freeman Rachel O'Connor series Devil's Trumpet: bk.1 (1999)
See Garden Mysteries.

PA Nancy Martin Blackbird Sisters How To Murder a Millionaire (2002)
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds (2003)
Some Like It Lethal (2004)
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds (2003)
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (2004)
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too (2006)

Tamar Myers Magdalena Yoder Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime: bk.1 (1995)
See Culinary Mysteries.

Gillian Roberts Amadna Pepper series Caught Dead in Philadelphia: bk.1 (1997)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Sarah Strohmeyer Bubbles Yablonsky Bubbles Unbound (2001)
Bubbles In Trouble (2002)
Bubbles Ablaze (2003)
Bubbles A Broad (2004)
Bubbles Betrothed (2005)

SC Steve Brown Susan Chase series Color Her Dead Not in NOBLE/OOP (1999)
Color Me Gone* (2000)
Color Me a Killer (2001)
Hurricane Party* (2002)
Sanctuary of Evil (2003) Not in NOBLE
Color Me Guilty (2004)

Laura Childs Theodosia Browning Death By Darjeeling: bk.1 (2001)
See Cozy Mysteries.

Nora DeLoach Candi & Simone Covington Mama Solves a Murder; bk.1 (1994).
See African American Detectives Mysteries.

TN Marcos M. Villatoro Ramilia Chacon Home Killings (2001)
Minos (2003)
Venom Beneath the Skin (2005)

TX Rick Riordan Jackson "Tres" Navarre Big Red Tequilla* (1997)
Widower's Two-Step* (1998)
Last King of Texas (2000)
Devil Went Down to Austin (2001)
Southtown (2004)
Mission Road (2005)

VT Archer Mayor Joe Gunther series Open Season (1988)
Borderlines* (1990)
Scent of Evil (1992)
Skeleton's Knee* (1993)
Fruits of the Poisonous Tree (1994)
Dark Root* (1995)
Ragman's Memory (1996)
Bellows Falls (1997)
Disposable Man (1998)
Occam's Razor (1999)
Marble Mask (2000)
Tucker Peak* (2001)
Sniper's Wife (2002)
Gatekeeper (2003)
Surrogate Thief (2004)
St. Alban's Fire (2005)

Nancy Means Wright Ruth Willmarth Mad Season (1996)
Harvest of Bones* (1998)
Poison Apples (2000)
Stolen Honey (2002)
Mad Cow Nightmare (2005)

WA G.M.Ford Leo Waterman series Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?* (1995)
Cast in Stone* (1996)
Bum's Rush (1997)
Slow Burn (1998)
Last Ditch (1999)

Skye Kathleen Moody Venus Diamond series Rain Dance*: bk.1 (1996)
See Crime in the Great Outdoors.

Jess Walter Caroline Mabry series Over Tumbled Graves (2001)
Land of the Blind (2003)
Citizen Vince (2004)

WV John Billheimer Own Allison series Contrary Blues* (1998)
Highway Robbery (2000)
Dismal Moutain (2001)
Drybone Hollow (2003)

WI Mary Logue Claire Watkins series Blood Country* (1999)
Dark Coulee (2000)
Glare Ice (2001)
Bone Harvest (2004)
Poison Heart (2005)

WY C.J.Box Joe Pickett series Open Season: bk.1 (2001)
See Crime in the Great Outdoors.

Margaret Coel Holden & O'Malley Eagle Catcher; bk.1 (1995).
For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.

Virginia Swift Mustang Sally Adler Brown-Eyed Girl* (2000).
Bad Company (2002).
Bye, Bye, Love (2004).

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STATE	AUTHOR	CHARACTER	TITLE
AL	Anne George	Southern Sisters	Murder on a Girl's Night Out; bk.1 (1996) For others in the series, see Cozy Mysteries list.

