EURO CRIME

• Lacey, Sarah (See also: Kay Mitchell)
  
  Leah Hunter, Tax Inspector

  • File Under: Deceased	1992	1
  • File Under: Missing	1993	2
  • File Under: Arson	1994	3
  • File Under: Jeopardy	1995	4

  
  

• Lackberg, Camilla
  
  Faye Adelheim

  • The Gilded Cage	2020	1
  • Silver Tears	2021	2

  
  Novella

  • Truth or Dare (ebook only)

  2021

  
  Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, Fjallbacka

  • The Ice Princess	2008	1
  • The Preacher	2009	2
  • The Stonecutter	2010	3
  • The Gallows Bird (apa The Stranger)	2011	4
  • The Hidden Child	2011	5
  • The Drowning	2012	6
  • The Lost Boy	2013	7
  • Buried Angels	2014	8
  • The Ice Child	2016	9
  • The Girl in the Woods	2018	10
  • The Cuckoo	2024	11

  
  Short Stories

  • The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories	2015	1
  • Sweet Revenge	2022	2

  
  

• Lackberg, Camilla & Fexeus, Henrik
  
  Detective Mina Dabiri & Mentalist Vincent Walter

  • Trapped	2022	1
  • Cult	2023	2
  • Mirage	2025	3

  
  

• Laden, Barry
  
  

  • Klarkey's War

  2005

  
  

• Lagercrantz, David
  
  

  • Fall of Man in Wilmslow	2015
  • The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium IV)	2015
  • The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium V)	2017
  • The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium VI)	2019

  
  Novella

  • False Note (ebook/audio only)

  2025

  
  Professor Hans Rekke & Micaela Vargas

  • Dark Music	2022	1
  • Fatal Gambit	2024	2

  
  

• Lagerlof, Selma
  
  

  • Lord Arne's Silver

  1923

  
  

• Lagioia, Nicola
  
  

  • Ferocity

  2017

  
  

• Lahlum, Hans Olav
  
  Criminal Investigator Kolbjorn Kristiansen (known as K2) and young assistant Patricia, 1960s, Norway

  • The Human Flies	2014	1
  • Satellite People	2015	2
  • The Catalyst Killing	2015	3
  • Chameleon People	2016	4
  • The Anthill Murders	2017	5

  
  

• Lake, Derek W
  
  

  • The Twitcher

  2005

  
  

• Lake, Deryn
  
  

  • The Governor's Ladies

  2005

  
  John Rawlings, Apothecary, Georgian London

  • Death in the Dark Walk	1994	1
  • Death at the Beggar's Opera	1995	2
  • Death at the Devil's Tavern	1996	3
  • Death on the Romney Marsh	1998	4
  • Death in the Pearless Pool	1999	5
  • Death at Apothecaries' Hall	2000	6
  • Death in the West Wind	2001	7
  • Death at St James's Palace (apa Death in St James's Palace)	2002	8
  • Death in the Valley of Shadows	2003	9
  • Death in the Setting Sun	2004	10
  • Death and the Cornish Fiddler	2006	11
  • Death in Hellfire	2007	12
  • Death and the Black Pyramid	2009	13
  • Death at the Wedding Feast	2011	14
  • Death on the Rocks	2013	15
  • Death at the Boston Tea Party	2016	16
  • Death on the River Thames	2022	17

  
  Reverend Nick Lawrence, Lakehurst, Sussex

  • The Mills of God	2010	1
  • Dead on Cue	2012	2
  • The Moonlit Door	2014	3

  
  

• Lake, John
  
  

  • Hot Knife - Love, Bullets and Revenge in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

  2008

  
  

• Lalbeharry, Mark
  
  DCI Diane Cresson, London

  • The Simian Curve

  2006

  1

  
  

• Lam, Stephanie
  
  

  • The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House

  2014

  
  

• Lambert, Charles
  
  

  • Any Human Face	2010
  • The View from the Tower	2014

  
  

• Lampi, Heimo
  
  

  • Death Stalks Meteora

  1995

  
  

• Land, Caro (See also: Caroline England)
  
  Natalie Bach

  • Convictions	2020	1
  • Confessions	2020	2

  
  

• Landorff, Max
  
  Gabriel Tretjak, Fixer

  • Tretjak

  2013

  1

  
  

• Lang, Maria
  
  Puck

  • Death Awaits Thee	1967
  • No More Murders	1967
  • A Wreath for the Bride	1968

  
  

• Langfield, Martin
  
  

  • The Malice Box	2007
  • The Secret Fire	2009

  
  

• Langford, Diane
  
  

  • Left for Dead

  1999

  
  

• Langford, Michael
  
  

  • The De Vere Papers

  2008

  
  

• Lanyon, Josh
  
  Adrien English, Mystery Bookshop Owner, LA

  • Fatal Shadows	2000	1
  • A Dangerous Thing	2002	2
  • The Hell You Say	2006	3

  
  

• Lapidus, Jens
  
  Emelie Jansson, Lawyer & Teddy, Ex-con

  • Stockholm Delete	2017	1
  • Top Dog	2018	2

  
  The Stockholm Noir trilogy

  • Easy Money	2011	1
  • Never Fuck Up (apa Never Screw Up)	2013	2
  • Life Deluxe	2014	3

