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British Procedurals

The Procedural is all about the police work and stresses realism of action. An actual police department is used; however, all the personnel are fictional. Most of the novels in this genre are written in the third person but the tone of the book may not always be objective. Many writers of this genre are policemen (or women) or ex-policemen. The popularity of procedurals has been encouraged by its television equivalent, the police show. Ironically, the best procedurals minimize the police procedure and heighten suspense, character, and surprise--their writers try to write like novelists.

In 1956, Ed McBain began his long running 87th Precinct series (U.S), which placed the police procedural firmly on the map. In many ways, this genre is a sub-set of the police detective novel. It is an ensemble piece which brings in all of the skills and demands at a local police station or precinct rather than focusing on any one detective. However, the lone police detective that acts more like a private PI is also popular like P.D.James’ Adam Dagliesh who is rarely seen in a police station or with a partner.

British or English procedurals abound. Scotland Yard is a favorite setting; indeed, it should probably have its own category.

The following is a list of authors who fit into this category. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and please let us know if you feel that an author should be here. The titles in each series is given. Please read one or more of these authors and/or titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

AUTHOR COUNTRY/CHARACTER TITLES

Catherine Aird C.D.Sloane Religious Body (1966)
Most Contagious Game (1967)
Stately Home Murder (1969)
A Late Phoenix (1970)
His Burial Too (1973)
Slight Mourning (1975)
Parting Breath (1978)
Some Die Eloquent (1979)
Passing Strange (1980)
Last Respects (1982)
Harm's Way (1984)
Dead Liberty (1987)
Body Politic (1989)
A Going Concern (1994)
Injury Time (1995)
After Effects (1996)
Stiff News (1999)
Little Knell (2000)
Amendment of Life (2002)

Jeffrey Ashford P.C.Ballard
Michael Keene Honest Betrayal (1999)
Murder Will Out (2000)

Jo Bannister Frank Shapiro Bleeding of Innocents (1993)
Charisma (1994)
Taste For Burning (1995)
No Birds Sing (1996)
Broken Lines (1998)
Hireling's Tail (1999)
Changelings (2000)

Robert Barnard Inspector Perry Trethowen

Cetective Charlie Pearce

Chief Inspector Meredith Death By Sheer Torture
(British: Sheer Torture) (1981)
Death and the Princess (1982)
Case of the Missing Bronte
(British: Missing Bronte) (1983)
Bodies (W/Charlie Pearce) (1986)
Cherry Blossom Corpse (W/Charlie Pearce)
(British: Death in Purple Prose) (1987)
Death and the Chase Apprentice (1989)
Fatal Attachment (incl Oddie) (1992)
Hovering of Vultures (incl Oddie) (1993)
Bad Samaritan (incl Oddie) (1995)
At Death's Door (1988)

Pauline Bell Inspector Browne Murder at St. Oswald's (1991)

Stephen Booth Ben Cooper Black Dog (2000)
Dancing With the Virgins (2001)
Blood on the Tongue (2002)

Ken Bruen James Roberts The McDead (2000)

Burley, W(illiam) J(ohn) Charles Wycliffe Three-Toed Pussy (1968)
To Kill a Cat (1970)
Guilt Edged (1971)
Death in a Salubrious Place (1973)
Death in Stanley Street (1974)
Wycliffe and the Pea-green Boat (1975)
Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976)
Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978)
Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980)
Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase (1982)
Wycliffe and the Beales (1982)
Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985)
Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986)
Wycliffe and the Windsor Blue (1987)
Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1989)
Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990)
Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991)
Wycliffe and the Last Rights (1993)
Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1994)
Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1996)
Wycliffe and the Redhead (1997)

Gwendoline Butler John Coffin Receipt for Murder 1st in series,(1956) NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Dead in a Row 2nd in series,(1957)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Dull Dead 3rd in series,(1958)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Murdering Kind 4th in series,(1958)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
The Interloper 5th in series,(1959)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Death Lives Next Door (1960/1992)
Make Me a Murderer 7th in series,(1961)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin in Oxford 8th in series,(1962)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin for Baby 9th in series,(1963)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin Waiting 10th in series,(1964)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin in Malta (1964)
Nameless Coffin (1966)
Coffin Following 13th in series,(1968) NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin's Dark Number 14th in series,(1969) NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin from the Past (1970)
Coffin for the Canary 16th in series,(1974) NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Coffin on the Water (1986)
Coffin in Fashion (1987)
Coffin Underground (1988)
Coffin in the Museum of Crime (1990)
Coffin and the Paper Man (1990)
Coffin on Murder Street (1992)
Cracking Open a Coffin (1992)
Coffin for Charley (1994)
Coffin Tree (1996)
Dark Coffin (1996)
Double Coffin (1998)
Coffin's Game (1999)
Grave Coffin (1999)
Coffin's Ghost (2001)
Coffin Knows the Answer (2003)

