EURO CRIME

• Saadawi, Ahmed
  
  

  • Frankenstein in Bagdad

  2018

  
  

• Sacheri, Eduardo
  
  

  • The Secret in Their Eyes

  2011

  
  

• Sacks, Michelle
  
  

  • You Were Made for This (apa The Dark Path)	2018
  • All the Lost Things	2019

  
  

• Saer, Juan Jose
  
  

  • The Investigation

  1998

  
  

• Saint, Tony
  
  

  • Refusal Shoes	2003
  • Blag	2004
  • The ASBO Show	2007

  
  

• Sakaguchi, Ango
  
  The Meiji Enlightenment Series

  • Ango's Detective Casebook No. 1	2017	1
  • Ango's Detective Casebook No. 2	2018	2

  
  

• Sakhlecha, Trisha
  
  

  • Your Truth or Mine?

  2019

  
  

• Sakuraba, Kazuki
  
  

  • Red Girls: The Legend of Akakuchibas

  2015

  
  

• Sampson, Catherine
  
  PI Song, Beijing

  • The Slaughter Pavilion

  2008

  1

  
  PI Song, Beijing - Short Story

  • Takeaway (ebook only)

  2013

  1

  
  Robin Ballantyne, TV reporter

  • Falling Off Air	2004	1
  • Out of Mind	2005	2
  • The Pool of Unease	2007	3

  
  

• Sampson, Fay
  
  Hilary & Veronica

  • The Wounded Thorn	2015	1
  • The Wounded Snake	2019	2

  
  Suzie Fewings, family history researcher

  • In the Blood	2009	1
  • A Malignant House	2009	2
  • Those in Peril	2010	3
  • Father Unknown	2011	4
  • The Overlooker	2012	5
  • Beneath the Soil	2014	6

  
  

• Sampson, Kevin
  
  Detective Chief Inspector Billy McCartney, Liverpool

  • The Killing Pool	2013	1
  • The House on the Hill	2014	2

  
  Ged Brennan, Gangster, Liverpool

  • Outlaws	2001	1
  • Clubland	2002	2

  
  

• Sanders, G D
  
  DI Edina Ogborne, Canterbury Police

  • The Taken Girls	2019	1
  • The Victim	2019	2

  
  

• Sanders, Louis
  
  

  • Death in the Dordogne	2002
  • The Englishman's Wife	2003
  • An Ignoble Profession	2004

  
  

• Sanderson, Mark
  
  Court reporter, John Steadman & Matt Turner, a policeman from Snow Hill police station, 1930s

  • Snow Hill	2010	1
  • The Whispering Gallery	2011	2
  • Robin Hood Yard	2014	3

  
  

• Sansom, C J
  
  

  • Winter in Madrid	2006
  • Dominion	2012

  
  Shardlake, C16th

  • Dissolution	2003	1
  • Dark Fire	2004	2
  • Sovereign	2006	3
  • Revelation	2008	4
  • Heartstone	2010	5
  • Lamentation	2014	6
  • Tombland	2018	7

  
  

• Sansom, Ian
  
  Israel Armstrong, Northern Ireland

  • The Mobile Library : The Case of the Missing Books	2006	1
  • The Mobile Library : Mr Dixon Disappears	2006	2
  • The Mobile Library : The Delegates' Choice (apa The Book Stops Here)	2008	3
  • The Mobile Library : The Bad Book Affair	2010	4

  
  The County Guides to Murder

  • The Norfolk Mysteries	2013	1
  • The Devon Mystery	2015	2
  • Westmorland Alone	2016	3
  • Essex Poison	2017	4
  • The Sussex Murders	2019	5

  
  

• Santiago, Mikel
  
  

  • The Last Night at Tremorne Beach

  2017

  
  

• Saramago, José
  
  

  • The Double

  2004

  
  

• Sariola, Mauri
  
  

  • The Helsinki Affair	1970
  • The Torvick affair	1972

  
  

• Sarsfield, Maureen
  
  1940s Scotland Yard Inspector Luke Parry

  • Murder at Shots Hall (apa Green December Fills the Graveyard)	1945	1
  • Murder at Beechlands (apa A Dinner for None and A Party for Lawty)	1948	2

  
  

• Sasaki, Joh
  
  

  • Zero Over Berlin

  2007

  
  

• Saunders, Hilary St George (See also: Francis Beeding)
  
  

  • The Sleeping Bacchus

  1951

  
  

• Saunders, Kate
  
  Laetitia Rodd, Private Detective, Victorian Era

  • The Secrets of Wishtide	2016	1
  • The Mystery of the Wandering Scholar	2019	2
  • The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden	2021	3

  
  

• Savage, Vanessa
  
  

  • The Woman in the Dark (apa The Murder House)	2019
  • The Woods	2020
  • The Night They Vanished	2022

  
  

• Saville, Andrew (See also: Andrew Taylor)
  
  Bergerac, Jersey

  • Bergerac Is Back!	1985	1
  • Bergerac: Crimes of the Season	1985	2
  • Bergerac and the Fatal Weakness	1989	3
  • Bergerac and the Traitor's Child	1989	4
  • Bergerac and the Moving Fever	1990	5
  • Bergerac and the Jersey Rose	1990	6

  
  

• Saville, Guy
  
  

  • The Afrika Reich

  2011

  
  

• Sayers, Dorothy L
  
  

  • The Documents in the Case

  1930

  
  Lord Peter Wimsey

  • Whose Body?	1923	1
  • Clouds of Witness	1926	2
  • Unnatural Death (apa The Dawson Pedigree)	1927	3
  • The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club	1928	4
  • Strong Poison	1930	5
  • Five Red Herrings (apa Suspicious Characters)	1931	6
  • Have His Carcase	1932	7
  • Murder Must Advertise	1933	8
  • The Nine Tailors	1934	9
  • Gaudy Night	1935	10
  • Busman's Honeymoon	1937	11
  • Thrones Dominations (co-written by Jill Paton Walsh)	1998	12
  • A Presumption of Death (co-written by Jill Paton Walsh)	2002	13

  
  Short Stories

  • Lord Peter Views the Body	1928
  • Hangman's Holiday	1933
  • In the Teeth of the Evidence	1939
  • Striding Folly	1972

  
  

• Scarr, Louisa
  
  DS Butler & DC West

  • Last Place You Look	2021	1
  • Under a Dark Cloud	2021	2
  • Blink of an Eye	2022	3
  • Seen To Be Believed	2022	4
  • Out of the Ashes	2023	5

  
  PC Lucy Halliday

  • Gallows Wood	2024	1
  • Memorial Park	2025	2
  • Broken House	2025	3

  
  

• Scarrow, Alex
  
  

  • A Thousand Suns	2006
  • October Skies	2008
  • The Candle Man	2012

  
  DCI Boyd

  • Silent Tide	2021	1
  • Old Bones New Bones	2021	2
  • Burning Truth (ebook only)	2021	3
  • The Last Train (ebook only)	2021	4
  • The Safe Place (ebook only)	2022	5
  • Gone to Ground	2022	6
  • Argyle House	2022	7
  • The Lock Up	2023	8
  • The Archive	2023	9
  • A Monster Among Us	2024	10
  • The Vanishing	2024	11
  • The Fool	2025	12

  
  Sutherland family

  • Last Light	2007	1
  • Afterlight	2010	2

  
  

• Scarrow, Simon
  
  

  • Playing With Death (with Lee Francis)

  2017

  
  Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke

  • Blackout	2021	1
  • Dead of Night	2023	2

  
  Macro and Cato, Roman soldiers

  • Under the Eagle	2000	1
  • The Eagle's Conquest	2001	2
  • When the Eagle Hunts	2002	3
  • The Eagle and the Wolves	2003	4
  • The Eagle's Prey	2004	5
  • The Eagle's Prophecy	2005	6
  • The Eagle in the Sand	2006	7
  • Centurion	2007	8
  • The Gladiator	2009	9
  • The Legion	2010	10
  • Praetorian	2011	11
  • The Blood Crows	2013	12
  • Brothers in Blood	2014	13
  • Britannia	2015	14
  • Invictus	2016	15
  • Day of the Caesars	2017	16
  • The Blood of Rome	2018	17
  • Traitors of Rome	2019	18
  • The Emperor's Exile	2020	19
  • The Honour of Rome	2021	20
  • Rebellion	2023	21
  • Revenge of Rome	2024	22

  
  

• Scerbanenco, Giorgio
  
  Duca Lamberti, Milan

  • A Private Venus	2012	1
  • Duca and the Milan Murders (apa Betrayal tr. Howard Curtis (2013))	1970	2

  
  

• Schatzing, Frank
  
  

  • The Swarm: A Novel of the Deep	2006
  • Death and the Devil	2007
  • Limit	2013

  
  

• Scheen, Kjersti
  
  Margaret Moss, PI

  • Final Curtain

  2002

  1

  
  

• Schellman, Katharine
  
  Lily Adler, London, 1815

  • The Body in the Garden	2020	1
  • Silence in the Library	2021	2
  • Death At The Manor	2022	3
  • Murder at Midnight	2023	4
  • A Scandal in Mayfair	2024	5

  
  

• Schenkel, Andrea Maria
  
  

  • The Murder Farm	2008
  • Ice Cold	2009
  • Bunker	2010
  • The Dark Meadow	2014

  
  

• Schlink, Bernhard (See also: Thomas Richter)
  
  

  • The Reader	1997
  • The Gordian Knot	2011

  
  Gerhardt Self, PI, Mannheim.

