Scene of the Crime - A unique illustrated guide to the landscapes of British detective fiction
Great crime writers
Great crime writers not only create memorable detectives, they also firmly establish them in distinctive and convincing settings. The list below shows just a small section of the authors and books included in Scene of the Crime.
- Author (fictional detective)
- Featured books
- Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently)
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
- Margery Allingham (Albert Campion)
- The Crime at Black Dudley
- Mystery MileTiger in the Smoke
- Hide My Eyes
- John Baker
- Poet in the Gutter
- Stephen Booth (Ben Cooper/Diane Fry)
- Black DogDancing with the Virgins
- W J Burley (Inspector Charles Wycliffe)
- Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery
- Wycliffe and the Last RitesGlyn Carr [pseud. of Frank Showell Styles] (Sir Abercrombie Lewker)
- Death Under Snowdon
- Kate Charles
- A Dead Man Out of MindThe Snares of Death
- G K Chesterton (Father Brown/Flambeau [arch-criminal, not actually detective])
- The Invisible Man
- Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot/Miss Marple)
- The Mysterious Affair at Style
- And Then There Were None
- Evil under the Sun
- At Bertram’s Hotel
- Ann Cleeves
- Another Man's Poison
- Natasha Cooper
- Creeping Ivy
- Colin Dexter (Chief Inspector Morse / Sergeant Lewis)
- The Wench is Dead
- The Way Through The Woods
- Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Martin Edwards
- First Cut is the Deepest
- Dick Francis (Sid Halley)
- Whip Hand
- Wild Horses
- Twice Shy
- Jonathan Gash [pseud. of John Grant] (Lovejoy)
- The Grace in Older Women
- Every Last Cent
- Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley / Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers)
- Missing Joseph
- Deception on his Mind
- For the Sake of Elena
- John Harvey (Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick)
- Lonely Hearts
- Cutting Edge
- Last Rites
- Lesley Grant-Adamson
- Undertow
- Peter Gutterridge
- A Ghost of a Chance
- Reginald Hill
- An Advancement of Learning
- Graham Hurley (Detective Inspector Joe Faraday)
- Turnstone
- The Take
- Bill James
- You'd Better Beleive It
- P D James (Commander Adam Dalgliesh / Cordelia Gray)
- Unnatural Causes
- Death in Holy Orders
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- The Skull Beneath the Skin
- Michael Jecks (Simon Puttock)
- The Last Templar
- The Crediton Killings
- Paul Johnston
- Body Politic
- Bill Kirton
- Material Evidence
- Bernard Knight
- The Awful Secret
- Peter Lovesey (Inspector Peter Diamond / Sergeant Cribb)
- The Last Detective
- Wobble to Death
- Priscilla Masters
- Embroidering Shrouds
- Val McDermid (Kate Brannigan / Tony Hill)
- Kick Back
- Starstruck
- The Mermaids Singing
- Ngaio Marsh (Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn)
- Enter a Murderer
- Light Thickens
- Off with his Head
- Denise Mina (Maureen O’Donnell)
- Garnethill
- Ian Morson
- Falconer's Crusade
- Stuart Pawson
- The Picasso Scam
- Ellis Peters [pseud. of Edith Pargeter] (Brother Cadfael)
- A Morbid Taste for Bones
- Brother Cadfael’s Penance
- Ian Rankin (Inspector John Rebus)
- Knots and Crosses
- Set in Darkness
- Anne Perry
- The Cater Street Hangman
- Ian Rankin
- Knots and Crosses
- Nicholas Rhea
- Constable on the Hill
- Constable at the Gate
- Ruth Rendell (Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford / Mike Burden)
- From Doon With Death
- Harm Done
- Murder Being Once Done
- Peter Robinson (detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks)
- In a Dry Season
- Aftermath
- Peter Robinson
- Gallows View
- Dry Bones that Dream
- Betty Rowlands
- The Man at the Window
- D L Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)
- The Nine Tailors
- Manda Scott
- Stronger than Death
- Michelle Spring
- Every Breath you Take
- Cath Staincliffe
- Loking for Trouble
- Andrew Taylor
- An Air that Kills
- Mark Timlin (Nick Sharman)
- Find My Way Home
- A Street that Rhymed at 3am
- Peter Turnball
- Deep and Crisp and Even
- Minette Walters
- The Dark Room
- The Scold’s Bridle
- The Breaker
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