Writer	Who	Where	When	How Much	Why
Wait, Lee	Maggie Summers	New Jersey	Present		Maggie is antique print dealer and college professor
Walde, Noreen	Jake O'Hara	New York, NY	Present		Jake is ghostwriter
Waldman, Ayelet	Juliet Applebaum	Los Angeles, CA	Present
Walker, Martin	Bruno	St. Denis, France	Present		Bruno is Chief of Police, cook, and companion to a basset hound
Wallace, Edgar	John Lexman	England	early 1900s		Edgar Wallace is best known for writing the screen play for the movie "King Kong"
Walsh, Jill Patton	Lord Peter and Lady Harriet Wimsey	England
Warner, Penny	Connor Westphal	Flat Skunk, CA	Present		Connor is deaf
Weaver, Ashley	Amory Ames	Allingcross, Kent, England UK	1934		Amory is married to Milo Ames, owner of the Thornecrest estate near Allingcross. Amory investigates when a local stable hand is murdered during the village festival.
Weaver, Ashley	Electra Niall McDonnell (Ellie)	London, UK	1940		Ellie was born in prison where her mother was being held after being accused of murdering Ellie's father. Although Ellie's mother claimed she was innocent, she died of influenza before any investigation could be made. Ellie was raised by her Uncle Mick along with his 2 sons. When WWII breaks out, Uncle Mick has not had very much locksmith business, so he and Ellie burgle houses. (Ellie has studied locks with Uncle Mick since childhood.) They are caught during a robbery and end up working for military intelligence--their job to swap militarily-sensitive documents with fakes for spies to give to Germany.
Webb, Peggy	Carolina (Callie) Valentine Jones	Tupelo, MI	Present		Callie, proprietor of Hair.Net, and her cousin, Lovey, go into action when Santa and Rudolph are electrocuted at the local mall's Christmas party. Part of story is narrated by Callie's basset hound who says he is a reincarnation of Elvis Presley. Funny, very light.
Weir, Charlene	Susan Wren	Hampstead, KS	Present		Susan is former SFPD, now police chief of Hampstead, KS. Author received Malice Domestic award.
Wendelberg, Annelie	Anna/Anton Kronberg	London, England	1885		Anna is Anton, a pathologist at London's Guys Hospital, by day and Anna, a nurse, who lives in the St. Giles slum, at nights
Wender, Theodora	Alden Chase and Glad Gold	Wading River (New England)	Present
Wentworth, Patricia	Amabel Grey	Rural England	1920s		In need of money so her daughter can enjoy a trip to Egypt, Amabel accepts an offer from an eccentric man; he will pay £200 to anyone who proves Dower House is not haunted by living in the house for six months. Amabel discovers that someone--but not a ghost--is, indeed, haunting the house, and Amabel also connects with her former lover.
Wentworth, Patricia	Maud Silver	London, England	1940s		Miss Silver is former governess and now PI; Wentworth is pen name for Dora Amy Elles Dillon Turnbull
Wentworth, Patricia	Hugo Ross	London and rural England	1929		Hugo's friend gives him a tip that a famous inventor is advertising for a secretary. Although Hugo has none of the requested qualifications, he needs a job so badly that he rushes to be the first applicant, and he gets the job. When strange events begin to happen, Hugo tells an inlaw, Smith, about the strange things, and Smith tells Hugo that the investor is close to completing a major project for the country's defense industry. Smith and Hugo conclude that Hugo is being set up to be blamed when the invention disappears. Hugo keeps the invention from being stolen and falls in love. Author Wentworth's usual excellent writing, but the plot is bland.
Wesson, Marianne	Various	Lawrence, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Medicine Lodge, Topeka, KS	1889 and following years		Not fiction. The author is a law professor at the University of Colorado Law School. She carefully examines all available evidence about a case that happened in Kansas in 1889. A Lawrence man told his wife he was heading to Western Kansas to try to find some land where he could raise horses. While he and a companion were camped near Medicine Lodge, his companion rode rapidly to the nearest farm to report that the Lawrence man had accidentally killed himself while unloading his rifle. However, when his widow filed for his insurance, it was discovered that her husband had taken out massive amounts of life insurance, and the insurance companies refused to pay. Book follows the case through court hearings, documents, a Supreme Court letter, and all available sources to find out what really happened.