  
  

• La Plante, Lynda
  
  

  • Bella Mafia	1990
  • Prime Suspect	1991
  • Framed	1992
  • Prime Suspect 2	1992
  • Entwined	1993
  • Prime Suspect 3	1993
  • Seekers	1993
  • The Lifeboat	1994
  • Sleeping Cruelty	2000
  • Royal Flush (apa Royal Heist)	2002
  • Last Suspect	2004
  • The Little One (Quick Reads novella)	2012
  • Twisted	2014

  
  DC Jack Warr

  • Buried	2020	1
  • Judas Horse	2021	2
  • Vanished	2022	3
  • Pure Evil	2023	4
  • Crucified	2025	5

  
  Detective Anna Travis, London

  • Above Suspicion	2004	1
  • The Red Dahlia	2006	2
  • Clean Cut	2007	3
  • Deadly Intent	2008	4
  • Silent Scream	2009	5
  • Blind Fury	2010	6
  • Blood Line	2011	7
  • Backlash	2012	8
  • Wrongful Death	2013	9

  
  Dolly Rawlins

  • Widows	1983	1
  • Widows 2	1985	2
  • She's Out	1995	3
  • Widows: Revenge	2019	3

  
  Helen Hewitt

  • The Governor	1995	1
  • The Governor 2	1996	2

  
  Jessica Russell, CSI

  • The Scene of the Crime

  2025

  1

  
  Lieutenant Lorraine Page, Pasadena

  • Cold Shoulder	1994	1
  • Cold Blood	1996	2
  • Cold Heart	1998	3

  
  Trial and Retribution

  • Trial and Retribution	1997	1
  • Trial and Retribution 2	1998	2
  • Trial and Retribution 3	1999	3
  • Trial and Retribution 4 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2000	4
  • Trial and Retribution 5 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2002	5
  • Trial and Retribution 6 (novelised by Robin Blake)	2002	6
  • Alibi	2023	7

  
  WPC Tennison

  • Tennison (apa Prime Suspect 1973)	2015	1
  • Hidden Killers	2016	2
  • Good Friday	2017	3
  • Murder Mile	2018	4
  • The Dirty Dozen	2019	5
  • Blunt Force	2020	6
  • Unholy Murder	2021	7
  • Dark Rooms	2022	8
  • Taste of Blood	2023	9
  • Whole Life Sentence	2024	10

  
  

• Larkin, L A
  
  

  • The Genesis Flaw	2010
  • Thirst	2012
  • The Safe Place	2021
  • Widow's Island	2021

  
  Olivia Wolfe

  • Devour	2017	1
  • Prey	2020	2

  
  Sally Fairburn

  • Next Girl Missing	2023	1
  • Her Deadly Truth	2023	2

  
  

• Larsen, Michael
  
  

  • Uncertainty	1996
  • The Snake in Sydney	2000

  
  

• Larsson, Asa
  
  Rebecka Martinsson, Lawyer, Sweden

  • Sun Storm (apa The Savage Altar)	2006	1
  • The Blood Spilt	2007	2
  • The Black Path	2008	3
  • Until Thy Wrath be Past	2011	4
  • The Second Deadly Sin	2014	5
  • The Sins of our Fathers	2023	6

  
  

• Larsson, Bjorn
  
  

  • The Celtic Ring

  1997

  
  

• Larsson, Stieg
  
  Millennium Trilogy

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo	2008	1
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire	2009	2
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest	2009	3

  
  

• Lasdun, James
  
  

  • The Horned Man	2002
  • Seven Lies	2005
  • The Fall Guy	2017
  • Afternoon of a Faun	2019
  • Victory (Feathered Glory & Afternoon of a Faun)	2019

  
  

• Laurain, Antoine
  
  

  • Smoking Kills	2018
  • The Readers' Room	2020

  
  

• Laurence, Janet
  
  

  • To Kill the Past

  1994

  
  An Ursula Grandison Mystery

  • Deadly Inheritance

  2012

  1

  
  Canaletto

  • Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge	1997	1
  • Canaletto and the Case of the Privy Garden	1998	2
  • Canaletto and the Case of Bonnie Prince Charlie	2002	3

  
  Darina Lisle, Cook

  • A Deepe Coffyn	1989	1
  • A Tasty Way to Die	1990	2
  • Hotel Morgue	1991	3
  • Recipe for Death	1992	4
  • Death and the Epicure	1993	5
  • Death at the Table	1994	6
  • Death a la Provencale	1995	7
  • Diet for Death	1996	8
  • Appetite for Death	1998	9
  • The Mermaid's Feast	2000	10

  
  

• Laurie, Hugh
  
  

  • The Gun Seller	1996
  • The Paper Soldier	2009

  
  

• Law, J S
  
  Lieutenant Danielle Lewis, Royal Navy

  • Tenacity (apa The Dark Beneath)	2015	1
  • The Fear Within	2017	2
  • The Coldest Blood	2019	3

  
  

• Law, Janice
  
  Francis Bacon

  • Fires of London	2012	1
  • The Prisoner of the Riviera	2013	2
  • Moon Over Tangier	2014	3
  • Nights in Berlin	2016	4
  • Afternoons in Paris	2017	5
  • Mornings in London	2017	6

