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Humorous Mysteries

Authors & Titles

• Adamson, Isaac: Billy Chaka series
  
  1. Tokyo Suckerpunch
     
  2. Hokkaido Popsicle
     
  3. Dreaming Pachinko
     
  4. Kinki Lullaby
     
• Anderson, Sheryl J.: Molly Forrester series
  
  1. Killer Heels
     
  2. Killer Cocktail
     
  3. Killer Deal
     
  4. Killer Riff
     
• Andrews, Donna: Meg Langslow series
  
  1. Murder with Peacocks
     
  2. Murder with Puffins
     
  3. Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
     
  4. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
     
  5. We'll Always Have Parrots
     
  6. Owls Well That Ends Well
     
  7. No Nest for the Wicket
     
  8. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
     
  9. Cockatiels at Seven
     
  10. Six Geese A-Slaying
      
  11. Swan for the Money
      
• Apodaca, Jennifer: Samantha Shaw series
  
  1. Dating Can Be Murder
     
  2. Dying to Meet You
     
  3. Ninja Soccer Moms
     
• Avocato, Lori: Pauline Sokol series
  
  1. A Dose of Murder
     
  2. The Stiff and the Dead
     
  3. One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest
     
  4. Deep Sea Dead
     
• Bannister, Jo: Primrose Holland series
  
  1. The Primrose Convention
     
  2. The Primrose Switchback
     
• Barclay, Linwood: Zack Walker series
  
  1. Bad Move
     
  2. Bad Guys
     
• Barer, Burl: Headlock
  
• Bartholomew, Nancy: Sierra Lavotini series (exotic dancer)
  
  1. Miracle Strip
     
  2. Drag Strip
     
  3. Film Strip
     
  4. Strip Poker
     
• Bartholomew, Nancy: Maggie Reid series
  
  1. Your Cheatin' Heart
     
  2. Stand By Your Man
     
• Barton, Dan: Biff Kincaid series
  
  1. Killer Material
     
  2. Heckler
     
• Beechey, Alan: Oliver Sithin series
  
  1. An Embarrassment of Corpses
     
  2. Murdering Ministers
     
• Billheimer, John: Owen Allison series
  
  1. The Contrary Blues
     
  2. Highway Robbery
     
  3. Dismal Mountain
     
  4. Drybone Hollow
     
• Block, Lawrence: Bernie Rhodenbarr series
  
  1. Burglars Can't Be Choosers
     
  2. The Burglar in the Closet
     
  3. The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
     
  4. The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza
     
  5. The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
     
  6. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
     
  7. The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
     
  8. The Burglar in the Library
     
  9. The Burglar in the Rye
     
  10. The Burglar on the Prowl
      (Three Bernie Rhodenbarr short stories appear in Enough Rope )
      
• Block, Lawrence: Evan Tanner series
  
  1. The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep
     
  2. The Canceled Czech
     
  3. Tanner's Twelve Swingers
     
  4. Two for Tanner
     
  5. Tanner's Tiger
     
  6. Here Comes a Hero
     
  7. Me Tanner, You Jane
     
  8. Tanner on Ice
     
• Block, Lawrence: Chip Harrison series
  
  1. No Score
     
  2. Chip Harrison Scores Again
     
  3. Make Out with Murder
     
  4. The Topless Tulip Caper
     (Two Chip Harrison short stories appear in Enough Rope )
     
• Bond, Stephanie: Body Movers series
  
  1. Body Movers
     
  2. Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1
     
• Bond, Stephanie: Whole Lotta Trouble
  
• Bonfiglioli, Kyril: Charlie Mortdecai series
  
  1. Don't Point That Thing At Me
     
  2. After You With the Pistol
     
  3. Something Nasty in the Woodshed
     
  4. The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (posthumous)
     
• Borton, Della: Gilda Liberty series
  
  1. Fade to Black
     
  2. Freeze Frame
     
• Bowen, Rhys: Constable Evans series
  
  1. Evans Above
     
  2. Evan Help Us
     
  3. Evanly Choirs
     
  4. Evan and Elle
     
  5. Evan Can Wait
     
  6. Evans to Besty
     
  7. Evan Only Knows
     
  8. Evan's Gate
     
  9. Evanly Bodies
     
• Bowker, David: Billy Dye series
  
  1. The Death You Deserve
     
  2. I Love My Smith & Wesson
     
• Boyle, Alistair: Gil Yates series
  
  1. The Missing Link
     
  2. The Con
     
  3. The Unlucky Seven
     
  4. Bluebeard's Last Stand
     
  5. Ship Shapely
     
• Bradley, Laura: Hair-Raising series
  
  1. The Brush-Off
     
  2. Sprayed Stiff
     
• Brazaitis, Mark: Steal My Heart
  
• Brewer, Steve: Bubba Mabry series
  
  1. Lonely Street
     
  2. Baby Face
     
  3. Witchy Woman
     
  4. Shaky Ground
     
  5. Dirty Pool
     
  6. Crazy Love
     
• Brookmyre, Christopher: Jack Parlabane series
  
  1. Quite Ugly One Morning
     
  2. Country of the Blind
     
• Browning, Sinclair: Trade Ellis series
  
  1. The Last Song Dogs
     
  2. The Sporting Club
     
• Bruno, Anthony: Loretta Kovacs & Frank Marvelli series
  
  1. Devil's Food
     
  2. Double Espresso
     
  3. Hot Fudge
     
• Calvert, Candy: Darcy Cavanaugh series
  
  1. Dressed to Keel
     
  2. Aye Do or Die
     
  3. Mai Tai to Murder
     
• Cannell, Dorothy: God Save the Queen!
  