Elizabeth Corley Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Fatal Legacy (2001)

Mat Coward Detective Inspector Don Packham &
Constable Frank Mitchell Up and Down (2000)
In and Out (2001)

Deborah Crombie Duncan Kincaid &
Gemma James A Share in Death (1993)
All Shall Be Well (1994)
Leave the Grave Green (1995)
Mourn Not Your Dead (1996)
Dreaming of the Bones (1997)
Kissed a Sad Goodbye (1999)
A Finer End (2001)
And Justice There Is None (2002)
Now May You Weep (2003)

Claire Curzon Mike Yeadings I Give You Five Days 1st in series,(1983)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Masks and Faces 2nd in series,(1984)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
The Trojan Hearse 3rd in series,(1985)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
The Quest for K 4th in series,(1986)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Three-core League (1988)
Cat's Cradle (1991)
Blue-eyed Boy (1991)
First Wife, Twice Removed (1992)
Death Prone 9th in series,(1994) NOT IN NOBLE
Nice People (1995)
Past Mischief (1996)
Close Quarters (1997)
All Unwary (1998)
Cold Hands (1999)
Don't Leave Me (2002)
The Body of a Woman (2003)

Judith Cutler Detective Sgt. Kate Power Power on Her Own (1998/2003),

Freda Davies Detective Inspector Keith Tyrell A Fine and Private Place (2001)

Colin Dexter Chief Inspector Morse Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
Last Seen Wearing (1976)
Silent WOrld of Nicholas Quinn (1977)
Service of All the Dead (1979)
Dead of Jericho (1981)
Riddle of the Third Mile (1983)
Secret of Annexe 3 (19866)
Wench Is Dead (1989)
Jewel That Was Ours (1991)
Way Through the Woods (1992)
Daughters of Cain (1994)
Death is Now My Neighbor (1997)

Marjorie Eccles Inspector Gil Mayo More Deaths Than One (1990)
Late of This Parish (1994)
Death of Distinction (1995)
Company She Kept (1996)
Accidental Shroud (1997)
A Species of Revenge (1999)
Killing Me Softly (1999)
Superintendent's Daughter (2000)
Sunset Touch (2002)
Untimely Graves (2004)

Kate Ellis Police Sgt. Wesley Peterson Merchant's House (1999)
Armada Boy (1999)
An Unhallowed Grave (1999)
Funeral Boat (2000)
Bone Garden (2000)

Caroline Graham Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby Killings at Badger Drift (1987)
Death of a Hollow Man (1989)
Death in Disguise (1993)
Written in Blood (1995)
Faithful Unto Death (1998)
A Place of Safety (1999)

J(ames) M(ichael) Gregson Detective Inspector Percy Peach &
Detective Srg. Lucy Blake Missing, Presumed Dead ?1st in series,(reissue 1997)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
To Kill a Wife (1999)
An Unsuitable Death (2000)
A Turbulant Priest (2000)
Lancashire Leopard (2001)
Murder at the Lodge (2003)

Patricia Hall Chief Inspector Michael Thackeray The Poison Pool (1991)
Death By Election (1994)
Dying Fall (1994)
Dead of Winter (1997)
Perils of the Night (1997)
Italian Girl (1998)
Dead on Arrival (1999)
Skeleton at the Feast (2002)
Deep Freeze (2003)
Death on Dark Waters (2004)

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Bill Slider Orchestrated Death (1991)
Death Watch (1992)
Death To Go (1993)
Grave Music (1995)
Blood Lines (1996)
Killing Time (1998)
Shallow Grave (1999)
Blood Sinister (1999)
Gone Tomorrow (2001)

Roy Hart Douglas Roper Seascape With Dead Figures (1987)
Pretty Place for Murder (1987)
Fox in the Night (1989)
Remains to be Seen (1990)
Robbed Blind (1990)
Breach of Promise (1990)
Blood Kin (1992)
Final Appointment (1993)
Deadly Schedule (1994)

John Harvey Charlie Resnick Lonely Hearts (1989)
Rough Treatment (1990)
Cutting Edge (1991)
Off Minor (1992)
Wasted Years (1993)
Cold Light (1994)
Living Proof (1995)
Easy Meat (1996)
Still Water (1997)
Last Rites (1998)