  
  

• Lawler, Liz
  
  

  • Don't Wake Up	2017
  • I'll Find You	2019
  • The Next Wife	2020
  • The Silent Mother	2021
  • The Nurse's Secret	2022
  • My Husband's Lies	2023
  • Nobody Saw Him	2025

  
  

• Lawrence, David
  
  DS Stella Mooney, London

  • The Dead Sit Round In A Ring (apa Circle of the Dead)	2002	1
  • Nothing Like the Night	2003	2
  • Cold Kill	2005	3
  • Down Into Darkness	2007	4

  
  

• Lawrence, Mary
  
  Bianca Goddard, Henry VIII era

  • The Alchemist's Daughter	2015	1
  • Death of an Alchemist	2016	2
  • Death at St. Vedast	2016	3

  
  

• Lawrence, Paul
  
  Harry Lytle, 17th Century Restoration London

  • The Sweet Smell of Decay	2009	1
  • A Plague of Sinners	2010	2
  • Hearts of Darkness	2014	3

  
  

• Laws, Darren E
  
  

  • Tripping

  2007

  
  FBI Agent Georgina O'Neil

  • Turtle Island (revised edition 2008)	2003	1
  • Dark Country		2

  
  

• Laws, Peter
  
  Professor Matt Hunter

  • Purged	2017	1
  • Unleashed	2018	2
  • Severed	2019	3
  • Possessed	2020	4

  
  

• Laws, Valerie
  
  

  • The Rotting Spot

  2009

  
  

• Lawton, John
  
  Chief Inspector Frederick Troy, post WW2

  • Black Out	1995	1
  • Old Flames	1996	2
  • A Little White Death	1998	3
  • Riptide (apa Bluffing Mr. Churchill)	2001	4
  • Blue Rondo (apa Flesh Wounds)	2005	5
  • Second Violin	2007	6
  • A Lily of the Field	2010	7
  • Friends and Traitors	2017	8
  • Smoke and Embers	2025	8

  
  Joe Wilderness

  • Then We Take Berlin	2013	1
  • The Unfortunate Englishman	2016	2
  • Hammer to Fall	2020	3
  • Moscow Exile	2023	4

  
  PI Turner Raines

  • Sweet Sunday

  2002

  1

  
  

• Lawton, Sarah
  
  

  • All The Little Things	2021
  • A Drowning Tide	2024

  
  

• Layton, Clare (See also: Natasha Cooper)
  
  

  • Clutch of Phantoms	2000
  • Those Whom The Gods Love	2001
  • He Came Looking	2004

  
  

• Lea, Caroline
  
  

  • The Glass Woman

  2019

  
  

• Lean, Frank
  
  David Cunane, PI, Manchester

  • Red for Rachel	1994	1
  • Nine Lives	1995	2
  • The Reluctant Investigator	1997	3
  • Kingdom Gone	1999	4
  • Boiling Point	2001	5
  • Above Suspicion	2001	6
  • Raised in Silence	2004	7

  
  

• Lear, James
  
  

  • The Back Passage

  2006

  
  

• Lear, Peter (See also: Peter Lovesey)
  
  

  • Goldengirl	1977
  • Spider Girl	1980
  • The Secret of Spandau	1986

  
  

• Learner, Tobsha/T S
  
  

  • Sphinx	2009
  • The Map	2012
  • The Stolen	2014

  
  

• Leather, Stephen
  
  

  • Pay Off	1987
  • The Fireman	1989
  • Hungry Ghost	1991
  • The Chinaman	1992
  • The Vets	1993
  • The Long Shot	1994
  • The Birthday Girl	1995
  • The Double Tap	1996
  • The Solitary Man	1997
  • The Tunnel Rats	1997
  • The Bombmaker	1999
  • The Stretch	2000
  • Tango One	2002
  • The Eyewitness	2003
  • First Response	2016
  • Takedown	2017
  • The Shout	2018
  • The Bag Carrier	2019
  • The Runner	2020
  • The Hunting	2021
  • Triggers	2023

  
  Dan Shepherd, SAS trooper turned undercover cop

  • Hard Landing	2004	1
  • Soft Target	2005	2
  • Cold Kill	2006	3
  • Hot Blood	2007	4
  • Dead Men	2008	5
  • Live Fire	2009	6
  • Rough Justice	2010	7
  • Fair Game	2011	8
  • False Friends	2012	9
  • True Colours	2013	10
  • White Lies	2014	11
  • Black Ops	2015	12
  • Dark Forces	2016	13
  • Light Touch	2017	14
  • Tall Order	2018	15
  • Short Range	2019	16
  • Slow Burn	2020	17
  • Fast Track	2021	18
  • Dirty War	2022	19
  • Clean Kill	2023	20
  • First Strike	2024	21
  • Last Chance	2025	22

  
  Jack Nightingale, PI, Surrey

  • Nightfall	2010	1
  • Midnight	2011	2
  • Nightmare	2012	3
  • Nightshade	2013	4
  • Lastnight	2014	5

  
  Matt Standing

  • Last Man Standing	2019	1
  • Standing Alone	2022	2
  • Still Standing	2023	3
  • Standing Strong	2024	4