• Cannell, Dorothy: Ellie Haskell series
  
  1. The Thin Woman
     
  2. Down the Garden Path
     
  3. The Widows Club
     
  4. Mum's the Word
     
  5. Femmes Fatal
     
  6. How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law
     
  7. How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams
     
  8. Spring Cleaning Murders
     
  9. The Trouble With Harriet
     
  10. Bridesmaids Revisited
      
  11. The Importance of Being Ernestine
      
  12. Withering Heights
      
  13. Goodbye, Ms. Chips
      
  14. She Shoots to Conquer
      
• Carrington, Tori: Sofie Metropolis series
  
  1. Sofie Metropolis
     
  2. Dirty Laundry
     
  3. Foul Play
     
  4. Working Stiff
     
• Carter, Charlotte: Nanette Hayes series
  
  1. Rhode Island Red
     
  2. Coq au Vin
     
  3. Drumsticks
     
• Cash, Dixie: Domestic Equalizers series
  
  1. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash
     
  2. My Heart May Be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great
     
  3. I Gave You My Heart But You Sold it Online
     
  4. Don't Make Me Choose Between You and My Shoes
     
  5. Curing the Blues with a New Pair of Shoes
     
• Churchill, Jill: Jane Jeffry series
  
  1. Grime & Punishment
     
  2. A Farewell to Yarns
     
  3. A Quiche Before Dying
     
  4. The Class Menagerie
     
  5. A Knife to Remember
     
  6. From Here to Paternity
     
  7. Silence of the Hams
     
  8. War and Peas
     
  9. Fear of Frying
     
  10. Merchant of Menace
      
  11. Groom With a View
      
  12. Mulch Ado About Nothing
      
  13. The House of Seven Mabels
      
  14. Bell, Book, and Scandal
      
  15. A Midsummer Night's Scream
      
  16. The Accidental Florist
      
• Cockey, Tim: Hitchcock Sewell series
  
  1. Hearse You Came in On
     
  2. Hearse of a Different Color
     
  3. The Hearse Case Scenario
     
  4. Murder in the Hearse Degree
     
  5. Backstabber
     
• Cohen, Nancy J.: Bad Hair Day series
  
  1. Permed to Death
     
  2. Hair Raiser
     
  3. Murder by Manicure
     
  4. Body Wave
     
  5. Highlights to Heaven
     
  6. Died Blonde
     
  7. Dead Roots
     
  8. Perish by Pedicure
     
  9. Killer Knots
     
• Colfer, Eoin: Plugged
  
• Colt, Jennifer: Double Indemnity series
  
  1. The Butcher of Beverly Hills
     
  2. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon
     
  3. The Vampire of Venice Beach
     
• Cook, Christopher: Robbers
  
• Cornwell, Patricia: Isle of Dogs
  
• Daheim, Mary: Bed & Breakfast series
  
  1. Just Desserts
     
  2. Fowl Prey
     
  3. Holy Terrors
     
  4. Dune to Death
     
  5. Bantam of the Opera
     
  6. Fit of Tempura
     
  7. Major Vices
     
  8. Murder, My Suite
     
  9. Auntie Mayhem
     
  10. Nutty as a Fruitcake
      
  11. September Mourn
      
  12. Wed and Buried
      
  13. Snow Place to Die
      
  14. Legs Benedict
      
  15. Creeps Suzette
      
  16. A Streetcar Named Expire
      
  17. Suture Self
      
  18. Silver Scream
      
  19. Hocus Croakus
      
  20. This Old Souse
      
  21. Dead Man Docking
      
  22. Saks and Violins
      
  23. Scots on the Rocks
      
  24. Vi Agra Falls
      
  25. Loco Motive
      
• Davis, Kyra: Sophie Katz series
  
  1. Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte
     
  2. Passion, Betrayal, and Killer Highlights
     
  3. Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate
     
  4. Lust, Loathing, and a Little Lip Gloss
     
• Dezenhall, Eric: Jackie Disaster
  
• Dezenhall, Eric: Jonah Eastman series
  
  1. Money Wanders
     
  2. Shakedown Beach
     
  3. Turnpike Flameout
     
• Donovan, Felicia: Black Widow Agency series
  
  1. The Black Widow Agency
     
• Dorsey, Tim: Florida series (aka Serge Storms series)
  
  1. Florida Roadkill
     
  2. Hammerhead Ranch Motel
     
  3. Orange Crush
     
  4. Triggerfish Twist
     
  5. The Stingray Shuffle
     
  6. Cadillac Beach
     
  7. Torpedo Juice
     
  8. The Big Bamboo
     
  9. Hurricane Punch
     
  10. Atomic Lobster
      
  11. Nuclear Jellyfish
      
  12. Gator A-Go-Go
      
• Doughty, Louise: An English Murder
  
• Dunbar, Tony: Tubby Dubonnett series
  
  1. Crooked Man
     
  2. City of Beads
     
  3. Trick Question
     
  4. Shelter From the Storm
     
  5. The Crime Czar
     
  6. Lucky Man
     
  7. Tubby Meets Katrina
     
• Dunn, Hilda: The Hanged Man
  
• Durham, Laura: Annabelle Archer series
  
  1. Better Off Wed
     
  2. For Better or Hearse
     
• Edwards, Ruth Dudley: Robert Amiss series
  
  1. Corridors of Death
     
  2. The Saint Valentine's Day Murders
     
  3. The English School of Murder
     
  4. Clubbed to Death
     
  5. Matricide at St. Martha's
     
  6. Ten Lords A-Leaping
     
  7. Murder in a Cathedral
     
  8. Publish and Be Murdered
     
  9. The Anglo-Irish Murders
     
  10. Carnage on the Committee
      
  11. Murdering Americans
      
• Eichler, Selma: Desiree Shapiro series (aka Murder Can... series)
  
