Writer	Who	Where	When	How Much	Why
Ball, Donna	Raine Stockton	Western NC mountains	Present		Raine trains search and rescue dogs
Ball, John	Virgil Tibbs	Southern U.S. and Los Angeles, CA	Present		Virgil is African-American policeman
Balzo, Sandra	Maggie Thorsen	Brookhills, WI	Present		Maggie and friends operate Uncommon Grounds coffee shop
Bangs, John Kendrick	Henriette (widow of A. J. Raffles) and John Warrington Bunny	Newport, RI	early 1900s		Bunny aids and abets Henriette in her schemes to steal jewels and money from the Newport social set
Bannister, Jo	Daniel Hood and Brodie Farrell	Dimmock, England	Present		Daniel is math teacher (unemployed due to PSTD), and Maggie operates Internet singles matching business
Banville, John	St. John Strafford	Wexford County, Ireland	1957		St. John is sent from Dublin to investigate the murder of Catholic priest while he was a guest at the home of a Protestant gentry family--a politically-charged situation in 1950's Ireland. St. John is also member of Protestant Irish family. Good writing, but story is depressing. John Banville also writes under pen name of Benjamin Black.
Barnard, Robert	Perry Trethowan, Charlie Pierce, others	UK, Australia, Norway	Present
Barnes, Linda	Carlotta Carlyle	Boston, MA	Present		Carlotta is Boston cab driver
Barr, Nevada	Anna Pigeon	U.S. National Parks	Present		Anna is park ranger
Barre, Richard	Will Hardesty	La Conchita, CA	Present		Will is former surfer
Barrett, Lorna	Tricia Miles	Stoneham, NH	Present		Tricia owns and operates the Haven't Got a Clue mystery bookstore in Stoneham. Tricia and her cat, Miss Marple, live above the store.
Barron, Stephanie	Patrick Fitzgerald and Georgiana Armistead	England, France, German Republics	1861		Georgiana is geneticist and knows genetics of Queen Victoria's children having hemophilia
Barron, Stephanie	Jane Austin	UK	1790s
Barry, Dave		Miami, FL	Present		funny
Barth, Richard	Margaret Binton	New York NY	Present		Margaret and her friends are senior citizens living on Upper West Side
Bartholomew, Nancy	Sierra Lavotini	Panama City, FL	Present		Sierra is stripper; funny
Bassette, Alicia	Calista (Callie) Padgett	Cattail Island, Norch Carolina Outer Banks (east of Pamlico Sound)	Present		Callie returns to her childhood home to stay with her uncle after being laid off from her journalism job in Charlotte, NC. Callie's friend, Eva, telephones late one everning asking Callie to meet her at the lighthouse. Callie says "tell me about it tomorrow" and goes back to sleep. The next day, Callie discoveres that Eva died in a fall from the lighthouse the night before, and Callie doesn't believe Eva was suicidal or fell accidentally.
Bebris, Carrie	Elizabeth and Darcy	UK	1790s		characters from Jane Austin's novels
Beckett, Simon	David Hunter	England and Scotland	Present		forensic scientist
Beeding, Francis		England			pseudonym for Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders and John Leslie Palmer
Belfer, Lauren	Hannah Larson	Cambridge, England, UK	present		Hannah and her 8-year-old son, Nicky, travel from New York to Cambridge, England to spend time with Hannah's much-loved Uncle Christopher while he undergoes chemotherapy. Uncle Christopher rents rooms that are part of a house built in the 1100s. While Nicky is exploring a closed-off part of the estate, he finds a room with a skeleton. Hannah puts her history-research skills to use and discovers the probably identify of the skeleton and that it likely dates to the 1500s. Excellent writing but not much mystery.
Benison, C. C.	Jane Bee	England	Present		Jane is maid at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and the corgies are characters
Benjamin, Carol Lea	Rachel Alexander and Dashiell	New York, NY	Present		Rachel is detective and Dashiell is pit bull pet therapist
Bennett, S. J.	Queen ElizabethII and Rozie Oshodi	Windsor and London, England	Present		One of the guests at a Windsor Palace visit is murdered, and Queen ElizabethII (an accomplished detective in her private, but not public, life) and her assistant private secretary, Rozie, get busy to discover the facts.