  • Self's Punishment (with Walter Popp)	2004	1
  • Self's Deception	2007	2
  • Self's Murder	2009	3

  
  

• Schmidt, Joachim B
  
  Kalmann

  • Kalmann	2022	1
  • Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain	2024	2

  
  

• Schneider, Hansjorg
  
  Inspector Hunkeler

  • The Basel Killings	2021	1
  • Silver Pebbles	2022	2
  • The Murder of Anton Livius	2023	3

  
  

• Schumacher, Tony
  
  John Rossett

  • The Darkest Hour	2014	1
  • The British Lion	2015	2
  • An Army of One	2017	3

  
  

• Schutz, Lars
  
  

  • The Alphabet Murders

  2019

  
  

• Sciascia, Leonardo
  
  

  • The Day of the Owl	1961
  • The Council of Egypt	1966
  • Man's Blessing	1969
  • Salt in the Wound (apa Death of an Inquisitor)	1969
  • One Way or Another	1974
  • The Moro Affair	1978
  • Candido or a Dream Dreamed in Sicily	1979
  • Sicilian Uncles	1988
  • 1912 + 1	1989
  • To Each His Own	1989
  • The Knight and Death	1991
  • Open Doors and Three Novellas	1992
  • A Simple Story	2006

  
  Collection of stories

  • The Wine Dark Sea

  1985

  
  Inspector Rogas

  • Equal Danger

  1971

  1

  
  

• Scott, A D
  
  Tales from the Highland Gazette

  • A Small Death in the Great Glen	2010	1
  • A Double Death on the Black Isle	2011	2
  • Beneath the Abbey Wall	2012	3
  • North Sea Requiem	2013	4
  • The Low Road	2014	5
  • A Kind of Grief	2015	6

  
  

• Scott, Ken
  
  

  • Jack of Hearts	2005
  • A Million Would Be Nice	2006

  
  

• Scott, Manda
  
  

  • No Good Deed	2001
  • The Crystal Skull (apa 2012 The Crystal Skull)	2008
  • Into The Fire	2015
  • A Treachery of Spies	2018

  
  Kellen Stewart

  • Hen's Teeth	1996	1
  • Night Mares	1998	2
  • Stronger than Death	1999	3

  
  Rome

  • The Fire of Rome (apa The Emperor's Spy)	2010	1
  • The Coming of the King	2011	2
  • The Eagle Of The Twelfth	2012	3
  • The Art of War	2013	4

  
  

• Scragg, Robert (See also: Robert Rutherford)
  
  Porter & Styles, Police Officers

  • What Falls Between the Cracks	2018	1
  • Nothing Else Remains	2019	2
  • All That is Buried	2020	3
  • End of the Line	2021	4

  
  

• Scully, Mick
  
  

  • Little Moscow	2007
  • The Norway Room	2014

  
  

• Seales, Julia
  
  Beatrice Steele

  • A Most Agreeable Murder	2023	1
  • A Terribly Nasty Business	2025	2

  
  

• Secombe, Andy
  
  

  • Looking for Mr Piggy-Wig

  2008

  
  

• Seddon, Holly
  
  

  • Try Not to Breathe	2016
  • Don't Close Your Eyes	2017
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart	2018
  • The Hit List	2021
  • The Woman on the Bridge	2022
  • The Short Straw	2023

  
  

• Sedgwick, Helen
  
  Burrowhead Mystery

  • When the Dead Come Calling	2020	1
  • Where the Missing Gather	2021	2

  
  

• Sedira, Samira
  
  

  • People Like Them

  2021

  
  

• Sedley, Kate
  
  Roger the Chapman, 1470s England

  • Death and the Chapman	1991	1
  • The Plymouth Cloak	1992	2
  • The Hanged Man (apa The Weaver's Tale)	1993	3
  • The Holy Innocents	1994	4
  • The Eve of Saint Hyacinth	1995	5
  • The Wicked Winter	1996	6
  • The Brothers of Glastonbury	1997	7
  • The Weaver's Inheritance	1998	8
  • The Saint John's Fern	1999	9
  • The Goldsmith's Daughter	2001	10
  • The Lammas Feast	2002	11
  • Nine Men Dancing	2003	12
  • Midsummer Rose	2004	13
  • The Burgundian's Tale	2005	14
  • Prodigal Son	2006	15
  • The Three Kings of Cologne	2007	16
  • The Green Man	2008	17
  • The Dance of Death	2009	18
  • Wheel of Fate	2010	19
  • The Midsummer Crown	2011	20
  • The Tintern Treasure	2012	21
  • The Christmas Wassail	2013	22

  
  

• Seeber, Claire
  
  

  • Lullaby	2007
  • Bad Friends	2008
  • Never Tell	2010
  • Fragile Minds (apa The Girl with the Fragile Mind)	2011
  • 24 Hours	2015
  • The Stepmother	2016
  • The Parents (ebook only)	2021
  • The Street Party	2021
  • The Birthday Reunion	2023

  
  

• Seeck, Max
  
  Jessica Niemi

  • The Witch Hunter	2020	1
  • The Ice Coven	2021	2
  • The Last Grudge	2023	3
  • Ghost Island	2024	4

  
  

• Sefton, Joanne
  
  

  • If They Knew	2018
  • The Guilty Friend	2019

  
  

• Sehlberg, Dan T
  
  

  • Mona

  2014

  
  

• Selman, Victoria
  
  

  • Truly, Darkly, Deeply	2022
  • All the Little Liars	2023

  
  Ziba Mackenzie

  • Blood for Blood	2019	1
  • Nothing to Lose	2019	2
  • Snakes and Ladders	2019	3

  
  

• Sendker, Jan-Philipp
  
  China Trilogy

  • Whispering Shadows	2015	1
  • Dragon Games (apa The Language of Solitude)	2016	2
  • The Far Side of the Night	2019	3

  
  

• Sennen, Mark
  
  

  • Three

  2025

  
  Charlotte Savage Novella

  • The Boat House (ebook only)

  2014

  1

  
  DI Charlotte Savage

  • Touch	2013	1
  • Bad Blood	2013	2
  • Cut Dead	2014	3
  • Tell Tale	2015	4
  • Two Evils	2016	5
  • The Boneyard	2017	6
  • Puppet (ebook only)	2021	7

  
  Holm & da Silva

  • The Sanction	2020	1
  • Rogue Target	2021	2

  
  

• Seo, Mi-ae
  
  

  • The Only Child

  2020

  
  

• Seong-Sun, Im
  
  

  • The Consultant

  2023

  
  

• Serelyte, Renata
  
  

  • The Music Teacher

  2018

  
  

• Setterfield, Diane
  
  

  • The Thirteenth Tale

  2006

  
  

• Sewell, Kitty
  
  

  • The Ice Trap	2005
  • Bloodprint	2009
  • Cloud Fever	2014
  • The Fault	2019

  
  

• Seymour, EV (See also: Eve Isherwood, Adam Chase)
  
  

  • House of Lies	2017
  • Scarlett's Secret	2019

  
  Josh Thane

  • A Deadly Trade	2017	1
  • Final Target	2018	2

  
  Paul Tallis, ex-firearms officer

  • The Last Exile	2008	1
  • The Mephisto Threat	2009	2
  • Land of Ghosts	2010	3
  • Resolution to Kill (ebook only)	2012	4

  
  

• Seymour, Gerald
  
  

  • Harry's Game	1975
  • The Glory Boys	1976
  • Kingfisher	1977
  • Red Fox (apa The Harrison Affair)	1979
  • The Contract	1980
  • Archangel	1982
  • In Honour Bound	1984
  • Field of Blood	1985
  • A Song in the Morning (apa Shadow on the Sun)	1986
  • At Close Quarters (apa An Eye for an Eye)	1987
  • Home Run (apa The Running Target)	1989
  • Condition Black	1991
  • The Journeyman Tailor	1992
  • The Fighting Man	1993
  • The Heart of Danger	1995
  • Killing Ground	1997
  • The Waiting Time (apa Dead Ground)	1998
  • A Line in the Sand	1999
  • Holding the Zero	2000
  • The Untouchable	2001
  • Traitor's Kiss	2003
  • The Unknown Soldier	2004
  • Rat Run	2005
  • The Walking Dead	2007
  • Time Bomb	2008
  • The Collaborator	2009
  • The Dealer and the Dead	2010
  • A Deniable Death	2011
  • The Outsiders	2012
  • The Corporal's Wife	2013
  • Vagabond	2014
  • No Mortal Thing	2016
  • Jericho's War	2017
  • A Damned Serious Business	2018
  • Battle Sight Zero	2019
  • Beyond Recall	2020

