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Mystery: Police Procedural
Mysteries in which the detective is a member of a police force, and must work within the rules and procedures of the force.
Related Genres
Forensic Detectives
Police Fiction
Authors & Titles
- Adler, Warren: Fiona FitzGerald series
- American Quartet
- American Sextet
- Immaculate Deception
- Senator Love
- The Witch of Watergate
- The Ties That Bind
- Alexandria, Vincent: Joe Johnson series
- If Walls Could Talk
- Postal Blues
- Black Rain
- Ashford, Jeffrey: Looking-Glass Justice
- Birtcher, Baron R.: Roadhouse Blues
- Bishop, Paul: Fey Croaker LAPD series
- Kill Me Again
- Twice Dead
- Tequila Mockingbird
- Chalk Whispers
- Blanchard, Alice: Darkness Peering
- The Blue Religion: New Stories About Cops, Criminals, and the Chase (edited by Michael Connelly)
- Blunt, Giles: John Cardinal series
- Forty Words for Sorrow
- The Delicate Storm
- Burke, Alafair: Ellie Hatcher series
- Dead Connection
- Angel's Tip
- 212
- Cameron, Julia: The Dark Room
- Child, Lee: Jack Reacher series
- Killing Floor
- Die Trying
- Tripwire
- Running Blind
- Echo Burning
- Without Fail
- Persuader
- The Enemy
- One Shot
- The Hard Way
- Bad Luck and Trouble
- Nothing to Lose
- Gone Tomorrow
- 61 Hours
- Worth Dying For
- The Affair
- Compton, Jodi: Sarah Pribek series
- The 37th Hour
- Sympathy Between Humans
- Constantine, K.C.: Mario Balzac series
- The Rocksburg Railroad Murders
- The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself
- The Blank Page
- A Fix Like This
- The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
- Always a Body to Trade
- Upon Some Midnights Clear
- Joey's Case
- Sunshine Enemies
- Bottom Liner Blues
- Cranks and Shadows
- Good Sons
- Family Values
- Brushback
- Blood Mud
- Coram, Robert: Atlanta Heat
- Coram, Robert: Dead South
- Cornwell, Patricia: Kay Scarpetta series
- Postmortem
- Body of Evidence
- All That Remains
- Cruel and Unusual
- The Body Farm
- From Potters Field
- Cause of Death
- Unnatural Exposure
- Point of Origin
- Black Notice
- The Last Precinct
- Blow Fly
- Trace
- Predator
- Book of the Dead
- Scarpetta
- The Scarpetta Factor
- Port Mortuary
- Red Mist
(related nonfiction) The Unofficial Patricia Cornwell Companion by George Beahm
- Cornwell, Patricia: Judy Hammer series:
- Hornet's Nest
- Southern Cross
- Cray, David: Julia Brennan & Peter Foley series
- Little Girl Blue
- What You Wish For
- Cray, David: Partners
- Crider, Bill & Wilson, Clyde: Ted Stephens series
- Houston Homicide
- Mississippi Vivian
- Dalton, Margot: Jackie Kaminsky series
- First Impression
- Second Thoughts
- Third Choice
- Fourth Horseman
- D'Amato, Barbara: Death of a Thousand Cuts
- D'Ammassa, Don: Murder in Silverplate
- Davis, Patrick A.: The Commander
- Davis, Patrick A.: The Shattered Blue Line
- Deaver, Jeffery: Lincoln Rhyme series
- The Bone Collector
- The Coffin Dancer
- The Empty Chair
- The Stone Monkey
- The Vanished Man
- The Twelfth Card
- The Cold Moon
(NOTE: This title is part of the Kathryn Dance series, listed under Spunky Women Sleuths)
- The Broken Window
- The Burning Wire
- Deaver, Jeffrey: Rune series
- Manhattan is My Beat
- Death of a Blue Movie Star
- Hard News
- De Noux, O'Neil: LaStanza series
- Grim Reaper
- The Big Kiss
- Blue Orleans
- Crescent City Kills
- LaStanza: New Orleans Police Stories
- Dial, Connie: Mike Turner series
- Internal Affairs
- The Broken Blue Line
- Disher, Garry: Hal Challis series
- The Dragon Man
- Kittyhawk Down
- Snapshot
- Chain of Evidence
- Blood Moon
- Dymmoch, Michael Allen: Jack Caleb & John Thinnes series
- The Man Who Understood Cats
- The Death of Blue Mountain Cat
- Incendiary Designs
- The Feline Friendship
- White Tiger
- Erickson, K.J.: Mars Bahr series
- Third Person Singular
- The Dead Survivors
- The Last Witness
- Alone at Night
- Fairstein, Linda: Alexandra Cooper series
