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Mystery Books that Take Place in New York:

Here are some fun New York facts:

The capital is Albany.
The largest city is New York City.
State motto is “Ever Upwards” (“Excelsior”).
State nickname is “Empire State”.
State flower is the Rose.
State bird is the Eastern Bluebird.

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature New York locations in their books:

Lydia Adamson: Alice Nestleton Mystery Series AND Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery Series AND Lucy Wayles Mystery Series

L. L. Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett & Lorraine Bartlett): Jeff Resnick Mystery Series

George Baxt: Celebrity Sleuths Mystery Series

Cynthia Baxter: Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series AND Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series

Carol Lea Benjamin: Rachel Alexander Mystery Series

Carole Berry: Bonnie Indermil Mystery Series

Claudia Bishop (aka Mary Stanton): Hemlock Falls Mystery Series AND the Casebook of Dr. McKenzie Mystery Series

Barbara Block (aka Isis Crawford): Robin Light Mystery Series

Lawrence Block: Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery Series AND Matthew Scudder Mystery Series AND John Keller Mystery Series

Lisa Bork: Broken Vows Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Ali Brandon (aka Diane A.S. Stuckart): Black Cat Bookshop Mystery Series

Susan Breen: Maggie Dove Mystery Series

Kathleen Bridge: Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery Series

Maggie Bruce (aka Marilyn Wallace): Gourd Craft Mystery Series

Catherine Bruns: Cookies & Chance Mystery Series

Carole Buggé: Claire Rawlings Mystery Series

Meg Cabot: Heather Wells Mystery Series

Joyce Christmas: Lady Margaret Priam Mystery Series

Jill Churchill: Grace and Favor Mystery Series

Harlan Coben: Myron Bolitar Mystery Series

Meredith Cole: Lydia McKenzie Mystery Series

Amanda Cooper (aka Victoria Hamilton & Donna Lea Simpson): Teapot Collector Mystery Series

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Coffee House Mystery Series

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series

Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series

Jeffery Deaver: Lincoln Rhyme Mystery Series AND Rune Mystery Series

Jane Dentinger: Jocelyn O’Roarke Mystery Series

Lesley A. Diehl: Microbrewers Mystery Series

Joanne Dobson & Beverle Graves Myers: Helluva War Mystery Series

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series

J.C. Eaton: Wine Trail Mystery Series

Grace F. Edwards: Mali Anderson Mystery Series

Selma Eichler: Desiree Shapiro Mystery Series

J. F. Englert: Bull Moose Dog Run Mystery Series

Chrystle Fiedler: Natural Remedies Mystery Series

Rae Foley: Mr. Potter Mystery Series

Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series

Kinky Friedman: Kinky Friedman Mystery Series

Gallagher Gray (aka Katy Munger): Hubbert & Lil Mystery Series

Lena Gregory: Bay Island Psychic Mystery Series

Martha Grimes: Emma Graham Mystery Series

Kathryn Miller Haines: Rosie Winter Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton: Merry Muffin Mysteries

Susannah Hardy (aka Sadie Hartwell): Greek to Me Mystery Series

Lee Harris: Christine Bennett Mystery Series AND Manhattan Mystery Series

April Henry & Lis Wiehl: Triple Threat Club Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes: Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series

Kate Jacobs: Friday Night Knitting Club Series (not a mystery)

Diana Killian: Mantra for Murder Mystery Series

Cecile Lamalle: Culinary Mystery Series

Emma Lathen (aka R. B. Dominic): Wall Street Mystery Series

Lucy Lawrence (aka Jenn McKinlay & Josie Belle): Decoupage Mystery Serie

Richard & Frances Lockridge: Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery Series AND Captain Heimrich Mystery Series AND Paul Lane Mystery Series

Mary Jane Maffini: Charlotte Adams Mystery Series

Margaret Maron: Sigrid Harald Mystery Series

Rosemary Martin (aka Rosemary Stevens): Murder a-Go-Go Mystery Series

Amanda Matetsky: Paige Turner Mystery Series AND Annie March Mystery Series

Jennifer McAndrews: Stained-Glass Mystery Series

Judi McCoy: Dog Walker Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence & Josie Belle): Library Lover’s Mystery Series

Amy Patricia Meade: Rosie the Riveter Mystery Series

Annette Meyers (aka 1/2 Maan Meyers): Smith & Wetzon Mystery Series AND Olivia Brown Mystery Series