  1. Murder Can Kill Your Social Life
     
  2. Murder Can Ruin Your Looks
     
  3. Murder Can Stunt Your Growth
     
  4. Murder Can Wreck Your Reunion
     
  5. Murder Can Spook Your Cat
     
  6. Murder Can Singe Your Old Flame
     
  7. Murder Can Spoil Your Appetite
     
  8. Murder Can Upset Your Mother
     
  9. Murder Can Cool Off Your Affair
     
  10. Murder Can Rain On Your Shower
      
  11. Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday
      
  12. Murder Can Mess Up Your Mascara
      
  13. Murder Can Run Your Stockings
      
• Elton, Ben: Dead Famous
  
• Elton, Ben: Past Mortem
  
• Engel, Howard: Benny Cooperman series
  
  1. The Suicide Murders
     
  2. The Ransom Game
     
  3. Murder on Location
     
  4. Murder Sees the Light
     
  5. A City Called July
     
  6. Dead and Buried
     
  7. There Was an Old Woman
     
  8. Getting Away With Murder
     
  9. The Cooperman Variations
     
  10. Memory Book
      
• Enright, Tracey: Claire Fontaine, Crime Fighter
  
• Evanovich, Janet: Stephanie Plum series
  
  1. One For the Money
     
  2. Two For the Dough
     
  3. Three to Get Deadly
     
  4. Four to Score
     
  5. High Five
     
  6. Hot Six
     
  7. Seven Up
     
  8. Hard Eight
     
  9. Visions of Sugar Plums
     
  10. To the Nines
      
  11. Ten Big Ones
      
  12. Eleven on Top
      
  13. Twelve Sharp
      
  14. Plum Lovin'
  15. Lean Mean Thirteen
      
  16. Plum Lucky
      
  17. Fearless Fourteen
      
  18. Plum Spooky
      
  19. Finger Lickin' Fifteen
      
  20. Sizzling Sixteen
      
  21. Smokin' Seventeen
      
  22. Explosive Eighteen
      
• Evanovich, Janet: Metro Girl
  
• Evans, Liz: Grace Smith series
  
  1. Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?
     
