Early Classics

Collins, Wilkie   Doyle, Arthur Conan   Leroux, Gaston   Poe, Edgar Allan

Golden Age

Bentley, E.C.. Trent's Last Case   Chesterton, G.K.   Christie, Agatha   Freeman, R. Austin   Queen, Ellery   Sayers, Dorothy L   Van Dine, S.S.

Traditional/Cozy

Allingham, Margery   Barr, Nevada   Bowen, Rhys   Carr, John Dickson (aka Carter Dickson)   Caudwell, Sarah   Crombie, Deborah   Dickson, Carter (aka John Dickson Carr)   Gash, Jonathan   George, Elizabeth   James, P.D.   Kemelman, Harry   Maron, Margaret   Marsh, Nagio   Pears, Iain   Rendell, Ruth (aka Barbara Vine)   Smith, Alexander McCall   Stout, Rex   Symons, Julian   Tey, Josephine

Private Eye

Block, Lawrence   Burke, James Lee   Chabon, Michael. The Yiddish Policeman's Union   Chandler, Raymond   Crumley, James   Evanovich, Janet   Grafton, Sue   Hammett, Dashiell   Lehane, Dennis   MacDonald, John D   MacDonald, Ross   Mosley, Walter   Paretsky, Sara   Parker, Robert B   Pronzini, Bill   Rozan, S.J.   Spillane, Mickey   Vachss, Andrew

Police

Connelly, Michael   Dexter, Colin   Hillerman, Tony   Himes, Chester   Kaminsky, Stuart M   Keating, H.R.F.   McBain, Ed   Patterson, James   Rankin, Ian   Simenon, Georges   Sjöwall, Maj and Wahlöö, Per   Smith, Martin Cruz   Wambaugh, Joseph   Wetering, Janwillem van de

Legal/Medical

Cook, Robin   Cornwell, Patricia   Gardner, Erle Stanley   Grisham, John   Turow, Scott

 

Historical

Carr, Caleb   Eco, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum   Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose   Fforde, Jasper   Lovesey, Peter   Perry, Anne   Peters, Elizabeth   Peters, Ellis   Todd, Charles   Van Gulik, Robert

Suspense/Crime

Auster, Paul. New York Trilogy   Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code   Cain, James M   Clark, Mary Higgins   Coban, Harlan   Condon, Richard   Crichton, Michael. The Great Train Robbery   Dahl, Roald. The Roald Dahl Omnibus   Deaver, Jeffrey   Demille, Nelson   Dickens, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood   Dostoyevsky, Feodor. Crime and Punishment   Ellin, Stanley   Ellroy, James   Faulkner, William. Intruder in the Dust   Francis, Dick   Grimes, Martha   Harris, Thomas   Hiassen, Carl   Higgins, George V   Highsmith, Patricia   Hoeg, Peter. Smilla’s Sense of Snow   Leonard, Elmore   Lethem, Jonathan. Motherless Brooklyn   Levin, Ira. A Kiss Before Dying   Millar, Margaret   Perez-Reverte, Arturo   Suskind, Patrick. Perfume   Thompson, Jim   Vine, Barbara (aka Ruth Rendell)   Walker, Mary Willis   Walters, Minette   Westlake, Donald E   Woolrich, Cornell

Espionage

Ambler, Eric   Buchan, John   Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands   Clancy, Tom   Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent   Deighton, Len   Fleming, Ian   Follet, Ken   Forsythe, Frederick   Furst, Alan   Gilman, Dorothy   Greene, Graham   Le Carre, John   Ludlum, Robert   Maughm, Somerset. Ashenden   Silva, Daniel

Sherlockiana

Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures   My Sherlock Holmes   Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years   Doyle, Adrian Conan and Carr, John Dickson. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes   Hockensmith, Steve. Holmes on the Range   King, Laurie. Locked Rooms   King, Laurie. The Beekeeper's Apprentice   Kurland, Michael. The Empress of India   Kurland, Michael. The Great Game   Mallory, Michael. Murder in the Bath