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Mysteries-Police Procedurals The police procedural is a sub-genre of detective fiction which depicts the activities of a police force as they investigate crime. Unlike the traditional detective novel which usually concentrates on just one case, this genre can have a few investigations going on at once. Also, the perpetrator can be known to the reader from the very beginning, but not always. Police procedurals may include forensics, evidence gathering, the use of search warrants, and interrogation. Click on the link in each series to find titles in publication order. |
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Susanne AlleynFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Aristide Ravel series.Set in post-revolutionary France, Aristide is a young freelance undercover police agent and investigator who understands that the cost of failure is a date with Madame Guillotine. But, success could also mean a date with the executioner's blade.
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Robert BarnardFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Charlie Peace series.Charlie is a sharp, young black Scotland Yard detective who works first in London and then in West Yorkshire. Charlie, who works with his boss, Superintendent Mike Oddie, uses both his humanity and his cunning to crack the latest case. The novels are peppered with colorful, comfortable characters.
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M.C. BeatonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Hamish Macbeth series.Hamish is the local police constable of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands. He has no ambition, but he does have extraordinary common sense and insight into the lives of the quirky villagers who are his neighbors. He leads a quiet life until there is a murder to solve..
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James BennFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Billy Boyle World War II series.Billy, an Irish-American cop from Boston, slowly grows into the role of secret investigator for Eisenhower during the second World War. The novels, told in the first person, are Whodunits, spy stories, and thrillers all in one.
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Mark BillinghamFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Tom Thorne series.Brooding and melancholy, middle-aged Detective Inspector Tom Thorne heads a team of London detectives in a series that offers a twist on the serial killer genre.
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James Lee BurkeFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Dave Robicheaux series.Dave Robicheaux, a former detective in New Orleans, becomes a sheriff's deputy in Iberia, Louisiana. A Vietnam War vet and a recovering alcoholic, he has his share of demons, but pursues his cases relentlessly even if he breaches codes of ethics.
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Andrea CamilleriFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Montalbano series.Inspector Salvo Montalbano is an engaging hero – honest, decent, and loyal. He has his own way of doing things, and his superiors regard him as something of a loose cannon. As the head of the Vigàta police precinct, Montalbano strikes a balance between the demands of his superiors and the realities of local crime and life in general. In fact, a determining factor of his success as a Sicilian policeman is his ability to bridge the different cultures.
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Linda CastilloFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Kate Burkholder series.Kate, who grew up in an Amish community, left after a series of brutal murders shattered the English/Amish residents. Her Amish background, combined with her big-city law enforcement expertise, make her the perfect candidate for the open position of Chief of Police. She returns to her old community believing that she has come to terms with the past, but murders are still occurring, and Kate must deal with them in these thrillers.
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Brenda ChapmanFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Stonechild & Rouleau series.When damaged but brilliant Detective Kala Stonechild and workaholic Staff Sergeant Jacques Rouleau get paired up, pieces of their investigations start falling into place. Set in Canada, this gritty series has been called “deeply atmospheric and tightly plotted.”
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Barbara CleverlyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Detective Joe Sandilands series.Joe Sandilands is a World War I veteran and hero who entered police work as a natural progression from military intelligence service. He is tall and good-looking, except for a battle scar over one eyebrow that pulls his face into a permanently quizzical expression. Unlike many protagonists in this genre, Sandilands doesn't have any significant vices or idiosyncrasies; in fact, he's quiet likable. These crime thrillers are set in and around India during the period of the British Raj.
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Michael ConnellyFind Hinsale materials here. |
Harry Bosch series.Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, named after the 15th-century Dutch artist, grew up in foster homes. He later joins the Army and does two tours of duty in Vietnam. Returning to Los Angeles, he joins the LAPD and after five years on patrol, he becomes a homicide detective. A complicated character, he is a superb police detective, with penetrating deductive intelligence and superior perception.
