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Police work
- Catherine Aird
- Simon Brett
- Raymond Chandler
- Lee Child
- Harlan Coben
- Michael Collins
- Michael Connelly
- Robert Crais
- Claire Curzon
- Nicci French
- Kinky Friedman
- Sue Grafton
- Ann Granger
- Reginald Hill
- Hazel Holt
- P D James
- Paul Johnston
- Jonathan Kellerman
- Dennis Lehane
- Donna Leon
- Laura Lippman
- Ed McBain
- Henning Mankell
- Marcia Muller
- Nadelson, Reggie
- Linda La Plante
- Sara Paretsky
- Robert B Parker
- Ian Rankin
- Ruth Rendell
- Peter Robinson
- Vanda Symon
- Fred Vargas
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Legal/financial
Crusading lawyers become involved in proving their cases (usually their client's innocence or the culpability of a corrupt corporation) to such an extent that they imperil their own inter-personal relationshps and frequently their own lives.
- Catherine Arnold
- Dexter Dias
- Linda A Fairstein
- Mark Gimenez
- James Grippando
- John Grisham
- John Lescroart
- Phillip Margolin
- Steve Martini
- Brad Meltzer
- Scott Turow
- Sara Woods
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Forensic
The science of crime scene investigation and analysis is the basis of these books. They can be gory.
- Lisa Black
- Patricia Cornwell
- Jeffrey Deaver
- Aaron Elkins
- Tess Gerritsen
- Iris Johansen
- Sharon McCrumb
- Kathy Reichs
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Historical
Crimes set in the past.
- Marian Chesney
- Judith Cook
- Lindsey Davis
- Paul Doherty
- Susanna Gregory
- Karen Harper
- Michael Jecks
- Deryn Lake
- Peter Lovesey
- Anne Perry
- Ellis Peters
- Candace Robb
- Kate Sedley
- Marilyn Todd
- Peter Tremayne
- David Wishart
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Humorous
Crime with humour
- Marian Babson
- Lilian Jackson Braun
- Simon Brett
- Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Janet Evanovich
- Kerry Greenwood
- Carl Hiaasen
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Paul Thomas
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Foreign
Crime set in far off exotic locations.
- Colin Cotterill
- Natsuo Kirino
- Donna Leon
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Henning Mankell
- Barbara Nadel
- Iain Pears
- Matt Rees
- Qui Xiaolong
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New Zealand
Crime set in New Zealand
- Paul Cleve
- Linda Kelly
- Vanda Symon
- Paul Thomas
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Cozy Mysteries
The order of genteel life is disrupted by crime, the clues of which are pieced together by an astute(or nosy) character in the community.
- Catherine Aird
- Margery Allingham
- Donna Andrews
- M C Beaton
- Lilian Jackson Braun
- Ann Cleves
- Laura Childs
- Agatha Christie
- Joanne Fluke
- Caroline Graham
- Kerry Greenwood
- Betty Rowlands
- Dorothy L Sayers
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