Mystery Authors
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If you are looking to start a new mystery series or want to catch up with the rest of a series you’ve started, check out the mystery authors and their series in order below. Click on an author’s name to see the author’s bio page and their books in order of publication and chronological timeline, along with a link to reviews for books in the series.
Most mystery authors have written more than one series, so if you are looking for a particular series in order, rather than all the books written by the author, here you will find each mystery and thriller series listed separately under the author’s name.
This page is constantly updated with new authors included. While I can’t possibly add every crime, mystery and thriller author who has written a book to date, if you have a favorite and you don’t see it on the list, let me know in the comments section and I will add it here.
The mystery authors page is useful if you know the name of a series (e.g. Jack Reacher), but it has momentarily failed you who the author is, or you’re simply interested in learning about new authors you want to start catching up to.
In addition, you can also check out the authors/books listed in the mystery genres below:
A
- Peter Grant series
- Sam Durell series
- Charlie Morell series
- Sam Capra series
- Whit Mosley series
- Jordan Poteet Mystery series
- Alan McQueen series
- Frank Clevenger series
- Jake Diamond PI series
- Felix Gomez series
- Dead Man’s Rule series
- Harry Stein series
- Evadne Mount Trilogy
- Mystery of the American Revolution series
- Michael Stoddard American Revolution Thriller series
- Mac Reilly series
- Inspector Sloan series
- Final Theory series
- MEG series
- Domain series
- Loch series
- Grim Reaper series
- Emilia Cruz mystery series
- David McBride trilogy
- standalone medical thrillers
- Davis Way cozy mystery series
- Helen Grace series
- Nick Travers series
- Quinn Colson series
- Spenser series
B
- Calamity Jayne Mystery series
- Bob Danforth series
- Lassiter/Martinez Case Files
- Sean King & Michelle Maxwell series
- Camel Club series
- Shaw series
- Will Robie series
- John Puller series
- Amos Decker series
- Lizzie Stuart Mystery series
- McMurtrie and Drake legal thriller series
- A Nora Abbot Mystery series
- Miss Dimple Kilpatrick series
- Augusta Goodnight series
- Zack Walker series
- No Time For Goodbye series
- Debutantes series
- The Naturals series
- The Fixer series
- Tattoo series
- The Squad series
- Golden
- Raised by Wolves
- The Inheritance Games
- The Grandest Game
- Anna Pigeon series
- Kate Waters series
- The Body Farm series
- David Cavanaugh series
- Nora Khalil series
- Chris Bronson series
- The Lost Treasure of the Templars series
- Ty Buchanan series
- Mike Romeo series
- Irish Jimmy Gallagher series
- Force of Habit series
- Shanon Saga
- Trials Of Kit Shannon series
- Cotton Malone series
- Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure series
- Luke Daniels series
- Tom Thorne series
- Theresa MacLean series
- Gardiner and Renner series
Sharon Bolton (aka S.J. Bolton)
- Lacey Flint series
- Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series
- Joe Picket series
- Cody Hoyt series
- Cassie Dewell series
- Maggie and Odessa Mysteries series
- Predator trilogy
- No Evil trilogy
- Prison Break trilogy
- 7 Deadly Sins series
- FBI trilogy
- Lucy Kincaid series
- River City series
- Max Revere series
- Moreno & Heart Mysteries
- Quinn & Costa Thrillers
- Regan Merrit series
- Robert Langdon series
- standalone romantic suspense novels
- Philip Mercer series
- The Oregon Files
- DCI Erika Foster series
- Kate Marshall series
- Joseph Antonelli series
- Dave Robicheaux series
- Billy Bob Holland series
- Hackberry Holland series
- Weldon Holland series
- Texas Ranger series
- Senseless series
- Morgans of Nashville series
- The Forgotten Files series
C
- Izzy McNeil series
- Kate Burkholder series
- Special Agent Pendergast series
