Writer	Who	Where	When	How Much	Why
Ide, Joe	Philip Marlowe	Los Angeles, CA	Present		Marlowe is hired by movie star Kendra James to find her missing step-daughter. Plot involves Russian mafia using film production company to launder money. Marlowe's father, Emmett, an LAPD officer, also helps. Very noir.
Indridason, Arnaldur	Konrad, Flovent, and Thorson (Stefan Thordarson)	Reykjavik, Iceland	1944 and present		In 1944, Flovent and Thorson investigate when a young woman is found strangled behind the National Theater. They feel as though the case was not really resolved. In the present, Thorson is found murdered, and Konrad follows Thorson's trail and discovers the entire story. Excellent, but gritty.
Ironside, Elizabeth	George Sinclair	Delhi, India	1984		George is British Security agent sent to India to investigate death of British diplomat
Isaacs, Susan	Judith Singer	Shoreham, Long Island, NY	2001		Judith is a professor of history at St. Elizabeth's College and a widow with two grown children. She had solved a case of a dentist who was murdered many years before (the book Compromising Positions), and when she learns that her neighbor, Courtney Logan, has been murdered, she talks to Courtney's husband, Greg, to offer her detective assistance. Greg has no interest, but Greg's father, a local gangster, hires Judith. Judith searches and researches and discovers Courtney was not the dead woman. Courtney had put together a complex plot to escape with a lot of money. One of the best parts is the author's witty descriptions of suburban people--similar to Compromising Positions where the author describes the architect whose home had white pictures in white frames on white walls with white furniture and white carpets and who got upset when his kids left their toys out because it ruined his color scheme.
Isenberg, Jane	Bel Barrett	Jersey City, NJ	Present		Bel is English professor at River Edge Community College in Jersey City. When the popular with the faculty and students but unpopular with the board college president is poisoned and one of Bel's students is accused of the crime, Bel must sort through a web of political corruption to find the real culprit. Funny, very well written, and a good puzzle!
Isleib, Roberta	Rebecca Butterman	Guilford, CT	Present		Rebecca is clinical psychologist who writes advice columns