RECOMMENDED MYSTERY AUTHORS FROM BRANCH LIBRARIANS:
| AUTHOR | CHARACTERS/ NOTES |
| Baldacci, David | |
| Beck, K.K. | |
| Brown, Sandra | Her later novels |
| Burke, Jan | |
| Caunitz, William | Police Stories |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
Kay Scarpetta – Va Coroner Judy Hammer – Police Chief |
| Crane, Caroline | |
| Dexter, Colin | Inspector Morse - English |
| Evanovich, Janet | |
| Gerritsen, Tess | Medical Thrillers |
| Gillman, Dorothy | Mrs. Pollifax |
| Glass, Leslie | April Woo |
| Grafton, Sue | Kinsey Millhone |
| Grisham, John | Legal Thrillers |
| Higgins, Jack | |
| Hillerman, Tony | Navajo Indian Reservations |
| James, PD | Adam Dalgliesh – English |
| Johansen, Iris | Her later novels |
| Kellerman, Faye | Her later novels |
| Kellerman, Johnathan | Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus |
| McBain, Ed |
Alex Delaware 87th Precinct Matthew Hope |
| McInerny, Ralph | Father Dowling |
| Margolin, Phillip | |
| O'Donnell, Lillian | Noah Mulcahaney |
| Palmer, Michael | Medical Thrillers |
| Paretsky, Sara |
V.I. Warshawski Spencer |
| Parker, Robert | Alex Cross |
| Patterson, James | |
| Patterson, Richard N. | |
| Paul, Barbara | |
| Pearson, Ridley | Medical thrillers |
| Perry, Anne |
Two Victorian mystery series The Pitts (Charlotte & Thomas) Inspector Monk Inspector Wexford (English) |
| Rendell, Ruth | |
| Robards, Karen | |
| Rosenberg, Nancy T | Legal thrillers |
| Sandford, John | Lucas Davenport |
| Simenon, George | Inspector Maigret (French) |
| Spruill, Steven | Medical Thrillers |
| Turow, Scott | Legal Thrillers |
| Wilson, F. Paul | |
| Woods, Stuart |