Writer	Who	Where	When	How Much	Why
Sampson, Freya	Kat Mason, Dorothy Darling, Joseph Chalmers	Chalfont, England, UK	Present		Dorothy Mason, Joseph Chalmers, and others rent flats in Shelley House, which was built in 1891. Kat becomes a resident when she rents a room from Joseph. A developer purchases Shelley House and sends eviction notices to the residents so he can replace the building with luxury flats. When Kat discoveres that the same developer used intimidation and other nasty tricks to obtain Kat's grandfather's farm, she decides to help Dorothy and Joseph and the other Shelley House residents fight the developer.
Sandford, John	Lucas Davenport	Minneapolis, MN	Present
Sansom, Ian	Israel Armstrong	Tumdrum, Northern Ireland	Present		funny, but little mystery
Santangelo, Elena	Patricia Montella	Bell Run, VA	Present		Not much mystery; excellent writing; plot involves Civil War history
Saranella, Barbara	Miranda "Munch" Mincuili	Los Angeles, CA	Present		Munch is former biker and drug addict; now PI and soccer mom
Saunders, Kate	Laetitia Rodd	1850	London, England		Laetitia is the 52-year-old widow of an archdeacon, who performs investigative "jobs" for her barrister brother, Frederick Tyson. Frederick's client wants to find out the backgroun of a young window that his son wants to marry. Laetitia poses as a governess to the client's daughers and discovers very, very much.
Sayers, Dorothy L.	Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane	London and Oxford, England	1920s
Seely, Mabel	Solveig Nayes	Cup, MN	1940s
Shaffer, Andrew	Joe Biden and Barak Obama	Chicago, IL	2019		Joe Biden and Barak Obama find out that a young man, Shaun, a former gang member now going straight in an organization headed by Barak's friend, Pastor Brown, has been shot. Joe and Barak take on corrupt Chicago to discover who shot Shaun.
Shames, Laurence	Peter Amsterdam	Key West, FL	Present		Peter becomes PI only as tax write-off, but a case he can't avoid finds him
Shapiro, B. A.	Paulien Mertens	Paris, France, Philidelphia, PA, and Brussels, Belgium	1920s		Paulien, the daughter of a wealthy Brussels manufacturer and art student in London, falls in love with "George". "George" convinces Paulien's father to invest in his scam business, and when the scam is discovered, Paulien's father is left penniless, and "George" disappears. Paulien's family blame her for being in on the scam (she wasn't) and send her penniless to Paris, where he finds a job in an art gallery. There, she meets a wealthy collector from Philadelphia, Edwin Bradley, and moves to Philadelphia to become an assistant in Edwin's museum. In Philadelphia, Paulien is involved in another scandal, but she eventually clears her name, locates "George", and gets him convicted for his crimes.
Shelton, Connie	Charlie Parker	Watson's Lake and Albuquerque, NM	Present		Charlie and her brother operate detective agency in Albuquerque
Shelton, Paige	Delaney Nichols	Edinburg, Scotlant	Present		When Delaney loses her job as a preservationist at a Wichita, KS museum, she accepts a job at an Edinburgh bookstore.
Shepherd, Scott	Austin Grant and John Frankel	London, England, UK and New York, NY	Present		Austin is detective at Scotland Yard, and he is assigned the case when three people are found murdered, and the three have I, II, and III carved on their foreheads. The detective realizes the three people had done things consistent with the first three of the Old Testament's Ten Commandments, so he warns London to not skip the sabbath day (Commandment IV), but nothing happens in London. However, Austin travels to New York to work with NYPD Detective John Frankel after he learns that a priest was murdered in St. Patrick's Cathedral and had a IV carved in his forehead. A body with V carved on his forehead turns up on Long Island, and at that scene is a picture of Austin with Xs marked across his face, so Scotland Yard begins to search for someone who has a grudge against Austin. They focus on Prior Silver, who Austin was responsible for convicting and sending to prison, who became religious while in prison, is now out of prison, and was in New York when killings IV and V took place. They then learn Prior Silver has returned to London, so they hurry to London, and find victims VI and VII. Austin and John discover the killer and John and Austin's daughter fall in love. Very good but GG.
Siegel, Sheldon	Mike Daley	San Francisco, CA	Present		Mike and his ex-wife are defense attorneys and partners in a law firm
Siler, Jenny	Megan Gardner	Missoula, MT	Present
Silvis, Randall	Edgar Allan Poe and Augie Dubbins	New York, NY	1840's		Extremely good writing, but grimm
Simenon, Georges	Inspector Maigret	Paris, France
Simon, Clea	Theda Krakow	Cambridge, MA	Present		Theda is freelance music journalist, former music critic for the Morning Mail, and cat lover
Simon, Clea	Dulcie Schwartz	Cambridge, MA	Present		Dulcie is a graduate student at Harvard preparing her doctoral thesis in literature about an eighteenth-century gothic author. When Dulcie is accused of murder and plagiarism, her departed cat, Mr. Grey, helps her with advice.
