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Single Titles/Authors

Honest Betrayal  Jeffrey Ashford
The Dead Do Not Praise  Pauline Bell
Fatal Legacy  Elizabeth Corley
Up and Down  Mat Coward
A Fine and Private Place  Freda Davies
Vain Hope  Christine Green
The Lone Traveller  Susan Kelly
The Business of Dying  Simon Kernick
A Death to Record  Rebecca Tope

 

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Series
(Series titles below reflect library collection.  Other titles in the series or by that author may not be owned by us.)


C.D. "Seedy" Sloan
, CID head in West Calleshire, England by Catherine Aird
     1.  The Religious Body
     2.  Henrietta Who?
     3.  The Complete Steel
     4.  His Burial Too
     5.  Slight Mourning
     6.  Parting Breath
     7.  Some Die Eloquent
     8.  Passing Strange
     9.  Last Respects
   10.  Harm's Way
   11.  A Dead Liberty
   12.  The Body Politic
   13.  A Going Concern
   14.  After Effects
   15.  Stiff News
   16.  Little Knell
   17.  Amendment of Life
          Other titles in series
 
Frank Shapiro, cop in Castlemere, England by Jo Bannister
     1.  A Bleeding of Innocents
     2.  Charisma
     3.  No Birds Sing
     4.  Broken Lines
     5.  The Hireling's Tale
     6.  Changelings
          Other titles in series
 
Charlie Peace, black Scotland Yard detective in London by Robert Barnard
     1.  Death and the Chaste Apprentice
     2.  A Fatal Attachment
     3.  A Hovering of Vultures
     4.  The Bad Samaritan
     5.  The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori
     6.  Unholy Dying
     7.  The Bones in the Attic
     8.  The Mistress of Alderley
 
Perry Trethowan, Scotland Yard Inspector in London by Robert Barnard
     1.  Death by Sheer Torture
     2.  Death and the Princess
     3.  The Case of the Missing Bronte
     4.  Bodies
     5.  The Cherry Blossom Corpse
 
Hamish Macbeth, police constable in Scotland by M.C. Beaton
     1.  Death of a Gossip
     2.  Death of a Cad
     3.  Death of an Outsider
     4.  Death of a Perfect Wife
     5.  Death of a Hussy
     6.  Death of a Snob
     7.  Death of a Prankster
     8.  Death of a Glutton
     9.  Death of a Travelling Man
   10.  Death of a Charming Man
   11.  Death of a Nag
   12.  Death of a Macho Man
   13.  Death of a Dentist
   14.  Death of a Scriptwriter
   15.  Death of an Addict
   16.  A Highland Christmas
   17.  Death of a Dustman
   18.  Death of a Celebrity
   19.  Death of a Village
   20.  Death of a Poison Pen
   21.  Death of a Bore
             Other titles in series
   
Tom Thorne, middle-aged London detective inspector by Mark Billingham
     1.  Sleepyhead
     2.  Scaredy Cat
     3.  Lazybones
     4. The Burning Girl
 
Ben Cooper, Edendale detective constable by Stephen Booth
     1.  Black Dog
     2.  Dancing with the Virgins
     3.  Blood on the Tongue
     4.  Blind to the Bones
             Other titles in series
 
Evan Evans, village constable in Llanfair, Wales by Rhys Bowen
     1.  Evans Above
     2.  Evan Help Us
     3.  Evanly Choirs
     4.  Evan and Elle
     5.  Evan Can Wait
     6.  Evans to Betsy
     7.  Evan's Gate
     8.  Evan Blessed
          Other titles in series
   
Inspector Cockrill, constable in Kent County by Christianna Brand
     1.  Green for Danger
     2.  Fog of Doubt
             Other titles in series
 