Mo Hayder Detective Insp. Jack Caffrey Birdman (1999)
The Treatment (2001)

Reginald Hill Supt. Andrew Dalziel &
Sgt. Peter Pascoe a Clubbable Woman (1970)
An Advancement of Learning (1971)
Ruling Passion (1973)
An April Shroud (1975)
A Pinch of Snuff (1978)
A Killing Kindness (1980)
Deadheads (1983)
Exit Lines (1984)
Child's Play (1987)
Underworld (1988)
Bones and Silence (1990)
One Small Step (Novella)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Recalled to Life (1992)
Pictures of Perfection (1994)
The Wood Beyond (1995)
Asking for the Moon (4 Short Stories) (1996)
On Beulah Height (1998)
Arms and the Women (1999)
Dialogues of the Dead; or Paronomania!: a word game for two players (2001)
Death's Jest Book (2003)

Graham Ison Chief Sup. John Gaffney

Det. Chief Insp. Harry Brock Confirm or Deny (1989)
The Home Secretary Will See You Now (1989)
Working Girl (2002)

Bill James Colin Harpur,DCS &
Desmond Iles,DC You'd Better Believe It (1985)
The Lolita Man (1986)
Halo Parade (1987)
Protection (1988)
Come Clean (1986)
Take (1990)
Club (1991)
Astride a Grave (1991)
Gospel (1992)
Roses, Roses (1993)
In Good Hands (1994)
The Detective is Dead (1995)
Top Banana (1996)
Panicking Ralph (1998,reissue 2001)
Lovely Mover (1998)
Eton Crop (1999)
Kill Me (2000)
Pay Days (2001)
Naked at the Window (2001)

P.D.James Adam Dagliesh Cover Her Face (1962)
Mind to Murder (1963)
Unnatural Causes (1967)
Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
Black Tower (1975)
Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
Taste for Death (1986)
Devices and Desires (1989)
Original Sin (1995)
A Certain Justice (1997)
Death in Holy Orders (2001)
Murder Room (2003)

Katherine John Sgt.Trevor Joseph Six Foot Under (1996)
NOT IN NOBLE|Out of Print
Murder of a Dead Man (1997)

H(enry) R(eymond)
F(izwalter) Keating Det.Chief Insp.Harriet Martens The Hard Detective (2000)
Detective in Love (2001)
Detective Under Fire (2003)

Susan B. Kelly Gregory Summers Lone Traveller (2000)
Killing the Fatted Calf (2001)
Little Girl Lost (2002)

Michael Kenyon DCI Henry Peckover &
DC Jason Twitty Elgar Variation (British: Zigzag)(1981).
Man At the Wheel (British: God Squad Bod)(1982).
Free-range Wife(1983).
A Healthy Way to Die(1986).
Peckover Holds the Baby(1988).
Kill the Butler!(1991).
Peckover Joins the Choir(1993).
Peckover and the Bog Man(1994).

Simon Kernick Dennis Milne Business of Dying (2002)

Gay Longworth Det. Insp. Jesse Driver Dead Alone (2002)

Peter Lovesey Chief Sup. Peter Diamond The Last Detective(1991).
Diamond Solitaire(1992).
Summons(1995).
Bloodhounds(1996).
Upon a Dark Night(1997).
The Vault!(2000).
Diamond Dust(2002).
House Sitter(2003).

Barry Maitland Det. Sgt. Kathy Kolla &
DCI David Brock Marx Sisters(1994).
The Malcontenta(1995).
All My Enemies (1996)
NOT IN NOBLE
The Chalon Heads(1999).
Silvermeadow(2000).
Babel(2003).

Max Marquis DI Harry Timberlake Undignified Death (1994)

Iain McDowell DCI Jacobson &
Det. Sgt. Kerr A Study in Death (2000)

Jill McGown DCI Lloyd &
Officer Hill Perfect Match(1983).
Gone to Her Death(1989).
Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale(1991).
Murder at the Old Vicarage(1991).
Other Woman(1992).
Murder--Now and Then(1993).
Shred of Evidence(1995).
Verdict Unsafe(1997).
Picture of Innocence(1997).
Plots and Errors(1999).
Scene of the Crime (2001)
NOT IN NOBLE
Death in the Family(2003).

Jennie Melville Det. Sup. Charmain Daniels Making Good Blood(1989).
Witching Murder(1990).
Footsteps in the Blood(1993).
Dead Set(1993).
Whoever Has the Heart(1994).
A Death in the Family (1995)
NOT IN NOBLE
Morbid Kitchen(1996).