  
  Richard Yokely novella

  • The Chase

  2022

  
  Spider Shepherd: SAS

  • The Sandpit	2016	1
  • Moving Targets	2018	2
  • Drop Zone	2020	3
  • Russian Roulette	2021	4
  • Baltic Black Ops	2023	5

  
  

• Lebedev, Sergei
  
  

  • Untraceable

  2021

  
  

• Lebor, Adam
  
  Balthazar Kovacs, Detective, Budapest

  • District VIII	2017	1
  • Kossuth Square	2019	2
  • Dohany Street	2021	3

  
  Yael Azoulay

  • The Budapest Protocol	2011	1
  • The Geneva Option	2013	2
  • The Washington Stratagem	2016	3
  • The Reykjavik Assignment	2016	4

  
  

• Leclere, Eric
  
  Xavier Lombard

  • The Lost Son	1999	1
  • A Place of Gardens and Lilies	2005	2
  • What if They Like it?		3

  
  

• Le Corre, Herve
  
  

  • Talking to Ghosts	2014
  • After the War	2017
  • In the Shadow of the Fire	2021
  • Dogs and Wolves	2024

  
  

• Lee, Austin (See also: John Austwick, Julian Callender)
  
  Flora Hogg, schoolmistress turned detective

  • Sheep's Clothing	1955	1
  • Call in Miss Hogg	1956	2
  • Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders	1956	3
  • Miss Hogg and the Squash Club	1957	4
  • Miss Hogg and the Dead Dean	1958	5
  • Miss Hogg Flies High	1958	6
  • Miss Hogg and the Covent Garden Murders	1960	7
  • Miss Hogg and the Missing Sisters	1961	8
  • Miss Hogg's Last Case	1963	9

  
  

• Lee, Christopher
  
  

  • The Madrigal	1993
  • The House	1994

  
  Inspector Leonard, Bath

  • The Bath Detective	1995	1
  • The Killing of Sally Keemer	1997	2
  • The Killing of Cinderella	1998	3

  
  

• Lee, Jung-myung/J M
  
  

  • The Investigation	2014
  • Broken Summer	2022

  
  

• Lee, Kolton
  
  

  • The Last Card

  2007

  
  

• Lee, Tanith
  
  

  • Death of the Day

  2004

  
  

• Lees, Georgina
  
  

  • The Girl Upstairs	2021
  • After the Party	2022
  • The Lost Wife	2023
  • True Crime	2024

  
  

• Leevers, Jo
  
  

  • Tell Me How This Ends

  2023

  
  

• Legat, Anna
  
  DI Gillian Marsh

  • Swimming with Sharks	2016	1
  • Nothing to Lose	2017	2
  • Thicker Than Blood	2018	3
  • Sandman	2019	4
  • A Conspiracy of Silence	2020	5

  
  Shires Mysteries

  • Death Comes to Bishops Well	2021	1
  • At Death's Door	2022	2
  • Cause of Death	2022	3

  
  

• Lehtolainen, Leena
  
  Detective Maria Kallio, Helsinki

  • My First Murder	2012	1
  • Her Enemy	2013	2
  • Copper Heart	2013	3
  • Snow Woman	2014	4
  • Death Spiral	2015	5
  • Fatal Headwind	2016	6
  • Before I Go	2017	7
  • Below the Surface	2017	8
  • The Nightingale Murder	2018	9
  • Derailed	2018	10
  • Where Have All the Young Girls Gone	2019	11

  
  Hilja Ilveskero, bodyguard

  • The Bodyguard	2014	1
  • The Lion of Justice	2015	2
  • The Devil's Cubs	2016	3

  
  

• Leigh, Danny
  
  

  • The Monsters of Gramercy Park

  2005

  
  

• Leins, Max
  
  

  • The Hunting Lodge

  2005

  
  

• Lelic, Simon
  
  

  • Rupture (apa A Thousand Cuts)	2010
  • The Facility	2011
  • The Child Who	2012
  • The House	2017
  • The Liar's Room	2018
  • The Search Party	2020
  • The Hiding Place	2022

  
  

• Lemaitre, Pierre
  
  

  • The Great Swindle	2015
  • Blood Wedding	2016
  • Three Days and a Life	2017
  • Inhuman Resources	2018
  • Going to the Dogs	2024

  
  Police Commandant Camille Verhoeven trilogy

  • Iréne	2014	1
  • Alex	2013	2
  • Camille	2015	3

  
  

• Lengyel, Peter
  
  

  • Cobblestone: A Detective Novel

  1993

  
  

• Lennon, Patrick
  
  Charlie Blanco, the fixer

  • Fixer

  2015

  1

  
  Detective Inspector Tom Fletcher, Cambridgeshire

  • Corn Dolls	2006	1
  • Steel Witches	2008	2
  • Cut Out	2009	3

  
  

• Lennon, Paula
  
  

  • Murder in Montego Bay

  6

  
  

• Lenoir, Frédéric & Cabesos, Violette
  
  

  • The Angel's Promise

  2006

  
  

• Leon, Donna
  
  