Maan Meyers (aka Martin & Annette Meyers): Dutchman Historical Mystery Series

Miriam Grace Monfredo: Seneca Falls Mystery Series

Marie Moore: Sydney March Mystery Series

J. J. Murphy: Algonquin Round Table Mystery Series

Beverle Graves Myers & Joanne Dobson: Helluva War Mystery Series

Kris Neri: Tracy Eaton Mystery Series

Leslie O’Kane (aka Leslie Caine): Molly Masters Mystery Series

Linda Palmer (aka Melinda Wells): Daytime Mystery Series

Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series

Barbara Paul: Marina Larch Mystery Series AND Opera Mystery Series

Thomas Perry: Jane Whitefield Mystery Series

Sandra Scoppettone: Faye Quick Mystery Series AND Lauren Laurano Mystery Series

Roz Siegel: Emily’s Place Mystery Series

Julia Spencer-Fleming: Adirondack Mystery Series

Wendy Corsi Staub: Lily Dale Mystery Series

Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe Mystery Series AND Tecumseh Fox Mystery Series

Jennifer Sturman: Rachel Benjamin Mystery Series

Victoria Thompson: Gaslight Mystery Series

Radha Vatsal: Kitty Weeks Mystery Series – Kitty is a journalist in New York during the 1910s.

Noreen Wald (aka Nora Charles): Jake O’Hara Mystery Series

Christine Wenger: Comfort Food Mystery Series

Anne White: Lake George Mystery Series

Lis Wiehl & April Henry: Triple Threat Club Mystery Series

Lis Wiehl & Pete Nelson: East Salem Trilogy

Barbara Jaye Wilson: Brenda Midnight Mystery Series

And, Katherine Hall Page’s Faith Fairchild went to New York in The Body in the Big Apple.

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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Main Sleuth on Vacation…

Just yesterday, Mary Joy wrote a comment with this question:

Mary Joy:

“Does anyone find they do not enjoy the books in series that go “off site” for that particular story? In all the series I read, I never enjoy the ones that take place on vacation or in a foreign country, etc. Instead of being more interesting for me, I usually end up skimming lots of pages. I think I enjoy the familiar surroundings and reading about their everyday routines. I sound dull, don’t I? Is it just me – do others out there enjoy the change of venue?”

Mary Joy, I will say, “No, No” to the two questions you posed (you don’t sound dull and it isn’t just you), and “Yes, Yes, Yes” in agreement with her sentiment. (Obviously, this doesn’t apply to series that feature touring/traveling of some sort.)

I do NOT like it when my main sleuth leaves her town to go on holiday. Yes, I know that everyone deserves a little vacation now and then, but I’d rather my main sleuths take their vacations while “on hiatus” (between books). I want my main sleuths back in their familiar town/village (which has become “my” familiar town/village) – with their familiar friends and the eccentric busybodies.

I would much prefer hearing about their vacation in the past tense, perhaps when my main sleuth is having her/his morning cup of coffee (or cuppa) while telling her/his friends about all the fun things (i.e. murders, no doubt!) she/he encountered while on vacation. (And, by this, I don’t mean an “I-remember-when” retro mystery book that takes place in another location.)

So, I guess I should pose a new question: Is it just us (Mary Joy and me) – do others out there enjoy the change of venue?”

PS>>> I just remembered I wrote an entry about this very same thing about a year ago. (I searched for it, and found it: Cozy Mystery Sleuths Who Leave Their Cozy Towns, Villages, “Worlds”…)

Three Cozy Mystery Authors, and No More – Part 2

As a lot of you know, Alfred posed a question, and a lot of us responded. Who would you pick to read if you could have Three Cozy Mystery Authors, and No More?

As soon as I started making up the list (from your comments) I found myself thinking “This is my third author!” But I would then go on typing up your answers, and find yet another author who I thought would make a perfect third pick for me, and then another, and yet another. In short, I am still pondering over who might possibly be my third pick!

I went through all of our comments to post this list, putting your first three authors in bold. While I was doing this, I “encountered” authors who I haven’t thought of for a long while, who I am going to try to go back and revisit. I haven’t read a Robert Van Gulik in years, and had quite forgotten how much I enjoyed his Judge Dee. Mary Higgins Clark is another author I remember enjoying a lot, but haven’t read in years.

Thank you ALL for participating in this quest for three authors!