- Gideon Crew series
- Jeremy Logan series
- Jack Ryan series
- John Clark series
- Jack Ryan Jr. series
- Doyle and Acton series
- Dr. Earl Garnet series
- Dr. Richard Steele series
- Alvirah & Willy series
- Under Suspicion series
- Myron Bolitar series
- Mickey Bolitar series
- Windsor Horne Lockwood III series
- Fawkes and Baxter
- Mason Collins series
- Harry Bosch series
- Mickey Haller series
- Terry McCaleb series
- Jack McEvoy series
- Renée Ballard series
- Charlie Parker series
- Samuel Johnson series
- The Chronicles of the Invaders Trilogy
- Lindsay Chamberlain series
- Diane Fallon series
- Jack Stapleton
- Laurie Montgomery series
- Kay Scarpetta series
- Andy Brazil series
- Vin Garano series
- Captain Chase series
- FBI Thriller series
- A Brit In The FBI series
- Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series
- Scott James & Maggie
- Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James series
- Dr. Kate Hanson series
- Will Traynor Forensic Mystery series
- Teigan Craft Forensic Mystery series
- Wayward Pines series
- Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite series
- Letty Dobesh series
- Ash Rashid series
- Gabe Ward series
D
- John Milton series
- Beatrix Rose series
- Isabella Rose series
- Soho Noir series
- Lincoln Rhyme series
- Kathryn Dance series
- John Pellam series
- John Sutter series
- Paul Brenner series
- John Corey series
- Joe Ryker series
- Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor series
- Flip Tucker series
- Fever Develin series
- Foggy Moskowitch series
- Phillip Marlowe series
- Tracy Crosswhite series
- David Sloane series
- Cliff Janeway series
E
- Kate Maddox series
- Patrick Lennon series
- John Rain series
- Ben Treven series
- Max Rupert series
- Stephanie Plum series
- Fox And O’Hare series
- Full series
- Lizzy & Diesel series
- Knight And Moon series
F
- Alexandra Cooper series
- Devlin Quick series
- Nick Heller series
- standalone novels
- Leo Waterman series
- Frank Corso series
- Jonathan Strides series
- Cab Bolton series
- Deception series
- Sanders Brothers series
- Lightning Strikes trilogy
- Off the Grid: FBI trilogy
G
- FBI Profiler series
- Detective D.D. Warren series
- Tessa Leoni series
- Evan Delaney series
- Jo Beckett series
- UNSUB series
- Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna series
- Inspector Lynley series
- Whidbey Island Saga/Saratoga Woods series
- Rizzoli & Isles series
- Martini Club series
- Lou Mason series
- Jack Davis series
- Alex Stone series
- John Ceepak series
- several children series
- Kinsey Millhone series
- Bone Island series
- Flynn Brothers series
- Harrison Investigation series
- Krewe of Hunters series
- Suspense series
- Soap series
- David Trevellyan series
- Cooper Devereaux series
- The Gray Man/Court Gentry series
- co-author for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series
- Ruth Galloway series
- DI Stephens & Max Mephisto series
- Richard Jury series
- Emma Graham series
- Andi Olivier series
- Jack Swyteck series
- Theodore Boone series
- standalone legal thrillers
- Ty Hauck series
H
- Alex McKnight series
- Aaron Falk series
- Sebastian St. Cyr series
- Jax Alexander series (written as C.S. Graham)
- Johnny Merrimon series
- Bill Bastner series
- Posadas Country series
- Dr. Thomas Parks series
- Camaro Espinoza series
- standalone psychological thriller novels
- Jack Caffery series
- Kyra Stryker and Jonathan Burke series
- Nic Costa series
- The Killing series
- Pieter Vos series
- Leaphorn & Chee series
- Kovac & Liska series
- Oak Knoll series
- Elena Estes series
- Deer Lake series
- Broussard and Fourcade series
- Bishop/SCU series
- Quinn/Thief series
- Loon Lake Fishing series
- Rescues series
- Mackenzie Family Saga
- CIA Spies series
- Blair Mallory series
- Bob Lee Swagger series
- Earl Swagger series
- Ray Cruz series
- Joe Faraday
- Jimmy Suttle
- Orphan X series
- Tim Rackley series
- Rains series
I
- Penn Cage series
- Nanchez Burning series
J