  • The Jewels of Paradise

  2012

  
  Commissario Guido Brunetti, Venice

  • Death At La Fenice	1992	1
  • Death in a Strange Country	1993	2
  • The Anonymous Venetian (apa Dressed for Death)	1994	3
  • A Venetian Reckoning (apa Death And Judgment)	1995	4
  • Acqua Alta (apa Death in High Water)	1996	5
  • The Death of Faith (apa Quietly in Their Sleep)	1997	6
  • A Noble Radiance	1998	7
  • Fatal Remedies	1999	8
  • Friends in High Places	2000	9
  • A Sea of Troubles	2001	10
  • Wilful Behaviour	2002	11
  • Uniform Justice	2003	12
  • Doctored Evidence	2004	13
  • Blood from a Stone	2005	14
  • Through a Glass Darkly	2006	15
  • Suffer the Little Children	2007	16
  • The Girl of His Dreams	2008	17
  • About Face	2009	18
  • A Question of Belief	2010	19
  • Drawing Conclusions	2011	20
  • Beastly Things	2012	21
  • The Golden Egg	2013	22
  • By Its Cover	2014	23
  • Falling in Love	2015	24
  • The Waters of Eternal Youth	2016	25
  • Earthly Remains	2017	26
  • The Temptation of Forgiveness	2018	27
  • Unto Us a Son Is Given	2019	28
  • Trace Elements	2020	29
  • Transient Desires	2021	30
  • Give Unto Others	2022	31
  • So Shall You Reap	2023	32
  • A Refiner's Fire	2024	33

  
  

• Leonard, Niall
  
  

  • M, King's Bodyguard

  2021

  
  Finn Maguire

  • Crusher	2013	1
  • Incinerator	2014	2
  • Shredder	2014	3

  
  

• Leonard, Peter
  
  

  • All He Saw Was The Girl

  2011

  
  Harry Levin

  • Voices of the Dead	2012	1
  • Back from the Dead	2013	2

  
  

• Leoni, Giulio
  
  Dante Alighieri

  • The Third Heaven Conspiracy (apa The Mosaic Crimes)	2007	2
  • The Kingdom of Light	2009	3
  • The Crusade of Darkness	2011	4

  
  

• Lernet-Holenia, Alexander
  
  

  • I Was Jack Mortimer

  2013

  
  

• Lesiewicz, Aga
  
  

  • Rebound

  2016

  
  

• Levack, Simon
  
  Yaotl, Aztec slave, C16th Mexico

  • Demon of the Air	2004	1
  • Shadow of the Lords	2005	2
  • City of Spies	2006	3
  • Tribute of Death	2007	4

  
  

• Levison, Iain
  
  

  • Dog Eats Dog

  2008

  
  

• Lewis, Damien
  
  

  • Desert Claw (Quick Reads novella)	2006
  • Cobra Gold	2007

  
  

• Lewis, David
  
  The Secret Churchill Files

  • A Jewel in the Crown	2024	1
  • A Beacon in the Night	2025	2

  
  

• Lewis, Dennis
  
  

  • The Corrupted

  2006

  
  

• Lewis, Geoffrey
  
  DI David Russell & DS Doug Rimmer, Grancester, Northamptonshire

  • Flashback	2003	1
  • Strangers	2004	2
  • Winter's Tale	2004	3
  • Cycle	2005	4

  
  

• Lewis, Jonathan
  
  DI Ned Bale & Dog Handler Kate Baker

  • Into Darkness	2010	1
  • Into Dust	2011	2

  
  

• Lewis, Kevin
  
  

  • Kaitlyn	2006
  • Frankie	2007

  
  DI Stacey Collins, London

  • Fallen Angel	2008	1
  • Scent of a Killer	2010	2

  
  

• Lewis, Luana
  
  

  • Don't Stand So Close

  2014

  
  

• Lewis, Robert
  
  Robin Llewellyn, PI, Bristol

  • Last Llanelli Train	2005	1
  • Swansea Terminal	2007	2
  • Bank Of The Black Sheep	2010	3

  
  

• Lewis, Simon
  
  

  • Go	1998
  • Border Run	2012

  
  Chinese detective, Inspector Jian

  • Bad Traffic

  2008

  1

  
  

• Liang, Diane Wei
  
  Wang Mei, PI, Beijing

  • The Eye of Jade	2007	1
  • Paper Butterfly	2008	2

  
  

• Liffner, Eva-Marie
  
  

  • Camera	2003
  • Imago	2005

  
  

• Lightfoot, Frederick
  
  

  • Cry / Swans	2008
  • The Extinction of Snow	2014

  
  

• Lillegraven, Ruth
  
  Clara Lofthus

  • Everything Is Mine	2021	1
  • Blood Ties	2022	2

  
  

• Lincoln, John (See also: John Williams)
  
  Gethin Grey

  • Fade to Grey	2019	1
  • Grey in the Dark	2023	2

  
  

• Lindgren, Minna
  
  Twilight Grove Trilogy

  • The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: Death in Sunset Grove	2016	1
  • The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: Escape from Sunset Grove	2017	2
  • The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: The End of Sunset Grove	2018	3

  
  

• Lindsay, Douglas
  
  