- Final Jeopardy
- Likely to Die
- Cold Hit
- The Deadhouse
- The Bone Vault
- The Kills
- Entombed
- Death Dance
- Bad Blood
- Killer Heat
- Lethal Legacy
- Hell Gate
- Farrow, John: Emile Cinq-Mars series
- City of Ice
- Ice Lake
- Flander, Scott: Eddie North series
- Sons of the City
- Four to Midnight
- Fraser, Anthea: Chief Inspector Webb series (British)
- A Shroud for Delilah
- A Necessary End
- Pretty Maids All in a Row
- Death Speaks Softly
- The Nine Bright Shiners
- Six Proud Walkers
- The April Rainers
- Symbols At Your Door
- The Lily-White Boys
- Three, Three, The Rivals
- The Gospel Makers
- The Seven Stars
- One is One and All Alone
- The Ten Commandments
- Eleven That Went Up to Heaven
- George, Elizabeth: Thomas Lynley & Barbara Havers series
- A Great Deliverance
- Payment in Blood
- Well-Schooled in Murder
- A Suitable Vengeance
- For the Sake of Elena
- Missing Joseph
- Playing For the Ashes
- In the Presence of the Enemy
- Deception on His Mind
- In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
- A Traitor to Memory
- With No One as Witness
- Careless in Red
- This Body of Death
(short stories) I, Richard
(related title) What Came Before He Shot Her
- George, Kathleen: Richard Christie series
- Taken
- Fallen
- Afterimage
- The Odds
- Hideout
- Gill, Bartholomew: Peter McGarr series
- Death of an Irish Politician
- McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy
- McGarr on the Cliffs of Moher
- McGarr at the Dublin Horse Show
- McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave Square
- McGarr and the Method of Descartes
- McGarr and the Legacy of a Woman Scorned
- The Death of a Joyce Scholar
- The Death of Love
- Death on a Cold, Wild River
- The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile
- The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf
- The Death of an Irish Tinker
- Death of an Irish Lover
- Death of an Irish Sinner
- Girard, Danielle: The Rookie Club
- Glass, Leslie: April Woo series
- Burning Time
- Hanging Time
- Loving Time
- Judging Time
- Stealing Time
- Tracking Time
- The Silent Bride
- A Killing Gift
- A Clean Kill
- Grabenstein, Chris: Ceepak & Boyle series
- Tilt-a-Whirl
- Mad Mouse
- Whack a Mole
- Hell Hole
- Mind Scrambler
- Rolling Thunder
- Grape, Jan: Austin City Blue
- Gunn, Elizabeth: Jake Hines series
- Triple Play
- Par Four
- Five Card Stud
- Six-Pound Walleye
- Seventh-Inning Stretch
- Crazy Eights
- McCaffety's Nine
- The Ten-Mile Trials
- Hall, Patricia: Yorkshire series (aka Thackeray & Ackroyd series)
- The Poison Pool
- The Coldness of Killers
- Death By Election
- Dying Fall
- The Dead of Winter
- Perils of the Night
- The Italian Girl
- Dead on Arrival
- Skeleton at the Feast
- Deep Freeze
- Death in Dark Waters
- Dead Reckoning
- Harstad, Donald: Carl Houseman series
- Eleven Days
- Known Dead
- The Big Thaw
- Code Sixty-One
- A Long December
- Hillerman, Tony: Jim Chee & Joe Leaphorn series
- The Blessing Way
- Dance Hall of the Dead
- Listening Woman
- People of Darkness
- The Dark Wind
- The Ghostway
- Skinwalkers
- A Thief of Time
- Talking God
- Coyote Waits
- Sacred Clowns
- The Fallen Man
- The First Eagle
- Hunting Badger
- The Wailing Wind
- The Sinister Pig
- Skeleton Man
- The Shape Shifter
- Holton, Hugh: Larry Cole series
- Presumed Dead
- Chicago Blues
- Windy City
- Violent Crimes
- Red Lightning
- Left Hand of God
- Time of the Assassins
- The Devil's Shadow
- Criminal Element
- Revenge
- Hunt, James Patrick: George Hastings series
- The Betrayers
- Goodbye Sister Disco
- The Assailant
- The Silent Places
- Hunter, Fred: Jeremy Ransom/Emily Charters series
- Presence of Mind
- Ransom for an Angel
- Ransom for Our Sins
- Ransom for a Holiday
- Ransom for a Killing
- Ransom Unpaid
- Ransom at the Opera
- The Mummy's Ransom
- Ransom at Sea
- Jance, J.A.: J.P. Beaumont series
- Until Proven Guilty
- Injustice For All
- Trial By Fury