Alfred
Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mysteries
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series
Lorna Barrett: Booktown Mystery Series
Tales of Grace Chapel Inn

Danna
Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Mystery Series &Hercule Poirot Mystery Series
Ngaio Marsh: Inspector Roderick Alleyn Mystery Series
I haven’t quite decided.

Regina
Ngaio Marsh: Inspector Roderick Alleyn Mystery Series

Linda
Joan Hess: Maggody Mystery Series AND Claire Malloy Mystery Series
Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series
Veronica Heley: Ellie Quick Mystery Series
M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Margaret
Krista Davis :Domestic Diva Mystery Series
Laura Childs: Tea Shoppe Mystery Series AND Cackleberry Club Mystery Series
Carol Higgins Clark: Regan Reiley Mystery Series

Elaine
Janet Evanovich
Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series
Blaize Clement: Dixie Hemingway Pet Sitter Mystery Series

Judith
Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series AND Felse Family Mystery Series AND Stand Alones
Elizabeth Peters: Amelia Peabody Mystery Series AND Vicky Bliss Mystery Series AND Stand Alones
Ngaio Marsh: Roderick Alleyn Mystery Series
Charlotte MacLeod (Alisa Craig), Carolyn Hart , OR Rhys Bowen

Susie
Anne Perry
Jacqueline Winspear
Charles Todd
Agatha Christie

Jetty
Madelyn Alt: Bewitching Mystery Series
Jana DeLeon: Ghost-in-Law Mystery Series
Krista Davis :Domestic Diva Mystery Series

Lexie
Agatha Christie
Lorna Barrett: Booktown Series Mystery Series
Sheila Connolly: Orchard Series Mystery Series

*Susan
Agatha Christie OR Robert Van Gulik: Judge Dee Mystery Series
Clayton Rawson
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series AND Turing Hopper Mystery Series

Tammy
Martha Grimes
Louise Penny
Agatha Christie

Laurel
Laura Childs: Tea Shoppe Mystery Series
Sofie Kelly: Magical Cat Mystery Series
Patricia Harwin: Far Wychwood Mystery Series

Carrie
Ngaio Marsh: Inspector Alleyn Mystery Series
Margery Allingham: Campion Mystery Series
Dorothy L. Sayers: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series
P. D. James: Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series

Petie
Fran Stewart:  Biscuit McKee & Marmalade Mystery Series
Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy Bear Mystery Series
Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series

Barbara T
Anne Perry: Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Mystery Series
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
J. A. Jance

Cindy M
Jenn McKinlay: Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series AND Library Lover’s Mystery Series AND Good Buy Girls Mystery Series (writing as Josie Bell)
Leann Sweeney: Cats in Trouble Mystery Series
Sofie Kelly: Magical Cat Mystery Series

Ruth
Susan Wittig Albert
Earlene Fowler
Laura Childs

Sheila
Victoria Thompson
Diane Mott Davidson
Casey Daniels

Jackie G
Mary Daheim
Janet Evanovich
Cleo Coyle

Teressa
Susan Wittig Albert
J. A. Jance
Julie Hyzy

Nita R
M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series
Laura Childs
Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series
Lilian Jackson Braun

Sue
Charlotte MacLeod/Alisa Craig
Anne George
Joan Hess
Mary Daheim

MJ
Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series
Margaret Maron: Deborah Knott Mystery Series
Kathryn Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series
Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series

Sandy
Gail Bowen
Margaret Maron
Jane Haddam

Sharon
Jacqueline Winspear
Rhys Bowen: Molly Murphy Mystery Series
Suzanne Arruda OR Susan Wittig Albert: Darling Dahlias Mystery Series
Rex Stout, Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie

Sandy
Agatha Christie
Kate Flora: Thea Kozak Mystery Series
Karin Slaughter

Kathryn
Agatha Christie
Rhys Bowen: Evan Evans Mystery Series AND Molly Murphy Mystery Series AND Lady Georgiana Royal Spyness Mystery Series
M. C. Beaton/Marion Chesney with Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series AND Edwardian Murder Mystery Series (writing as Marion Chesney)
Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series
Carolyn Hart, Laura Childs, Jeanne M. Dams, Simon Brett, Victoria Thompson, Anna Dean, Carola Dunn, & Lorna Barrett

Julia
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael Mystery Series AND Felse Family Mystery Series
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels, Phyllis A. Whitney, and Mary Higgins Clark

Annette
Laura Childs
Jessica Fletcher (Donald Bain)
Kate Kingsbury
Victoria Brightwell
Kathryn Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Pat
Patricia Moyes
Lilian Jackson Braun
Rhys Bowen
Carolyn Hart  & Cleo Coyle

Merry
Joyce and Jim Lavene
Cleo Coyle: Coffee Shop Mystery Series  AND Alice Kimberly: Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series
Janet Evanovich
Chris Cavender aka Elizabeth Bright aka Melissa Glazer aka  Casey Mayes aka Tim Myers
Alice Kimberly AND Casey Daniels: Pepper Martin series in third.