Mike Stewart	Tom McInnes/Legal	Sins of the Brother (1999) Dog Island (2000) Clean Kill* (2002)
AK	Sue Henry	Alaska series	Murder on the Iditarod Trail; bk.1 (1991) For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list.
	Stan Jones	Nathan Active Inupiat Eskimo	White Sky, Black Ice (1999) Shaman Pass (2003)
	Christopher Lane	Ray Attla Inupiat Eskimo	Elements of a Kill* (1998) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print Season of Death* (1999) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print Shoud of Midnight Sun* (2000) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print Silent as the Hunter* (2001) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print Deadly Quiet* (2001) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print
	Dana Stabenow	Kate Shugak series Liam Campbell series	Cold Day for Murder; bk.1 (1992) For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list. Fire and Ice; bk.1 (1998) For others in the series, see Crime in the Great Outdoors list.
	John Straley	Cecil Younger	Woman Who Married a Bear* (1992) Curious Eat Themselves (1993) Music of What Happens (1996) Death and the Language of Happiness* (1997) Angels Will Not Care (1998)
AZ	Sinclair Browning	Trade Ellis/Apache	Last Song Dogs (1999) Sporting Club* (2000) Rode Hard, Put Away Dead* (2001)
	David Cole	Laura Winslow/Navajo Hopi	Butterfly Lost* (1999) Killing Maze (2001) Stalking Moon (2002) Scorpion Rain (2002) Dragonfly Bones* (2003) Shadow Play (2004) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print Falling Down (2005)
	J.A. Jance	Joanna Brady series	Desert Heat (1993) Tombstone Courage (1994) Shoot/Don't shoot (1995) Dead to Rights (1996) Skeleton Canyon (1997) Rattlesnake Crossing (1998) Outlaw Mountain (1999) Devil's Claw (2000) Paradise Lost (2001) Exit Wounds (2002) Partner In Crime (2002) With J.P.Beaumont Devil's Claw (2000)
	Kirk Mitchell	Emmett Quanah Parker & Anna Turnipseed	Cry Dance; bk.1 (1999). For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.
AR	Charlaine Harris	Lily Bard	Shakespeare's Landlord; bk.1 (1996). For others in the series, see Cozy Mysteries list.
	Joan Hess	Arly Hanks series Claire Molloy series	*Malice in Maggody; bk.1 (1987) For others in the series, see Comic Capers list. Strangled Prose; bk.1** (1986) For others in the series, see Comic Capers list.
CA	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series	Monkey's Raincoat: bk.1 (1987) See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).
	Laura Crum	Gail McCarthy series	Cutter* (1994) Hoofprints* (1996) Roughstock* (1997) Roped* (1998) Slickrock (1999) Breakaway (2001) Hayburner (2003) Forged (2004)
	Jerrilyn Farmer	Madeleine Bean series	*Sympathy for the Devil: bk.1** (1998) See Culinary Mysteries.
	Earlene Fowler	Benni Harper series	Fool's Puzzle: bk.1 (1994) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Laurie R. King	Casey (Kate) Martinelli	Grave Talent* (1993) To Play the Fool (1995) With Child (1996) Night Work (2000)
	Marcia Muller	Sharon McCone series	Edwin of the Iron Shoes: bk.1 (1977) See Women PI Mysteries.
CO	Diane Mott Davidson	Goldy Bear series	Catering to Nobody: bk.1 (1992) See Culinary Mysteries.
	James D. Doss	Charlie Moon	Shaman Sings; bk.1 (1994). For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.
	John Dunning	Cliff Janeway	Booked to Die; bk.1 (1992). For others in the series, see Bibliomysteries list.