  2. JFK is Missing
     
  3. Don't Mess With Mrs In-Between
     
  4. Barking!
     
  5. Sick as a Parrot
     
  6. Cue the Easter Bunny
     
• Eversz, Robert M.: Nina Zero series
  
  1. Shooting Elvis
     
  2. Killing Paparazzi
     
  3. Burning Garbo
     
  4. Digging James Dean
     
  5. Zero to the Bone
     
• Ewan, Chris: Charlie Howard series
  
  1. The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
     
  2. The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
     
  3. The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas
     
  4. The Good Thief's Guide to Venice
     
• Feddersen, Connie: Amanda Hazard series
  
  1. Dead in the Water
     
  2. Dead in the Cellar
     
  3. Dead in the Melon Patch
     
  4. Dead in the Dirt
     
  5. Dead in the Mud
     
  6. Dead in the Driver's Seat
     
  7. Dead in the Hay
     
  8. Dead in the Pumpkin Patch
     
• Fitzhugh, Bill: Rick Shannon series
  
  1. Radio Activity
     
  2. Highway 61 Resurfaced
     
• Fitzwater, Judy: Jennifer Marsh series
  
  1. Dying to Get Published
     
  2. Dying to Get Even
     
  3. Dying for a Clue
     
• Flynn, Don: "Fitz" Fitzgerald series
  
  1. Murder Isn't Enough
     
  2. Murder on the Hudson
     
  3. Ordinary Murder
     
  4. Murder in A-Flat
     
  5. A Suitcase in Berlin
     
  6. A Brand X Murder
     
• Freeman, Gwen: Fifi Cutter series
  
  1. Murder...Suicide...Whatever
     
  2. Crazy Fool Kills Five
     
• French, Linda: Professor Teodora Morelli series
  
  1. Talking Rain
     
  2. Coffee to Die For
     
  3. Steeped in Murder
     
• Friedman, Kinky: Kinky Friedman series
  
  1. Greenwich Killing Time
     
  2. A Case of Lone Star
     
  3. When the Cat's Away
     
  4. Frequent Flyer
     
  5. Musical Chairs
     
  6. Elvis, Jesus & Coca Cola
     
  7. Aramadillos & Old Lace
     
  8. God Bless John Wayne
     
  9. The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
     
  10. Roadkill
      
  11. Blast From the Past
      
  12. Spanking Watson
      
  13. The Mile High Club
      
  14. Steppin' on the Rainbow
      
  15. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
      
  16. Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned
      
  17. The Prisoner of Vandam Street
      
  18. Ten Little New Yorkers
      (Related Nonfiction Title) Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette
      
• Garcia, Eric: Vince Rubio series
  
  1. Anonymous Rex
     
  2. Casual Rex
     
  3. Hot and Sweaty Rex
     
• George, Anne: Southern Sisters series
  
  1. Murder on a Girl's Night Out
     
  2. Murder on a Bad Hair Day
     
  3. Murder Runs in the Family
     
  4. Murder Makes Waves
     
  5. Murder Gets a Life
     
  6. Murder Shoots the Bull
     
  7. Murder Carries a Torch
     
  8. Murder Boogies With Elvis
     
• Girdner, Jaqueline: Kate Jasper series
  
  1. Adjusted to Death
     
  2. The Last Resort
     
  3. Murder Most Mellow
     
  4. Fat-Free and Fatal
     
  5. Tea-Totally Dead
     
  6. A Stiff Critique
     
  7. Most Likely to Die
     
  8. A Cry for Self-Help
     
  9. Death Hits the Fan
     
  10. Murder on the Astral Plane
      
  11. Murder, My Deer
      
• Goulart, Ron: Groucho Marx series
  
  1. Groucho Marx, Master Detective
     
  2. Groucho Marx, Private Eye
     
  3. Elementary, My Dear Groucho
     
  4. Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders
     
  5. Groucho Marx, Secret Agent
     
• Graham, Caroline: Chief Inspector Barnaby series
  
  1. The Killings at Badger's Drift
     
  2. Death of a Hollow Man
     
  3. Death in Disguise
     
  4. Written in Blood
     
  5. Faithful Unto Death
     
  6. A Place of Safety
     
  7. A Ghost in the Machine
     
• Green, Chloe: Dallas O'Connor series
  
  1. Going Out in Style
     
  2. Designed to Die
     
• Haines, Carolyn: Sarah Booth Delaney series (aka Mississippi Delta series)
  
  1. Them Bones
     
  2. Buried Bones
     
  3. Splintered Bones
     
  4. Crossed Bones
     
  5. Hallowed Bones
     
  6. Bones to Pick
     
  7. Ham Bones
     
  8. Wishbones
     
  9. Greedy Bones
     
• Hall, Parnell: Puzzle Lady series
  
  1. A Clue for the Puzzle Lady
     
  2. Last Puzzle and Testament
     
  3. Puzzled to Death
     
  4. A Puzzle in a Pear Tree
     
  5. With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill
     
  6. And a Puzzle to Die On
     
  7. Stalking the Puzzle Lady
     
  8. You Have the Right To Remain Puzzled
     
  9. The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
     
  10. Dead Man's Puzzle
      
  11. The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady
      
• Hall, Parnell: Stanley Hastings series
  
  1. Detective
     
  2. Murder
     
  3. Favor
     
  4. Strangler
     
  5. Client
     
  6. Juror
     
  7. Shot
     
  8. Actor
     
  9. Blackmail
     
  10. Movie
      
  11. Trial
      
  12. Scam
      
  13. Suspense
      
  14. Cozy
      
  15. Manslaughter
      
  16. Hitman
      
  17. Caper
      
• Halliday, Gemma: High Heels series
  
  1. Spying in High Heels
     
  2. Killer in High Heels
     
• Hart, Carolyn: Death on Demand series
  
  1. Death on Demand
     
  2. Design for Murder
     
  3. Something Wicked
     
  4. Honeymoon with Murder
     
  5. A Little Class on Murder
     
  6. A Deadly Valentine
     
  7. The Christie Caper
     
  8. Southern Ghost
     
  9. Mint Julep Murder
     
  10. Yankee Doodle Dead
      
  11. White Elephant Dead
      
  12. Sugarplum Dead
      
  13. April Fool Dead
      
  14. Engaged to Die
      
  15. Murder Walks the Plank
      
  16. Death of the Party
      
  17. Dead Days of Summer
      
  18. Death Walked In
      
  19. Dare to Die
      
  20. Laughed 'Til He Died
      
• Hasburgh, Patrick: Aspen Pulp
  
• Hathaway, Robin: Doctor Fenimore series
  
  1. The Doctor Digs a Grave
     
  2. The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call
     
  3. The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest
     
  4. The Doctor Rocks the Boat
     
  5. The Docotr Dines in Prague
     
• Hautman, Pete: Doohickey
  
• Hayter, Sparkle: Robin Hudson series
  
  1. What's a Girl Gotta Do?
     
  2. Nice Girls Finish Last
     
  3. Revenge of the Cootie Girls
     
  4. The Last Manly Man
     
  5. The Chelsea Girl Murders
     
• Heller, Jane: The Club
  
• Heller, Jane: Princess Charming
  
• Henderson, Lauren: Sam Jones series
  
  1. Black Rubber Dress
     
  2. Freeze My Margarita
     
  3. Strawberry Tattoo
     
  4. Chained
     
  5. Pretty Boy
     
• Henry, April: Claire Montrose series
  
  1. Circles of Confusion
     
  2. Square in the Face
     
  3. Heart-Shaped Box
     
  4. Buried Diamonds
     
• Hess, Joan: Big Foot Stole My Wife & Other Stories
  
• Hess, Joan: Maggody series (aka Arly Hanks series)
  
  1. Malice in Maggody
     
  2. Mischief in Maggody
     
  3. Much Ado in Maggody
     
  4. Mortal Remains in Maggody
     
  5. Madness in Maggody
     
  6. Maggody in Manhattan
     
  7. O Little Town of Maggody
     
  8. Martians in Maggody
     
  9. Miracles in Maggody
     
  10. The Maggody Militia
      
  11. Misery Loves Maggody
      
  12. Murder@maggody.com
      
  13. Maggody and the Moonbeams
      
  14. Muletrain to Maggody
      
  15. Malpractice in Maggody
      
  16. Merry Wives of Maggody
      (The short story "The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom" appears in the collection Big Foot Stole My Wife & Other Stories )
      