  • Lost in Juarez

  2008

  
  Barney Thomson, Barber, Glasgow

  • The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson	1999	1
  • The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson	2000	2
  • A Prayer for Barney Thomson	2001	3
  • Barney Thomson and the Face of Death	2002	4
  • The King Was in His Counting House	2004	5
  • The Last Fish Supper	2006	6
  • Final Cut	2009	7

  
  DI Buchan

  • Buchan	2022	1
  • Painted In Blood	2023	2
  • The Lonely And The Dead	2023	3
  • A Long Day's Journey Into Death	2023	4
  • We Were Not Innocent	2023	5
  • The Last Great Detective	2024	6

  
  DI Westphall

  • Song of the Dead	2016	1
  • Boy in the Well	2019	2
  • The Art of Dying	2019	3

  
  DS Hutton

  • The Unburied Dead	2017	1
  • A Plague Of Crows	2017	2
  • The Blood That Stains Your Hands	2017	3
  • See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	2019	4
  • In My Time Of Dying	2020	5
  • Implements Of The Model Maker	2021	6
  • Let Me Die In My Footsteps	2022	7
  • Blood In My Eyes	2022	8
  • The Deer's Cry	2022	9
  • A Winter Night	2023	10
  • I am Multitudes	2023	11

  
  Sam Vikström, PI, New England

  • The Vikstrom Papers: Restoration Man	2024	1
  • The Vikstrom Papers: Jacob's Point	2024	2
  • The Vikstrom Papers: Shadow Tide	2024	3

  
  

• Lindstein, Mariette
  
  The Cult on Fog Island Trilogy

  • The Cult on Fog Island	2019	1
  • Shadow of Fog Island	2021	2
  • Children of Fog Island	2025	3

  
  

• Link, Charlotte
  
  

  • The Other Child	2012
  • The Watcher	2013

  
  

• Linley, Sarah
  
  

  • The Beach	2020
  • The Wedding Murders	2022

  
  

• Linscott, Gillian (See also: Caro Peacock)
  
  

  • Unknown Hand	1988
  • Murder, I Presume	1990
  • The Garden	2002

  
  Birdie Linnet, ex policeman

  • A Healthy Body	1984	1
  • Murder Makes Tracks	1985	2
  • Knightfall	1986	3
  • A Whiff of Sulphur	1987	4

  
  Nell Bray, Suffragette

  • Sister Beneath the Sheet	1991	1
  • Hanging on the Wire	1992	2
  • Stage Fright	1993	3
  • Widow's Peak (apa An Easy Day for a Lady)	1995	4
  • Crown Witness	1995	5
  • Dead Man's Music (apa Dead Man's Sweetheart)	1996	6
  • Dance on Blood	1998	7
  • Absent Friends	1999	8
  • The Perfect Daughter	2000	9
  • Dead Man Riding	2002	10
  • Blood on the Wood	2003	11

  
  

• Linskey, Howard
  
  

  • Ungentlemanly Warfare	2019
  • Alice Teale is Missing	2020
  • Don't Let Him In	2021
  • The Inheritance	2022

  
  DC Ian Bradshaw

  • No Name Lane	2015	1
  • Behind Dead Eyes	2016	2
  • The Search	2017	3
  • The Chosen Ones	2018	4

  
  David Blake

  • The Drop	2011	1
  • The Damage	2012	2
  • The Dead	2013	3

  
  William Shakespeare

  • A Serpent in the Garden	2025	1
  • Muse of Fire	2026	2

  
  

• Lipatov, Vil
  
  

  • A Village Detective

  2003

  
  

• Lipska, Anya (See also: A K Turner)
  
  Kiszka and Kershaw

  • Where the Devil Can't Go	2011	1
  • Death Can't Take a Joke	2014	2
  • A Devil Under the Skin	2015	3

  
  

• Litchfield, Michael
  
  

  • See How They Run	1984
  • Murder Circus	1985
  • Nailed!	1985
  • Bullet for an Encore	2005
  • Last Bus to the Grave	2005
  • Deadline	2006

  
  DI Mike Lorenzo

  • The One a Month Man	2012	1
  • Jack's Heir	2013	2

  
  

• Litten, Russ
  
  

  • Swear Down

  2013

  
  

• Littleford, Clare
  
  

  • Beholden	2003
  • Death Duty	2004
  • The Quarry (Crime Express Novella)	2008

  
  

• Litvinov, Ivy
  
  

  • His Master's Voice

  1988

  
  

• Liversidge, Bill
  
  

  • A Half Life Of One

  2007

  
  

• Livesey, Margot
  
  

  • Homework	1990
  • Criminals	1996

  
  

• Llaca, Verónica E
  
  

  • Blood Ties

  2024

  
  

• Llobregat, Jordi
  
  

  • The Secret of Vesalius

  2017

  
  

• Llosa, Mario asas
  
  

  • Who Killed Palomino Molero?	1989
  • Death in the Andes	1996

  
  

• Lloyd, Amy
  
  

  • The Innocent Wife	2017
  • One More Lie	2019

  
  

• Lloyd, Catherine
  
  Kurland St. Mary Mysteries

  • Death Comes To The Village	2014	1
  • Death Comes to London	2014	2
  • Death Comes To Kurland Hall	2015	3
  • Death Comes to the Fair	2016	4
  • Death Comes to the School	2017	5
  • Death Comes to Bath	2018	6
  • Death Comes to the Nursery	2020	7
  • Death Comes to the Rectory	2021	8