Simon, Roger	Moses Wine	Los Angeles, CA	1970s-1980s
Simpson, Marcia	Liz Romero	Alaskan Inland Waterway	Present
Singer, Shelly	Barret Lake	Berkeley, CA	Present		Barret is high school history teacher
Skom, Edith	Beth Austin	Illinois	Present		Beth is literature professor
Slater, Susan	Ben Pecos and Tommy Spottedhorse	New Mexico	Present		Ben is psychologist, and Tommy is police officer
Slaughter, Karin	Sara Linton	Grant County, GA	Present		GG; Sara is pediatrician and medical examiner
Smith, Alexander McCall	Precious Ramotswe	Botswana	Present		delightful, but very light
Smith, Charles Merrill	Con Randolph	Chicago, IL	1970s-1980s		Con is Methodist minister and former football player
Smith, Julie	Rebecca Swartz	San Francisco, CA	1980s		Rebecca is attorney
Smith, Julie	Skip Langdon	New Orleans, LA	Present
Smith, Martin Cruz	Arkady Renko	Moscow, Russia and Chernobyl, Ukraine	Present
Smith, Sarah	Perdita Halley	Paris, France	1910
Soos, Troy	Mickey Rawlings	Cincinnati, OH	1921		Mickey plays utility infielder for Cincinnati Reds
Spanogle, Joshua	Nathanial McCormick	Baltimore, MD, San Jose and Palo Alto, CA	Present		Nathanial is CDC investigator
Spencer-Fleming, Julia	Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne	Millers Kill, NY	Present		Clare is Episcopal priest and helicoper pilot; Russ is chief of police
Spotswood, Stephen	Lillian Pentecost and Willowjean Parker	New York, NY	1945		Lillian operates a detective agency. Willowjean (Will) ran away from an abusive home when she was a teenager. A travelling circus took her in, and the crew "adopted" her, and all taught Will the skills they knew--like knife throwing. When the circus was playing near New York City, Will took an extra job as a construction site night watchman. When Will rescued Lillian from a mugger, Lillian hired her as an assistant investigator.
Spring, Michelle	Laura Principal	Cambridge and London, England	Present
Sprinkle, Patricia Houck	Sheila Travis	Charleston, SC	1990s		Sheila is history professor who solves mystery with some help from her Aunt Mary
Stacey, Susannah	R. D. Bone	Tunbridge Wells, England	Present		R. D. is police superintendent
Stallwood, Veronica	Kate Ivory	Oxford, England	Present
Stanley, Brenda	Madison Woofruff Moore	Orem, UT	1981 ad present		Madison is now married to a woman and works as a reporter for a Nevada newspaper. When Madison was a teenage, her Morman family sent her to conversion therapy after they found her with a lesbian lover. She has had no contact with her family for 10 years because they refused any contact with her when she wouldn't conform to their beliefs. Now. Madison recieves a telephone call that her father has not long to live and he wants to talk to Madison. Hoping that her beloved father wants to tell her he regrets expelling her, she finds that he wants to tell her his shame that an innocent person went to prison becuase he didn't report what he saw at a tragedy at Mormon Youth Camp in 1981. He requests that Madison do what she can to atone for his act. Madison investigates and does get the innocent person pardoned and released from prison.
St. Anthony, Joyce	Irene Ingram	Progress, PA (near Pittsburgh)	1942		Irene's father founded the Progress Herald, but when he volunteered as a war correspondent after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he left Irene in charge of operating the newspaper. Irene gave reporter Moses Bauer an assignment that he ignored saying he was "onto something big", and Moses was found dead soon after. Irene tries to find out what "big thing" Moses was investigating and, eventually, discovers a Nazi sabotage group working at Tabor Ironworks, a Progress company making parts for military vehicles.
Stanton, Mary	Brianna Winston-Beaufort	Savannah, GA	Present		Brianna (Bree) is lawyer, who gets some assistance from officers in the Celestial Court; Mary Stanton also writes as Claudia Bishop
Stashower, Daniel	Harry Houdini, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Watson	New York, NY and London, England	1890s
Steiner, Susie					Didn't finish; depressing.
Stewart, Amy	Constance Kopp	Wyckoff, NJ	1914		The book is fiction based on actual people and events. Constance's buggy suffers major damage by the carelessness of a young, powerful, and spoiled silk factory owner. When Constance pressures him to pay for his damages, he begins to terrorize her and her sisters. Constance's investigations into the factory owner's other misbehaviors brings her into contact with the county sheriff, who offers her a job as deputy sheriff--the United State's first woman deputy sheriff.
Stewart, Fran	Peggy Winn	Hanelin, VT	Present		Peggy owns and operates the ScotShop, and her shop's busiest time is during Hamelin's annual Highland Festival. Peggy also inherited a ghost, Dirk, along with an ancient shawl she purchased in Scotland.
Stott, Rebecca	Lydia Brooks	Cambridge, England	Present		Lydia investigates Isaac Newton's involvement with alchemy
Stout, Rex	Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin	New York, NY	1940s
Stout, Rex	Tecumseh Fox	New York, NY	1940s
Strohmeyer, Sarah	Bubbles Yablonsky	Lehigh, PA	Present
Straka, Andy	Frank Pavlicek	Charleston, WV and Charlottsville, VA	Present		Frank is PI and falconer
Sutanto, Jesse Q.	Meddelin Chan	San Gabriel Valley, CA	present		Meddelin's family migrated from China to Indonesia to Southern California. For some reason, Meddelin's father and her uncles have all disappeared leaving Meddelin's mother and aunts living together. The family runs a wedding planning service: Meddelin's mother does flowers, her eldest aunt bakes wedding cakes, the second aunt does makeup, the third aunt is an entertainer, and Meddelin is a photographer. Meddelin is on an arranged date, and when the man attempts to molest her, Meddelin tases him, and he dies. Meddelin and her family try to hide the body while managing a high-society wedding on an island. Funny