• Hess, Joan: Claire Malloy series
  
  1. Strangled Prose
     
  2. Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn
     
  3. Dear Miss Demeanor
     
  4. A Really Cute Corpse
     
  5. A Diet to Die For
     
  6. Roll Over and Play Dead
     
  7. Death by the Light of the Moon
     
  8. Poisoned Pins
     
  9. Tickled to Death
     
  10. Busy Bodies
      
  11. Closely Akin to Murder
      
  12. A Holly, Jolly Murder
      
  13. A Conventional Corpse
      
  14. Out on a Limb
      
  15. The Goodbye Body
      
  16. Damsels in Distress
      
  17. Mummy Dearest
      (Two Claire Malloy short stories, "Dead on Arrival" and "The Last to Know," appear in the collection Big Foot Stole My Wife & Other Stories )
      
• Hirschfeld, Corson: Aloha, Mr. Lucky
  
• Holliday, Alesia: December Vaughn series
  
  1. Blondes Have More Felons
     
• Hockensmith, Steve: Amlingmeyer series (aka Holmes on the Range series)
  
  1. Holmes on the Range
     
  2. On the Wrong Track
     
  3. The Black Dove
     
  4. The Crack in the Lens
     (short story) An Amlingmeyer short story appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (edited by Scott Turow)
     
• Hopkins, Roland: Snowball in Hell . . .
  
• Hunter, Maddy: Passport to Peril series
  
  1. Alpine for You
     
  2. Top o' the Mourning
     
  3. Pasta Imperfect
     
  4. Hula Done It?
     
• Isenberg, Jane: Bel Barrett series
  
  1. The "M" Word
     
  2. Death in a Hot Flash
     
  3. Mood Swings to Murder
     
  4. Midlife Can Be Murder
     
  5. Out of Hormone's Way
     
  6. Hot and Bothered
     
  7. Hot on the Trail
     
  8. Hot Wired
     
• Jackson, Hialeah: Florida series
  
  1. The Alligator's Farewell
     
  2. Farewell, Conch Republic
     
• James, Bill: Harpur and Iles series
  
  1. You'd Better Believe It
     
  2. The Lolita Man
     
  3. Halo Parade
     
  4. Protection
     
  5. Come Clean
     
  6. Take
     
  7. Club
     
  8. Astride a Grave
     
  9. Gospel
     
  10. Roses, Roses
      
  11. In Good Hands
      
  12. The Detective is Dead
      
  13. Top Banana
      
  14. Panicking Ralph
      
  15. Lovely Mover
      
  16. Eton Crop
      
  17. Kill Me
      
  18. Naked at the Window
      
  19. The Girl with the Long Back
      
  20. Easy Streets
      
  21. Wolves of Memory
      
  22. Girls
      
  23. Pix
      
  24. In the Absense of Iles
      (short stories) The Sixth Man and Other Stories
      
• James, Dean: Simon Kirby-Jones series
  
  1. Posted to Death
     
  2. Faked to Death
     
  3. Decorated to Death
     
  4. Baked to Death
     
• Johnson, Dolores: Mandy Dyer series
  
  1. A Dress to Die For
     
  2. Hung Up to Die
     
  3. Taken to the Cleaners
     
  4. Wash, Fold, and Die
     
  5. Homicide and Old Lace
     
  6. Buttons & Foes
     
• Jorgensen, Christine T.: Stella the Stargazer series
  
  1. A Love to Die For
     
  2. You Bet Your Life
     
  3. Curl Up and Die
     
  4. Death of a Dustbunny
     
  5. Dead on Her Feet
     
• Kahn, Sharon: Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series
  
  1. Fax Me a Bagel
     
  2. Never Nosh a Matzo Ball
     
  3. Don't Cry For Me, Hot Pastrami
     
  4. Hold the Cream Cheese, Kill the Lox
     
  5. Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?
     
• Kalian, Cady: Maggie Mars series
  
  1. As Dead as It Gets
     
  2. A Few Good Murders
     
• Kaplan, Janice: Looks to Die For
  
• Kaplow, Robert: The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun
  
• Karp, Marshall: Mike Lomax & Terry Biggs series
  
  1. The Rabbit Factory
     
  2. Bloodthirsty
     
  3. Flipping Out
     
  4. Cut, Paste, Kill
     
• Klassel, Jennie: It Happened in South Beach
  
• Klein, Daniel: Elvis Presley series
  
  1. Kill Me Tender
     
  2. Blue Suede Clues
     
  3. Viva Las Vengeance
     
  4. Such Vicious Minds
     
• Knopf, Chris: Sam Acquillo series
  
  1. The Last Refuge
     
  2. Two Time
     
  3. Head Wounds
     
  4. Hard Stop
     
  5. Short Squeeze
     
• Kozak, Harley Jane: Wollie Shelley series
  
  1. Dating Dead Men
     
  2. Dating is Murder
     
  3. Dead Ex
     
  4. A Date You Can't Refuse
     
• Kupfer, Fern: Love Lies
  
• Langton, Jane: Homer Kelly series
  
  1. The Transcendental Murder
     
  2. Dark Nantucket Noon
     
  3. The Memorial Hall Murder
     
  4. Natural Enemy
     
  5. Emily Dickinson is Dead
     
  6. Good and Dead
     
  7. Murder at the Gardner
     
  8. The Dante Game
     
  9. God in Concord
     
  10. Divine Inspiration
      
  11. The Shortest Day
      
  12. Dead as a Dodo
      
  13. The Face on the Wall
      
  14. The Thief of Venice
      
  15. Murder at Monticello
      
  16. The Escher Twist
      
  17. The Deserter
      
  18. Steeplechase
      
• Larsen, K.J.: Cat DeLuca series
  
  1. Liar, Liar
     
• Leonard, Elmore: Chili Palmer series
  
  1. Get Shorty
     
  2. Be Cool
     
• Leonard, Elmore: Frank Ryan series
  
  1. Swag
     
  2. Unknown Man #89
     
• Leonard, Elmore: Raylan Givens series
  
  1. Pronto
     
  2. Riding the Rap
     
• Leonard, Elmore: Bandits
  
• Leonard, Elmore: The Big Bounce
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Cat Chaser
  