  
  Miss Morton, Regency England

  • Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder	2022	1
  • Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld	2023	2
  • Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance	2024	3

  
  

• Lloyd, Chris
  
  Detective Eddie Giral, Paris, 1940

  • The Unwanted Dead	2020	1
  • Paris Requiem	2023	2
  • Banquet of Beggars	2024	3

  
  Elisenda Domenech, Catalan city of Girona

  • City of Good Death	2019	1
  • City of Buried Ghosts	2019	2
  • City of Drowned Souls	2019	3

  
  

• Lloyd, Frances
  
  

  • Murder in Disguise

  2018

  
  Detective Inspector Jack Dawes

  • Nemesis of the Dead (apa The Greek Island Killer)	2009	1
  • The Bluebell Killer	2010	2
  • The Colour of Death (apa The Shetland Killer)	2011	3
  • The House on Gallows Green (apa The Gallows Green Killer)	2012	4
  • The Moon Killer	2020	5
  • The Kings Market Killer	2020	6
  • The Demon Killer	2021	7
  • The Vale Vineyard Killer	2021	8
  • The Brightsea Spa Killer	2022	9
  • The Kings Copse Killer	2022	10
  • The Eden Park Killer	2023	11
  • The Coat of Arms Killer	2025	12
  • The Village Choir Killer	2025	13

  
  

• Lloyd, Robert J
  
  Hunt and Hooke, C17

  • The Bloodless Boy	2021	1
  • The Poison Machine	2022	2

  
  

• Lloyd, Sam
  
  

  • The Memory Wood	2020
  • The Rising Tide	2021
  • The People Watcher	2023
  • The Bodies	2025

  
  

• Lock, Joan
  
  

  • Death in Perspective

  2001

  
  Detective Sergeant Best, Victorian London

  • Dead Image	2000	1
  • Dead Born	2002	2
  • Dead Letters	2003	3
  • Dead End	2004	4
  • Dead Fall	2005	5
  • Dead Loss	2005	6
  • Dead Centre	2008	7

  
  

• Locke, Phoebe
  
  

  • The Tall Man	2018
  • The July Girls	2019

  
  

• Lodge, Gytha
  
  

  • Dead to Me

  2025

  
  DCI Jonah Sheens

  • She Lies In Wait	2019	1
  • Watching from the Dark	2020	2
  • Lie Beside Me	2021	3
  • Little Sister	2022	4
  • A Killer in the Family	2023	5

  
  

• Logan, TM
  
  

  • Lies	2017
  • 29 Seconds	2018
  • The Holiday	2019
  • The Catch	2020
  • Trust Me	2021
  • The Curfew	2022
  • The Mother	2023
  • The Dream Home	2024
  • The Daughter	2025

  
  

• Lohr, Robert
  
  

  • The Secrets of the Chess Machine

  2007

  
  

• London, Kate
  
  DS Sarah Collins

  • Post Mortem (apa The Tower)	2015	1
  • Death Message	2017	2
  • Gallowstree Lane	2019	3
  • The Misper	2023	4

  
  

• Longo, Andrej
  
  

  • Ten

  2013

  
  

• Longo, Davide
  
  

  • The Bramard Case	2016
  • Young Beasts at Play	2022

  
  

• Longworth, Gay
  
  

  • Bimba	1998
  • Wicked Peace	2000

  
  DI Jessie Driver

  • Dead Alone	2002	1
  • The Unquiet Dead	2004	2

  
  

• Longworth, M L
  
  Verlaque and Bonnet, Aix-en-Provence

  • Death at the Chateau Bremont	2011	1
  • Murder in the Rue Dumas	2012	2
  • Death in the Vines	2013	3
  • Murder on the Ile Sordou	2014	4
  • The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne	2015	5
  • The Curse of La Fontaine	2017	6
  • The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche	2018	7
  • A Noel Killing	2019	8
  • The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral	2021	9
  • Disaster at the Vendome Theater	2022	10

  
  

• Loriga, Ray
  
  

  • My Brother's Gun

  1997

  
  

• Lorrimer, Claire
  
  

  • The Shadow Falls	1974
  • A Voice In The Dark	1985
  • The Secret Of Quarry House	1988
  • Over My Dead Body	2003
  • Dead Centre	2005
  • Infatuation	2007
  • Dead Reckoning	2009

  
  

• Lotz, Sarah
  
  

  • The Three

  2014

  
  

• Loubiere, Sophie
  
  

  • The Stone Boy

  2014

  
  

• Loukes, Matthew
  
  Slim Gunter, PI

  • Estrella Damn	2008	1
  • Goose Flesh	2009	2

  
  

• Loureiro, Manel
  
  

  • The Last Passenger

  2015

  
  

• Lovesey, Peter (See also: Peter Lear)
  
  

  • The False Inspector Dew	1982
  • Keystone	1983
  • Rough Cider	1986
  • On the Edge (apa Dead Gorgeous)	1989
  • The Reaper	2000
  • In Suspense	2001

  
  Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

  • Bertie and the Tinman	1987	1
  • Bertie and the Seven Bodies	1990	2
  • Bertie and the Crime of Passion	1993	3

