Eric Ambler  |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
One of the pioneers of politically sophisticated thrillers - "Topkapi". |
Lin Anderson  |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod solves murders around Scotland. |
Isaac Asimov  |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
One of the most prolific SF writers of all time - "I, Robot". |
| David Baldacci |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club - "Absolute Power". |
Linwood Barclay  |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Ontario author whose mystery novels are very popular in the UK. |
| Clive Barker |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Contemporary horror/fantasy, from pure horror to epic modern-day fantasy. |
| Jack Batten |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Subjects include Toronto, crime fiction, law, biography and sports. |
| M.C. Beaton |
Bio. |
| Hamish MacBeth |
Series on which the Scottish TV show with Robert Carlyle was based. |
| Simon Beckett |
Bio. |
| Dr. David Hunter |
A forensic expert solves crimes in Britain. |
| Giles Blunt |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Detective John Cardinal investigates homicides in Northern Ontario. |
| Christopher Brookmyre |
Bio. |
| Jack Parlabane |
Scottish investigative journalist catches white-collar, upper-crust crooks. |
| Dan Brown |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Thriller fiction writer, best known for the bestseller "The Da Vinci Code". |
| John Buchan |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Scottish author, Governal-General of Canada - "The Thirty Nine Steps". |
| Chelsea Cain |
Bio. |
| Gretchen Lowell |
Female serial killer ... |
| Raymond Chandler |
Bio. |
| Philip Marlowe |
The archetypical hardboiled L.A. private eye - 'The Big Sleep'. |
| Lee Child |
Bio. |
| Jack Reacher |
Adventures of a former United States Army Military Police Major. |
| Agatha Christie |
Bio. |
| Miss Marples |
"There is a great deal of wickedness in village life." |
| Hercule Poirot |
"I admit freely and without hypocrisy that I am a great man." |
| Tom Clancy |
Bio. |
| Jack Ryan |
Political thrillers - technically detailed espionage and military science. |
| Arthur C Clarke |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
British SF author, inventor, and futurist - "2001 A Space Odyssey". |
| Michael Connelly |
Bio. |
| Harry Bosch |
Veteran LA homicide detective frequently in conflict with authority. |
| Bernard Cornwell |
Bio. |
| Sharpe |
Promoted from the ranks of the British Army during the Napoleonic wars. |
| Patrica Cornwell |
Bio. |
| Kay Scarpetta |
A U.S. forensic pathologist investigates murders. |
| Robert Crais |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Former TV script writer - Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice. |
| Michael Crichton |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
US doctor/author, creator of the TV show "ER" - "Jurassic Park". |
| Clive Cussler |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Dirk Pitt and Kurt Austin. |
| Jeffery Deaver |
Bio. |
| Lincoln Rhyme |
Mystery/crime novels with a twist - "The Bone Collector". |
| Len Deighton |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Spy fiction and historical novels - Bernard Samson - "The Ipcress File". |
| Ted Dekker |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Suspense novels, and fantasy thrillers that explore redemptive history. |
| Colin Dexter |
Bio. |
| Inspector Morse |
Upper-middle-class, prickly, Oxford detective (played on TV by John Thaw). |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Bio. |
| Sherlock Holmes |
One of the most famous literary characters of all time. |
| James Ellroy |
Bio. |
| L.A. Quartet |
L.A. noir ... |
| Howard Engel |
Bio. |
| Benny Cooperman |
Detective stories set in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. |
| Ian Fleming |
Bio. |
| James Bond |
One of the world's best known fictional secret agents. |
Ken Follett  |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
"The Eye of the Needle" and many more exciting original thrillers. |
Karin Fossum  |
Bio. |
| Inspector Sejer |
Crime novels featuring Oslo detective by the "Norwegian Queen of Crime." |
| Barbara Fradkin |
Bio. |
| Inspector Michael Green |