  
  Jonas Merrick

  • The Crocodile Hunter	2021	1
  • The Foot Soldiers	2022	2
  • In at the Kill	2023	3
  • The Best Revenge	2024	4
  • A Duty of Care	2025	5

  
  

• Shacklady, Helen
  
  

  • Stoppage Time

  2003

  
  Kate Halton, Fiddle player & Liz Sharpe, Photographer, Northern England

  • The Patterned Flute	2001	1
  • The Stolen Crate	2002	2
  • The Lacquered Box	2003	3

  
  

• Shaginian, Marietta
  
  

  • Mess-Mend: Yankees in Petrograd

  1991

  
  

• Shah, Eddy
  
  

  • Ring of Red Roses	1991
  • The Lucy Ghosts	1992
  • Manchester Blue	1993
  • Fallen Angels	1994

  
  Conor Smith

  • Second World	2008	1
  • The Sound of Dead Bodies		2

  
  

• Sharland, Louise
  
  

  • The Lake	2021
  • My Husband's Secrets	2022

  
  

• Sharp, Alex
  
  

  • Driver: Nemesis

  2011

  
  

• Sharp, Jackson
  
  

  • Trick or Treat	2015
  • Twelve Deaths of Christmas	2015

  
  

• Sharp, Zoe
  
  

  • The Blood Whisperer

  2013

  
  Blake and Byron

  • The Last Time She Died	2021	1
  • The Girl in the Dark	2024	2

  
  CSI Grace McColl and DC Nick Weston, Lake District

  • Dancing On The Grave	2018	1
  • Bones in the River	2020	2

  
  Charlie Fox Prequel

  • Trial Under Fire

  2021

  1

  
  Charlie Fox, ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard

  • Killer Instinct	2001	1
  • Riot Act	2002	2
  • Hard Knocks	2003	3
  • First Drop	2004	4
  • Road Kill	2005	5
  • Second Shot	2007	6
  • Third Strike	2008	7
  • Fourth Day	2010	8
  • Fifth Victim	2011	9
  • Die Easy	2012	10
  • Absence of Light (novella)	2016	11
  • Fox Hunter	2017	12
  • Bad Turn	2019	13

  
  

• Sharpe, Anna (See also: Anna Mazzola)
  
  

  • Notes on a Drowning	2025
  • Lie for Your Life	2026

  
  

• Shaw, Caroline
  
  Lenny Aaron, Ex-cop, Melbourne

  • Cat Catcher	1999	1
  • Eye To Eye	2000	2

  
  

• Shaw, Catherine
  
  Vanessa Duncan, a late 1800s schoolmistress, Cambridge

  • The Three Body Problem	2004	1
  • Flowers Stained With Moonlight	2005	2
  • The Library Paradox	2006	3
  • The Riddle of the River	2007	4
  • Fatal Inheritance	2013	5

  
  

• Shaw, Howard
  
  Chief Inspector John Barnaby

  • Killing No Murder	1981	1
  • Death of a Don	1981	2
  • Pageant of Death	2000	3

  
  

• Shaw, M B
  
  Iris Grey, portrait painter and amateur sleuth, Hampshire

  • Murder at the Mill	2017	1
  • Murder at the Castle	2020	2

  
  

• Shaw, Simon
  
  

  • Killer Cinderella

  1990

  
  PI Grace Cornish

  • Killing Grace	2000	1
  • Selling Grace	2001	2

  
  Philip Fletcher, actor

  • Murder Out of Tune	1988	1
  • Bloody Instructions	1991	2
  • Dead for a Ducat	1992	3
  • The Villain of the Earth	1994	4
  • The Company of Knaves	1996	5
  • Act of Darkness	1997	6

  
  

• Shaw, William
  
  

  • The Birdwatcher	2016
  • Dead Rich (as G W Shaw)	2022
  • The Conspirators (as G W Shaw)	2023

  
  DS Alexandra Cupidi

  • Salt Lane	2018	1
  • Deadland	2019	2
  • Grave's End	2020	3
  • The Trawlerman	2021	4
  • The Wild Swimmers	2024	5

  
  DS Breen and WPC Tozer, 1960s

  • A Song from Dead Lips (apa She's Leaving Home)	2013	1
  • A House of Knives	2014	2
  • A Book of Scars	2015	3
  • Sympathy For The Devil	2017	4

  
  DS Eden Driscoll, Teignmouth

  • The Red Shore

  2025

  1

  
  

• Shea, Susan C
  
  Katherine Goff

  • Love & Death in Burgundy	2017	1
  • Dressed for Death in Burgundy	2018	2

  
  

• Sheers, Owen
  
  

  • Resistance

  2007

  
  

• Shellito, Tracey
  
  

  • Personal Protection

  2005

  
  

• Shelton, Paige
  
  Scottish Bookshop Mystery

  • The Cracked Spine	2016	1
  • Of Books and Bagpipes	2017	2
  • Lost Books and Old Bones	2018	3
  • The Loch Ness Papers	2019	4
  • The Stolen Letter	2020	5
  • Deadly Editions	2021	6
  • The Burning Pages	2022	7
  • Fateful Words	2023	8

  
  Scottish Bookshop Mystery Short Story

  • A Christmas Tartan (ebook only)

  2016

  1

  
  

• Shenjé, Kuchenga
  
  

  • The Library Thief

  2024

  
  

• Shepherd, Bob
  
  

  • The Infidel	2010
  • The Good Jihadist	2011

  
  

• Shepherd, Catherine
  
  

  • Fatal Puzzle

  2015

  
  

• Shepherd, Lisa
  
  

  • The Ladies of Lambton Green

  1988

  
  

• Shepherd, Lloyd
  
  Charles Horton & John Harriott, River Police, 19thC

  • The English Monster	2012	1
  • The Poisoned Island	2013	2
  • Savage Magic	2014	3
  • The Detective and the Devil	2016	4

  
  

• Shepherd, Lynn
  
  Charles Maddox, private detective, 1800s

  • Murder at Mansfield Park	2010	1
  • Tom-All-Alone's (apa The Solitary House) (apa The Man in Black)	2012	2
  • A Treacherous Likeness (apa A Fatal Likeness) (apa The Frankenstein Monster)	2013	3
  • The Pierced Heart (apa The London Vampire)	2014	4

  
  

• Shepherd, Stella
  
  Detective Richard Montgomery

  • Black Justice	1988	1
  • Murderous Remedy	1989	2
  • Thinner Than Blood	1991	3
  • Lethal Fixation	1993	4
  • Nurse Dawes Is Dead	1994	5
  • Something in the Cellar	1995	6
  • Embers of Death	1996	7

  
  Journalist Rowena Kemp

  • Twilight Curtain

  1998

  1

  
  

• Shepherd-Robinson, Laura
  
  

  • Blood & Sugar	2019
  • Daughters of Night	2021
  • The Square of Sevens	2023
  • The Art of a Lie	2025

  
  

• Sherez, Stav
  
  

  • The Devil's Playground	2004
  • The Black Monastery	2009

  
  DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller, London

  • A Dark Redemption	2012	1
  • Eleven Days	2013	2
  • The Intrusions	2017	3

  
  

• Sheridan, Sara
  
  Mirabelle Bevan (retired Secret Service), 1950s

  • Brighton Belle	2012	1
  • London Calling	2013	2
  • England Expects	2014	3
  • British Bulldog	2015	4
  • Operation Goodwood	2016	5
  • Russian Roulette	2017	6
  • Indian Summer	2019	7
  • Highland Fling	2020	8
  • Celtic Cross	2021	9

  
  

• Sheriff, John Paxton
  
  Jack Scott, PI, Liverpool

  • Confusion of Murders	2005	1
  • A Bewilderment of Crooks	2006	2
  • The Clutches of Death	2006	3
  • Deathly Suspense	2007	4
  • An Evil Reflection	2008	5

  
  Penny Lane, photographer and amateur PI

  • Dying to Know You	2008	1
  • Locked in Death	2009	2

  
  

• Sherratt, Mel
  
  

  • Watching Over You	2014
  • Ten Days	2021
  • The Life She Wants (ebook only)	2021
  • Safe at Home	2025

