Patterson, James Slaughter, Karin Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco detec- Agent Will Trent tive Criminal More 11th Hour Fallen 12th of Never Spiegelman, Peter Mystery Series Jack Morgan – former Marine heli- John March, private detective copter pilot Red Cat featuring Private : #1 Suspect Private Paris Webb, Betty

Lena Jones, private detective Rendell, Ruth Private Desert Lost Chief Inspector Wexford The Monster in the Box Wodehouse, P.G. Detectives Not in the Flesh Bumbling British aristocrat Bertie

Wooster and his cool-headed serv- Robb, J.D. ant Jeeves Eve Dallas, NYPD Lieutenant Carry On Jeeves Apprentice in Death Very good, Jeeves! Obsession in Death

Woods, Stuart Rozan, S.J. Ed Eagle, six feet, take-no- Private Eye Lydia Chin and Bill prisoners, Santa Fe attorney Smith, her partner Santa Fe Rules Ghost Hero Santa Fe Dead On the Line Wimberley, Darryl Sandford, John Barrett “Bear” Raines: the first Lucas Davenport, detective black detective in an all-white Naked Prey police force in Deacon Beach, Silken prey Florida. Saylor, Steven Strawman’s Hammock at the Gordianus the Finder, private in- Mount Vernon vestigator, 265-30 BC City Library Raiders of the Nile : a novel of the ancient world 315 Snoqualmie St, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 www.mountvernonwa.gov, 360.336.6209 01/19/in This list is made up of mystery series fea- Elkins, Aaron Hill, Susan turing a sleuth who is a professional detec- Gideon Oliver, anthropology profes- Simon Serrailler, Chief Superinten- tive of problem solver not directly associ- sor in Port Angeles, Washington dent ated with the police force. Some are hard- Uneasy Relations Soul of Discretion boiled big city private eyes, others do their Dying on the Vne A Question of Identity deductive work form a chair. Most of these are contemporary American, but a Gerritsen, Tess Lansdale, Joe R. few are set in other countries and even Jane Rizzoli, Boston detective Best friends and freelance trouble- other centuries. Last to Die makers Hap Collins and Leonard Pine Ice Cold Dead Aim Baldacci, David Devil Red Former secret agent Sean King Goldberg, Lee Vanilla Ride King and Maxwell Adrian Monk, brilliant, obsessive- The Sixth Man compulsive investigator Maron, Margaret Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out Deborah Knott, judge Bruen, Ken Mr. Monk is Miserable The Buzzard Table Jack Taylor, P.I. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants Sand Sharks The Magdalen Martyrs Cross Greeley, Andrew Parker, Robert Nuala Anne McGrail, professional Sunny Randall, Boston P.I. Christie, Agatha singer Melancholy Baby (LP) Hercule Poirot, Belgian detective Irish Crystal (LP) Spare Change Death on the Nile Irish Tiger Murder on the Orient Express Penny, Louise Harris, Charlaine Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of Cussler, Clive Aurora Teagarden, librarian the Sûreté du Québec, in the village Isaac Bell, detective A Fool and his Honey of Three Pines, in southern Quebec, The Race Dead Over Heels Canada The Striker A Fatal Grace Hart, Carolyn A Trick of the Light D’Amato, Barbara Annie Laurance Darling, bookstore Cat Marsala, journalist owner Pronzini, Bill Hard Bargain Death at the Door “Nameless”, couch potato P.I. Hard Evidence Murder Walks the Plank Betrayers Nemesis Gardner, Lisa Jance, Judith D.D. Warren, detective Joanna Brady, small town sheriff Find Her Shoot/Don’t Shoot Catch Me Remains of Innocence