Impetuous Ottawa Police Inspector who often neglects police protocol. |
| Dick Francis |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Sid Halley and Kit Fielding. |
| Elizabeth George |
Bio. |
| Inspector Lynley |
See also Basis for the popular English TV series. |
| Tess Gerritsen |
Bio. |
| Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles |
A homicide detective and a medical examiner solve crimes in Boston. |
| Sue Grafton |
Bio. |
| Kinsey Milhone |
A tough, nature-hating, fast-food loving female American P.I. |
| Caroline Graham |
Bio. |
| Inspector Barnaby |
Midsomer Murders (basis for TV Series). |
| Alex Gray |
Bio. |
| DCI Lorimer |
Tartan Noir crime fiction set in the streets, parks and art galleries of Glasgow. |
| Graham Greene |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
World politics, spying, and Catholic religious themes - "The Third Man". |
| Ely Griffiths |
Bio. |
| Ruth Galloway |
Archaeological crime novels set in the coastal marshlands of Norfolk". |
| John Grisham |
Bio. |
| Speciality: |
Modern legal thrillers set in USA - "The Pelican Brief". |
| H Rider Haggard |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Adventures set in Africa - "King Solomon's Mines". |
| M R Hall |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Jenny Cooper - a coroner who suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. |
| Lyn Hamilton |
Bio. |
| Lara McClintoch |
Archeology, travel and murder ... |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
The Continental Op., Sam Spade, The Thin Man - "The MTitleese Falcon". |
| Novels: |
Adventures set in Africa - "King Solomon's Mines". |
| Robert Harris |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Historically-based suspense/thrillers - "Enigma". |
Erin Hart  |
Bio. |
| Nora Gavin/Cormac Maguire |
Forensics, history and archaeology in contemporary Ireland. |
| Robert A Heinlein |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
A founding father of the hard SF tradition - "Starship Troopers". |
Jack Higgins  |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Liam Devlin, Sean Dillon - "The Eagle has Landed". |
| Tami Hoag |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
A successful author of romances who turned to suspense/mystery novels. |
Arnaldur Indriðason  |
Bio. |
| Inspector Erlendur |
Macabre thrillers set in Reykjavík, starring his gloomy Icelandic detective. |
| Hammond Innes |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Fast moving, well-researched adventure stories, often featuring the sea. |
| Donald James |
Bio. |
| Inspector Vadim |
Thrillers set in Russia or occupied France. |
| Quintin Jardine |
Bio. |
| DCC Bob Skinner |
Edinburgh's fictional Deputy Chief Constable, 'Britain's toughest cop'. |
| Oz Blackstone |
A Scottish movie actor trying to forget that he was ever a P.I. |
| Joseph Kanon |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II. |
| Faye Kellerman |
Bio. |
| Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus |
Mysteries which frequently deal with Jewish themes and characters. |
| Jonathan Kellerman |
Bio. |
| Alex Delaware |
A child psychologist in Los Angeles who solves mysteries. |
| Stephen King |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
American author of bestselling horror and fantasy novels. |
| Alanna Knight |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Crime fiction, historical and gothic novels set in Scotland. |
| Dean Koontz |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Psychologically complex thrillers, mystery, suspense, horror, science fiction. |
| Linda La Plante |
Bio. |
| Jane Tennyson |
"Prime Suspect" author. |
Stieg Larsson  |
Bio. |
| Lisbeth Salander: |
Crime novels set in Sweden. |
| John le Carré |
Bio. |
| George Smiley |
Quiet, mild-mannered, middle-aged, and a British master-spy |
| Elmore Leonard |
Bio. |
| Chili Palmer |
Westerns, mysteries, crime - gritty realism and strong characters and dialogue. |
| Douglas Lindsay |
Bio. |
| Barney Thomson |
Crime, black humour, set in Scotland. |
| Robert Ludlum |
Bio. |
| Jason Bourne |
Each of his 21 thrillers, was a NY Times besteller - "The Bourne Identity". |
| Stuart MacBride |
Bio. |
| Logan McRae |
Tartan Noir police procedurals set in The Granite City, Aberdeen. |
| John D MacDonald |
Bio. |
| Travis McGee |