CT	Parnell Hall	Puzzle Lady series	Clue for the Puzzle Lady: bk.1 (1999) See Senior Sleuths Mysteries.
	David Handler	Berger & Mitry series	Cold Blue Blood: bk.1 (2001) See African American Detectives.
DC	Robert Andrews	Kearney & Phelps series	Murder of Honor* (2001) Murder of Promise (2002) Murder of Justice (2004)
	George Pelecanos	Derek Strange series	Right as Rain: bk.1 (2002) See African American Detectives.
	Phyllis C. Richman	Chas Wheatley series	The Butter Did It: bk.1 (1997) See Culinary Mysteries.
FL	Nancy Bartholomew	Sierra Lavotini	Miracle Strip* (1998) Drag Strip (1999) Film Strip (2000) Strip Poker (2001)
	Edna Buchanan	Britt Montero series	Contents Under Pressure: bk.1 (1992) See Investigative Reporter Mysteries.
	Nancy Cohen	Bad Hair Days series	Permed to Death (1999) Hair Raiser (2000) Murder By Manicure (2001) Body Wave (2002) Highlights to Heaven (2003) Died Blonde (2004) Dead Roots* (2005)
	Carolina Garcia-Aquilera	Lupe Solano series	*Bloody Waters: bk.1** (1996) See Women PI Mysteries.
	Stuart Kaminsky	Lew Fonesca	Vengeance (1999) Retribution (2001) Midnight Pass (2003) Denial (2005)
	Jonathon King	Max Freeman	Blue Edge of Midnight (2002) Visible Darkness* (2003) Shadow Men (2004) A Killing Night (2005)
	Nancy Pickard	Marie Lightfoot series	Whole Truth (2000) Ring of Truth (2001) Truth Hurts (2002)
	Lawrence Saunders Vincent Lardo (1999)	Archie McNally series	McNally's Secret (1992) McNally's Luck (1992) McNally's Risk (1993) McNally's Caper (1994) McNally's Trial (1995) McNally's Puzzle (1996) McNally's Gamble (1997) McNally's Dilemma (1999) McNally's Folly (2000) McNally's Chance (2001) McNally's Alibi (2002) McNally's Dare (2003) McNally's Bluff (2004)
	Randy Wayne White	Doc Ford	Sanibel Flats (1990) *Heat Islands; bk.2 (1992) Man Who Invented Florida (1993) Captiva; bk.2* (1996) North of Havana (1997) Mangrove Coast (1998) Ten Thousand Islands (2000) Shark River (2001) Twelve Mile Limit (2002) Everglades (2003) Tampa Burn (2004) Dead of Night (2005) Dark Light (2006)
GA	Charlaine Harris	Aurora Teagarden series	Real Murders (1990) Bone to Pick* (1992) Three Bedrooms, One Corpse* (1994) Julius House (1995) Dead Over Heels (1996) Fool and His Honey (1999) Last Scene Alive (2002) Poppy Done to Death (2003)
	Virginia Lanier	Jo Beth Sidden series	Death in Bloodhound Red* (1995) See Human & Animal Teams Mysteries.
	Karin Slaughter	Sara Linton series	Blindsighted (2001) Kiss Cut (2002) Faint Cold Fear (2003) Indelible (2004) Faithless (2005)
	Kathy Hogan Trocheck	Callahan Garrity series	Every Crooked Nanny: bk.1 (1992) See Women PI Mysteries.
HI	Charles Knief	John Caine series	Diamond Head* (1996) Sand Dollars (1996) Emerald Flash (1999) Silversword (2001)
	Juanita Sheridan	Lily Wu & Janice Cameron	Chinese Chop* (1949) Kahuna Killer* (1951) Mamo Murders* (1952) Waikiki Murders (1953)
ID	Wendell McCall (AKA Ridley Pearson)	Chris Klick	Dead Aim* (1988) Aim for the Heart* (1990) Concerto in Dead Flat (1999) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print.
IL	Eleanor Taylor Brand	Marti MacAlister series	Dead Time: bk.1 (1992) See African American Detectives Mysteries.
	Barbara D'Amato	Cat Marsala series	Hardball: bk.1 (1990) See Investigative Reporters Mysteries.
	Fred Hunter	Ransom & Charters series	Presence of Mind: bk.1 (1994) See Senior Sleuths Mysteries.
	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski series	Indemnity Only: bk.1 (1991) See Women PI Mysteries.