- Taking the Fifth
- Improbable Cause
- A More Perfect Union
- Dismissed With Prejudice
- Minor in Possession
- Payment in Kind
- Without Due Process
- Failure to Appear
- Lying in Wait
- Name Withheld
- Breach of Duty
- Birds of Prey
- Partner in Crime
(NOTE: This title is also part of the Joanna Brady series, listed under Police Procedurals)
- Long Time Gone
- Justice Denied
- Fire and Ice
(NOTE: This title is also part of the Joanna Brady series, listed under Police Procedurals)
- Betrayal of Trust
(omnibus volume) Sentenced to Die (contains Until Proven Guilty, Injustice for All, and Trial by Fury)
- Jance, J.A.: Joanna Brady series
- Desert Heat
- Tombstone Courage
- Shoot/Don't Shoot
- Dead to Rights
- Skeleton Canyon
- Rattlesnake Crossing
- Outlaw Mountain
- Devil's Claw
- Paradise Lost
- Partner in Crime
(NOTE: This title is also part of the J.P. Beaumont series)
- Exit Wounds
- Dead Wrong
- Damage Control
- Fire and Ice
(NOTE: This title is also part of the J.P. Beaumont series)
- Jones, Stan: Nathan Active series
- White Sky, Black Ice
- Shaman Pass
- Frozen Sun
- Village of the Ghost Bears
- Kaminsky, Stuart M.: Inspector Rostnikov series
- Death of a Dissident
- Black Knight in Red Square
- Red Chameleon
- A Cold, Red Sunrise
- A Fine Red Rain
- Rostnikov's Vacation
- The Man Who Walked Like a Bear
- Death of a Russian Priest
- Hard Currency
- Blood and Rubles
- Tarnished Icons
- The Dog Who Bit a Policeman
- Fall of a Cosmonaut
- Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express
- People Who Walk in Darkness
- A Whisper to the Living
- Keating, H.R.F.: Harriet Martens series
- The Hard Detective
- A Detective in Love
- A Detective Under Fire
- The Dreaming Detective
- A Detective at Death's Door
- One Man and His Bomb
- Rules, Regs, and Rotten Eggs
- Kellerman, Faye: Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series
- The Ritual Bath
- Sacred and Profane
- Milk and Honey
- Day of Atonement
- False Prophet
- Grievous Sin
- Sanctuary
- Justice
- Prayers For the Dead
- Serpent's Tooth
- Jupiter's Bones
- Stalker
- The Forgotten
- Stone Kiss
- Street Dreams
- The Burnt House
- The Mercedes Coffin
- Blindman's Bluff
(short stories) Two Decker/Lazarus short stories appear in The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
- Kellerman, Faye: Moon Music (no series)
- Kerr, Baine: Wrongful Death
- Kunzmann, Richard: Jacob Tshabalala series
- Bloody Harvests
- Salamander Cotton
- Leuci, Robert: Blaze
- Limon, Martin: Bascom & Sueno series
- Jade Lady Burning
- Slicky Boys
- Buddha's Money
- The Door to Bitterness
- The Wandering Ghost
- G.I. Bones
- Lindquist, N.J.: Manziuk & Ryan series
- Shaded Light
- Linington, Elizabeth: Ivor Maddox series
- Greenmask
- No Evil Angel
- Date WIth Death
- Something Wrong
- Policeman's Lot
- Practice to Deceive
- Crime by Chance
- Perchance of Death
- No Villain Need Be
- Consequence of Crime
- Skeletons in the Closet
- Felony Report
- Strange Felony
- Mackay, Scott: Barry Gilbert series
- Cold Comfort
- Fall Guy
- Old Scores
- Mackie, John: Thornton Savage series
- Manhattan South
- Manhattan North
- East Side
- West Side
- Mankell, Henning: Kurt Wallander series
- Faceless Killers
- The Dogs of Riga
- The White Lioness
- Sidetracked
- The Fifth Woman
- Midsummer Murder [not in print in English]
- Firewall
- One Step Behind
(short stories) The Pyramid and Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
- Mayor, Archer: Joe Gunther series
- Open Season
- Borderlines
- Scent of Evil
- The Skeleton's Knee
- Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
- The Dark Root
- The Ragman's Memory
- Bellows Falls
- The Disposable Man
- Occam's Razor
- The Marble Mask
- Tucker Peak
- The Surrogate Thief
- St. Albans Fire
- The Second Mouse
- Chat
- The Catch
- The Price of Malice
- McBain, Ed: 87th Precinct series
- Cop Hater
- The Mugger
- The Pusher
- The Con Man
- Killer's Choice