Benrey, Ron and Janet	Pippa Honnechurch	Ryde, MD	Present		Pippa is executive recruiter
Bentley, E. C.	Philip Trent	England	1910s - 1920s
Berenson, Laurien	Melanie Travis	Greenwich, CT	Present		Melanie raises standard poodles
Bergman, Andrew	Jake LeVine	New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA	1940s
Berkeley, Anthony	Roger Sheringham	England	1920s
Berry, Steve	Rachel Cutler	Atlanta, GA	Present		thriller more than mystery
Biggers, Earl Derr	Charlie Chan	San Francisco, CA	1928		Charlie is Detective-Sergeant of the Honolulu PD
Billheimer, John	Owen Allison	Contrary, WV	Present
Bishop, Claudia	Sarah Quilliam	Hemlock Falls, NY	Present		very light; Claudia Bishop also writes as Mary Stanton
Black, Benjamin	Quirke	Dublin, Ireland	1950s		Benjamin Black is pen name for John Banville.
Black, Benjamin	Philip Marlowe	Bay City, CA	1950s		What joy to be cruising the mean streets of 1950s Los Angeles again. Benjamen Black--with the approval of the Raymond Chandler estate--has written a new Philip Marlowe novel. Wonderful! Benjamin Black is pen name for John Banville.
Black, Cara	Aimee Leduc	Paris, France	Present		Aimee is computer security specialist
Black, Lisa	Maggie Gardiner	Cleveland, OH	Present		Maggie is forensic investigator
Black, Lionel
Black, Michelle	Eden Murdoch and Brad Randall	Hays and Waconda Springs, KS	1870s
Black, Veronica	Sister Joan	Cornwall, England	Present		Sister Joan resides in a Roman Catholic convent
Blackwell, Juliet	Melanie Turner	San Francisco Bay Area, CA	Present		Melanie took over her father's contruction business, which specializes in historic restoration; Juliet Blackwell is pen name for one of the two authors who write as Hailey Lind
Blair, Annette	Madeira Cutler	Mystic, CT	Present		Madeira, a former New-York-city fashion designer, now operates her own vintage clothing store. Madeira also has ability to sometimes hear and see what previous owners of clothing have experienced; very light.
Blair, J. M. C.	Merlin	Camelot, Briton	Early C.E.		Merlin is educated man, who solves mystery by logic rather than magic
Blake, Michelle	Lily Connor	Boston, MA	Present		Lily is Episcopal rector
Blake, Nicholas	Nigel Strangeways	London, England
Blanc, Nero	Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates		Present		Belle is a crossword-puzzle editor, and Rosco is PI
Blanchard, Alice	Charlie Grover	Promise, OK	Present		tornado chasers
Bland, Eleanor Taylor	Marti McAlister	Illinois	Present		Marti is African-American policewoman
Block, Lawrence	Bernie Rhodenbarr	New York, NY	Present		"The Burglar Who ..."
Bogart, Stephen Humphrey	R. J. Brooks	New York, NY	Present		R. J. is the son of famous actress
Bolitho, Jane	Ian Roper	Rickenham, England	Present
Bond, Michael	M. Pamplemousse and Pomme Fritts	France	Present		M. Pamplemousse is inspector for Le Guide and Pomme Fritts is bloodhound; extremely funny
Bond, Veronica	Nora Blake	Woods Glen, IL	present		Nora takes a job as a live-in actress at a castle featuring mystery dinners. When Nora finds one of the cast stabbed and lying in the library, the cast discover this was not part of the entertainment.
Booth, Stephen	Ben Cooper	Derbyshire, England	Present		GG
Borton, D. B.	Cat Caliban	Cincinnati, OH	Present		pen name for Lynette Carpenter
Boucher, Anthony	Sister Ursula and Terence Marshall	Los Angeles, CA	1941		a locked-room mystery populated by sci-fi writers and dedicated to Robert Heinlein
Bowen, Rhys	Evan Evans	Wales	Present
Bowen, Rhys	Mollie Murphy	Ireland and New York, NY	1850s
Boyer, Rick	Dr. Charles Adams	Concord, MA	1980s		Charles is oral surgeon
Boyle, Gerry	Jack McMurrow	Androscoggin, ME	Present		Jack is journalist
Bradley, Alan	Flavia de Luce	city in Canada, probably Toronto but not specified	early 1950s		Flavia de Luce, British, twelve years old, chemistry and mystery expert (she has studied all the chemistry books inherited from her uncle), and banished to a Canadian boarding school for girls, must use her mystery-solving skills when a mummified body falls out of her room's chimney. Flavia narrates story, and her commentary is delightful, even if somewhat difficult to attribute to a 12-year-old. Rated 5 instead of 6 because a few story threads were left unresolved.
Brady, Eileen	Kate Turner	Oak Falls, NY	Present		Kate is a verterinarian who has accepted a one-year position to fill in for a country veterinarian who is traveling.