	David J. Walker	Malachy Foley series	Fixed in His Folly* (1995) Half the Truth* (1996) Applaud the Hollow Ghost* (1998) No Show of Remorse (2002)
IN	Sara Hoskinson Frommer	Joan Spencer series	Murder in C Major: bk.1 (1986) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Ralph McInerny	Roger & Philip Knight	On This Rockne: bk.1 (1997) See Campus Crimes.
KS	Charlene Weir	Susan Wren	Winter Widow* (1992) Consider the Crows* (1993) Family Practice* (1995) Murder Take Two* (1998) Cold Christmas* (2001) Up in Smoke (2003)
KY	Barbara Taylor McCafferty & Beverly Taylor Herald	Bert & Nan Tatum	Double Exposure* (1997) Double Cross* (1998) Double Dealer (2000) Double Date (2001)
	Taylor McCafferty	Haskell Blevins	Ruffled Feathers (1992) Not in NOBLE/Out of Print. Bed Bugs* (1993) Thin Skins* (1994) Funny Money* (2000)
LA	Kenneth Abel	Danny Chaisson	Cold Steel Rain (2000) Burying Field (2002)
	Ace Atkins	Nick Travis	Crossroad Blues (1998) Leavin Trunk Blues (2000) Dark End of the Street (2002) Dirty South (2004)
	James Lee Burke	Dave Robicheaux	Neon Rain: bk.1 (1988) See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).
	Barbara Colley	Charlotte LaRue	Maid for Murder (2002) Death Tidies Up (2003) Polished Off (2004) Wiped Out (2005)
	Julie Smith	Skip Langdon Talba Wallis	New Orleans Mourning* (1990) Axeman's Jazz* (1991) Jazz Funeral (1993) New Orleans Beat (1994) House of Blues (1995) kindness of Strangers (1996) Crescent City Kill (1997) 82 Desire (1998) Mean Woman Blues (2003) Louisiana Hotshot (2001) Louisiana Bigshot (2002) Louisiana Lament (2004) PI on a Hot Tin Roof (2005)
ME	J.S. Borthwick	Sarah Deane	Case of the Hook-Billed Kites: bk.1 (1982) See Campus Crimes.
	Sarah Graves	Home Repair series	Dead Cat Bounce: bk.1 (1998) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Leslie Meier	Lucy Stone series	Mistletoe Murder: bk.1 (1991) AKA Mail Order Murder. See Cozy Mysteries.
MD	Helen Chappell	Hollis Ball series	Dead Duck: bk.2 (1971) 1st in series Not in NOBLE/OOP. See Supernatural Mysteries.
	Tim Cockey	Hitchcock Sewell	Hearse You Came In On (2000) Hearse Of A Different Color (2001) Hearse Case Scenario (2002) Murder in a Hearse Degree (2003) Backstabber (2004)
	Laura Lippman	Tess Monaghan series	Baltimore Blues: bk.1 (1996) See Women PI Mysteries.
	Marcia Talley	Hannah Ives series	Sing It To Her Bones (1999) Unbreathed Memories* (2000) Occasion of Revenge (2001) Not in NOBLE. In Death's Shadows (2004) This Enemy Town* (2005)
MA			See Massachusetts Mysteries.
MI	Loren D. Estleman	Amos Walker series	Motor City Blue (1980) Angel Eyes* (1981) Midnight Man (1982) Sugartown (1984) Every Brilliant Eye (1986) Lady Yesterday (1987) Downriver (1988) General Murders (1988) Silent Thunder (1989) Sweet Women Lie (1990) Never Street (1997) Witchfinder (1998) Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000) Sinister Heights (2002) Poison Blonde (2003) Retro (2004)
	Steve Hamilton	Alex McKnight series	Cold Day in Paradise; bk.1 (1998) See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).
	Susan Holtzer	Anneke Haagen series	*Something to Kill For; bk.1** (1994) See Campus Crimes.
MN	K.J.Erickson	Mars Bar series	Third Person Singular (2001) Dead Survivors (2002) Last Witness (2003) Alone At Night (2004)
	Joanne Fluke	Hannah Swenson series	Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder: bk.1 (2000) See Culinary Mysteries.
