Mysteries

Amateur Investigators

• Nevada Barr
• C. Alan Bradley
• Jan Burke
• Margaret Coel
• Sue Henry
• Faye Kellerman

Cozies

• Susan Wittig Albert
• Nancy Atherton
• M.C. Beaton
• Lilian Jackson Braun
• Simon Brett
• Rita Mae Brown (also Gentle Reads)
• Dorothy Cannell (also Gentle Reads)
• Laura Childs
• Agatha Christie
• Jill Churchill
• Susan Conant
• Mary Daheim
• Diane Mott Davidson
• Monica Ferris
• Joanne Fluke
• Earlene Fowler
• Sarah Graves
• Joan Hess
• Katherine Hall Page
• Maggie Sefton

Humorous

• Donna Andrews
• Janet Evanovich (also Romantic Suspense)
• Laura Levine
• Lisa Lutz
• Spencer Quinn

Police Procedural

• Jo Bannister
• C. J. Box (also Private Investigator)
• James Lee Burke
• Richard Castle
• Michael Connelly
• Elizabeth George
• Martha Grimes
• P. D. James
• Craig Johnson
• Donna Leon
• Ed McBain
• Jo Nesbo
• Ridley Pearson (also Spy Stories)
• Louise Penny
• Ian Rankin
• Ruth Rendell (also Psychological Suspense)
• Peter Robinson

Private Investigator

• Ace Atkins
• Cara Black
• Linda Barnes
• Ken Bruen (Hardboiled)
• Raymond Chandler
• John Connolly (also Horror Fantasy)
• Sue Grafton
• Jane Haddam
• William Kent Krueger
• Laura Lippman
• Walter Mosley
• Sara Paretsky
• Robert B. Parker (Hardboiled)
• George P. Pelecanos (Hardboiled)
• Dana Stabenow

Thrillers

Adventure

• Dan Brown
• Steve Berry
• Lincoln Child
• Clive Cussler
• W. E. B. Griffin
• Jack Higgins
• Douglas Preston
• Matthew Reilly
• Patrick Robinson
• James Rollins

Espionage/Spy Stories

• Ted Bell
• Alex Berenson
• Vince Flynn
• Alan Furst
• Stephen Hunter
• John Le Carré
• Robert Ludlum (also Political Thrillers)
• Christopher Reich
• Daniel Silva
• Tom Rob Smith
• Olen Steinhauer
• Brad Thor

Forensic Thriller

• Jefferson Bass
• Patricia Cornwell
• Iris Johansen (also Romantic Suspense)
• Kathy Reichs

Legal Thriller

• William Bernhardt
• David Ellis
• Linda Fairstein
• John Grisham
• John T. Lescroart
• Steve Martini
• Lisa Scottoline (also Suspense)
• Scott Turow

Political/Financial Thriller

• Jeffrey Archer
• David Baldacci
• Joseph Finder
• Frederick Forsyth
• Robert Harris
• Brad Meltzer
• Richard North Patterson

Psychological Suspense

• S. J. Bolton
• Chelsea Cain
• Thomas H. Cook
• Gillian Flynn
• Nicci French
• Mo Hayder
• Jeffry P. Lindsay
• Val McDermid
• Ruth Rendell (also Police Procedurals)
• Michael Robotham
• Minette Walters

Suspense

• Sandra Brown (also Romantic Suspense)
• Lee Child
• Mary Higgins Clark
• Harlan Coben
• Jeffery Deaver
• Nelson DeMille
• Karin Fossum
• Lisa Gardner
• Tami Hoag (also Romance)
• Lisa Jackson (also Romantic Suspense)
• Jonathan Kellerman (also Mysteries)
• Dennis Lehane
• T. Jefferson Parker (also Police Procedurals)
• James Patterson
• John Sandford
• Karin Slaughter
• Stuart Woods

Techno Thriller

• Dale Brown
• Tom Clancy
• Stephen Coonts

Mystery Reader Web Sites

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