- Killer's Payoff
- Killer's Wedge
- Lady Killer
- 'Til Death
- King's Ransom
- Give the Boys a Great Big Hand
- The Heckler
- See Them Die
- Lady, Lady, I Did It
- The Empty Hours
- Like Love
- Ten Plus One
- Ax
- He Who Hesitates
- Doll
- Eight Million Eyes
- Fuzz
- Shotgun
- Jigsaw
- Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
- Sadie When She Died
- Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man
- Hail to the Chief
- Bread
- Blood Relatives
- So Long as You Both Shall Live
- Long Time No See
- Calypso
- Ghosts
- Heat
- Ice
- Lightning
- Eight Black Horses
- Poison
- Tricks
- Lullaby
- Vespers
- Widows
- Kiss
- Mischief
- And All Through the House
- Romance
- Nocturne
- The Big Bad City
- The Last Dance
- Fat Ollie's Book
- The Frumious Bandersnatch
- Hark
- Fiddlers
(short stories) McBain's Ladies
(short stories) McBain's Ladies, Too
An 87th Precinct novella appears in Wolf Woman Bay and Nine More of the Finest Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year (edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg)
- McBain, Ed: Driving Lessons
- McInerny, Ralph: Still Life
- Moore, Laurie: Fort Worth series
- Constable Run
- The Lady Godiva Murder
- Muller, Marcia: Sharon McCone Series
- Edwin of the Iron Shoes
- Ask the Cards a Question
- The Cheshire Cat's Eye
- Games to Keep the Dark Away
- Leave a Message for Willie
- Double
- There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
- Eye of the Storm
- There's Something in a Sunday
- The Shape of Dread
- Trophies and Dead Things
- Where Echoes Live
- Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes
- Wolf in the Shadows
- Till the Butchers Cut Him Down
- A Wild and Lonely Place
- The Broken Promise Land
- Both Ends of the Night
- While Other People Sleep
- A Walk Through the Fire
- Listen to the Silence
- Dead Midnight
- The Dangerous Hour
- Vanishing Point
- The Ever-Running Man
- Burn Out
- Locked In
(short stories) McCone and Friends
(short stories) several McCone short stories appear in Somewhere in the City
- Newton, Charlie: Calumet City
- Norman, Hilary: Sam Becket series
- Mind Games
- Last Run
- Shimmer
- Norman, Michael: Sam Kincaid series
- The Commission
- Silent Witness
- O'Connell, Carol: Kathleen Mallory series
- Mallory's Oracle
- The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
- Killing Critics
- Stone Angel
- Shell Game
- Crime School
- Dead Famous
- Winter House
- O'Donnell, Lillian: Norah Mulcahaney series
- The Phone Calls
- Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring
- Dial 577-R-A-P-E
- The Baby Merchants
- Leisure Dying
- No Business Being a Cop
- The Children's Zoo
- Cop Without a Shield
- Ladykiller
- Casual Affairs
- The Other Side of the Door
- A Good Night to Kill
- A Private Crime
- Pushover
- Lockout
- Blue Death
- O'Hehir, Diana: Carla Day series
- Murder Never Forgets
- Erased From Memory
- Dark Aura
- Olden, Marc: The Ghost
- O'Reilly, Bill: Those Who Trespass
- Paine, Lauran: Death of a Millionaire
- Parker, T. Jefferson: Merci Rayborn series
- The Blue Hour
- Red Light
- Black Water
- Pearson, Ridley: Lou Boldt & Daphne Matthews series
- Undercurrents
- The Angel Maker
- No Witnesses
- Beyond Recognition
- The Pied Piper
- The First Victim
- Middle of Nowhere
- The Art of Deception
- The Body of David Hayes
- Pearson, Ridley: Walt Fleming series
- Killer Weekend
- Killer View
- Killer Summer
- In Harm's Way
- Ramthun, Bonnie: Ground Zero
- Randisi, Robert J.: Dennis McQueen series
- The Sixth Phase
- Cold Blooded
- Rankin, Ian: John Rebus series
- Knots and Crosses
- Hide and Seek
- Tooth and Nail
- Strip Jack
- The Black Book
- Mortal Causes
- Let it Bleed
- Black and Blue
- The Hanging Garden
- Death is Not the End
- Dead Souls
- Set in Darkness
- The Falls
- Resurrection Men
- A Question of Blood
- Fleshmarket Alley
- The Naming of the Dead
- Exit Music
(short stories) A Good Hanging and Other Stories