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Deborah CrombieFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Duncan Kincaid/Gemma Jones series.Superintendent Kincaid and Sergeant Jones are Scotland Yard detectives who start out as partners and end up as clandestine lovers as the series develops. The plots can be twisting and complicated as the two main characters blend their private and work lives. This series is a step above a Cozy mystery.
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Clare CurzonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Mike Yeadings series.This series features Superintendent Mike Yeadings and his Thames Valley CID. Those who like their British police procedurals with a tinge of the macabre will be rewarded.
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Vicki DelanyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Constable Molly Smith seriesSet in the fictitious town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, Molly is an unusual protagonist for a crime series. She is rarely the primary character when it comes to breaking cases (at least not in the beginning novels); however, it is Molly who elevates the series from standard procedural fare to a memorable series.
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Colin DexterFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Morse series.Morse is a senior Criminal Investigation Department officer with the Oxford City Police force. He drives a Jaguar, enjoys real English ale, poetry, art, the classics, cryptic crossword puzzles, and has a penchant for music -- especially opera and Wagner. Despite his sullen temperament, his appearance of snobbery, and his treatment of his assistant, Sergeant Lewis, he is likeable enough as he successfully solves the latest murder in and around Oxford.
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Karin FossumFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Sejer series.Inspector Konrad Sejer lives and works in Oslo, but he frequently investigates cases that take place in the surrounding towns and villages. He is old-fashioned, polite, and rather set in his ways. The chief weapon in his pursuit of the truth is not a gun, but his deep compassion, a belief in justice, and a driving need to understand the criminal mind.
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Christopher FowlerFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Bryant and May series.Two detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are members of the fictional Peculiar Crimes Unit. This series is set primarily in London, with stories taking place in various years between World War II and the present through the use of flashbacks. While there is a progressive narrative, many of the books focus on major criminal incidents in the detectives' shared past. Interwoven are factual layers of London's history, structures, and society.
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Elizabeth GeorgeFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Lynley series.The main characters are Thomas Lynley (a peer of the realm) and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers of New Scotland Yard. The two solve murders together as partners, or individually. They are often joined by forensic scientist Simon St. John and his wife Deborah. The storylines can be disturbing and intense, but are well-written and have been made into a TV series.
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Caroline GrahamFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Chief Inspector Barnaby series.Inspector Tom Barnaby, eventually Detective Chief Inspector, solves murders in small villages all around the English countryside. A genius in criminal investigation, he is highly experienced and very methodical (prone to taking his time.) In fact, he often quickly reaches a conclusion as to the identity of the murderer, only to reveal that fact later on after he has accumulated enough evidence. A happily married man, he and his wife, Joyce, have an adult daughter named Cully. The books have been turned into a hugely popular TV series.
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J.M. GregsonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Lambert and Hook series.The team of Chief Superintendent Lambert and Detective Sergeant Hook investigate crime in Gloucestershire. Both are golf enthusiasts. The trademark meticulous descriptions of police investigative techniques are here, along with solidly constructed characters.
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J.M. Gregson Find Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Peach series.The irreverent, irrepressible DCI Percy Peach will appeal primarily to fans of the jauntier British procedurals such as those in the Inspector Morse mold, but he will also appeal to the more academic fan.
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Martha GrimesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Richard Jury series.Initially a Chief Inspector and later a Scotland Yard Superintendent, Jury is invariably assisted in his cases by his hypochondriac but dependable sergeant, Alfred Wiggins, and Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his titles. Jury is very attractive but tends to be melancholy and is unlucky in love. Adding to the series is a recurring ensemble of interesting minor characters.
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Cynthia Harrod-EaglesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Bill Slider series.Slider is a police inspector with Shepherd’s Bush CID in London. He and his team cover the streets, investigating crime and often turning up dark secrets. These are taut psychological thrillers.
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Joan HessFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Arly Hanks series.Arly is the Police Chief of Maggody, Arkansas, population 775, half of whom are named Buchanan. She returns to her hometown of Maggody from New York after a messy divorce. Arly's attempts to nab wrongdoers in a town filled with odd-ball characters provide unending chuckles.