  
  DI Marsha Clay, Staffordshire

  • Missing Girls

  2023

  1

  
  DS Allie Shenton

  • Taunting the Dead	2013	1
  • Follow the Leader	2015	2
  • Only the Brave	2015	3
  • Broken Promises (ebook only)	2022	4
  • Hidden Secrets (ebook only)	2022	5
  • Twisted Lives	2022	6
  • Family Matters (ebook only)	2025	7

  
  DS Grace Allendale

  • Hush Hush	2018	1
  • Tick Tock	2019	2
  • Liar Liar	2020	3
  • Good Girl	2021	4

  
  Detective Eden Berrisford

  • The Girls Next Door	2016	1
  • Don't Look Behind You	2017	2

  
  The Estate series

  • Somewhere to Hide	2013	1
  • Behind a Closed Door	2013	2
  • Fighting for Survival	2013	3
  • Written in the Scars	2015	4

  
  

• Shevchenko, A K
  
  

  • Bequest	2010
  • The Game	2012

  
  

• Shevelev, Mikhail
  
  

  • Not Russian

  2023

  
  

• Shibli, Adania
  
  

  • Minor Detail

  2020

  
  

• Shimada, Soji
  
  

  • The Tokyo Zodiac Murders	2005
  • Murder in the Crooked House	2019

  
  

• Shimamoto, Rio
  
  

  • First Love

  2024

  
  

• Shimizu, Yoshinori
  
  

  • Labyrinth (ebook only)

  2016

  
  

• Shindler, Will
  
  DI Alex Finn & DC Mattie Paulsen, London

  • The Burning Men	2020	1
  • The Killing Choice	2021	2
  • The Hunting Ground	2022	3
  • The Blood Line	2023	4
  • The Cold Case	2023	5

  
  

• Shoham, Liad
  
  

  • Lineup	2013
  • Asylum City	2014

  
  

• Shone, Anna
  
  Ulysses Finnegan Donaghue, a PI in Provence

  • Come Away Death (apa Mr Donaghue Investigates)	1994	1
  • Secrets in Stones	1995	2

  
  

• Shroff-Shah, Meeti
  
  Radhi, writer, Mumbai

  • A Mumbai Murder Mystery (apa The Death of Kirti Kadakia)	2021	1
  • A Matrimonial Murder	2024	2

  
  

• Siebert, U A
  
  

  • Last Date

  2015

  
  

• Sierra, Javier
  
  

  • The Secret Supper	2006
  • The Lady in Blue	2007

  
  

• Siger, Jeffrey
  
  Former Athens police chief Andreas Kaldis & local police chief Tassos Stamatos, Mykonos

  • Murder in Mykonos	2009	1
  • Assassins of Athens	2010	2
  • Prey on Patmos (apa An Aegean Prophecy)	2011	3
  • Target: Tinos	2012	4
  • Mykonos After Midnight	2013	5
  • Sons of Sparta	2014	6
  • Devil of Delphi	2015	7
  • Santorini Caesars	2016	8
  • An Aegean April	2018	9
  • The Mykonos Mob	2019	10
  • A Deadly Twist	2021	11

  
  

• Sigurdardottir, Lilja
  
  

  • Betrayal

  2020

  
  Arora

  • Cold as Hell	2021	1
  • Red as Blood	2022	2
  • White as Snow	2023	3
  • Dark as Night	2024	4
  • Black as Death	2025	5

  
  Sonja

  • Snare	2017	1
  • Trap	2018	2
  • Cage	2019	3

  
  

• Sigurdardottir, Yrsa
  
  

  • I Remember You	2012
  • The Undesired	2015
  • Why Did You Lie?	2016
  • The Prey	2023

  
  Children's House series

  • The Legacy	2017	1
  • The Reckoning	2018	2
  • The Absolution	2019	3
  • Gallows Rock	2020	4
  • The Doll	2021	5
  • The Fallout	2022	6

  
  Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn

  • Can't Run, Can't Hide	2024	1
  • The Wake	2025	2

  
  Thora Gudmundsdottir, Lawyer

  • Last Rituals	2007	1
  • My Soul to Take	2009	2
  • Ashes to Dust	2010	3
  • The Day is Dark	2011	4
  • Someone to Watch Over Me	2013	5
  • The Silence of the Sea	2014	6

  
  

• Silva, Jo
  
  The Edge of the World Detective Agency

  • The Wrecker's Curse	2023	1
  • Murder on a Cornish Isle	2023	2
  • Death Comes to St Ives	2024	3

  
  

• Silver, Abi
  
  Burton and Lamb

  • The Pinocchio Brief	2017	1
  • The Aladdin Trial	2018	2
  • The Cinderella Plan	2019	3
  • The Rapunzel Act	2021	4
  • The Midas Game	2021	5

  
  

• Silver, Horace
  
  

  • Judas Pig

  2004

  
  

• Silverwood, Roger
  
  

  • Deadly Daffodils	1970
  • Dying for a Drink	1971
  • Illegitimate Spy	1972
  • Salamander	2006

  
  D.I. Michael Angel, Bromersley, South Yorkshire

  • In the Midst of Life	2004	1
  • Choker	2004	2
  • The Man in the Pink Suit	2005	3
  • The Importance of Being Honest	2005	4
  • Mantrap	2006	5
  • Sham	2006	6
  • The Umbrella Man	2007	7
  • The Man Who Couldn't Lose	2007	8
  • The Curious Mind of Inspector Angel	2007	9
  • Find the Lady	2008	10
  • The Wig Maker	2008	11
  • Murder in Bare Feet	2008	12
  • Wild About Harry (apa Missing, Presumed...)	2009	13
  • The Cuckoo Clock Scam	2009	14
  • Shrine to Murder	2010	15
  • The Snuffbox Murders	2010	16
  • The Dog Collar Murders	2011	17
  • The Cheshire Cat Murders	2012	18
  • The Diamond Rosary Murders	2012	19
  • The Big Fiddle	2013	20
  • The Fruit Gum Murders	2014	21
  • The Money Tree Murders	2014	22
  • Angel and the Actress	2015	23
  • The Murder List	2015	24

  
  

• Silvester, James
  
  Lucie Musilova

  • Blood, White and Blue	2018	1
  • Sealed With A Death	2019	2

  
  Prague series

  • Escape to Perdition	2016	1
  • The Prague Ultimatum	2017	2

  
  

• Silvestre, Edney
  
  

  • If I Close My Eyes Now	2013
  • Happiness Is Easy	2014

  
  

• Simenon, Georges
  
  

  • The Man From Everywhere	1931
  • The Mystery of the 'Polarlys'	1932
  • Mr Hire's Engagment (apa The Engagement)	1933
  • Newhaven-Dieppe	1933
  • The House by the Canal	1933
  • The Night Club	1933
  • The Window over the Way	1933
  • The Woman of the Grey House	1933
  • Tropic Moon	1933
  • One Way Out	1934
  • The Lodger	1934
  • A Wife at Sea	1935
  • Aboard the Aquitane	1936
  • The Breton Sisters	1936
  • The Disintegration of J.P.G.	1936
  • The Long Exile	1936
  • Home Town	1937
  • Talatala	1937
  • The Murderer	1937
  • The Shadow Falls (apa Donadieu's Will)	1937
  • Banana Tourist	1938
  • Blind Path	1938
  • Chit of a Girl	1938
  • Monsieur La Souris	1938
  • Poisoned Relations	1938
  • The Green Thermos	1938
  • The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By	1938
  • The Survivors	1938
  • The White Horse Inn	1938
  • Chez Krull	1939
  • The Burgomaster of Furnes	1939
  • The Family Lie	1940
  • The Strangers in the House	1940
  • Black Rain	1941
  • Justice	1941
  • Strange Inheritance	1941
  • The Country Doctor	1941
  • The Outlaw	1941
  • The Trial of Bebe Donge (apa I Take This Woman)	1942
  • Ticket of Leave	1942
  • Uncle Charles (apa Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In)	1942
  • Young Cardinaud	1942
  • The Gendarme's Report	1944
  • Across the Street	1945
  • Monsieur Monde Vanishes	1945
  • The First-born (apa Magnet of Doom)	1945
  • The Couple from Poitiers	1946
  • Act of Passion	1947
  • The Fate of the Malous	1947
  • The Ostenders	1947
  • The Stowaway	1947
  • Three Beds in Manhattan	1947
  • Pedigree	1948
  • The Reckoning	1948
  • The Stain on the Snow (apa The Snow Was Black)	1948
  • Four Days in a Lifetime	1949
  • The Bottom of the Bottle	1949
  • The Hatter's Ghosts	1949
  • The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet	1950
  • The Heart of a Man	1950
  • A New Lease of Life (apa A New Lease on Life)	1951
  • Aunt Jeanne	1951
  • The Girl in his Past	1951
  • Belle	1952
  • The Brothers Rico	1952
  • The Girl with a Squint	1952
  • Red Lights	1953
  • The Iron Staircase	1953
  • The Magician	1953
  • Big Bob	1954
  • The Fugitive (apa Account Unsettled)	1954
  • The Watchmaker of Everton	1954
  • The Witnesses	1955
  • In Case of Emergency	1956
  • The Accomplices	1956
  • The Little Man from Archangel	1956
  • The Negro	1957
  • The Son	1957
  • Striptease	1958
  • Sunday	1958
  • The Premier	1958
  • The Grandmother	1959
  • The Widower	1959
  • Teddy Bear	1960
  • Betty	1961
  • The Train	1961
  • The Door	1962
  • The Others (apa The House on Quai Notre Dame)	1962
  • The Patient (apa The Bells of Bicetre)	1963
  • The Blue Room	1964
  • The Man with the Little Dog	1964
  • The Little Saint	1965
  • The Venice Train	1965
  • The Confessional	1966
  • The Old Man Dies	1966
  • The Cat	1967
  • The Neighbours (apa The Move)	1967
  • The Man on the Bench in the Barn	1968
  • The Prison	1968
  • November	1969
  • The Rich Man	1970
  • The Disappearance of Odile	1971
  • The Glass Cage	1971
  • The Innocents	1972
  • The Mahe Circle	2014

