Mystery Authors T


Writer Who Where When How Much Why
Taichert, Pari Noskin Sasha Solomon Albuquerque and Clovis, NM Present
 
Sasha is PR consultant working on plan to attract UFO tourism to Clovis
Talley, Marcia Hannah Ives Pearson's Corner, MD Present
     
Hannah is breast-cancer survivor
Tallman, Shirley Sarah Woolson San Francisco, CA 1880s
Sarah is attorney
Taylor, Andrew John Holdsworth London and Cambridge, UK 1786
While angry with his wife for obsessive consultation with mediums in an effort to communicate with their dead son, book dealer, John Holdsworth, wrote a pamphlet, The Anatomy of Ghosts, an attack on belief in the paranormal. Based on the pamphlet, a wealthy lady hires John to go to Cambridge to find and "un-ghost" her Cambridge-student son.
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood Asey Mayo Cape Cod, MA  
       
 
Taylor, Sarah Stewart Maggie D'arcy Long Island, NY and Ireland 1993 and 2016
Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy returns to Ireland in 2016 when items belonging to her missing cousin, Erin, are discovered. Erin disappeared while working in Dublin in 1993, and Maggie went to Ireland to search in 1993, but was never able to discover much. Maggie again teams with her Garda friend, and, this time, Maggie figures out what happened. Excellent writing; excellent plot and characters.
Temple, Lou Jane Katherine O'Malley Martin
McGuinne Wolff Steinberg Kelley, aka, Heaven Lee
Kansas City, MO Present
Heaven operates Cafe Heaven on 39th Street in Kansas City, MO.
Temple, Lou Jane Fanny Delarue Paris, France 1789
     
Fanny is assistant-chef at home of M. Monnard
Tey, Josephine Alan Grant England 1920s-1930s
 
Thayer, James Joseph Snow Hong Kong, PRC  
       
 
Thiem, Brian Matt Sinclair, Oakland PD Homocide Division Oakland, CA Present
 
Matt and his partner, Cathy Braddock, are assigned to investigate when a murdered boy is left on the bench at a bus stop outside Oakland's Children's Hospital. Matt and Cathy find it interesting that two teenaged girls, who had been drugged and raped at a fraternity party, were dumped at the same bench a few months previously. Matt and Cathy put the clues together to find who dunnit.
Thomas, Sherry Charlotte Holmes London, England late 1880s
 
Charlotte Holmes is Sherlock Holmes. She and her helper, Mrs. Watson, pretend that Sherlock Holmes lives as 22 Baker Street, and when someone comes there to consult with Sherlock, Charlotte and Mrs. Watson listen to their story, then pretend to go to another room to consult with the ill Sherlock.
Thomas-Graham, Pamela Nikki Chase New Haven, CT Present
     
 
Thompson, Carlene Rebecca Ryan Sinclair, WV Present
         
Rebecca is psychic
Thompson, Victoria Sarah Brandt and Frank Malloy New York, NY 1890s-1900s
Sarah is midwife, and Frank is police detective
Thompson, Victoria Elizabeth Bates New York, NY 1918
 
Elizabeth--now married to Gideon Bates, attorney and decendent of one of New York's old families--grew up with father and half-brother, Jake, who are both con-artists. The mother of one of Elizabeth's friends is being scammed by a phoney medium, and Elizabeth gets help from her father and Jake to scam the phoney medium and get the friend's mother's money back.
Thomson, June Jack Finch England  
   
 
Thor, Brad Scot Harvath Washington, D.C. and Switzerland Present
       
thriller, not mystery
Thornton, Betsy Chloe Newcome Bisbee, AZ Present
   
Chloe is victim's advocate
Thorogood, Robert Judith Potts--77-year-old crossword puzzle constructor, Susie Harris--dog walker and grandmother, Becky Starling (Becks)--wife of the vicar, and Detective Seargent Tanika Malik--wife and mother Marlowe, England, UK Present
Three separate—but with coinciding aspects—murders in quiet, peaceful Marlowe, get the ladies investigating. Really good book; reduced to 5 and 1/2 due to unnecessary grimness at end
Tierney, Ronald Deets Shanahan Indianapolis, IN Present
     
Deets is P.I. and ex-military intelligence
Todd, Charles Ian Rutledge and Hamish MacLoed London, England 1919
         
Hamish is ghost of man Ian killed in WW1
Toll, Emily Lynne Montgomery Key West, FL and Napa Valley, CA Present
 
Lynne is travel agent
Tope, Rebecca Phil Hollis and Thea Osborne Temple Guiting, England Present
       
Phil is Detective Seargent, and Thea is his girlfriend. Story included a number of questions that were not resolved by the ending.
Tracy, P. J. Sam Easton -- Iraq war veteran suffering from PSTD, and engineer working as a bartender, Melody Traeger -- former rock star guitarest and heroin addict; now straight, attending college, and working as a cocktail waitress, Margaret Nolan -- LAPD Los Angeles, CA present
Someone is setting-up Melody and Sam to look like major suspects in murders, so Sam and Melody must identify this person in order to survive.
Tramble, Nichelle Maceo Redfield Oakland, CA 1989
       
grim
Tremayne, Peter Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf Ireland, Northern England, Rome, Italy 650s C.E.
 
Truman, Margaret various Washington, D.C. Present