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Reginald HillFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Dalziel and Pascoe series.There is a great contrast between the large, gruff, uncouth Andy Dalziel, an old-school detective, and his colleague, the suave, smooth, highly educated Peter Pascoe. Set in Yorkshire, the pair solve cases assisted by able colleagues in these subtly psychological and suspenseful novels.
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Susan HillFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Simon Serrailler series.In this series of gripping psychological thrillers, Detective Chief Inspector Serrailler and his team tackle tough issues and crime in the cathedral city of Lafferton. Simon is a handsome, enigmatic man who can be charming, but at times, also distant and cold.
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Tony HillermanFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Jim Chee & Joe LeaphornSome of the earlier novels feature Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn while some of the others feature Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Later, even after Leaphorn retires, they work together solving crime in and around the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona.
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Victoria HoustonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Loon Lake Fishing Mystery series.Featuring Police Chief Lewellyn (Lew) Ferris and her pal, “Doc” Paul Oborne, the series is a mixture of murder, mayhem, and fishing in the north woods of Wisconsin.
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James Patrick HuntFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Lieutenant George Hastings series.Cool-headed, quick-thinking Lieutenant George Hastings joins forces with ambitious rookie detective Bobby Cain to investigate murder and crime in the St. Louis area.
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Bill JamesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Harper & Iles series.Colin Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector, and Desmond Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Harpur and Iles are complemented by an evolving cast of recurring characters on both sides of the law. The books are characterized by grim humor and a bleak view of the relationship among the public, the police force, and the criminal element.
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P.D. JamesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Adam Dalgliesh series.Detective Chief Inspector, later Commander, of the Metropolitan Police Service of New Scotland Yard in London, Dalgliesh is an intensely cerebral and private person. A widower, he lives in a flat above the Thames, where he writes poetry in his spare time. He and his crack squad of CID officers handle only the most sensitive of cases. Dalgliesh is a later example of the gentleman detective.
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Peter JamesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series.These crime thrillers featuring CID Detective Superintendent Grace are based in Brighton where Grace and his team often find themselves in a race against time when solving cases. Over the course of the series, the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Sandy, haunts him and is a reminder of his troubled past.
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J.A. JanceFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Joanna Brady series.Set in a small desert town in Arizona, Joanna is mother to nine-year-old Jenny and wife to Alan, who is running for Sheriff of Cochise County. He is murdered before the election and is then accused of having been corrupt. Joanna runs in his place, clears his name, and wins the election to become Sheriff, even though she does not have much background in upholding the law. Because she is a woman, her job is made all the more difficult because she is not part of the good old boys network; on the other hand, her position makes it easier for her to clean up the corruption when necessary.
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Roderic JeffriesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Alvarez series.Enrique Alvarez is a police inspector in Mallorca, Spain who is known for his common sense, brandy-nipping habits, and rather indolent manner. He is often put-upon by his persnickety boss, but Alvarez has a Columbo-like capacity for fooling people into underestimating him.
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Craig JohnsonFind HInsdale materials here. |
Walt Longmire series.Longmire, the veteran sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, has his flaws, but overall he is grounded in traditional American heroism -- he treats his friends and his fellow officers like family, always looks out for the little guy, and puts his life on the line in the pursuit of his duty.
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Faye KellermanFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series.A lieutenant in the LAPD, Decker is assisted in solving crimes by his Orthodox Jewish wife, Rina Lazarus. All the books combine crime with a Jewish theme.
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Jonathan KellermanFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Alex Delaware series.Alex is a forensic psychologist and sleuth, but some of the earlier novels in the series have him honing his craft as a child psychologist. He goes about his work by interacting sympathetically with the people he meets and by quiet, professional observation. Appearing in every novel is his friend, Milo Sturgis of the LAPD, who helps out with his investigations.