- San Francisco series
- To Die/Montana series
- West Coast series
- New Orleans series
- Savannah series
- Colony series
- Wyoming series
- Roy Grace series
- Cold Hill series
- Max Flynn series
- Patrick Bowers Files
- The Bowers Files: The New York Years
- Travis Brock series
- The Jevin Banks Experience series
- Blur Trilogy
- J.P. Beaumont series
- Ali Reynolds series
- Joanna Brady series
- Walker Family series
- Eve Duncan series
- Catherine Ling series
- Kendra Michaels series
- Wind Dancer series
K
- Maggie O’Dell series
- Ryder Creed series
- Alex Delaware series
- Petra Connor series
- Jacob Lev series
- Clay Edison series
- Nick Polo series
- Carroll Quint series
- The Consortium Trilogy
- Templar series
- Shining series
- Dark Tower series
- Mr. Mercedes trilogy
- Talisman series
- Grace McDonald series
- Cork O’Connor series
- Stratos Gazis series
L
- Caitlin Strong series
- The Tyrant series
- Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series
- Blaine McCracken series
- Jared Kimberlain series
- Murder She Wrote series
- Psychic Eye Mystery series
- Ghost Hunter Mystery series
- Oracles Of Delphi Keep series
- When series
- The Life Coach Mystery series
- numerous cozy mystery series
- Dan “Spider” Shepherd series
- Jack Nightingale series
- Inspector Zhang and Mike Cramer series
- Travis Chase trilogy
- Sam Dryder series
- Kenzie & Gennaro series
- Coughlin series
- Auguste Lupa series
- Dismas Hardy series
- Abe Glitsky series
- Wyatt Hunt series
- Jake Lassiter series
- Solomon vs. Lord series
- standalone legal thrillers
- Karin Schaeffer series
- The Searchers series
- Alex Destephano series
- Michaela McPherson series
- Jason Bourne series
- Covert-One series
- Paul Janson series
- Nicholas Linnear series
- China Maroc series
- Jason Bourne series
- Jack McClure series
- Bravo Shaw series
- Sunset Warrior series
- Evan Ryder series
M
- Joe Ledger series
- Rogue Team International series
- Rot & Ruin series
- Pine Deep trilogy
- Dead Of Night series
- Dylan Quinn series
- The Nightsiders series
- Loan McRae series
- Ash Henderson series
- Kurt Wallander series
- Ben Hope series
- DI Tom McAllister series
- Will Bowman series
- Vampire Federation series
- DI Kim Stone series
- The Straw Men series
- The Intruders
- Out of Time series
- Saving Time series
- Carter Cox series
- CORE Shadow trilogy
- Ultimate CORE trilogy
- Psychic CORE series
- CORE Above The Law series
- Reality TV series
- Joe Gunther series
- 87th Precinct series
- Matthew Hope series
- Tony Hill series
- Lindsay Gordon series
- Kate Brannigan series
- Karen Pirie series
- Allie Burns series
- Culper Ring series
- Tom Reed & Walt Sydowski series
- Jason Wade series
- Jack Gannon series
- Kate Page series
N
- Carriage House series
- Cold Ridge/U.S. Marshals series
- Sharpe & Donovan series
- Swift River Valley series
- Black Falls series
- Harry Hole series
- Blood on Snow series
- Fairham Island Series
- Evelyn Talbot Chronicles
- Bulletproof trilogy
- Dept 6 Hired Guns series
- Last Stand series
- Stillwater Trilogy
O
- Jessica “Jesse” James series
- Kathleen Mallory series
P
- Louis Kincaid series
- Alex Cross series
- Women’s Murder Club series
- Private series
- Michael Bennett series
- NYPD Red series
- Maximum Ride series
- The Black Box series
- Armand Gamache series
- Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series
- William Monk series
- Christmas Stories series
- World War I series
- Timepiece series
- Tathea series
- Butcher’s Boy series
- Jane Whitefield series
- Jack Till series
- Legacy series
- Prime Suspect series
- Lorraine Page series
- Trial and Retribution series
- Anna Travis series
- Joe Dillard series
- Special Agent Pendergast series
- Gideon Crew series
- Wyman Ford series
Q
- Lorraine Hunt series, Mike Yorke trilogy
- Celsius Daly series
R
- Inspector Rebus
- Malcolm Fox series
- Temperance Brennan series
- Virals – Tory Brennan series
- Dr. Charlotte Stone series
- Jessica Ford series
- The Guardian
- In Death/Eve Dallas series