• Leonard, Elmore: City Primeval
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Cuba Libre
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Freaky Deaky
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Glitz
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Gold Coast
  
• Leonard, Elmore: The Hunted
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Killshot
  
• Leonard, Elmore: LaBrava
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Maximum Bob
  
• Leonard, Elmore: The Moonshine War
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Mr. Majestyk
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Mr. Paradise
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Out of Sight
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Pagan Babies
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Riding the Rap
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Rum Punch
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Split Images
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Stick
  
• Leonard, Elmore: The Switch
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Tishomingo Blues
  
• Leonard, Elmore: Touch
  
• Levine, Laura: Jaine Austen series
  
  1. This Pen for Hire
     
  2. Last Writes
     
  3. Killer Blonde
     
  4. Shoes to Die For
     
  5. The PMS Murder
     
  6. Death By Pantyhose
     
  7. Killing Bridezilla
     
  8. Killer Cruise
     
  9. Death of a Trophy Wife
     
  10. Pampered to Death
      A Jaine Austen short story appears in Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, & Leslie Meier
      
• Levinson, Robert: Neil Gulliver & Steve Marriner series (1950s)
  
  1. The Elvis & Marilyn Affair
     
  2. The James Dean Affair
     
  3. The John Lennon Affair
     
  4. Hot Paint
     
• Lewin, Michael Z.: Lunghi Family series
  
  1. Family Business
     
  2. Family Planning
     
• Little, Constance & Gwenyth: The Black Shrouds
  
• Long, Dustin: Icelander
  
• Loomis, Jon: Frank Coffin series
  
  1. High Season
     
  2. Mating Season
     
• Lutz, Lisa: Spellman Files series
  
  1. The Spellman Files
     
  2. Curse of the Spellmans
     
  3. Revenge of the Spellmans
     
  4. The Spellmans Strike Again
     
• MacPherson, Rett: Torie O'Shea series
  
  1. Family Skeletons
     
  2. A Veiled Antiquity
     
  3. A Comedy of Heirs
     
  4. A Misty Mourning
     
  5. Killing Cousins
     
  6. Blood Relations
     
  7. In Sheep's Clothing
     
  8. Thicker Than Water
     
  9. Dead Man Running
     
  10. Died in the Wool
      
  11. A Blood Ballad
      
• Malmont, Valerie S.: Tori Miracle series
  
  1. Death Pays the Rose Rent
     
  2. Death, Lies, and Apple Pies
     
  3. Death, Guns, and Sticky Buns
     
  4. Death, Snow, and Mistletoe
     
  5. Death, Bones, and Stately Homes
     
• The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime (edited by Maxim Jakubowski)
  