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Jim KellyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Detective Inspector Peter Shaw is the main protagonist in this series of crime fiction novels. He is joined by Detective Sergeant George Valentine in the county of Norfolk, England. This series is masterful in its combination of gritty, contemporary crime drama and old-fashioned, play-by-the-rules mystery writing. |
 Joe KonrathFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Jack Daniels series.Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels, a Chicago cop with the violent crimes unit, has a sometimes disruptive personal life. These laugh-out-loud, edge-of-seat suspense novels put this series into the genre of a Kinsey Millhone or Stephanie Plum investigator..
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Donna LeonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Guido Brunetti series.Commissario Brunetti is a born-and-bred middle-class Venetian who investigates murder and high crime among the patrician families of old Venice. From his headquarters at the Questura, Brunetti pieces his cases together with the help of a few clever colleagues.
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Peter LoveseyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Peter Diamond series.Diamond, head of the CID in modern-day Bath, is a large, tenacious investigator who often works outside of standard police procedures. He does his best to avoid his boss, who only slows him down in solving his cases.
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Stuart MacBrideFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Logan McRae series.McRae is a detective sergeant in Aberdeen, a setting of horrific crimes, murders, serial killers, and much eating of chips and drinking of beer. The violence in the book is often depicted in graphic detail, and the books are surprisingly vivid in their descriptions of the city. In this series, the city is as much a character as are the homicide detectives and the victims of crime.
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Barry MaitlandFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Brock and Kolla series.Detective Chief Inspector David Brock is the head of the Serious Crimes division of Scotland Yard. Brock and his team are assigned only the most serious and perplexing of cases. On his team is Kathy Kolla, who progresses in rank from Sergeant to Inspector under Brock's tutelage, and she becomes a key partner in unraveling and solving the crimes they are assigned. The cases take Brock and Kolla to all corners of London, and occasionally internationally, in these sharply observed and award-winning crime novels.
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Henning MankellFind HInsdale materials here. |
Kurt Wallander series.This series is set in and around the town of Ystad in Sweden. Inspector Wallander is frequently at loose ends socially and with his family. He has few close friends and is known for his less-than-desirable lifestyle. He drinks too much, lives on junk food, seldom exercises, and has anger issues. He frequently regards the crimes he investigates on a very personal level which negatively affects his emotional stability. As he strives to solve a case, he often goes against the orders of his superiors. The riveting stories were turned into a popular PBS series.
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 Archer MayorFind Hinsale materials here. |
Joe Guenther series.Mayor uses intricately detailed plot lines based on actual police experiences. Set largely in a small town in Vermont, the series begins as Gunther is already an established officer, a veteran of the Korean War and a widower. A man of quiet integrity, Lieutenant Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion wherever it leads. The series combines gripping police procedurals with small-town charm, stoicism, and civility often concealing brutal truths.
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Ed McBainFind Hinsdale materials here. |
87th Precinct Cops series.This series focuses on the work of the police detectives of the 87th Precinct in a large fictional city based on the New York City borough of Manhattan. Other districts in McBain's fictionalized version of New York correspond to NYC's other four boroughs: Calm's Point, standing in for Brooklyn; Majesta, representing Queens; Riverhead, substituting for the Bronx; and Bethtown, representing Staten Island. Although different detectives "star" in the various novels, most 87th Precinct novels feature a significant role for the dogged and persistent Detective Stephen Louis "Steve" Carella.
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Val McDermidFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Tony Hill series.This series pairs British clinical psychologist Hill, a brilliant criminal profiler, and his long-term work partner and sometimes lover, Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan. The novels are tense thrillers dealing with serial killers and other dangerous criminals and often depict violence and torture. The novels were made into the Wire in the Blood TV series.
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Michael McGarrityFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Kevin Kerney series.Set in modern-day New Mexico, Deputy State Police Chief Kerney has been a cop, a private investigator, and a forest ranger. He is now a Police Chief. This is a good series for fans of outdoorsy gumshoes.
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Jill McGownFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Lloyd and Hill series.Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and Sergeant Judy Hill are a crime-solving duo in England. She is smart and ambitious, determined to succeed on her own; he is supportive but secretly wishes for a more old-fashioned kind of relationship. They know each other well – she tolerates his smugness and flair for the dramatic, and he appreciates her cool logic and occasional brilliant insights. Together they make an interesting and believable detecting team.
