| Web Link | Primary Characters | Locale (s) |
| Robert Andrews | Frank Kearney and Jose Phelps | Washington D.C. |
| Kate Atkinson | Jackson Brodie | Britain |
| Ray Banks | Cal Innes | Manchester England |
| Ted Bell | Alex Hawke | British agent |
| Lawrence Block | Matt Scudder and others | NYC |
| Giles Blunt | John Cardinal | Ontario |
| James O. Born | Bill Tasker/Alex Duarte | Florida |
| C.J. Box | Joe Pickett | Wyoming |
| Dan Brown | Robert Langdon | Europe |
| John Burdett | Sonchai Jitpleecheep | Thailand |
| Alafair Burke | Samantha Kincaid/Ellie Hatcher | Portland/NYC |
| James Lee Burke | Dave Robichieux | Louisiana |
| Raymond Chandler | Phillip Marlowe | California |
| Lee Child | Jack Reacher | Anywhere he goes! |
| Harlan Coben | Myron Bolitar | New Jersey/NY |
| Tim Cockey | Hitchcock Sewell | Baltimore |
| Michael Connelly | Harry Bosch/Mickey Haller | Los Angeles |
| K.C. Constantine | Mario Balzic | Rust Belt |
| Tom Corcoran | Alex Rutledge | Key West |
| Patricia Cornwell | Dr. Kay Scarpetta | Southeast to NYC |
| Phillip Craig | J.W. Jackson | Martha’s Vineyard |
| Robert Crais | Elvis Cole/Joe Pike | Los Angeles |
| David Cray | Julia Brennan | NYC |
| Michael Crow | Luther Ewing | Baltimore |
| James Crumley | Milo Milodragovich/C. W. Sughrue | Montana |
| Clive Cussler+ | Dirk Pitt/Kurt Austin/Juan Cabrillo/Isaac Bell | Everywhere |
| Nelson DeMille | John Corey and Kate Mayfield | NY |
| P.T. Deutermann | Cam Richter | North Carolina |
| Tim Dorsey | Serge | Florida |
| John Dunning | Cliff Janeway | Denver |
| David Ellis | Jason Kolarich | |
| Robert Ellis | Lena Gamble | Los Angeles |
| Janet Evanovich | Stephanie Plum | Trenton, N.J. |
| Ian Fleming | James Bond | British Agent |
| G.M. Ford | Frank Corso/Leo Waterman | Seattle |
| Kinky Friedman | Kinky Friedman | Texas/NYC |
| Jim Fusilli | Terry Orr | NYC |
| Joe Gores | Dan Kearney & Associates, etal. | San Francisco |
| A.W. Gray | Bino Phillips | Texas |
| James Grippando | Jack Swyteck | Miami |
| Andrew Gross | Ty Hauck | Northeast |
| James W. Hall | Thorn | The Keys of Florida |
| Timothy Hallinan | Poke Rafferty | Thailand |
| Steve Hamilton | Alex McKnight | Michigan’s U.P. |
| Dashiell Hammett | Sam Spade | California |
| Jim Harrison | Brown Dog | Michigan |
| Donald Harstad | Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman | Iowa |
| Pete Hautman | Joe Crow/Axel Speeter | Minneapolis St. Paul |
| Sparkle Hayter | Robin Hudson | NYC |
| Daniel Hecht | Cree Black, etal | Various |
| Sam Hill | Top Kiernan | Athens, Ga. |
| Jack Kerley | Carson Ryder/Harry | Mobile, Al. |
| Greg Kihn | Landis Woodley | California |
| Jonathan King | Max Freeman | Everglades – Florida |
| Andrew Klavan | Scott Weiss/Jim Bishop | San Francisco |
| Michael Koryta | Lincoln Perry | Cleveland |
| Richard LaPlante | Bill Fogarty/Joey Tanaka | Philadelphia |
| Stieg Larssen | Bloomquist and Salander | Sweden |
| Dennis Lehane | Patrick Kenzie and Angela Genaro | Boston |
| Elmore Leonard | Chili Palmer/Karen Sisco/Raylan Givens, etal. | California/Florida/Detroit |
| Paul Levine | Jake Lassiter & Solomon vs. Lord series | Miami |
| Jeff Lindsay | Dexter Morgan | Miami |
| Robert Ludlum | Jason Bourne | Europe |
| John Lutz | Frank Quinn/Carver/Nudger | NYC/Florida |
| Steve Martini | Paul Madriani | San Diego |
| Ed McBain | 87th Precinct/Matthew Hope | NYC/Florida |
| Gregory McDonald | Fletch/Flynn | |
| John D. McDonald | Travis McGee | Fort Lauderdale |
| Brian McGrory | Jack Flynn | Boston/Washington D.C. |
| Walter Mosley | Leonid McGill/Easy Rawlins, etal | NYC/Los Angeles |
| Sara Paretsky | V I Warshawski | Chicago |
| Robert B. Parker | Spenser/Jesse Stone/Sunny Randall | Boston Area |
| T. Jefferson Parker | Charlie Hood | California |
| James Patterson | Alex Cross/Lindsay Boxer, etal | Washington D.C./San Fran |
| Ridley Pearson | Lou Boldt/Walt Fleming | Seattle/Sun Valley, Idaho |
| George Pelecanos | Derek Strange/Terry Quinn/Nick Stefanos | Washington,D.C. Metro |
| Thomas Perry | Jane Whitefield | NY State and US |
| Ben Rehder | John Marlin | Texas |
| Christopher Reich | Jonathan Ransom | Europe |
| Rob Reuland | Andy Giobertti | Brooklyn |
| David Rosenfelt | Andy Carpenter | New Jersey |
| Greg Rucka | Atticus Kodiak | Various |
| James Sallis | Lew Griffin | New Orleans |
| Laurence Shames | Ensemble | Key West/New Jersey |
| George Shuman | Sherry Moore | Mid-Atlantic |
| Michael Simon | Dan Reles | Austin, Texas |
| Martin Cruz Smith | Arkady Renko | Russia/Cuba |
| Peter Spiegelman | John March | NYC |
| Les Standiford | John Deal | Miami |
| Wallace Stroby | Harry Rane | New Jersey |
| James Swain | Tony Valentine/Jack Carpenter | Gambling towns |
| William Tapply | Brady Coyne/Stoney Calhoun | Boston/Maine |
| P.J. Tracy | Monkeewrench Crew | Minneapolis |
| Trevanian | Jonathan Hemlock | American Agent |
| Andrew Vachss | Burke | NYC |
| Jonathan Valin | Harry Stoner | Cincinnati |
| John Wessel | Harding | Chicago |
| Donald E. Westlake | Dortmunder and others | Various |
| Randy Wayne White | Doc Ford | Florida |
| Don Winslow | Neal Carey | California |
| Stuart Woods | Stone Barrington/Will Lee/Holly Barker, etal | Various |