Donna
Agatha Christie
Lillian Jackson Braun
Charlotte Armstrong: A Dram of Poison

Anne
Carolyn Hart
Donna Andrews
Anne George AND Patricia Sprinkle AND Susan Wittig Albert
Lillian Jackson Braun

Sally E
Elizabeth George
James Lee Burke
Anne George AND Ariana Franklin
Victoria Thompson AND Rhys Bowen
Cleo Coyle
Tana French

Nancy
Anne Perry
Martha Grimes
Cleo Coyle

Lynn T
Agatha Christie
M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Hamish Macbeth
Charlotte MacLeod: Sarah Kelling Mystery Series AND Peter Shandy Mystery Series
Ann Granger: Markby & Mitchell Village Whodunit Mystery Series
Mary Daheim: Emma Lord Mystery Series AND Bed and Breakfast Mystery Series
Carolyn Hart : Henrie-O Mystery Series

Marla
Hazel Holt: Mrs. Mallory Mystery Series
Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series
Mark Schweizer: Hayden Konig Liturgical Mystery Series

Marianne
Louise Penny
Sue Grafton
Sue Henry

Edie
Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Mystery Series
Sue Grafton: Alphabet Mystery Series
Tony Hillerman

Judith
Agatha Christie
Dorothy L Sayers 

Ricky
Linda Fairstein
Elizabeth George
Ngaio Marsh
Josephine Tey

Isabelle
Lorna Barrett:  Booktown Mystery Series
Sue Grafton
Lilian Jackson Braun

Mary Joy
Lorna Barrett: Booktown Mystery Series
Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series
Leslie Meier: Lucy Stone Mystery Series

Nikki
Agatha Christie
M. C. Beaton
Susan Wittig Albert

Marie
Martha Grimes
Margery Allingham
Dorothy L. Sayers
Agatha Christie
Ngaio Marsh

Karen
M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series
Christopher Fowler: Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series
Kerry Greenwood: Corinna Chapman Mystery Series AND Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

John
Margaret Maron: Deborah Knott series
Dana Stabenow: Kate Shugak series
J.A. Jance: Joanna Brady Mystery Series AND J. P. Beaumont Mystery Series

Linda
Mary Higgins Clark
Joanne Fluke
Brandilynn Collins
Linda Hall
Lorna Barrett: Booktown Mystery Series
Miranda James:  Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series

Carol
Sara Paretsky: V. I. Warshawshi Mystery Series
Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series
Faye Kellerman: Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series
Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series
Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series
J. A. Jance

Suzi
Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series
Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series
Monica Ferris: Needlecraft Mystery Series
GM Malliet: Max Tudor Mystery Series

Donna
Laura Childs: Tea Shop Mystery Series AND Scrapbooking Mystery Series
Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Cookie Jar Mystery Series
Victoria Holt
Lorna Barrett: Booktown Mystery Series

Diane
Joanne Fluke: Hannah Swensen Cookie Jar Mystery Series
Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Mystery Series
Lillian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who ***** Mystery Series

Of course, if you would enjoy seeing why each of us picked the authors we did, you can read the comments on the first part of Alfred’s question.

Thanks, again!

Mystery Writers of America – Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

Not to be outdone by the British Crime Writers’ Association – Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, the Mystery Writers of America came up with their list five years later. If you compare the lists, you will see that there are quite a few authors who appear on both. I am happy to see a few of the authors I follow on the list. There are also a few authors (like Thomas Harris and Joseph Wambaugh) who I read on occasion.