Hugh Miller Det. Insp. Mike Fletcher An Echo of Justice (1990)
Skin Deep (1991) NOT IN NOBLE

Kay Mitchell Chief Insp. John Morrisey Lively Form of Death (1990).
In Stony Places (1992).
Roots of Evil (1993).
A Portion of Foxes (1995).
A Rage of Innocents (1998).

Stephen Murray Det. Insp. Alec Stainton Noose of Time (1989)

Janet Neel DCI John McLeish &
Francesca Wilson Death's Bright Angel (1988).
Death on Site (1998).
Death of a Partner (1991).
Death Among the Dons (1993).
Timely Death (1996).
To Die For (1998).
O Gentle Death (2001).

Frank Palmer Det. Insp. Jacko Jackson Testimony (1992).
Unfit to Plead (1993).
Bent Grasses (1993).
Blood Brother (1993).
Nightwatch (1994).
China Hand (1994) NOT IN NOBLE
Double Exposure (1995) NOT IN NOBLE
Dead Man's Handle (1995) NOT IN NOBLE

Ann Quinton Michael Croft &
Nick Holroyd This Mortal Coil (1998)
Put Out the Light (2000)
Bought With Blood (2001) NOT IN NOBLE

Ian Rankin Det. Sgt. John Rebus Knots and Crosses (1987)
Hide and Seek (1991)
Tooth and Nail (British: Wolfman) (1992)
Strip Jack (1992)
A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992)
Black Book (1993)
Mortal Causes (1994)
Let It Bleed (1995)
Black and Blue (1997)
Hanging Garden (1998)
Death is Not an End (1998)
Dead Souls (1999)
Set in Darkness (2000)
The Falls (2001)
Resurrection Men (2002)
Question of Blood (2003)

Ruth Rendell Chief Insp. Reginald Wexford From Doon with Death (1964)
New Lease of Death (1967) or
Sins of the Fathers (1970)
Wolf to Slaughter (1967)
Best Man to Die (1969)
A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
No More Dying Then (1971)
Murder Being Once Done (1972)
Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
Shake Hands Forever (1975)
Sleeping Life (1978)
Death Notes
(British: Put on By Cunning) (1981)
Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
Veiled One (1988)
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992)
Simisola (1994)
Road Rage (1997)
Harm Done (1999)
Babes in the Wood (2002)

Peter Robinson DCI Alan Banks A Dedicated Man(1988)
A Necessary End (1989)
Hanging Valley (1989)
Past Reason Hated (1991)
Wednesday's Child (1992)
Final Account (1994)
Innocent Graves (1996)
Dead Right (1997) NOT IN NOBLE
Blood at the Root (1997)
In a Dry Season (1999)
Cold in the Grave (2000)
Aftermath (2001)
Close to Home (2001)
Playing with Fire (2004)

Jonathan Ross (John Rossiter) Det. Supr. George Rogers Here Lies Nancy Frail (1972)
Burning of Billy Toober (1974)
I Know What It's Like to Die (1976)
NOT IN NOBLE
Rattling of Old Bones (1979)
Dark Blue and Dangerous (1981)
Death's Head (1982)
Dead Eye (1983)
Drop Dead (1984) NOT IN NOBLE
Burial Deferred (1985)
Fate Accomplished (1987)
Sudden Departures (1988)
A Time for Dying (1989)
Daphne Dead and Done For (1990)
Murder Be Hanged (1992)
None the Worse for a Hanging
(British: Body of a Woman) (1994)
Murder! Murder! Burning Bright (1996)
NOT IN NOBLE

Jack S. Scott DCI Pete Parsons &
Sgt. Wimbush

DCI Alfred Stanley Rosher A Time of Fine Weather (1985)
A Little Darling, Dead (1986)
All the Pretty People (1984)
A Death in Irish Town (1985)
A Knife Between the Ribs (1987)

Dorothy Simpson Insp. Luke Thanet Night She Died (1981)
Six Feet Under (1982)
Puppet for a Corpse (1983)
Close Her Eyes (1984)
Last Seen Alive (1985)
Dead on Arrival (1986)
Element of Doubt (1987)
Suspicious Death (1988)
Dead By Morning (1989)
Doomed to Die (1991)
Wake the Dead (1992)
No Laughing Matter (1993)
Day for Dying (1995)
Once Too Often (1998)
Dead and Gone (1999)

Frank A. Smith DCI Neil Paget Fatal Flaw (1996)
Stone Dead (1998)
Candles for the Dead (1999)
Thread of Evidence (2001)
Acts of Vengence (2003)