	Elizabeth Gunn	Jake Hines series	Triple Play* (1997) Par Four* (1999) Five Card Stud (2000) Six Pound Walleye (2001) Seventh-Inning Stretch (2002) Crazy Eights* (2005)
	William Kent Krueger	Cork O'Connor series	Iron Lake* (1998) Boundary Waters (1999) Purgatory Ridge (2001) Blood Hollow (2004) Mercy Falls (2005)
	Chuck Logan	Phil Baxter series	Price of Blood* (1997) Big Law (1998) Absolute Zero (2002) Vapor Trail (2003) After the Rain (2004) Homefront (2005)
MS	Carolyn Haines	Sarah Booth Delaney	Them Bones* (1999) Splintered Bones (2002) Crossed Bones (2003) Hallowed Bones (2004)
	Martin Hegwood	Jack Delmas	Big Easy Backroad (1999) Green-eyed Hurricane* (2000) Massacre Island (2001) Jackpot Bay (2002)
MO	Janis Harrison	Bretta Solomon series	Roots of Murder Murder: bk.1 (1999) See Garden Mysteries.
	Rett MacPherson	Torie O'Shea series	Comedy of Heirs: bk.1 (1999) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Robert Randisi	Joe Keough series	Alone With the Dead (1995) Brooklyn, NY In the Shadow of the Arch (1998) Blood on the Arch (2000) East of the Arch (2002) Arch Angels (2004)
MT	Peter Bowen	Gabriel Du Pre	Coyote Wind; bk.1 (1994). For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.
	Jamie Harrison	Jules Clement series	Edge of the Crazies (1995) Going Local (1996) Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence (1998) Blue Deer Thaw* (2000)
NE	David Wiltse	Billy Tree series	Heartland (2001)
NV	Carole Nelson Douglas	Temple Barr	*Catnap; bk.1** (1992). See Human & Animal Teams Mysteries.
	Gary Phillips	Martha Chainey	High Hand; bk.1 (2000). See African American Detectives Mysteries.
NH	Brendan Dubois	Lewis Cole	Black Tide; bk.1 (1995). See Investigative Reporters Mysteries.
	Tom Eslick	Will Buchanan	Tracked in the Whites; bk.1 (1997). See Crime in the Great Outdoors.
NJ	Jane Isenberg	Bel Barrett	The "M" Word; bk.1 (1999). For others in the series, see Comic Capers list.
	Evan Marshall	Jane Stuart & Winky series	Missing Marlene (1999) Hanging Hannah (2000) Stabbing Stephanie (2001) Icing Ivy (2002) Toasting Tina (2003) Crushing Crystal (2004)
	Beth Sherman	Anne Hardaway	Dead Man's Float (1998) Death at High Tide (1999) Death's a Beach. Not in NOBLE. (2000) Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2001) Murder Down the Shore (2002)
NM	Michael McGarrity	Kevin Kerney	Tularosa: bk.1 (1996) See Male PIs (Ex-Cops).
	Susan Slater	Ben Pecos	Pumpkin Seed Massacre; bk.1 (1999). For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.
NY	Leslie Glass	April Woo	Burning Time (1993) Hanging Time (1995) Loving Time* (1996) Judging Time (1998) Stealing Time (1999) Tracking Time (2000) Silent Bride (2002) Killing Gift (2003) Clean Kill (2005)
	Ed McBain	87th Precinct	*Cop Hater; bk.1** (1956).
NC	Margaret Maron	Deborah Knott series	Bootlegger's Daughter (1992) Southern Discomfort (1993) Shooting at Loons* (1994) Up Jumps the Devil (1996) Killer Market (1997) Home Fires (1998) Storm Track (2000) Uncommon Clay (2001) Slow Dollar (2002) High Country Fall (2004) Rituals of the Season (2005)
	Sarah R. Shaber	Simon Shaw series	Simon Says: bk.1 (1997) See Campus Crimes.
OH	Lynn S. HIghtower	Sonora Blair	No Good Deed (1998) Debt Collector (2000)
	Les Roberts	Milan Jacovich	Pepper Pike* (1988) Full Cleveland* (1989) Deep Shaker* (1991) Cleveland Connection* (1993) Lake Effect* (1994) Duke of Cleveland (1995) Collision Bend* (1996) Cleveland Local* (1997) Shoot in Cleveland* (1998) Best-Kept Secret (1999) Indian Sign (2000) The Dutch (2001) Irish Sports Pages (2002)