  
  Inspector Maigret, Paris

  • The Case of Peter the Lett (apa The Strange Case of Peter the Lett/Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett/Pietr the Latvian (2013))	1931	1
  • The Death of Monsieur Gallet (apa Maigret Stonewalled/The Late Monsieur Gallet (2013))	1931	2
  • The Crime of Inspector Maigret (apa Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets/The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien)	1931	3
  • The Crime at Lock 14 (apa Maigret Meets a Milord/Lock 14/The Carter of La Providence (2014))	1931	4
  • A Face for a Clue (apa Maigret and the Concarneau Murders/Maigret and the Yellow Dog/The Yellow Dog)	1931	5
  • The Crossroad Murders (apa Maigret at the Crossroads/Night at the Crossroads)	1931	6
  • A Crime in Holland (apa Maigret in Holland)	1931	7
  • The Sailor's Rendezvous (apa The Grand Banks Cafe)	1931	8
  • A Battle of Nerves (apa A Man's Head/Maigret's War of Nerves)	1931	9
  • At the Gai-Moulin (apa Maigret at the Gai-Moulin)	1931	10
  • The Guingette by the Seine (apa Maigret to the Rescue/Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine/The Bar on the Seine/The Two-Penny Bar)	1931	11
  • The Shadow in the Courtyard (apa Maigret Mystified/The Shadow Puppet)	1932	12
  • The Saint-Fiacre Affair (apa Maigret and the Countess/Maigret Goes Home/Maigret on Home Ground)	1932	13
  • The Flemish Shop (apa Maigret and the Flemish Shop)	1932	14
  • Death of a Harbour Master (apa Maigret and the Death of a Harbor Master)	1932	15
  • The Madman of Bergerac	1932	16
  • Liberty Bar (apa Maigret on the Riviera)	1932	17
  • The Lock at Charenton (apa Maigret Sits it Out)	1933	18
  • Maigret Returns	1934	19
  • Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (apa The Hotel Majestic)	1942	20
  • Maigret in Exile	1942	21
  • Maigret and the Spinster	1942	22
  • To Any Lengths (apa Maigret and the Fortuneteller) (apa Signed, Picpus)	1944	23
  • Maigret and the Toy Village	1944	24
  • Maigret's Rival (apa Inspector Cadaver)	1944	25
  • Maigret in Retirement	1947	26
  • Maigret in New York's Underworld (apa Maigret in New York/Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld)	1947	27
  • A Summer Holiday (apa No Vacation for Maigret/Maigret on Holiday)	1948	28
  • Maigret's Special Murder (apa Maigret's Dead Man)	1948	29
  • Maigret's First Case	1949	30
  • My Friend Maigret (apa The Methods of Maigret)	1949	31
  • Maigret and the Coroner (apa Maigret at the Coroner's)	1949	32
  • Maigret and the Old Lady	1949	33
  • Madame Maigret's Own Case (apa Madame Maigret's Friend)	1950	34
  • Maigret's Memoirs	1951	35
  • Maigret in Montmartre (apa Maigret and the Strangled Stripper/Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper)	1951	36
  • Maigret Takes a Room (apa Maigret Rents a Room)	1951	37
  • Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (apa Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife)	1951	38
  • Maigret and the Gangsters (apa Inspector Maigret and the Killers)	1952	39
  • Maigret's Revolver	1952	40
  • Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (apa Maigret and the Man on the Bench)	1953	41
  • Maigret Afraid	1953	42
  • Maigret's Mistake	1953	43
  • Maigret Goes to School	1954	44
  • Maigret and the Young Girl (apa Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl)	1954	45
  • Maigret and the Minister (apa Maigret and the Calame Report)	1954	46
  • Maigret and the Headless Corpse	1955	47
  • Maigret Sets a Trap	1955	48
  • Maigret's Failure	1956	49
  • Maigret's Little Joke (apa None of Maigret's Business)	1957	50
  • Maigret and the Millionaires (apa Maigret Travels)	1958	51
  • Maigret Has Scruples	1958	52
  • Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses	1959	53
  • Maigret Has Doubts	1959	54
  • Maigret in Court	1960	55
  • Maigret in Society	1960	56
  • Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (apa Maigret and the Idle Burglar)	1961	57
  • Maigret and the Black Sheep	1962	58
  • Maigret and the Saturday Caller	1962	59
  • Maigret and the Dosser (apa Maigret and the Bum)	1963	60
  • Maigret Loses His Temper	1963	61
  • Maigret and the Ghost (apa Maigret and the Apparition)	1964	62
  • Maigret on the Defensive	1964	63
  • The Patience of Maigret (apa Maigret Bides His Time)	1965	64
  • Maigret and the Nahour Case	1966	65
  • Maigret's Pickpocket (apa Maigret and the Pickpocket)	1967	66
  • Maigret Takes the Waters (apa Maigret in Vichy)	1968	67
  • Maigret Hesitates	1968	68
  • Maigret's Boyhood Friend	1968	69
  • Maigret and the Killer	1969	70
  • Maigret and the Wine Merchant	1970	71
  • Maigret and the Madwoman	1970	72
  • Maigret and the Loner	1971	73
  • Maigret and the Flea (apa Maigret and the Informer)	1971	74
  • Maigret and Monsieur Charles	1972	75

  
  Short Stories

  • The Little Doctor	1943
  • Maigret's Pipe	1947
  • Maigret's Christmas	1951
  • Death Threats: And Other Stories	2021

  
  

• Simms, Chris
  
  

  • Outside the White Lines	2003
  • Pecking Order	2004
  • Midnight Rambler	2024

  
  DC Sean Blake, Manchester

  • Loose Tongues	2018	1
  • Marked Men	2019	2

  
  Det. Jon Spicer, Manchester

  • Killing the Beasts	2005	1
  • Shifting Skin	2006	2
  • Savage Moon	2007	3
  • Hell's Fire	2008	4
  • The Edge	2009	5
  • Cut Adrift	2010	6
  • Sleeping Dogs	2014	7
  • Death Games	2017	8
  • Dark Angel	2021	9

  
  Detective Constable Iona Khan, Manchester

  • Scratch Deeper	2012	1
  • A Price to Pay	2013	2

  
  

• Simons, Paullina
  
  

  • Red Leaves	1996
  • Eleven Hours	1998

  
  

• Simpson, Dorothy
  
  

  • Harbingers of Fear

  1977

  
  Inspector Luke Thanet, Kent

  • The Night She Died	1981	1
  • Six Feet Under	1982	2
  • Puppet for a Corpse	1983	3
  • Close Her Eyes	1984	4
  • Last Seen Alive	1985	5
  • Dead on Arrival	1986	6
  • Element of Doubt	1987	7
  • Suspicious Death	1988	8
  • Dead by Morning	1989	9
  • Doomed to Die	1991	10
  • Wake the Dead	1992	11
  • No Laughing Matter	1993	12
  • A Day for Dying	1995	13
  • Once Too Often	1998	14
  • Dead and Gone	1999	15

  
  

• Simpson, John
  
  

  • Moscow, Midnight

  2018

  
  

• Sinclair, Jodie (See also: Janie Bolitho)
  
  

  • Dangerous Games

  1997

  
  

• Sinclair, John Gordon/J G
  
  

  • Seventy Times Seven	2012
  • Blood Whispers	2014
  • Walk in Silence	2017

  
  

• Singh, Sunny
  
  

  • Hotel Arcadia

  2015

  
  

• Sington, Philip
  
  

  • Zoia's Gold	2005
  • The Einstein Girl	2009
  • The Valley of the Unknowing	2012

  
  

• Siniac, Pierre
  
  

  • The Collaborators

  2010

  
  