- DCI Banks series
- Sigma Force Series
- standalone adventure novels
- Romantic Suspense series
- Chicago
- New Orleans
- Baltimore
- St. Petersburg
- Cincinnati
- Minneapolis
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- Daniel Vartanian
- Detective Lane series
- Blackbirds series
S
- Lucas Davenport/Prey series
- Letty Davenport series
- Virgil Flowers series
- Kidd series
- The Singular Menace series
- Kate McKinnon series
- Nate Rodriguez series
- Rosato & Associates series
- Rosato & DiNuncio series
- Harold Middleton series
- The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman series
- Mordercai Young series
- Secrets Of Shadow Falls series
- Brown & De Luca series
- Shattered Sisters series
- Wings In The Night series
- Fairies Of Shara series
- Immortal Witches series
- Portal series
- Texas Brand series
- Oklahoma All-Girl Brand series
- The McIntyre Men series
- Andreas Kaldis series
- Gabriel Allon series
- Michael Osbourne series
- Grant County series
- Will Trent series
- Georgia series
- Good Daughter series
- Andrea Oliver series
- Hunted series
- Flight 29 Down series
- Pendragon: Before the war series
- Cold Case Thriller series
- Sunny Childs series
- Elias Kane series
- Rulers Of Darkness series
- McRyan Mystery series
- Demon series
- Tony Valentine series
- Jack Carpenter series
- Peter Warlock series
- Billy Cunningham series
T
- David Mapstone series
- Will Borders series
- Butch Karp series
- Pike Logan series
- Task Force series
- Inspector Kari Vaara series
- Inspector Ian Rutledge series
- Bess Crawford series
- Scot Harvath series
- Athena series
- standalone psychological thrillers
- Sanctus trilogy
- Solomon Creed series
- Monkeewrench series
- Kindle County series
U
- Lydia Strong series
- Ridley Jones series
- Jones Cooper series
- Whispers trilogy
V
- Dying Earth series
- Demon Princes Cadwall Chronicles
- Lyonnese series
W
- Archetype series
- Zeroes series
- Miriam Black series
- Mookie Pearl series
- Adversary Cycles series
- Repairman Jack series
- Maisey Dobbs series
- Last Policeman trilogy
- Alex Hoffman series
- Tess Winnett series
- Baxter and Holt series
- Victor The Assassin series
Y
- The Highly Effective Detective series
- Jo Epstein series
Z
- Klara Walldéen series
Marcia Muller – Sharon McCone series! AND Sara Paretsky – V.I. Warshawski series
Can you add Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling writing as), they are such great stories!
Love this site
How could you omit Agatha Christie and John LeCarre?
Hello,
Iona wishaw has written a great historical fiction mystery series (9 books I think) set in Nelson BC Canada
Hello,
I hope you are well. I’m author J.T. Kelly. My website is http://www.kellyfairways.us which displays my seven mystery/thriller novels. How do you determine the books to review and/or list on your site?
Thanks,
J.T.
Love this reference! Would love to see David Rosenfelt added to your list of authors.
Hello,
Would love to see Eriq La Salle’s thriller series added to your list!
PG Lengsfelder’s BEAUTIFUL TO THE BONE (The Eunis Trilogy – BookOne). I hear the next in the series will be out early this fall.
THIS SITE IS SOOOO USEFUL! THANKS. PLEASE ADD JANE HADDAM
Erica Spindler
Great list! Absolutely agree with all entries. What about Shari Lapena and Ruth Ware?
Please consider Margaret Coel’s series on the Wind River Reservation in Central Wyoming…Arapahos…featuring Father O’Malley and Attorney Vickie Holden, herself an Arapaho.
How about Jana DeLeon and the Miss Fortune series?
Dick Francis
I have read the series from L.Penny, A.Kava, K.Slaughter, T.Gerritsen, L.Gardner, R.Bryndza, A.Marsons, M.J.Arldige.
In your list I miss Caroline Mitchell (DI Amy Winter, DS Ruby Preston), Carol Wyer (DI Robyn Carter, DI Natalie Ward) and especially Jane Casey (DC Jane Kerrigan, DS from book 7). I don’t read the Jennifer Knight series from Caroline Mitchell as it is a bit supernatural which is less my cup of tea.
Maybe you could add these three authors.