Sally Spencer DCI Charlie Woodward Death of a Cave Dweller (2000)

Rebecca Tope Den Cooper A Dirty Death (2000)
Death of a Friend (2000) NOT IN NOBLE
A Death to Record (2003)

Peter Turnbull Chief Insp. Hennessey &
Sgt. Yellich Fear of Drowning (1999)
Deathtrap (2000)
Perils and Dangers (2001)
The Return (2001)
After the Flood (2002)
Dark Secrets (2003)
All Roads Leadeth (2003)

John Wainwright DCI Lyle Brainwash (1979)
Duty Elsewhere (1980)
Dominoes (1980)
A Very Parochial Murder (1988)
Man Who Wasn't There (1989)
Hangman's Lane (1992)

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AUTHOR	COUNTRY/CHARACTER	TITLES
Catherine Aird	C.D.Sloane	Religious Body (1966) Most Contagious Game (1967) Stately Home Murder (1969) A Late Phoenix (1970) His Burial Too (1973) Slight Mourning (1975) Parting Breath (1978) Some Die Eloquent (1979) Passing Strange (1980) Last Respects (1982) Harm's Way (1984) Dead Liberty (1987) Body Politic (1989) A Going Concern (1994) Injury Time (1995) After Effects (1996) Stiff News (1999) Little Knell (2000) Amendment of Life (2002)
Jeffrey Ashford	P.C.Ballard Michael Keene	Honest Betrayal (1999) Murder Will Out (2000)
Jo Bannister	Frank Shapiro	Bleeding of Innocents (1993) Charisma (1994) Taste For Burning (1995) No Birds Sing (1996) Broken Lines (1998) Hireling's Tail (1999) Changelings (2000)
Robert Barnard	Inspector Perry Trethowen Cetective Charlie Pearce Chief Inspector Meredith	Death By Sheer Torture (British: Sheer Torture) (1981) Death and the Princess (1982) Case of the Missing Bronte (British: Missing Bronte) (1983) Bodies (W/Charlie Pearce) (1986) Cherry Blossom Corpse (W/Charlie Pearce) (British: Death in Purple Prose) (1987) Death and the Chase Apprentice (1989) Fatal Attachment (incl Oddie) (1992) Hovering of Vultures (incl Oddie) (1993) Bad Samaritan (incl Oddie) (1995) At Death's Door (1988)
Pauline Bell	Inspector Browne	Murder at St. Oswald's (1991)
Stephen Booth	Ben Cooper	Black Dog (2000) Dancing With the Virgins (2001) Blood on the Tongue (2002)
Ken Bruen	James Roberts	The McDead (2000)
Burley, W(illiam) J(ohn)	Charles Wycliffe	Three-Toed Pussy (1968) To Kill a Cat (1970) Guilt Edged (1971) Death in a Salubrious Place (1973) Death in Stanley Street (1974) Wycliffe and the Pea-green Boat (1975) Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976) Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978) Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980) Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase (1982) Wycliffe and the Beales (1982) Wycliffe and the Four Jacks (1985) Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986) Wycliffe and the Windsor Blue (1987) Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1989) Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990) Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991) Wycliffe and the Last Rights (1993) Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1994) Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1996) Wycliffe and the Redhead (1997)
Gwendoline Butler	John Coffin	Receipt for Murder 1st in series,(1956) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Dead in a Row 2nd in series,(1957) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Dull Dead 3rd in series,(1958) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Murdering Kind 4th in series,(1958) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print The Interloper 5th in series,(1959) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Death Lives Next Door (1960/1992) Make Me a Murderer 7th in series,(1961) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin in Oxford 8th in series,(1962) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin for Baby 9th in series,(1963) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin Waiting 10th in series,(1964) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin in Malta (1964) Nameless Coffin (1966) Coffin Following 13th in series,(1968) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin's Dark Number 14th in series,(1969) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin from the Past (1970) Coffin for the Canary 16th in series,(1974) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Coffin on the Water (1986) Coffin in Fashion (1987) Coffin Underground (1988) Coffin in the Museum of Crime (1990) Coffin and the Paper Man (1990) Coffin on Murder Street (1992) Cracking Open a Coffin (1992) Coffin for Charley (1994) Coffin Tree (1996) Dark Coffin (1996) Double Coffin (1998) Coffin's Game (1999) Grave Coffin (1999) Coffin's Ghost (2001) Coffin Knows the Answer (2003)