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 Jo NesboFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Harry Hole series.Detective Hole is the classic loose cannon -- in this case, with the Oslo police force. He has few close friends, some unorthodox methods, and a complicated personal life. He is sent out on cases that have him traveling all over the world. (Please note that in the U.S., the books were released out of sequence as they became translated into English.)
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Chris NicksonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Richard Nottingham series.Nottingham is the Constable of the City of Leeds in the 1730’s. While the series has its share of murders, it's also about the people in the city, relationships, and life in 18th-century England, where there is one law for the rich, and a much more brutal one for the rest of society.
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Carol O'ConnellFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Kathleen Mallory series.Emotionally scarred as a six-year-old after witnessing the murder of her mother in a small Louisiana town, Kathy flees to New York City, where she lives on the street. She is caught stealing by police officer, Louis Markowitz, who takes her home and becomes her foster father. From age 10, Kathy, a "baby sociopath," grows up surrounded by Markowitz and his colorful circle of friends. Included in this group is his partner, Sergeant Riker, who later becomes Kathy's partner and friend. As an adult, she becomes a detective with the NYPD, and is often compared to a cat toying with its prey.
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Nick OldhamFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Henry Christie series.DCI Henry Christie investigates crime in bleak Northern England. Intelligent and appealing, Christie is the type of tough, caring, no-nonsense officer we imagine an effective policeman should be. Married, with two fast-growing daughters, he is the epitome of a working-class northerner. He commands respect from his team because they know that when the going gets tough, he’ll be leading from the front. He likes to ruffle feathers and has little time for superior officers who can’t pull their operational weight.
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Robert B. ParkerFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Jesse Stone starts out as a 35-year-old former Minor League Baseball shortstop who injures his shoulder. Later, while working for the LAPD as a homicide detective, he is dumped by his beautiful actress wife. Following the divorce, he develops a drinking problem and is asked to resign from his job. Showing up drunk for an interview for the job as police chief in the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts, he is hired because the corrupt president of the town council thinks it will be easy to manipulate and control him. Chief Stone quickly realizes that the town is rife with big- league crime and homicide, but he proves up to the task of dealing with the corruption. The series chronicles Stone's cases and his struggles with alcohol, but he is very much respected and liked by his fellow police officers. The stories have been made into a popular TV series. (Following Robert B. Parker's death in 2010, the series has continued with various authors) |
Louise PennyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life in and around Three Pines, finding long-buried secrets -- and facing a few of his own ghosts -- in this acclaimed series. |
Anne PerryFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Set in Victorian England, Monk is a very clever man who wields irony and sarcasm with considerable skill while remaining obstinate, proud, and impulsive. This normally disastrous combination of attributes (which caused his initial firing from the Police Force) is offset by his intelligence, unswerving sense of justice, and loyalty to those he deems worthy. He will fearlessly solve the case and see the evildoers brought to justice no matter what it takes. |
Anne PerryFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Set in Victorian England, rumpled, working-class Inspector Thomas Pitt is assisted in his cases by his aristocratic wife, Charlotte, and her upper-class relatives and connections. |
 Kwei QuarteyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Darko Dawson series.D.I. Dawson, a CID detective in Accra, Ghana, is a six-foot-something good-looker with a heart of gold, especially when it comes to his family. He also looks out for society’s castoffs, like street kids. As part of his job, he has a dogged determination to hunt down miscreants and murderers.
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Ian RankinFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Rebus series.John Rebus once served in Britain's elite SAS; now he's an Edinburgh detective who hides from his memories, antagonizes his superiors, and misses promotions. The post-war upbringing he had in a Scottish housing project during the decline of heavy industry makes him identify with those who distrust authority and struggle against adversity. He has a love of books, owns an extensive music collection, and drives a battered car. He is a smoker, a heavy drinker, and is married to his job. Married once, the traits that keep him strong (and intimidating) are also the traits that drive those closest to him away.