• Sipila, Jarkko
  
  Lieutenant Detective Kari Takamaki, Helsinki Police Violent Crimes Unit

  • Helsinki Homicide: Cold Trail	2013	4
  • Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth	2011	7
  • Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall	2009	9
  • Helsinki Homicide: Vengeance	2010	10
  • Helsinki Homicide: Darling	2014	12

  
  

• Sivakumaran, Anita
  
  DI Vijay Patel

  • Cold Sun	2021	1
  • Black Rain	2022	2

  
  

• Sixsmith, Martin
  
  

  • Spin

  2004

  
  

• Sjöwall, Maj & Wahlöö, Per
  
  Swedish Detective Martin Beck

  • Roseanna	1965	1
  • The Man Who Went Up in Smoke	1966	2
  • The Man on the Balcony	1967	3
  • The Laughing Policeman (apa Investigation of Murder)	1968	4
  • The Fire Engine That Disappeared	1969	5
  • Murder at the Savoy	1970	6
  • The Abominable Man	1971	7
  • The Locked Room	1972	8
  • Cop Killer	1974	9
  • The Terrorists	1975	10

  
  

• Skeggs, Douglas
  
  

  • The Estuary Pilgrim	1989
  • The Talinin Madonna	1991
  • The Triumph of Bacchus	1993
  • The Phoenix of Prague	1996
  • The Claimant	1998

  
  

• Skördeman, Gustaf
  
  

  • Geiger	2021
  • Codename Faust	2022

  
  

• Skredderberget, Asle
  
  Milo Cavalli

  • The Oslo Conspiracy

  2016

  1

  
  

• Skuse, C J
  
  

  • The Alibi Girl

  2020

  
  Sweetpea

  • Sweetpea	2017	1
  • In Bloom	2018	2
  • Dead Head	2021	3
  • Thorn In My Side	2024	4

  
  

• Skvorecky, Josef
  
  

  • Miss Silver's past	1974
  • The Miracle Game	1991
  • Two Murders in My Double Life	1999

  
  Short Stories

  • Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka	1974
  • Sins for Father Knox	1988
  • The End of Lieutenant Boruvka	1989
  • The Return of Lieutenant Boruvka	1990

  
  

• Slade, Nicola
  
  

  • Murder Fortissimo

  2011

  
  Charlotte Richmond, Widow, Victorian era

  • Murder Most Welcome	2008	1
  • Death is the Cure	2009	2
  • The Dead Queen's Garden	2013	3

  
  

• Slan, Joanna Campbell
  
  Jane Eyre

  • Death of a Schoolgirl	2012	1
  • Death of a Dowager	2013	2
  • Christmas at Ferndean Manor	2021	3
  • Death of a Gentleman	2022	4

  
  

• Slater, Alice
  
  

  • Death of a Bookseller	2023
  • Let the Bad Times Roll	2025

  
  

• Slater, Sofia
  
  

  • Auld Acquantance

  2022

  
  

• Slimani, Leila
  
  

  • Lullaby (apa The Perfect Nanny)

  2018

  
  

• Slovo, Gillian
  
  

  • The Betrayal	1991
  • Ten Days	2016

  
  Kate Baeier, PI/Journalist

  • Morbid Symptoms	1984	1
  • Death by Analysis	1986	2
  • Death Comes Staccato	1987	3
  • Cat Nap	1994	4
  • Close Call	1995	5

  
  

• Smirnoff, Karin
  
  

  • The Girl in the Eagle's Talons (Millennium VII)

  2023

  
  

• Smith, Alex
  
  

  • Six Days, Six Hours, Six Minutes (ebook only)	2020
  • The Harder They Fall	2022

  
  DCI Robert Kett, Norfolk

  • Paper Girls	2020	1
  • Bad Dog	2020	2
  • Three Little Pigs	2020	3
  • Whip Crack	2020	4
  • Run Rabbit Run	2020	5
  • Stone Cold Dead	2021	6
  • Every Mother's Son	2021	7
  • Sweet Briar Rose	2021	8
  • Jaw Breaker	2022	9
  • Knock Knock	2022	10
  • King Rat (ebook only)	2022	11
  • Knuckle Bones	2023	12
  • Lucky Number Seven	2023	13
  • Unholy Saints	2023	14
  • Truly Madly Deadly	2024	15
  • Every Last Devil	2024	16
  • Red Line	2024	17
  • Cold Iron Kills	2025	18

  
  DI Harrison Baird, Suffolk

  • A Long-Dead Thing

  2025

  1

  
  

• Smith, Alexander McCall
  
  Children's Book

  • Precious and the Monkeys (apa The Great Cake Mystery)	2011	1
  • Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill	2012	2
  • Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion	2013	3

  
  Detective Varg Novella

  • The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists (ebook only)

  2019

  1

  
  Detective Varg, Malmo

  • The Department of Sensitive Crimes	2019	1
  • The Talented Mr Varg	2020	2
  • The Man with the Silver Saab	2021	3
  • The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf	2023	4

  
  Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher, Edinburgh

  • The Sunday Philosophy Club	2004	1
  • Friends, Lovers, Chocolate	2005	2
  • The Right Attitude to Rain	2006	3
  • The Careful Use of Compliments	2007	4
  • The Comfort of Saturdays (apa The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday)	2008	5
  • The Lost Art of Gratitude	2009	6
  • The Charming Quirks of Others	2010	7
  • The Forgotten Affairs Of Youth	2011	8
  • The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds	2012	9
  • The Novel Habits of Happiness	2015	10
  • A Distant View of Everything	2017	11

  
  Mma Ramotswe, PI, Botswana

  • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	1998	1
  • Tears of the Giraffe	2000	2
  • Morality for Beautiful Girls	2001	3
  • The Kalahari Typing School for Men	2002	4
  • The Full Cupboard of Life	2003	5
  • In the Company of Cheerful Ladies	2004	6
  • Blue Shoes and Happiness	2006	7
  • The Good Husband of Zebra Drive	2007	8
  • The Miracle at Speedy Motors	2008	9
  • Tea Time for the Traditionally Built	2009	10
  • The Double Comfort Safari Club	2010	11
  • The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party	2011	12
  • The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection	2012	13
  • The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon	2013	14
  • The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café	2014	15
  • The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine	2015	16
  • Precious and Grace	2016	17
  • The House of Unexpected Sisters	2017	18
  • The Colours of all the Cattle	2018	19
  • To the Land of Long Lost Friends	2019	20
  • How to Raise an Elephant	2020	21
  • The Joy and Light Bus Company	2021	22
  • A Song of Comfortable Chairs	2022	23
  • From a Far and Lovely Country	2023	24
  • The Great Hippopotamus Hotel	2024	25
  • In the Time of Five Pumpkins	2025	26

  
  Short Stories

  • The Cleverness Of Ladies (Quick Reads)	2012
  • The Private Life of Spies	2023

  
  

• Smith, Anna
  
  Billie Carlson, Glasgow

  • Until I Find You	2022	1
  • If I Should Die	2023	2
  • Last Seen	2024	3
  • In The Shadows	2025	4

  
  Kerry Casey, Glasgow

  • Blood Feud	2018	1
  • Fight Back	2019	2
  • End Game	2020	3
  • Framed	2021	4

  
  Rosie Gilmour, Crime Journalist, 1990s

  • The Dead Won't Sleep	2011	1
  • To Tell the Truth	2012	2
  • Screams in the Dark	2013	3
  • Betrayed	2014	4
  • A Cold Killing	2015	5
  • Rough Cut	2016	6
  • Kill Me Twice	2016	7
  • Death Trap	2017	8
  • The Hit	2017	9

  
  

• Smith, Carol
  
  

  • Darkening Echoes (apa Friends for Life)	1995
  • Kensington Court (apa Neighbors)	1996
  • Double Exposure (apa Charmed Circle)	1998
  • Family Reunion	1999
  • Unfinished Business	2000
  • Grandmother's Footsteps	2002
  • Home From Home	2003
  • Hidden Agenda	2004
  • Vanishing Point	2005
  • Without Warning	2006
  • Fatal Attraction	2007
  • Twilight Hour	2008
  • In the Dead of Night	2009

  
  

• Smith, Clark
  
  Nicky Mahoun, Chartered Accountant

  • The Speaking Eye	1955	1
  • The Deadly Reaper	1956	2
  • The Case of Torches	1957	3

  
  

• Smith, Dan
  
  

  • Dry Season	2010
  • Dark Horizons	2011
  • The Child Thief	2012
  • Red Winter	2013
  • The Darkest Heart	2014

  
  

• Smith, Fiona Veitch
  
  Miss Clara Vale, 1929

  • The Picture House Murders	2023	1
  • The Pantomime Murders	2023	2
  • The Pyramid Murders	2024	3
  • The Penford Manor Murders	2025	4