Elizabeth Corley	Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick	Fatal Legacy (2001)
Mat Coward	Detective Inspector Don Packham & Constable Frank Mitchell	Up and Down (2000) In and Out (2001)
Deborah Crombie	Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James	A Share in Death (1993) All Shall Be Well (1994) Leave the Grave Green (1995) Mourn Not Your Dead (1996) Dreaming of the Bones (1997) Kissed a Sad Goodbye (1999) A Finer End (2001) And Justice There Is None (2002) Now May You Weep (2003)
Claire Curzon	Mike Yeadings	I Give You Five Days 1st in series,(1983) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Masks and Faces 2nd in series,(1984) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print The Trojan Hearse 3rd in series,(1985) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print The Quest for K 4th in series,(1986) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Three-core League (1988) Cat's Cradle (1991) Blue-eyed Boy (1991) First Wife, Twice Removed (1992) Death Prone 9th in series,(1994) NOT IN NOBLE Nice People (1995) Past Mischief (1996) Close Quarters (1997) All Unwary (1998) Cold Hands (1999) Don't Leave Me (2002) The Body of a Woman (2003)
Judith Cutler	Detective Sgt. Kate Power	Power on Her Own (1998/2003),
Freda Davies	Detective Inspector Keith Tyrell	A Fine and Private Place (2001)
Colin Dexter	Chief Inspector Morse	Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) Last Seen Wearing (1976) Silent WOrld of Nicholas Quinn (1977) Service of All the Dead (1979) Dead of Jericho (1981) Riddle of the Third Mile (1983) Secret of Annexe 3 (19866) Wench Is Dead (1989) Jewel That Was Ours (1991) Way Through the Woods (1992) Daughters of Cain (1994) Death is Now My Neighbor (1997)
Marjorie Eccles	Inspector Gil Mayo	More Deaths Than One (1990) Late of This Parish (1994) Death of Distinction (1995) Company She Kept (1996) Accidental Shroud (1997) A Species of Revenge (1999) Killing Me Softly (1999) Superintendent's Daughter (2000) Sunset Touch (2002) Untimely Graves (2004)
Kate Ellis	Police Sgt. Wesley Peterson	Merchant's House (1999) Armada Boy (1999) An Unhallowed Grave (1999) Funeral Boat (2000) Bone Garden (2000)
Caroline Graham	Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby	Killings at Badger Drift (1987) Death of a Hollow Man (1989) Death in Disguise (1993) Written in Blood (1995) Faithful Unto Death (1998) A Place of Safety (1999)
J(ames) M(ichael) Gregson	Detective Inspector Percy Peach & Detective Srg. Lucy Blake	Missing, Presumed Dead ?1st in series,(reissue 1997) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print To Kill a Wife (1999) An Unsuitable Death (2000) A Turbulant Priest (2000) Lancashire Leopard (2001) Murder at the Lodge (2003)
Patricia Hall	Chief Inspector Michael Thackeray	The Poison Pool (1991) Death By Election (1994) Dying Fall (1994) Dead of Winter (1997) Perils of the Night (1997) Italian Girl (1998) Dead on Arrival (1999) Skeleton at the Feast (2002) Deep Freeze (2003) Death on Dark Waters (2004)
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles	Bill Slider	Orchestrated Death (1991) Death Watch (1992) Death To Go (1993) Grave Music (1995) Blood Lines (1996) Killing Time (1998) Shallow Grave (1999) Blood Sinister (1999) Gone Tomorrow (2001)
Roy Hart	Douglas Roper	Seascape With Dead Figures (1987) Pretty Place for Murder (1987) Fox in the Night (1989) Remains to be Seen (1990) Robbed Blind (1990) Breach of Promise (1990) Blood Kin (1992) Final Appointment (1993) Deadly Schedule (1994)