  
  DCI Hen Mallin

  • The Circle	2005	1
  • The Headhunters	2008	2

  
  Peter Diamond, Bath

  • The Last Detective	1991	1
  • Diamond Solitaire	1992	2
  • The Summons	1995	3
  • Bloodhounds	1996	4
  • Upon a Dark Night	1997	5
  • The Vault	1999	6
  • Diamond Dust	2002	7
  • The House Sitter	2003	8
  • The Secret Hangman	2007	9
  • Skeleton Hill	2009	10
  • Stagestruck	2011	11
  • Cop to Corpse	2012	12
  • The Tooth Tattoo	2013	13
  • The Stone Wife	2014	14
  • Down Among the Dead Men	2015	15
  • Another One Goes Tonight	2016	16
  • Beau Death	2017	17
  • Killing with Confetti	2019	18
  • The Finisher	2020	19
  • Diamond and the Eye	2021	20
  • Showstopper	2023	21
  • Against the Grain	2024	22

  
  Sergeant Cribb, Victorian Era

  • Wobble to Death	1970	1
  • The Detective Wore Silk Drawers	1963	2
  • Abracadaver	1972	3
  • Mad Hatter's Holiday	1973	4
  • Invitation to a Dynamite Party (apa The Tick of Death)	1974	5
  • Case of Spirits	1975	6
  • Swing, Swing Together	1976	7
  • Waxwork	1978	8

  
  Short Stories

  • Butchers and Other Stories of Crime	1985
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories	1994
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose	1998
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime	2001
  • The Verdict of Us All	2006
  • Murder on the Short List	2009
  • Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories	2022
  • The Best of Peter Lovesey Stories	2025

  
  

• Lovesey, Phil
  
  

  • Death Duties	1998
  • Ploughing Potters Field	1999
  • When the Ashes Burn	2000
  • The Screaming Tree	2002

  
  

• Lowe, Ali
  
  

  • The Trivia Night	2022
  • The Running Club	2023
  • The School Run	2024
  • The Private Island	2025

  
  

• Lowe, Karen
  
  

  • Death in the Physic Garden

  2005

  
  

• Lowe, Sheila
  
  

  • What She Saw

  2013

  
  Claudia Rose, Forensic Handwriting Expert, Los Angeles

  • Poison Pen	2007	1
  • Written in Blood	2008	2
  • Dead Write	2009	3
  • Last Writes	2010	4
  • Inkslingers Ball	2014	5
  • Outside the Lines	2016	6

  
  

• Lowery, Christopher
  
  

  • The Mosul Legacy

  2018

  
  African Diamonds

  • The Angolan Clan	2014	1
  • The Rwandan Hostage	2016	2
  • The Dark Web	2018	3
  • Triple Jeopardy	2021	4

  
  

• Luatah, Sabri
  
  The Saint-Étienne Quartet

  • Savages: The Wedding

  2018

  1

  
  

• Lucarelli, Carlo
  
  Inspector De Luca, Italy in 1944 Prequel

  • The Darkest Winter

  2025

  1

  
  Inspector De Luca, Italy in 1945

  • Carte Blanche	2006	1
  • The Damned Season	2007	2
  • Via delle Oche	2008	3

  
  Ispettore Grazia Negro, Bologna, Italy

  • Almost Blue	2001	1
  • Day After Day	2004	2

  
  

• Lucius, Walter
  
  Heartland Trilogy

  • Butterfly on the Storm	2017	1
  • Angel in the Shadows	2018	2
  • A Sea of Flames	2021	3

  
  

• Lupton, Rosamund
  
  

  • Sister	2010
  • Afterwards	2011
  • The Quality of Silence	2015
  • Three Hours	2020

  
  

• Lury, Adam & Gibson, Simon
  
  Arthur C. Dogg

  • Dangerous Data	2001	1
  • Blood Data	2002	2

  
  

• Luther, Max
  
  Alex Drayce

  • Nowhere to Hide	2023	1
  • On the Run	2024	2
  • Worth Killing For	2024	3

  
  

• Lyle, H B
  
  Wiggins, 1909

  • The Irregular	2017	1
  • The Red Ribbon	2018	2
  • The Year of the Gun	2020	3
  • Spy Hunter	2023	4

  
  

• Lynch, Rachel
  
  

  • The Rich

  2023

  
  DI Kelly Porter, Lake District

  • Dark Game	2019	1
  • Deep Fear	2019	2
  • Dead End	2019	3
  • Bitter Edge	2019	4
  • Bold Lies	2019	5
  • Blood Rites	2019	6
  • Little Doubt	2020	7
  • Lost Cause	2020	8
  • Lying Ways	2021	9
  • Sudden Death	2022	10
  • Silent Bones	2023	11
  • Shared Remains	2024	12

  
  Helen Scott

  • The Rift	2021	1
  • The Line	2022	2

  
  

• Lynn, Matt (See also: James Harland)
  
  Steve West, a maverick former SAS man and his unit of mercenaries

  • Death Force	2009	1
  • Fire Force	2010	2
  • Shadow Force	2011	3
  • Ice Force	2012	4

  
  

• Lythell, Jane
  
  

  • The Lie of You

  2014