  
  Poppy Denby, 1920s Reporter

  • The Jazz Files	2015	1
  • The Kill Fee	2016	2
  • The Death Beat	2017	3
  • The Cairo Brief	2018	4
  • The Art Fiasco	2020	5
  • The Crystal Crypt	2021	6

  
  

• Smith, Frank
  
  

  • Corpse in Handcuffs	1969
  • Defectors Are Dead Men	1971
  • The Traitor Mask	1974
  • Dragon's Breath	1980

  
  Detective Chief Inspector Neil Paget

  • Fatal Flaw	1996	1
  • Stone Dead	1997	2
  • Candles for the Dead	1999	3
  • Thread of Evidence	2001	4
  • Acts of Vengeance	2003	5
  • Breaking Point	2008	6
  • The Cold Hand of Malice	2009	7
  • A Killing Resurrected	2010	8
  • In The Shadow of Evil	2012	9
  • Night Fall	2013	10
  • Dead Weight	2016	11

  
  

• Smith, Hayley
  
  

  • Such a Loving Couple	2023
  • The Perfect Girlfriend	2023
  • The Childminder	2024

  
  

• Smith, Helen
  
  Emily Castles

  • Invitation to Die	2013	1
  • Beyond Belief	2014	2
  • Stage Fright	2018	3

  
  Emily Castles novellas

  • Three Sisters	2011	1
  • Showstoppers	2011	2
  • Real Elves	2014	3

  
  

• Smith, Joan
  
  

  • What Will Survive

  2007

  
  Loretta Lawson, Lecturer, London

  • A Masculine Ending	1987	1
  • Why Aren't They Screaming?	1988	2
  • Don't Leave Me This Way	1990	3
  • What Men Say	1993	4
  • Full Stop	1995	5

  
  

• Smith, Mackenzie
  
  

  • Who Pays the Piper

  2011

  
  

• Smith, Martin Cruz
  
  

  • The Girl from Venice

  2016

  
  Chief Investigator Arkady Renko, Moscow

  • Gorky Park	1981	1
  • Polar Star	1989	2
  • Red Square	1992	3
  • Havana Bay	1999	4
  • Wolves Eat Dogs	2005	5
  • Stalin's Ghost	2007	6
  • Three Stations	2011	7
  • Tatiana	2013	8
  • The Siberian Dilemma	2019	9
  • Independence Square	2023	10
  • Hotel Ukraine	2025	11

  
  

• Smith, Murray
  
  

  • Legacy

  1998

  
  David Jardine, Secret Intelligence Service

  • The Devil's Juggler	1993	1
  • Stone Dancer	1994	2
  • Killing Time	1995	3

  
  

• Smith, Nick
  
  

  • Undead on Arrival

  2007

  
  Julius Kyle, feline reporter in the city of Bast

  • Milk Treading	2002	1
  • The Kitty Killer Cult	2004	2

  
  

• Smith, Patrick
  
  

  • In the Name of Love

  2015

  
  

• Smith, Tom Rob
  
  

  • The Farm

  2014

  
  Leo Demidov, Soviet Union, 1950s

  • Child 44	2008	1
  • The Secret Speech	2009	2
  • Agent 6	2011	3

  
  

• Smithson, L D
  
  

  • The Escape Room

  2024

  
  

• Smits, Johan
  
  

  • Phnom Penh Express

  2010

  
  

• Smyth, Seamus
  
  

  • Quinn

  1999

  
  

• Sobol, Joshua
  
  

  • Cut Throat Dog

  2010

  
  

• Soderberg, Alexander
  
  Sophie Brinkmann, Nurse, Stockholm

  • The Andalucian Friend	2013	1
  • The Other Son	2015	2

  
  

• Solana, Teresa
  
  

  • Black Storms

  2024

  
  Short Stories

  • The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and other stories

  2018

  
  Twin Detectives, Eduard & Borja, Barcelona

  • A Not So Perfect Crime	2008	1
  • A Short Cut to Paradise	2011	2
  • The Sound of One Hand Killing	2013	3

  
  

• Sole, Linda
  
  

  • Song for Athena

  2003

  
  Sarah Beaufort, Actress, 1920s

  • Miscarriage of Justice	2007	1
  • Justice Is Served	2007	2
  • A Different Kind of Justice	2008	3

  
  

• Solstad, Dag
  
  

  • Professor Andersen's Night

  2011

  
  

• Somer, Mehmet Murat
  
  Hop-Ciki-Yaya series, unnamed transvestite/ nightclub owner, Istanbul

  • The Kiss Murder	2009	1
  • The Prophet Murders	2008	2
  • The Gigolo Murder	2009	3
  • The Serenity Murders (apa The Wig Murders)	2012	4

  
  

• Somoza, Jose Carlos
  
  

  • The Athenian Murders	2002
  • The Art of Murder	2004
  • Zig Zag	2007

  
  

• Sorokin, Vladimir
  
  

  • Ice

  2006

  
  

• Souter, Keith
  
  

  • The Pardoner's Crime	2008
  • The Fool's Folly	2009

  
  

• Southern, Paul
  
  

  • The Craze	2004
  • Brown Boys in Chocolate	2005

  
  

• Southey, Roz
  
  

  • Scorcher

  2018

  
  Charles Patterson, Musician, 18C Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Broken Harmony	2007	1
  • Chords and Discords	2008	2
  • Secret Lament	2009	3
  • Sword and Song	2010	4
  • The Ladder Dancer	2011	5
  • Airs and Graces	2011	6

  
  

• Spain, Jo
  
  

  • The Confession	2018
  • Dirty Little Secrets	2019
  • Six Wicked Reasons	2020
  • The Perfect Lie	2021
  • The Last to Disappear	2022
  • Don't Look Back	2023
  • The Trial	2024

  
  Detective Tom Reynolds, Dublin

  • With our Blessing	2015	1
  • Beneath the Surface	2016	2
  • Sleeping Beauties	2017	3
  • The Darkest Place	2018	4
  • The Boy Who Fell	2019	5

  
  

• Spedding, Sally
  
  

  • Wringland	2001
  • Cloven	2002
  • A Night With No Stars	2004
  • Prey Silence	2006
  • Come and Be Killed	2007
  • Cold Remains	2012
  • Malediction	2012

  
  DI John Lyon

  • The Nighthawk	2018	1
  • Bloodlines	2018	2
  • Death Knell	2019	3

  
  Delphine Rougier

  • Downfall	2019	1
  • The Devil's Garden	2019	2
  • Blood At Beltane	2020	3

  
  Short Stories

  • Strangers Waiting

  2008

  
  

• Speechley, Ruby
  
  

  • Every Little Secret	2020
  • Someone Else's Baby	2020
  • A Mother Like You	2021
  • The Face At The Window	2021
  • Gone	2023
  • Missing	2023
  • Guilty	2024
  • The Uninvited Guest	2025

  
  

• Speller, Elizabeth
  
  

  • The Return of Captain John Emmett	2010
  • The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton	2011

  
  

• Spencer, Charles
  
  Will Benson, show biz journalist, London

  • I Nearly Died	1994	1
  • Full Personal Service	1996	2
  • Under the Influence	2000	3

  
  

• Spencer, John B
  
  

  • Perhaps She'll Die!	1996
  • Tooth and Nail	1998
  • Stitch	1999
  • Grief	2003

  
  Charley Chase, PI, futuristic California

  • A Case for Charley	1984	1
  • Charley Gets the Picture	1985	2
  • Quake City	1996	3

  
  

• Spencer, Sally (See also: Alan Rustage, James Garcia Woods)
  
  

  • The Paradise Job	1999
  • Pilgrimage of Death (ebook only)	2015
  • The Madeiran Double Cross (ebook only)	2015
  • The Company	2021

  
  Chief Inspector Woodend, Whitebridge, Lancashire, 1950s and on.