Charles Wycliffe, area CID superintendent in West Country by W.J. Burley
     1.  Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy
     2.  To Kill a Cat
     3.  Guilt Edged
     4.  Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls
     5.  Wycliffe and the Scapegoat
     6.  Wycliffe in Paul's Court
     7.  Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase
     8.  Wycliffe and the Beales
     9.  Wycliffe and the Four Jacks
   10.  Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin
   11.  Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue
   12.  Wycliffe and the Tangled Web
   13.  Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death
   14.  Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist
   15.  Wycliffe and the Last Rites
   16.  Wycliffe and the Redhead
   17.  Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine
          Other titles in series
 
John Coffin & Stella Pinero, London police inspector & his actress wife by Gwendoline Butler
     1.  The Murdering Kind
     2.  Death Lives Next Door
     3.  A Coffin for the Canary
     4.  Coffin in Fashion
     5.  Coffin Underground
     6.  Coffin in the Museum of Crime
     7.  Coffin and the Paper Man
     8.  Coffin on Murder Street
     9.  Cracking Open a Coffin
   10.  A Coffin for Charley
   11.  The Coffin Tree
   12.  A Dark Coffin
   13.  A Double Coffin
   14.  Coffin's Game
   15.  A Grave Coffin
   16.  Coffin's Ghost
             Other titles in series
 
Duncan Kinkaid & Gemma James, Scotland Yard superintendent & sergeant by Deborah Crombie
     1.  A Share in Death
     2.  All Shall Be Well
     3.  Leave the Grave Green
     4.  Mourn Not Your Dead
     5.  Dreaming of the Bones
     6.  Kissed a Sad Goodbye
     7.  A Finer End
     8.  And Justice There is None
     9.  Now May You Weep
   10.  In a Dark House
 
Mike Yeadings & Angus Mott, superintendent & sergeant in Thames Valley by Clare Curzon
     1.  The Quest for K
     2.  Three-Core Lead
     3.  The Blue-Eyed Boy
     4.  Cat's Cradle
     5.  First Wife, Twice Removed
     6.  Death Prone
     7.  Nice People
     8.   Past Mischief
     9.  Close Quarters
   10.  All Unwary
   11.  Cold Hands
   12.  Don't Leave Me
   13.  The Body of a Woman
   14.  A Meeting of Minds
             Other titles in series
 
Neil Carter, Scotland Yard detective in London by Eileen Dewhurst
     1.  Curtain Fall
     2.  Drink This
     3.  Trio in Three Flats
     4.  There Was a Little Girl
     5.  A Nice Little Business
 
Chief Inspector Morse in Oxford by Colin Dexter
     1.  Last Bus to Woodstock
     2.  Last Seen Wearing
     3.  The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
     4.  Service of All the Dead
     5.  The Dead of Jericho
     6.  The Riddle of the Third Mile
     7.  The Secret of Annexe Three
     8.  The Wench is Dead
     9.  The Jewel That Was Ours
    10. The Way Through the Woods
   11.  Morse's Greatest Mystery & Other Stories
   12.  The Daughters of Cain
   13.  Death is Now My Neighbor
   14.  The Remorseful Day
 
Gil Mayo, police detective in Midlands, England by Marjorie Eccles
     1.  Cast a Cold Eye
     2.  Death of a Good Woman
     3.  Requiem for a Dove
     4.  More Deaths Than One
     5.  Late of This Parish
     6.  The Company She Kept
     7.  An  Accidental Shroud
     8.  A Death of Distinction
     9.  A Species of Revenge
   10.  Killing Me Softly
   11.  The Superintendent's Daughter
   12.  A Sunset Touch
   13.  Untimely Graves
 
Wesley Peterson, British detective with archaeology degree by Kate Ellis
        
(see Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
   
DCI Joseph Rafferty & DS Dafyd Llewellyn, Elmhurst police station in Essex, England
         by Geraldine Evans
     1.  Absolute Poison
     2.  Dying for You
     3.  Bad Blood
          Other titles in series
 
David Webb, Detective Chief Inspector in Wiltshire by Anthea Fraser
     1.  A Shroud for Delilah
     2.  Pretty Maids All in a Row
     3.  Death Speaks Softly
     4.  The Nine Bright Shiners
     5.  The April Rainers
     6.  Symbols at Your Door
     7.  Three, Three the Rivals
     8.  The Gospel Makers
     9.  I'll Sing You Two-O
   10.  The Seven Stars
   11.  One is One and All Alone
   12.  The Ten Commandments
   13.  Eleven That Went up to Heaven
   14.  The Twelve Apostles
          Other titles in series
 
