| Amateur Detectives | Culinary Mysteries | Grand- Masters | Historical Mysteries |
| Mysterious Animals | Mystery | Police Procedurals | Private Eyes |
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Nevada Barr
K.K. Beck Rick Boyer Jan Burke Harlan Coben Aaron J. Elkins Jean Hager Hazel Holt |
Emma Lathen
M.R.D. Meek Katherine Hall Page Gillian Roberts Dorothy L. Sayers Neville Steed William G. Tapply |
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Susan Wittig Albert
Diane Mott Davidson Katherine Hall Page |
Nancy Pickard
Virginia Rich |
These may be found in the Fiction area rather than Mystery.
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Daphne Du Maurier
Michael Francis Gilbert Patricia Highsmith Elmore Leonard Margaret Millar |
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ross Thomas Donald E. Westlake Phyllis A. Whitney Margaret Yorke |
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Harold Adams
Max Allan Collins Lindsey Davis P.C. Doherty Karen Harper Stuart M. Kaminsky Laurie R. King |
Margaret K. Lawrence
Peter Lovesey Edward Marston Sharon Kay Penman Anne Perry Elizabeth Peters Elliott Roosevelt |
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Carol Lea Benjamin................
Barbara Block................ Lilian Jackson Braun................ Rita Mae Brown................ Dick Francis................ Gerald Hammond................ Sue Henry................ Ted Wood................ |
cats
pet store owner cats cats horses dogs dogs dogs |
Stories featuring some type of mystery or crime to be solved.
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Marian Babson
G.K. Chesterton Bill Crider E.X. Ferrars P.D. James William X. Kienzle Dorothy Gilman |
Mike Lupica
Gregory McDonald Barbara Paul Julie Smith Rex Stout Scott Turow |
A story in which the action involves the police.
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Jo Bannister
Eleanor Taylor Bland Rex Burns Susan Dunlap Michael Francis Gilbert Reginald Hill H.R.F. Keating |
David L. Lindsey
Archer Mayor Lillian O'Donnell Ian Rankin Dell Shannon Peter Turnbull Eric Wright |
The investigation in these stories is conducted by a professional private detective.
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Carol Higgins Clark
Michael Collins Lindsey Davis Loren D. Estleman Janet Evanovich Stephen Greenleaf Dashiell Hammett |
Richard Hoyt
John Lutz Marcia Muller Bill Pronzini S.J. Rozan Andrew Vachss Kate Wilhelm |