OK	Susan Rogers Cooper	Milt Kovak	Man in the Green Chevy* (1989) Houston in the Rearview Mirror* (1990) Other People's Houses* (1990) Chasing Away the Devil* (1991) Dead Moon on the Rise* (1994) Doctors and Lawyers and Such* (1995) Lying Wonders* (2003)
OR	Mary Freeman	Rachel O'Connor series	Devil's Trumpet: bk.1 (1999) See Garden Mysteries.
PA	Nancy Martin	Blackbird Sisters	How To Murder a Millionaire (2002) Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds (2003) Some Like It Lethal (2004) Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds (2003) Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (2004) Have Your Cake and Eat It Too (2006)
	Tamar Myers	Magdalena Yoder	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime: bk.1 (1995) See Culinary Mysteries.
	Gillian Roberts	Amadna Pepper series	Caught Dead in Philadelphia: bk.1 (1997) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Sarah Strohmeyer	Bubbles Yablonsky	Bubbles Unbound (2001) Bubbles In Trouble (2002) Bubbles Ablaze (2003) Bubbles A Broad (2004) Bubbles Betrothed (2005)
SC	Steve Brown	Susan Chase series	Color Her Dead Not in NOBLE/OOP (1999) Color Me Gone* (2000) Color Me a Killer (2001) Hurricane Party* (2002) Sanctuary of Evil (2003) Not in NOBLE Color Me Guilty (2004)
	Laura Childs	Theodosia Browning	Death By Darjeeling: bk.1 (2001) See Cozy Mysteries.
	Nora DeLoach	Candi & Simone Covington	Mama Solves a Murder; bk.1 (1994). See African American Detectives Mysteries.
TN	Marcos M. Villatoro	Ramilia Chacon	Home Killings (2001) Minos (2003) Venom Beneath the Skin (2005)
TX	Rick Riordan	Jackson "Tres" Navarre	Big Red Tequilla* (1997) Widower's Two-Step* (1998) Last King of Texas (2000) Devil Went Down to Austin (2001) Southtown (2004) Mission Road (2005)
VT	Archer Mayor	Joe Gunther series	Open Season (1988) Borderlines* (1990) Scent of Evil (1992) Skeleton's Knee* (1993) Fruits of the Poisonous Tree (1994) Dark Root* (1995) Ragman's Memory (1996) Bellows Falls (1997) Disposable Man (1998) Occam's Razor (1999) Marble Mask (2000) Tucker Peak* (2001) Sniper's Wife (2002) Gatekeeper (2003) Surrogate Thief (2004) St. Alban's Fire (2005)
	Nancy Means Wright	Ruth Willmarth	Mad Season (1996) Harvest of Bones* (1998) Poison Apples (2000) Stolen Honey (2002) Mad Cow Nightmare (2005)
WA	G.M.Ford	Leo Waterman series	Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?* (1995) Cast in Stone* (1996) Bum's Rush (1997) Slow Burn (1998) Last Ditch (1999)
	Skye Kathleen Moody	Venus Diamond series	*Rain Dance: bk.1** (1996) See Crime in the Great Outdoors.
	Jess Walter	Caroline Mabry series	Over Tumbled Graves (2001) Land of the Blind (2003) Citizen Vince (2004)
WV	John Billheimer	Own Allison series	Contrary Blues* (1998) Highway Robbery (2000) Dismal Moutain (2001) Drybone Hollow (2003)
WI	Mary Logue	Claire Watkins series	Blood Country* (1999) Dark Coulee (2000) Glare Ice (2001) Bone Harvest (2004) Poison Heart (2005)
WY	C.J.Box	Joe Pickett series	Open Season: bk.1 (2001) See Crime in the Great Outdoors.
	Margaret Coel	Holden & O'Malley	Eagle Catcher; bk.1 (1995). For others in the series, see Native American Mysteries list.
	Virginia Swift	Mustang Sally Adler	Brown-Eyed Girl* (2000). Bad Company (2002). Bye, Bye, Love (2004).

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