In 1995, the Mystery Writers of America comprised a list of:

The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (1887-1927)
  2. Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
  3. Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1852)
  4. Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time (1951)
  5. Scott Turow: Presumed Innocent (1987)
  6. John le Carré: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)
  7. Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868)
  8. Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939)
  9. Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (1938)
  10. Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (1939)
  11. Robert Traver: Anatomy of a Murder (1958)
  12. Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
  13. Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (1953)
  14. James M. Cain: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
  15. Mario Puzo: The Godfather (1969)
  16. Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988)
  17. Eric Ambler: A Coffin for Dimitrios (1939)
  18. Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night (1935)
  19. Agatha Christie: Witness for the Prosecution (1948)
  20. Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal (1971)
  21. Raymond Chandler: Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
  22. John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
  23. Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose (1980)
  24. Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment (1866)
  25. Ken Follett: Eye of the Needle (1978)
  26. John Mortimer: Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
  27. Thomas Harris: Red Dragon (1981)
  28. Dorothy L. Sayers: The Nine Tailors (1934)
  29. Gregory Mcdonald: Fletch (1974)
  30. John le Carré: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974)
  31. Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man (1934)
  32. Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White (1860)
  33. E. C. Bentley: Trent’s Last Case (1913)
  34. James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1943)
  35. Martin Cruz Smith: Gorky Park (1981)
  36. Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison (1930)
  37. Tony Hillerman: Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
  38. Donald E. Westlake: The Hot Rock (1970)
  39. Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest (1929)
  40. Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase (1908)
  41. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
  42. John Grisham: The Firm (1991)
  43. Len Deighton: The Ipcress File (1962)
  44. Vera Caspary: Laura (1942)
  45. Mickey Spillane: I, the Jury (1947)
  46. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö: The Laughing Policeman (1968)
  47. Donald E. Westlake: Bank Shot (1972)
  48. Graham Greene: The Third Man (1950)
  49. Jim Thompson: The Killer Inside Me (1952)
  50. Mary Higgins Clark: Where Are the Children? (1975)
  51. Sue Grafton: “A” is for Alibi (1982)
  52. Lawrence Sanders: The First Deadly Sin (1973)
  53. Tony Hillerman: A Thief of Time (1989)
  54. Truman Capote: In Cold Blood (1966)
  55. Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male (1939)
  56. Dorothy L. Sayers: Murder Must Advertise (1933)
  57. G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
  58. John le Carré: Smiley’s People (1979)
  59. Raymond Chandler: The Lady in the Lake (1943)
  60. Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
  61. Graham Greene: Our Man in Havana (1958)
  62. Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
  63. Peter Lovesey: Wobble to Death (1970)
  64. W. Somerset Maugham: Ashenden (1928)
  65. Nicholas Meyer: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson (1974)
  66. Rex Stout: The Doorbell Rang (1965)
  67. Elmore Leonard: Stick (1983)
  68. John le Carré: The Little Drummer Girl (1983)
  69. Graham Greene: Brighton Rock (1938)
  70. Bram Stoker: Dracula (1897)
  71. Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955)
  72. Edmund Crispin: The Moving Toyshop (1946)
  73. John Grisham: A Time to Kill (1989)
  74. Hillary Waugh: Last Seen Wearing … (1952)
  75. W. R. Burnett: Little Caesar (1929)
  76. George V. Higgins: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972)
  77. Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness (1927)
  78. Ian Fleming: From Russia, with Love (1957)
  79. Margaret Millar: Beast in View (1955)
  80. Michael Gilbert: Smallbone Deceased (1950)
  81. Josephine Tey: The Franchise Affair (1948)
  82. Elizabeth Peters: Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975)
  83. P. D. James: Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
  84. Tom Clancy: The Hunt for Red October (1984)
  85. Ross Thomas: Chinaman’s Chance (1978)
  86. Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent (1907)
  87. John D. MacDonald: The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
  88. Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key (1931)
  89. Ruth Rendell: A Judgement in Stone (1977)
  90. Josephine Tey: Brat Farrar (1950)
  91. Ross Macdonald: The Chill (1963)
  92. Walter Mosley: Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)
  93. Joseph Wambaugh: The Choirboys (1975)
  94. Donald E. Westlake: God Save the Mark (1967)
  95. Craig Rice: Home Sweet Homicide (1944)
  96. John Dickson Carr: The Three Coffins (1935)
  97. Richard Condon: Prizzi’s Honor (1982)
  98. James McClure: The Steam Pig (1974)
  99. Jack Finney: Time and Again (1970)
  100. Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) Tied with Ira Levin: Rosemary’s Baby (1967)

If you take a look at both the 1990 British list and this 1995 USA list, you will no doubt notice that a lot of the authors are duplicated. I guess it just doesn’t matter on which side of the pond you live, good crime fiction is simply good crime fiction!

(I highlighted the authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site.)

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