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Ruth RendellFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Chief Inspector Wexford series.Detective Chief Inspector Reginald “Reg” Wexford lives in a particularly murder-prone village in Sussex. Wexford is a great reader with a ready supply of literary quotations. A civilized man with decent values, he is unusually tolerant and compassionate. His success in case-solving is often based on his ability to see in people emotions and motivations that other detectives would miss. He is aided by Detective Inspector Michael Burden, who is 20 years younger than Wexford but is older in temperament and is a bit of a prude. Rendell's portrayal of the ongoing friendship between the two men creates continuity for the series.
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J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts)Find Hinsdale materials here. |
In Death series.Eve Dallas, a Lieutenant with the NYPSD (New York City Police and Security Department), is the main character in this futuristic (circa 2058 AD) romance-mystery series. Having grown up in many foster homes, she blocks out the memories she has of the father who sexually abused and generally mistreated her. Eventually, Eve becomes a cop primarily to have control in her life.
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Peter RobinsonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
After living in London and working in the Metropolitan Police Unsolved Crime Squad, Detective Inspector Alan Banks moves his family to the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale. His charming demeanor helps him deal with suspects as well as the victims of crime, but he can come down hard when he needs to get answers quickly. |
 Terry ShamesFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Down-to-earth, compassionate, and with a strong sense of justice, Samuel Craddock is the retired former chief of police of Jarrett Cree, Texas. A recent widower who finds solace in his cows, he is a collector of fine arts. Jarred out of his quiet existence, he is often drawn in to help solve local murders. |
 Georges SimenonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Inspector Maigret series.Chief Inspector Jules Maigret is known for his trademark pipes and heavy overcoat. He has a mixed approach to detecting (at times relying on pure intuition, at other times on method), and has a laconic manner and a fondness for alcohol – often popping into a café or bar. Though childless, he has a fondness for children and is very indulgent and patient with them. His cases take him throughout France and sometimes to other countries.
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Karin SlaughterFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Will Trent series.Trent is a Special Agent with the Criminal Apprehensive Team of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. When local police cannot solve the crime, he is brought in to help with the case. Often teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, these gritty, psychological novels will keep you in suspense.
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Julia SpencerFlemingFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Clare Fergusson is the priest at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Miller's Kill, New York. Nontraditional in every sense, she's not just a "lady," she's also a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody’s fool. When a mystery appears at her church door, she meets with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army, and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown. As they start investigating, they discover a world of trouble, and an attraction to each other. |
Josephine TeyFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Alan Grant series.An Inspector of Scotland Yard, Grant is a slightly built, dapper, gentleman-police officer of independent means. Grant fancies himself an expert on faces. The five books in which he appears constitute an oeuvre whose highly literate and witty prose has attracted a devoted following.
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Victoria ThompsonFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Gaslight Mystery series.Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, Sarah Brandt, a midwife, and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy find themselves involved in solving murders in every corner of the city, from tenements to elegant mansions.
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Charles Todd (aka Caroline & Charles Todd, an American mother-son writing team)Find Hinsdale materials here. |
Ian Rutledge series.Still broken and suffering from the ravages of his service in the Great War, Scotland Yard Inspector Rutledge’s thoughts are haunted by the ghost of a soldier, Hamish MacLeod, who taunts him as he works on his cases. These are good psychological suspense novels.
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Peter TurnbullFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Hennessey & Yellich series.Chief Inspector George Hennessey and Detective Sergeant Yellich are with the Vale of York police. In each book in the series, the author gives a little biography of the characters. Hennessey is a widower whose wife died suddenly when their son was an infant. That son is now grown with a family of his own, so Hennessey lives with his dog, reads military history, and takes a walk every night about York, ending up at the local pub, where he has one pint of bitter. Yellich is a happily married man who is content with his work and his home life.
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Peter TurnbullFind Hinsdale materials here. |
Harry Vicary series.Set in London, Detective Inspector Vicary and his team are drawn into complex investigations.
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