• Martin, Nancy: Roxy Abruzzo series
  
  1. Our Lady of Immaculate Deception
     
• Massey, Sujata: Rei Shimura series
  
  1. The Salaryman's Wife
     
  2. Zen Attitude
     
  3. The Flower Master
     
  4. The Floating Girl
     
  5. The Bride's Kimono
     
  6. The Samurai's Daughter
     
  7. The Pearl Diver
     
  8. The Typhoon Lover
     
  9. Girl in a Box
     
  10. Shimura Trouble
      
• McCafferty, Barbara Taylor & Herald, Beverly Taylor: Bert & Nan Tatum series
  
  1. Double Murder
     
  2. Double Exposure
     
  3. Double Cross
     
  4. Double Dealer
     
  5. Double Date
     
• McCafferty, Taylor: Haskell Blevins series
  
  1. Pet Peeves
     
  2. Ruffled Feathers
     
  3. Bed Bugs
     
  4. Hanky Panky
     
  5. Funny Money
     
• McClelland, Michael: Oyster Blues
  
• McCrumb, Sharyn: Elizabeth MacPherson series
  
  1. Sick of Shadows
     
  2. Lovely in Her Bones
     
  3. Highland Laddie Gone
     
  4. Paying the Piper
     
  5. The Windsor Knot
     
  6. Missing Susan
     
  7. MacPherson's Lament
     
  8. If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
     
  9. The PMS Outlaws
     
• McCrumb, Sharyn: Jay Omega series
  
  1. Bimbos of the Death Sun
     
  2. Zombies of the Gene Pool
     
• McDonald, Gregory: Fletch series
  
  1. Fletch Won
     
  2. Fletch, Too
     
  3. Fletch and the Widow Bradley
     
  4. Fletch
     
  5. Carioca, Fletch
     
  6. Confess, Fletch
     
  7. Fletch's Fortune
     
  8. Fletch's Moxie
     
  9. Fletch and the Man Who
     
  10. Son of Fletch
      
  11. Fletch Reflected
      
• McDonald, Gregory: Flynn series
  
  1. Flynn
     
  2. The Buck Passes Flynn
     
  3. Flynn's In
     
• McInerny, Ralph: Andrew Broom series
  
  1. Cause and Effect
     
  2. Body and Soil
     
  3. Frigor Mortis
     
  4. Savings and Loam
     
  5. Mom and Dead
     
  6. Law and Ardor
     
• Michaels, Kasey: Maggie Kelly series
  
  1. Maggie Needs an Alibi
     
  2. Maggie By the Book
     
  3. Maggie Without a Clue
     
  4. High Heels and Homicide
     
  5. High Heels and Holidays
     
  6. Bowled Over
     
• Millhiser, Marlys: Charlie Greene series
  
  1. Murder at Moot Point
     
  2. Death of the Office Witch
     
  3. Murder in a Hot Flash
     
  4. It's Murder Going Home
     
  5. Nobody Dies in a Casino
     
  6. Killer Commute
     
  7. The Rampant Reaper
     
• Moore, Laurie: Cézanne Martin series
  
  1. The Lady Godiva Murder
     
  2. The Wild Orchid Society
     
  3. Jury Rigged
     
• Moore, Laurie: Debutante Detective series
  
  1. Deb on Arrival
     
  2. Wanted Deb or Alive
     
• Moore, Miriam Ann: Marti Hirsch series
  
  1. Last Dance
     
  2. Stayin' Alive
     
  3. I Will Survive
     
• Mortimer, John: Felix in the Underworld
  
• Moseley, Margaret: Honey Huckleberry series
  
  1. The Fourth Steven
     
  2. Grinning in His Mashed Potatoes
     
  3. A Little Traveling Music, Please
     
• Mott, Brenda and Perrin, Kayla: Lexie Muller & Hailey McGraw series
  
  1. How to Kill a Guy in 10 Days
     
• Munnings, Clare: Rosemary Stubbs series
  
  1. Overnight Float
     
• Myers, Tamar: Den of Antiquity series
  
  1. Larceny and Old Lace
     
  2. The Ming and I
     
  3. So Faux, So Good
     
  4. Baroque and Desperate
     
  5. Estate of Mind
     
• Naked Came the Phoenix (edited by Marcia Tally)
  
• Neate, Patrick: City of Tiny Lights
  
• Neely, Barbara: Blanche White series
  
  1. Blanche on the Lam
     
  2. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth
     
  3. Blanche Cleans Up
     
  4. Blanche Passes Go
     
• Neri, Kris: Tracy Eaton series
  
  1. Revenge of the Gypsy Queen
     
  2. Dem Bones' Revenge
     
• Pade, Victoria: Jimi Plain series
  
  1. Divorce Can Be Murder
     
  2. Dating Can Be Deadly
     
• Perrin, Kayla and Mott, Brenda: Lexie Muller & Hailey McGraw series
  
  1. How to Kill a Guy in 10 Days
     
• Peters, Elizabeth: Jacqueline Kirby series
  
  1. The Seventh Sinner
     
  2. The Murders of Richard III
     
  3. Die For Love
     
  4. Naked Once More
     
• Piccirilli, Tom: Felicity's Grove series
  
  1. The Dead Past
     
  2. Sorrow's Crown
     
• Pickens, Cathy: Avery Andrews series (aka Southern Fried Mystery series)
  
  1. Southern Fried
     
  2. Done Gone Wrong
     
  3. Hog Wild
     
  4. Hush My Mouth
     
  5. Can't Never Tell
     
• Pollero, Rhonda: Finley Anderson Tanner series
  
  1. Knock Off
     
  2. Knock 'em Dead
     
  3. Fat Chance
     
• Quirina, Fiona: Sex, a Mystery
  
• Rehder, Ben: Blanco County series
  
  1. Buck Fever
     
  2. Bone Dry
     
  3. Flat Crazy
     
  4. Guilt Trip
     
  5. Gun Shy
     
  6. Holy Moly
     
• Sacks, Jen: Nice
  
• Schreck, Tom: Duffy Dumbrowski series
  
  1. On the Ropes
     
  2. TKO
     
  3. Out Cold
     
• Seale, Anne: Jo Jacuzzo series
  
  1. Packing Mrs. Phipps
     
  2. Finding Ms. Wright
     
• Shames, Laurence: Key West series
  
  1. Mangrove Squeeze
     
  2. Virgin Heat
     
  3. Tropical Depression
     
  4. Sunburn
     
  5. Scavenger Reef
     
  6. Florida Straits
     
  7. Welcome to Paradise
     
• Shannon, Barry: The Bold Stroke
  
• Sharp, Deborah: Mace Bauer series
  
  1. Mama Does Time
     
  2. Mama Rides Shotgun
     
  3. Mama Gets Hitched
     
• Short, Sharon: Josie Toadfern series
  
  1. Death of a Domestic Diva
     
  2. Death By Deep Dish Pie
     
  3. Death in the Cards
     
  4. Hung Out to Die
     
  5. Murder Unfolds
     
• Slater, Susan: Dan Mahoney series
  
  1. Flash Flood
     
• Smiley, Patricia: Tucker Sinclair series
  
  1. False Profits
     
  2. Cover Your Assets
     
  3. Short Change
     
  4. Cool Cache
     
• Smith, Lee: Family Linen
  
• Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone: Poppy Rice series
  
  1. Love Her Madly
     
  2. She's Not There
     
  3. She Smiled Sweetly
     
  4. She's Not There
     
• Snyder, Keith: Jason Keltner series
  
  1. Show Control
     
  2. Coffin's Got the Dead Guy on the Inside
     
  3. Trouble Comes Back
     
  4. The Night Men
     
• Squire, Elizabeth Daniels: Peaches Dann series (aka Memory-Challenged Sleuth series)
  