Brandreth, Gyles	Robert Sherard	London, England	1889		Oscar Wilde is character
Brandt, Kathy	Hannah Sampson	Road Town, BVI	Present		Hannah is police diver and underwater investigator
Brannigan, Ellie	Rayne McGrath	Los Angeles, CA and Grathton Village, Ireland	Present		Rayne is a bridal gown designer in Los Angeles. She discovers two things on her 30th birthday: (1) her boyfriend and business partner has absconded with all the money in their joint bank account and all the gowns in stock and (2) her uncle, Nevin McGrath, in Ireland has died, and his solicitor requires Rayne to be in Ireland for the reading of the will. Rayne discovers that her uncle has left his castle to her on the condition that she live there for one year. Rayne, therefore, stays in Ireland and finds a way to bring much-needed income to the castle, get her bridal gown business operating from the castle, and discover who murdered her uncle.
Braun, Lillian Jackson	Jim Qwilleran, KoKo, and YumYum	400 miles north of anywhere (Minnesota? Michigan?)	Present		"The Cat Who ..."
Brennan, Allison	Maxine Revere	Atherton, CA	Present		Maxine is a true crime reporter who has returned to her childhood home for a funeral. While there, she finds information pointing to and eventually solving the murder of her high school friend.
Brett, Simon	Mrs. Melita Pargeter	Lillehampton and London, UK	1980s		Mrs. Pargeter is a 67-year-old widow who uses her smarts and her former husband's tools, i.e., skeleton keys, jeweler's glass, pencil torch, gloves, to discover who dunnit.
Brightwell, Emily	Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon	London, England	1890s
Brill, Tony	Midge Cohen	New York, NY	Present		Midge is former literature professor at Cornell
Brody, Frances	Kate Shackleton	Leeds, England UK	Late 1920s		Kate, who was a nurse in WWI's Voluntary Aid Detachment, became private detective after her husband died in the war
Brook, Allison	Carrie Singleton	Clover Ridge, CT	Present		Carrie accepts a position as Programs Manager at the Clover Ridge Library. Carrie's first event is a talk by a retired police detective, Al Buckley. Al said his talk would provide new information about an unsolved murder that happened in Clover Ridge 15 years before, but before Al can talk, he bites into a poisoned cookie. Carrie decides she will investigate both Al's poisoning and the unsolved case from the past. Carrie is aided in her investigations by the ghost of Evelyn Havers, a former Clover Ridge librarian.
Brookmyre, Christopher	Edinburgh, Scotland	Jack Parlabane	Present		Jack is journalist
Brooks, Kathleen	Gavin Faulkner, M.D.	Shadows Landing, SC	Present		When Gavin goes out to his dock to check his boat after a thunderstorm, he finds Ellery St. John nearly drowned and with all evidence of attempted murder. He and Ellery investigate to discover who wanted Ellery quiet, and as snags keep hampering their investigation, who has the political power to stop their investigation.
Brown, Dan	Robert Langdon	Paris, France, Rome, Italy	Present		puzzles
Brown, Eric	Donald Langham and Maria Depré	England	1950s		Donald is mystery author, and Maria is literary agent. When a number of London mystery writers begin to die from suicide or strange accidents, Donald and Maria investigate whether these events are really a coincidence.
Brown, Rita Mae	Harry Harristeen, T. Tucker, Mrs. Murphy, and Pewter	Crozet, VA	Present		Harry is postmistress; the animals do some of the detecting
Brown, Sandra	Maris Matherly	New York, NY	Present
Browning, Sinclair	Trade Ellis	Tucson, AZ	Present		Trade owns Vaca Grande Ranch and is PI
Bruce, Leo	Sgt. Beef	England
Bruce, Maggie	Lili Marino	Walden Corners, NY	Present		Lili is gourd artist
Bryan, Kate	Maggie and Maguire	San Francisco, CA	1875
Buckley, Fiona	Ursula Blanchard	England	1500s		Ursula is lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I
Buffa, D. W.	Joe Antonelli	Portland, OR	Present		Joe is criminal defense attorney
Buffett, Jimmy	Jimmy Bama and Trevor Kane	Key West, FL	Present		delightful but not much mystery
Burcell, Robin	Kate Gillespie	San Francisco, CA	Present		Kate is SFPD
Burns, V. M.	Lillian Echosby	Chattanooga, TN	Present		Lillian is active in Poodle Rescue, and she fosters a poodle puppy after the dog's owner is found dead. When she is offered an outrageous sum of money for the dog and then someone tries unsuccessfully to dognap the puppy, Lillian investigates whether the puppy's first owner's death was an accident.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice	John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, aka Tarzan of the Apes	Indonesia, Island of Sumatra	1944		Tarzan assists American air men in escaping from Japanese-held Sumatra