Salvage consultant and ladies' man trying to clean up Florida. |
| Ross Macdonald |
Bio. |
| Lew Archer |
The California private eye with a sensitive side. |
| Alastair MacLean |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Scottish adventure novels - "HMS Ulysses", "The Guns of Navarone". |
| Henning Mankell |
Bio. |
| Character: |
Police Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates murders in Ystad, Sweden. |
| Archer Mayor |
Bio. |
| Character: |
Detective Joe Gunther - police procedurals set in Vermont. |
| Ann McCaffery |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
American science fiction author known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. |
| Val McDermid |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Tony Hill/Carol Jordan, Kate Brannigan - "The Wire in the Blood". |
| Larry McMurtry |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Woodrow Call, Gus McCrae - "Lonesome Dove". |
| Denise Mina |
Bio. |
| Paddy Meehan |
Bright, inquisitive, young woman journalist in the men's world of Glasgow. |
| Nicholas Montsarrat |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
A UK novelist best known today for his sea stories - "The Cruel Sea". |
| Jo Nesbo |
Bio. |
| Harry Hole |
An alcoholic Oslo homicide detective with a heart. |
| Sara Paretsky |
Bio. |
| V I Warshawski |
The sexy, streetwise and tough Chicago private eye. |
| Robert B Parker |
Bio. |
| Characters: |
Spenser, Jesse Stone, Sunny Randall (and many movies). |
| T. Jefferson Parker |
Bio. |
| Merci Rayborn |
Crime, life and death in sunny Southern California. |
| James Patterson |
Bio. |
| Alex Cross |
A police psychologist in Homicide and Major Crimes in Washington, D.C. |
| Maximum Ride |
An action-adventure/fantasy series for teens. |
| The Women's Murder Club |
Lindsay Boxer and girl friends solve crimes in San Francisco. (TV series) |
| Iain Pears |
Bio. |
| Jonathan Argyll |
An art historian solves art history mysteries in Italy. |
| George Pelecanos |
Bio. |
| D.C Quartet |
More than a dozen novels of detective fiction set in Washington D.C>. |
| Louise Penny |
Bio. |
| Chief Inspector Gamache |
Head of the homicide department of the Sûreté du Québec. |
| Ellis Peters |
Bio. |
| Brother Caedfel |
A herbalist monk solves mysteries in a Welsh abbey TV series. |
| Ian Rankin |
Bio. |
| Inspector Rebus |
An untidy, alcoholic, policeman in the seedy under-belly of Edinburgh. |
| as Jack Harvey |
A few books by Rankin before the Rebus series took off. |
| Christopher Reich |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Often deal with espionage and international finance. |
| Kathy Reichs |
Bio. |
| Temperance Brennan |
The forensic anthropologist character on which the TV series Bones is based. |
| Stella Rimington |
Bio. |
| Liz Carlyle |
Spy novels by the former Director-General of MI5, 1992 to 1996. |
| J.D. Robb(Nora Roberts) |
Bio. |
| Eve Dallas |
Police procedural/murder/suspense/romance - in a futurisitic New York City. |
| Peter Robinson |
Bio. |
| DCI Alan Banks |
Crime novels set in the Yorkshire Dales, by author who now lives in Canada. |
| Karin Slaughter |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
American crime writer - Grant County, Atlanta series. |
Alexander McCall Smith  |
Bio. |
| No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
Precious Ramotswe, the first female private detective in Botswana. |
| Martin Cruz Smith |
Bio. |
| Arkady Renko |
His Russian investigator hero - "Gorky Park". |
| Mickey Spillane |
Bio. |
| Mike Hammer |
A real pulp fiction P.I. - "I, The Jury". |
| Rex Stout |
Bio. |
| Nero Wolfe |
Almost never leaves his New York home - sidekick Archie Goodwin does ... |
Peter Temple  |
Bio. |
| Jack Irish |
Melbourne-based criminal lawyer/gambler-on-horses who solves crimes. |
| Johan Theorin |
Bio. |
| Novels: |
Crime novels set in Sweden. |
| Nigel Tranter |
Bio. |
| Novels |
Historical novels and factual books about Scotland and the Scots. |
| Maurice Walsh |
Bio. |
| Novels |
Set in Scotland or North Kerry, Ireland - "The Quiet Man". |
| Donald E. Westlake |
Bio. |
| Parker |
Prolific write of crime stories, often comic ... |
| Charles Willeford |
Bio. |
| Hoke Moseley |
Quirky, hard-boiled crime stories, comic and noir ... |
| R.D. Wingfield |
Bio. |
| D.I. Jack Frost |
TV's "A Touch of Frost". |