  1. Who Killed What's-Her-Name?
     
  2. Remember the Alibi
     
  3. Memory Can be Murder
     
  4. Whose Death is it, Anyway?
     
  5. Is There a Dead Man in the House?
     
  6. Where There's a Will
     
  7. Forget About Murder
     
• Strohmeyer, Sarah: Bubbles series
  
  1. Bubbles Unbound
     
  2. Bubbles in Trouble
     
  3. Bubbles Ablaze
     
  4. Bubbles a Broad
     
• Stukas, David: Michael, Robert, and Monette series
  
  1. Someone Killed His Boyfriend
     
  2. Going Down for the Count
     
  3. Wearing Black to the White Party
     
  4. Biceps of Death
     
• Sturman, Jennifer: Rachel Benjamin series
  
  1. The Pact
     
  2. The Jinx
     
• Swanson, Denise: Scumble River series
  
  1. Murder of a Small-Town Honey
     
  2. Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
     
  3. Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
     
  4. Murder of a Snake in the Grass
     
  5. Murder of a Barbie and Ken
     
  6. Murder of a Pink Elephant
     
  7. Murder of a Smart Cookie
     
• Swift, Virginia: Sally Adler series (aka Mustang Sally series)
  
  1. Brown-Eyed Girl
     
  2. Bad Company
     
  3. Bye, Bye, Love
     
  4. Hello, Stranger
     
• Tesler, Nancy: Carrie Carlin series
  
  1. Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things
     
  2. Sharks, Jellyfish and Other Deadly Things
     
  3. Shooting Stars and Other Deadly Things
     
  4. Golden Eggs and Other Deadly Things
     
  5. Slippery Slopes and Other Deadly Things
     
• Todd, Marilyn: Claudia Seferius series
  
  1. I, Claudia
     
  2. Virgin Territory
     
  3. Man Eater
     
  4. Wolf Whistle
     
  5. Jail Bait
     
  6. Black Salamander
     
  7. Dream Boat
     
  8. Dark Horse
     
  9. Second Act
     
  10. Widow's Pique
      
  11. Stone Cold
      
  12. Sour Grapes
      
• Viets, Elaine: Dead-End Job series
  
  1. Shop Till You Drop
     
  2. Murder Between the Covers
     
  3. Dying to Call You
     
  4. Just Murdered
     
  5. Murder Unleashed
     
  6. Murder With Reservations
     
  7. Clubbed to Death
     
  8. Killer Cuts
     
  9. Half-Price Homicide
     
• Waldman, Ayelet: Mommy-Track series (aka Juliet Applebaum series)
  
  1. Nursery Crimes
     
  2. The Big Nap
     
  3. A Playdate With Death
     
  4. Death Gets a Time-Out
     
  5. Murder Plays House
     
  6. The Cradle Robbers
     
  7. Bye-Bye Black Sheep
     
• Walker, David J.: Wild Onion, Ltd. series
  
  1. A Ticket to Die For
     
  2. A Beer at a Bawdy House
     
  3. The End of Emerald Woods
     
  4. All the Dead Fathers
     
• Webb, Don: Essential Saltes
  
• Webb, Peggy: Southern Cousins series (aka Elvis series)
  
  1. Elivs and the Dearly Departed
     
  2. Elvis and the Grateful Dead
     
  3. Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders
     
• Weber, Janice: Devil's Food
  
• Weiner, Ellis: Pete Ingalls series
  
  1. Drop Dead, My Lovely
     
• Westlake, Donald: John Dortmunder series
  
  1. The Hot Rock
     
  2. Bank Shot
     
  3. Jimmy the Kid
     
  4. Nobody's Perfect
     
  5. Why Me?
     
  6. Good Behavior
     
  7. Drowned Hopes
     
  8. Don't Ask
     
  9. What's the Worst That Could Happen?
     
  10. Bad News
      
  11. The Road to Ruin
      
  12. Watch Your Back!
      (short stories) Thieves' Dozen
      
• White, Kate: Bailey Weggins series
  
  1. If Looks Could Kill
     
  2. A Body to Die For
     
  3. 'Til Death Do Us Part
     
  4. Over Her Dead Body
     
• Wilcox, Stephen F.: Elias Hackshaw series
  
  1. The Twenty-Acre Plot
     
  2. The NIMBY Factor
     
  3. The Painted Lady
     
  4. The Jericho Flower
     
• Willard, Fred: Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac
  
• Wilson, Barbara Jaye: Brenda Midnight series
  
  1. Death Brims Over
     
  2. Accessory to Murder
     
  3. Death Flips its Lid
     
  4. Capped Off
     
  5. Hatful of Homicide
     
  6. Murder and the Mad Hatter
     
• Wolzien, Valerie: Susan Henshaw series
  
  1. Murder at the PTA Luncheon
     
  2. The Fortieth Birthday Body
     
  3. We Wish You A Merry Murder
     
  4. All Hallow's Evil
     
  5. An Old Faithful Murder
     
  6. A Star-Spangled Murder
     
  7. A Good Year for a Corpse
     
  8. Tis the Season to be Murdered
     
  9. Remodeled to Death
     
  10. Elected for Death
      
  11. Weddings Are Murder
      
  12. The Student Body
      
  13. Death at a Discount
      
  14. An Anniversary to Die For
      
• Yancey, Richard: Teddy Ruzak series
  
  1. The Highly Effective Detective
     
  2. The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs
     
  3. The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool
     
• Yeats is Dead (edited by Joseph O'Connor)