  • The Salton Killings	1998	1
  • Murder at Swann's Lake	1999	2
  • Death of a Cave Dweller	2000	3
  • The Dark Lady	2001	4
  • The Golden Mile to Murder	2001	5
  • Dead on Cue	2002	6
  • The Red Herring	2002	7
  • Death of an Innocent	2002	8
  • A Death Left Hanging	2003	9
  • The Enemy Within	2003	10
  • The Witch Maker	2004	11
  • The Butcher Beyond	2004	12
  • Dying in the Dark	2005	13
  • Stone Killer	2005	14
  • A Long Time Dead	2006	15
  • Sins of the Fathers	2006	16
  • Dangerous Games	2007	17
  • Death Watch	2007	18
  • A Dying Fall	2008	19
  • Fatal Quest: Woodend's First Case	2008	20

  
  DCI Monika Paniatowski, Whitebridge

  • The Dead Hand of History	2009	1
  • The Ring of Death	2010	2
  • Echoes of the Dead	2010	3
  • Backlash	2011	4
  • Lambs To The Slaughter	2012	5
  • A Walk with the Dead	2012	6
  • Death's Dark Shadow	2013	7
  • Supping with the Devil	2014	8
  • Best Served Cold	2015	9
  • Thicker Than Water	2015	10
  • Death in Disguise	2016	11
  • The Hidden	2017	12
  • Dead End	2019	13
  • Poison	2021	14
  • The Final Beat of the Drum	2023	15

  
  Detective Sam Brody

  • The Stalker

  2017

  1

  
  Inspector Blackstone, London, turn of C20th

  • Rendezvous with Death (as Alan Rustage)	2003	1
  • Blackstone and the Tiger (as Alan Rustage)	2003	2
  • Blackstone and the Golden Egg (as Alan Rustage) (apa Blackstone and the House of Secrets)	2004	3
  • Blackstone and the Fire Bug (as Alan Rustage) (apa Blackstone and the Burning Secret)	2005	4
  • Blackstone and the Balloon of Death (apa Blackstone and the Stage of Death)	2006	5
  • Blackstone and the Heart of Darkness	2006	6
  • Blackstone and the New World	2009	7
  • Blackstone and the Wolf of Wall Street	2010	8
  • Blackstone and the Great War	2011	9
  • Blackstone and the Endgame	2013	10

  
  Jennie Redhead, PI, Oxford, 1974

  • The Shivering Turn	2016	1
  • Dry Bones	2017	2
  • Daughters of Darkness	2020	3

  
  

• Spielberg, Christoph
  
  Doctor Felix Hoffmann, Berlin

  • The Russian Donation	2013	1
  • He Who Dies Last	2013	2
  • 101 Nights	2013	3

  
  

• Spindler, Christine
  
  Inspector Terry

  • The Rhythm of Revenge	1999	1
  • The Pangs of Prophecy (in the anthology:Blood, Threat & Fears)	2001	2
  • Faces of Fear	2001	3

  
  

• Spindler, Chris & Wiesner, Karen
  
  Pete Shasta and Danny "Van Gogh" Vincent Anthology

  • Falcon's Bend Case Files Volume 1	2005	1
  • Falcon's Bend Case Files Volume 2		2

  
  Pete Shasta and Danny "Van Gogh" Vincent, Falcon's Bend, Wisconsin

  • Degrees of Separation	2004	1
  • Tears on Stone	2006	2
  • The Fifteenth Letter		3

  
  

• Spinney, Laura
  
  

  • The Doctor	2001
  • The Quick	2007

  
  

• Spjut, Stefan
  
  

  • Stallo

  2015

  
  

• Spring, Michelle
  
  

  • Night Lawyer

  2006

  
  Laura Principal, PI, Cambridge

  • Every Breath You Take	1994	1
  • Running for Shelter	1995	2
  • Standing in the Shadows	1998	3
  • Nights in White Satin	1999	4
  • In the Midnight Hour	2001	5

  
  

• Spurrier, Simon
  
  

  • Contract	2007
  • A Serpent Uncoiled	2011

  
  

• Staal, Eva Maria
  
  

  • Try the Morgue

  2012

  
  

• Staalesen, Gunnar
  
  Varg Veum, PI in Bergen, Norway

  • Yours Until Death	1993	2
  • At Night All Wolves are Grey	1986	5
  • Fallen Angels	2020	8
  • Bitter Flowers	2022	9
  • The Writing on the Wall	2002	11
  • Mirror Image	2023	13
  • The Consorts of Death	2009	15
  • Cold Hearts	2013	16
  • We Shall Inherit the Wind	2015	17
  • Where Roses Never Die	2016	18
  • Wolves in the Dark	2017	19
  • Big Sister	2018	20
  • Wolves at the Door	2019	21
  • Pursued by Death	2024	22

  
  

• Stacey, Kate
  
  

  • The Canary Thief

  2000

  
  

• Stacey, Lyndon
  
  

  • Cut Throat	2002
  • Deadfall	2004
  • Outside Chance	2005
  • Murder in Mind	2007

  
  Daniel Whelan, ex-police dog handler, Dartmoor

  • No Going Back	2010	1
  • No Holds Barred	2011	2
  • Nothing but Lies	2014	3
  • No Second Chances	2016	4
  • Bad Blood	2023	5

  
  Gideon Blake, Artist and animal behaviourist

  • Blindfold	2003	1
  • Six to One Against (apa Time to Pay)	2006	2

  
  

• Stafford, David
  
  Arthur Skelton, Barrister

  • Skelton's Guide to Domestic Poisons	2020	1
  • Skelton's Guide to Suitcase Murders	2021	2
  • Skelton's Guide to Blazing Corpses	2022	3

  
  

• Staincliffe, Cath
  
  

  • The Kindest Thing	2010
  • Witness	2011
  • Split Second	2012
  • Blink of an Eye	2013
  • Letters to my Daughter's Killer	2014
  • Half the World Away	2015
  • The Silence Between Breaths	2016
  • The Girl in the Green Dress	2017
  • Fear of Falling	2018
  • Quiet Acts of Violence	2020
  • Running out of Road	2021

  
  DCI Janine Lewis, Manchester

  • Blue Murder: Cry Me a River	2004	1
  • Blue Murder: Hit and Run	2005	2
  • Blue Murder: Make Believe (revised in 2022)	2013	3

  
  Detectives Donovan & Young

  • The Fells	2024	1
  • Fire on the Fells	2025	2

  
  Sal Kilkenny, PI, Manchester

  • Looking for Trouble	1994	1
  • Go Not Gently	1997	2
  • Dead Wrong	1998	3
  • Stone Cold Red Hot	2001	4
  • Towers of Silence	2002	5
  • Bitter Blue	2003	6
  • Missing	2007	7
  • Crying Out Loud	2011	8

  
  Scott & Bailey

  • Scott & Bailey: Dead to Me	2012	1
  • Scott & Bailey: Bleed Like Me	2013	2
  • Scott & Bailey: Ruthless	2014	3

  
  

• Stairs, Susan
  
  

  • The Story of Before

  2013

  
  

• Stallwood, Veronica
  
  

  • Deathspell	1992
  • The Rainbow Sign	1999

  
  Kate Ivory, Novelist, Oxford

  • Death and the Oxford Box	1993	1
  • Oxford Exit	1994	2
  • Oxford Mourning	1995	3
  • Oxford Fall	1996	4
  • Oxford Knot	1998	5
  • Oxford Blue	1998	6
  • Oxford Shift	1999	7
  • Oxford Shadows	2000	8
  • Oxford Double	2001	9
  • Oxford Proof	2002	10
  • Oxford Remains	2004	11
  • Oxford Letters	2005	12
  • Oxford Menace	2008	13
  • Oxford Ransom (ebook only)	2011	14

  
  

• Stanford-Smith, M
  
  Nick Talbot, Elizabethan Era

  • The Great Lie	2010	1
  • Sea of Troubles	2011	2

  
  

• Stanley, Michael
  
  

  • Dead of Night

  2018

  
  Detective Kubu, Botswana

  • A Carrion Death	2008	1
  • A Deadly Trade (apa The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu)	2010	2
  • The Death of the Mantis	2011	3
  • Deadly Harvest	2013	4
  • A Death in the Family	2015	5
  • Dying to Live	2017	6
  • Facets of Death	2020	7

  
  Short Stories

  • Detective Kubu Investigates (ebook only)

  2013

  
  

• Stanley, Paul
  
  

  • The Tinder-box

  1989

  
  

• Stansfield, Katherine
  
  The Cornish Mysteries

  • Falling Creatures	2017	1
  • The Magpie Tree	2018	2
  • The Mermaid's Call	2019	3

  
  

• Stark, Megan
  
  

  • A Game of Proof

  2004

  
  

• Stark, Oliver
  
  Detective Tom Harper and Profiler Denise Levene, New York City

  • American Devil	2010	1
  • 88 Killer	2011	2

  
  

• Starling, Boris
  
  

  • Messiah	1999
  • Storm	2000
  • Vodka	2004
  • Visibility	2006

  
  

• Starnone, Domenico
  
  

  • First Execution

  2009

  
  

• Starr, Mel/Melvin R
  
  Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, 14thC England

  • The Unquiet Bones	2008	1
  • A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel	2009	2
  • A Trail of Ink	2010	3
  • Unhallowed Ground	2011	4
  • The Tainted Coin	2012	5
  • Rest Not in Peace	2013	6
  • The Abbot's Agreement	2014	7
  • Ashes to Ashes	2015	8
  • Lucifer's Harvest	2016	9
  • Deeds of Darkness	2017	10
  • Prince Edward's Warrant	2018	11
  • Without a Trace	2019	12
  • The Easter Sepulchre	2020	13
  • Master Wycliffe's Summons	2021	14
  • Suppression and Suspicion	2022	15
  • A Polluted Font	2023	16
  • Way of Wicked	2024	17