Thomas Lynley, Scotland Yard inspector in London by Elizabeth George
     1.  A Great Deliverance
     2.  Payment in Blood
     3.  Well-Schooled in Murder
     4.  A Suitable Vengeance
     5.  For the Sake of Elena
     6.  Missing Joseph
     7.  Playing for the Ashes
     8.  In the Presence of the Enemy
     9.  Deception on His Mind
   10.  In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
   11.  A Traitor to Memory
   12.  A Place of Hiding
   13.  With No One as Witness
 
Inspector Hazelrigg, British police inspector in London by Michael Gilbert
     1.  Close Quarters
     2.  Smallbone Deceased
     3.  Death Has Deep Roots
             Other titles in series
 
Patrick Petrella, Metropolitan police inspector in London by Michael Gilbert
     1.  Blood and Judgment
     2.  Game Without Rules
     3.  Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
     4.  Anything for a Quiet Life
     5.  Roller Coaster
     6.  The Man Who Hated Banks
             Other titles in series
 
Tom Maybridge, Detective Chief Inspector by B.M. Gill
     1.  Seminar for Murder
     2.  The Fifth Rapunzel
          Other titles in series
 
Luke Abbott mysteries by Paula Gosling
     1.  The Wychford Murders
     2.  Death Penalties
 
Tom Barnaby, Chief Police Inspector by Caroline Graham
     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
 
Alan Markby & Meredith Mitchell, Cotswalds inspector & foreign service officer by Ann Granger
     1.  Say it with Poison
     2.  A Season for Murder
     3.  Cold in the Earth
     4.  Murder Among Us
     5.  Flowers for His Funeral
     6.  A Fine Place for Death
     7.  A Touch of Mortality
     8.  A Word After Dying
     9.  Call the Dead Again
   10.  Beneath These Stones
   11.  Shades of Murder
   12.  A Restless Evil
   13.  That Way Murder Lies
          Other titles in series
 
Connor O'Neil & Fran Wilson, police inspectors in Fowchester by Christine Green
     1.  Die in My Dreams
     2.  Fatal Cut
          Other titles in series
 
Inspector Mosley, Lancashire & Yorkshire border country by John Greenwood
     1.  Murder, Mr. Mosley
     2.  Mosley by Moonlight
     3.  The Missing Mr. Mosley
     4.  The Mind of Mr. Mosley
     5.  What Me, Mr. Mosley?
          Other titles in series
 
Percy Peach, detective inspector in Lancashire by J.M. Gregson
     1.  To Kill a Wife
     2.  A Turbulent Priest
     3.  The Lancashire Leopard
     4.  A Little Learning
          Other titles in series
 
John Lambert & Bert Hook, superintendent & detective in Oxford by J.M. Gregson
     1.  An Academic Death
     2.  Death on the Eleventh Hole
          Other titles in series
 
Richard Jury, Scotland Yard investigator in London by Martha Grimes
     1.  The Man With a Load of Mischief
     2.  The Old Fox Deceiv'd
     3.  The Anodyne Necklace
     4.  The Dirty Duck
     5.  Jerusalem Inn
     6.  Help the Poor Struggler
     7.  The Deer Leap
     8.  I Am the Only Running Footman
     9.  The Five Bells and Bladebone
   10.  The Old Silent
   11.  The Old Contemptibles
   12.  The Horse You Came in on
   13.  Rainbow's End
   14.  The Case has Altered
   15.  The Stargazey
   16.  The Lamorna Wink
   17.  The Blue Last
   18.  The Grave Maurice
   19.  The Winds of Change
   20.  Old Wine Shades
 
Laura Ackroyd & Michael Thackeray, reporter & police inspector in Yorkshire by Patricia Hall
     1.  Death by Election
     2.  Dying Fall
     3.