- Robb, J.D. (pseudonym of Nora Roberts): Eve Dallas series
- Naked in Death
- Glory in Death
- Immortal in Death
- Rapture in Death
- Ceremony in Death
- Vengeance in Death
- Holiday in Death
- Conspiracy in Death
- Loyalty in Death
- Witness in Death
- Judgment in Death
- Betrayal in Death
- Seduction in Death
- Reunion in Death
- Purity in Death
- Portrait in Death
- Imitation in Death
- Divided in Death
- Visions in Death
- Survivor in Death
- Origin in Death
- Memory in Death
- Born in Death
- Innocent in Death
- Creation in Death
- Strangers in Death
- Salvation in Death
- Promises in Death
- Kindred in Death
- Fantasy in Death
- Treachery in Death
- Time of Death
An Eve Dallas short story appears in Bump in the Night
- Schumacher, Aileen: Tory Travers & David Alvarez series
- Engineered for Murder
- Framework for Death
- Affirmative Reaction
- Schwegel, Theresa: Officer Down
- Schwegel, Theresa: Person of Interest
- Schwegel, Theresa: Probable Cause
- Shannon, Dell [pseudonym of Elizabeth Linington]: Luis Mendoza series
- Case Pending
- The Ace of Spades
- Extra Kill
- Knave of Hearts
- Death of a Busybody
- Double Bluff
- The Death-Bringers
- Mark of Murder
- Root of All Evil
- Death by Inches
- Coffin Corner
- With a Vengeance
- Chance to Kill
- Rain With Violence
- Kill With Kindness
- Crime on Their Hands
- Schooled to Kill
- Unexpected Death
- Whim to Kill
- The Ringer
- Murder With Love
- With Intent to Kill
- No Holiday for Crime
- Sping of Violence
- Crime File
- Deuces Wild
- Streets of Death
- Appearances of Death
- Cold Trail
- Felony at Random
- Felony File
- Murder Most Strange
- The Motive on Record
- Exploit of Death
- Destiny of Death
- Chaos of Crime
- Blood Count
(short stories) Murder by the Tale
- Smith, Frank: Chief Inspector Neil Paget series
- Fatal Flaw
- Stone Dead
- Candles for the Dead
- Thread of Evidence
- Acts of Vengeance
- Breaking Point
- The Cold Hand of Malice
- A Killing Resurrected
- Smith, Martin Cruz: Arkady Renko series
- Gorky Park
- Polar Star
- Red Square
- Havana Bay
- Wolves Eat Dogs
- Stalin's Ghost
- Three Stations
- Spencer, Sally: Charlie Woodend and Bob Rutter series
- The Salton Killings
- Murder at Swann's Lake
- Death of a Cave Dweller
- The Dark Lady
- The Golden Mile to Murder
- Dead on Cue
- The Red Herring
- Death of an Innocent
- A Death Left Hanging
- The Enemy Within
- The Witch Maker
- Dying in the Dark
- The Dead Hand of History
- Stella, Charlie: Alex Pavlik series
- Eddie's World
- Jimmy Bench-Press
- Thomas, Graham: Erskine Powell series
- Malice in the Highlands
- Malice in Cornwall
- Malice on the Moors
- Torres, Steven: Luis Gonzalo series (aka Precinct Puerto Rico series)
- Precinct Puerto Rico: Book One
- Death in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Two
- Burning Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Three
- Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Four
- Blackout in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Five
- Uhnak, Dorothy: Christie Opara series
- The Bait
- The Witness
- The Ledger
- Walter, Jess: Caroline Mabry series
- Over Tumbled Graves
- Land of the Blind
- Wilson, Clyde & Crider, Bill: Ted Stephens series
- Houston Homicide
- Mississippi Vivian
- Wimberley, Darryl: A Rock and a Hard Place
- Wishnia, k.j.a.: Filomena Buscarsela series
- 23 Shades of Black
- Soft Money
- The Glass Factory
- Red House
- Blood Lake
- Wolfe, Inger: The Calling
- Wright, Eric: Charlie Salter series
- The Night the Gods Smiled
- Smoke Detector
- Death in the Old Country
- The Man Who Changed His Name
- A Body Surrounded by Water
- A Question of Murder
- A Sensitive Case
- Final Cut
- A Fine Italian Hand
- Death by Degrees
- The Last Hand
- Wright, Eric: Mel Pickett series
- A Sensitive Case
- Buried in Stone
- Zigal, Thomas: Kurt Muller series
- Into Thin Air
- Hardrock Stiff
- Pariah
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