John Harvey	Charlie Resnick	Lonely Hearts (1989) Rough Treatment (1990) Cutting Edge (1991) Off Minor (1992) Wasted Years (1993) Cold Light (1994) Living Proof (1995) Easy Meat (1996) Still Water (1997) Last Rites (1998)
Mo Hayder	Detective Insp. Jack Caffrey	Birdman (1999) The Treatment (2001)
Reginald Hill	Supt. Andrew Dalziel & Sgt. Peter Pascoe	a Clubbable Woman (1970) An Advancement of Learning (1971) Ruling Passion (1973) An April Shroud (1975) A Pinch of Snuff (1978) A Killing Kindness (1980) Deadheads (1983) Exit Lines (1984) Child's Play (1987) Underworld (1988) Bones and Silence (1990) One Small Step (Novella) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Recalled to Life (1992) Pictures of Perfection (1994) The Wood Beyond (1995) Asking for the Moon (4 Short Stories) (1996) On Beulah Height (1998) Arms and the Women (1999) Dialogues of the Dead; or Paronomania!: a word game for two players (2001) Death's Jest Book (2003)
Graham Ison	Chief Sup. John Gaffney Det. Chief Insp. Harry Brock	Confirm or Deny (1989) The Home Secretary Will See You Now (1989) Working Girl (2002)
Bill James	Colin Harpur,DCS & Desmond Iles,DC	You'd Better Believe It (1985) The Lolita Man (1986) Halo Parade (1987) Protection (1988) Come Clean (1986) Take (1990) Club (1991) Astride a Grave (1991) Gospel (1992) Roses, Roses (1993) In Good Hands (1994) The Detective is Dead (1995) Top Banana (1996) Panicking Ralph (1998,reissue 2001) Lovely Mover (1998) Eton Crop (1999) Kill Me (2000) Pay Days (2001) Naked at the Window (2001)
P.D.James	Adam Dagliesh	Cover Her Face (1962) Mind to Murder (1963) Unnatural Causes (1967) Shroud for a Nightingale (1971) Black Tower (1975) Death of an Expert Witness (1977) Taste for Death (1986) Devices and Desires (1989) Original Sin (1995) A Certain Justice (1997) Death in Holy Orders (2001) Murder Room (2003)
Katherine John	Sgt.Trevor Joseph	Six Foot Under (1996) NOT IN NOBLE\|Out of Print Murder of a Dead Man (1997)
H(enry) R(eymond) F(izwalter) Keating	Det.Chief Insp.Harriet Martens	The Hard Detective (2000) Detective in Love (2001) Detective Under Fire (2003)
Susan B. Kelly	Gregory Summers	Lone Traveller (2000) Killing the Fatted Calf (2001) Little Girl Lost (2002)
Michael Kenyon	DCI Henry Peckover & DC Jason Twitty	Elgar Variation (British: Zigzag)(1981). Man At the Wheel (British: God Squad Bod)(1982). Free-range Wife(1983). A Healthy Way to Die(1986). Peckover Holds the Baby(1988). Kill the Butler!(1991). Peckover Joins the Choir(1993). Peckover and the Bog Man(1994).
Simon Kernick	Dennis Milne	Business of Dying (2002)
Gay Longworth	Det. Insp. Jesse Driver	Dead Alone (2002)
Peter Lovesey	Chief Sup. Peter Diamond	The Last Detective(1991). Diamond Solitaire(1992). Summons(1995). Bloodhounds(1996). Upon a Dark Night(1997). The Vault!(2000). Diamond Dust(2002). House Sitter(2003).
Barry Maitland	Det. Sgt. Kathy Kolla & DCI David Brock	Marx Sisters(1994). The Malcontenta(1995). All My Enemies (1996) NOT IN NOBLE The Chalon Heads(1999). Silvermeadow(2000). Babel(2003).
Max Marquis	DI Harry Timberlake	Undignified Death (1994)
Iain McDowell	DCI Jacobson & Det. Sgt. Kerr	A Study in Death (2000)
Jill McGown	DCI Lloyd & Officer Hill	Perfect Match(1983). Gone to Her Death(1989). Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale(1991). Murder at the Old Vicarage(1991). Other Woman(1992). Murder--Now and Then(1993). Shred of Evidence(1995). Verdict Unsafe(1997). Picture of Innocence(1997). Plots and Errors(1999). Scene of the Crime (2001) NOT IN NOBLE Death in the Family(2003).
Jennie Melville	Det. Sup. Charmain Daniels	Making Good Blood(1989). Witching Murder(1990). Footsteps in the Blood(1993). Dead Set(1993). Whoever Has the Heart(1994). A Death in the Family (1995) NOT IN NOBLE Morbid Kitchen(1996).
Hugh Miller	Det. Insp. Mike Fletcher	An Echo of Justice (1990) Skin Deep (1991) NOT IN NOBLE