Westlake, Donald		New York, NY	Present		funny but very light
White, Karen	Merritt Heyward	Beaufort, SC	Present		Merritt learns she has inherited her dead husband's family home in SC. When she moves to Beaufort, she discovers family secrets, a family she never knew, and a new life with people she cares about.
White, Kate	Bailey Weggins	New York, NY	Present		Bailey is free-lance crime writer
White, Stephen	Alan Gregory	Boulder, CO	Present		Alan is psychologist
Wilde, Darcie	Rosalind Thorne	London, England, UK	1820		Rosalind was born into an upper class family who lost their money, so she supports herself by being a "useful woman" to London's upper class women. Her childhood friend, Bethany Douglas, asks Rosalind to find pearls that were stolen from her home. Rosalind "visits" the Douglas home under the guise of helping sponsor Mr. Douglas's younger sister for "The Season". With the help of her fiancé, Bow Street Runner Adam Harkness, she finds the pearls and also resolves other problems in the Douglas household.
Wilhelm, Kate	Constance Liedl and Charlie Mieklejohn	Ashland, OR	Present
Wilson, Abigail	Charity Halliwell and Piers Cavanagh	Kent, England, UK	1816		Charity grew up living next door to Piers Cavanagh and his sister, Selene, and Charity and Piers fell in love. However, Charity's family suddenly moved to Ceylon, and Charity, soon after, received a letter from Piers breaking off any relationship. Five years' later Charity has returned to England only to find that Selene has disappeared, and she and Piers have to work together to find Selene.
Wilson, Abigail	Phoebe Radcliff	Dorset Coast, England, UK	1819		Phoebe disgraced herself to her family by falling in love with a French spy and helping him escape from England. Since she must support herself and she is an artist, she accepts a job restoring the ballroom ceiling at Miss Drake's home, Avondale. Phoebe and her assistant artist, Daniel, are close to completing the restoration when someone murders Miss Drake by shooting her with an arrow from a crossbow--right through her bedroom window. Phoebe finds Miss Drake still alive, and Miss Drake asks Phoebe to find the Drake treasure and gives Phoebe what information she knows about the treasure. Miss Drake's heir, her nephew Graham Burke, asks Phoebe to remain at Avondale to finish the ceiling and to help him find the treasure. Many other people are hunting the treasure, but Graham and Phoebe find it first and also fall in love. They also discover who shot Miss Drake. Would have been rated 5 cormorants except for some akward writing in early part of book.
Wilson, John Morgan and Peter Duchin	Philip Damon	San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA	1960s		Philip is leader of swing band
Winspear, Jacqueline	Maisie Dobbs	London, England	1910s		Maisie is an educated servant and nurse in WWI
Winspear, Jacqueline	Elinore De Witt	Belgium, England	WWI, WWII, 1947		Elinore was a teenager living in Belgium during WWI, and she and her sister helped other Belgians sabotage a train carrying weapons for the Germans. She later moved to England, where she was recruited to be an operative in WWII.
Winters, Mary	Amelia Amesbury	London, UK	1869		Amelia, the daughter of a Somerset innkeeper, married Edgar Amesbury only to discover that he was the Earl of Amesbury and he was also ill with an incurable disease. Since she loved Edgar very much during their brief marriage, she is happy to be a stepmother for his niece. After moving to London, Amelia takes a job as Lady Agony, answering lady's letters in a newspaper. One of the letters tells Amelia about a young women who was murdered. Amelia investigates to discover who killed the lady.
Wolzien, Valerie	Susan Henshaw	Yellowstone Park, WY	Present
Wright, Sally S.	Ben Reese	Ohio	Present