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 |