Kay Mitchell	Chief Insp. John Morrisey	Lively Form of Death (1990). In Stony Places (1992). Roots of Evil (1993). A Portion of Foxes (1995). A Rage of Innocents (1998).
Stephen Murray	Det. Insp. Alec Stainton	Noose of Time (1989)
Janet Neel	DCI John McLeish & Francesca Wilson	Death's Bright Angel (1988). Death on Site (1998). Death of a Partner (1991). Death Among the Dons (1993). Timely Death (1996). To Die For (1998). O Gentle Death (2001).
Frank Palmer	Det. Insp. Jacko Jackson	Testimony (1992). Unfit to Plead (1993). Bent Grasses (1993). Blood Brother (1993). Nightwatch (1994). China Hand (1994) NOT IN NOBLE Double Exposure (1995) NOT IN NOBLE Dead Man's Handle (1995) NOT IN NOBLE
Ann Quinton	Michael Croft & Nick Holroyd	This Mortal Coil (1998) Put Out the Light (2000) Bought With Blood (2001) NOT IN NOBLE
Ian Rankin	Det. Sgt. John Rebus	Knots and Crosses (1987) Hide and Seek (1991) Tooth and Nail (British: Wolfman) (1992) Strip Jack (1992) A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) Black Book (1993) Mortal Causes (1994) Let It Bleed (1995) Black and Blue (1997) Hanging Garden (1998) Death is Not an End (1998) Dead Souls (1999) Set in Darkness (2000) The Falls (2001) Resurrection Men (2002) Question of Blood (2003)
Ruth Rendell	Chief Insp. Reginald Wexford	From Doon with Death (1964) New Lease of Death (1967) or Sins of the Fathers (1970) Wolf to Slaughter (1967) Best Man to Die (1969) A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970) No More Dying Then (1971) Murder Being Once Done (1972) Some Lie and Some Die (1973) Shake Hands Forever (1975) Sleeping Life (1978) Death Notes (British: Put on By Cunning) (1981) Speaker of Mandarin (1983) Unkindness of Ravens (1985) Veiled One (1988) Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992) Simisola (1994) Road Rage (1997) Harm Done (1999) Babes in the Wood (2002)
Peter Robinson	DCI Alan Banks	A Dedicated Man(1988) A Necessary End (1989) Hanging Valley (1989) Past Reason Hated (1991) Wednesday's Child (1992) Final Account (1994) Innocent Graves (1996) Dead Right (1997) NOT IN NOBLE Blood at the Root (1997) In a Dry Season (1999) Cold in the Grave (2000) Aftermath (2001) Close to Home (2001) Playing with Fire (2004)
Jonathan Ross (John Rossiter)	Det. Supr. George Rogers	Here Lies Nancy Frail (1972) Burning of Billy Toober (1974) I Know What It's Like to Die (1976) NOT IN NOBLE Rattling of Old Bones (1979) Dark Blue and Dangerous (1981) Death's Head (1982) Dead Eye (1983) Drop Dead (1984) NOT IN NOBLE Burial Deferred (1985) Fate Accomplished (1987) Sudden Departures (1988) A Time for Dying (1989) Daphne Dead and Done For (1990) Murder Be Hanged (1992) None the Worse for a Hanging (British: Body of a Woman) (1994) Murder! Murder! Burning Bright (1996) NOT IN NOBLE
Jack S. Scott	DCI Pete Parsons & Sgt. Wimbush DCI Alfred Stanley Rosher	A Time of Fine Weather (1985) A Little Darling, Dead (1986) All the Pretty People (1984) A Death in Irish Town (1985) A Knife Between the Ribs (1987)
Dorothy Simpson	Insp. Luke Thanet	Night She Died (1981) Six Feet Under (1982) Puppet for a Corpse (1983) Close Her Eyes (1984) Last Seen Alive (1985) Dead on Arrival (1986) Element of Doubt (1987) Suspicious Death (1988) Dead By Morning (1989) Doomed to Die (1991) Wake the Dead (1992) No Laughing Matter (1993) Day for Dying (1995) Once Too Often (1998) Dead and Gone (1999)
Frank A. Smith	DCI Neil Paget	Fatal Flaw (1996) Stone Dead (1998) Candles for the Dead (1999) Thread of Evidence (2001) Acts of Vengence (2003)
Sally Spencer	DCI Charlie Woodward	Death of a Cave Dweller (2000)
Rebecca Tope	Den Cooper	A Dirty Death (2000) Death of a Friend (2000) NOT IN NOBLE A Death to Record (2003)
Peter Turnbull	Chief Insp. Hennessey & Sgt. Yellich	Fear of Drowning (1999) Deathtrap (2000) Perils and Dangers (2001) The Return (2001) After the Flood (2002) Dark Secrets (2003) All Roads Leadeth (2003)
John Wainwright	DCI Lyle	Brainwash (1979) Duty Elsewhere (1980) Dominoes (1980) A Very Parochial Murder (1988) Man Who Wasn't There (1989) Hangman's Lane (1992)