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Massachusetts
| Author |
Character |
First
in series |
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| Aldyne, Nathan |
Dan
Valentine and Clarisse Lovelace
(gay
bartender and amateur sleuth) |
Vermilion |
|
|
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| Banks, Oliver |
Amos
Hatcher
(P.I.
of international art crimes) |
Rembrandt
panel |
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| Barnes, Linda |
Carlotta
Carlyle
(P.I.,
part time taxi driver) |
A
trouble of fools |
|
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| Belfort, Sophie |
Molly
Rafferty
(history
professor)
Nick Hannibal
(homicide police detective) |
Lace
curtain murders |
|
|
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| Boyer, Rick |
Doc
Adams
(oral
surgeon, amateur sleuth) |
Billingsgate
shoal |
|
|
|
| Chaput, W.J. |
Ozzie
Barrett
(banker
turned fisherman) |
Dead
in the water |
|
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| Cluster, Dick |
Alex
Glauberman
(40
year old foreign car mechanic) |
Return
to sender |
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|
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| Collins, Eliza G. |
Helen
Greene
(art
gallery owner) |
Going,
going, gone |
|
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| Conant, Susan |
Holly
Winter
(writer,
dog trainer, amateur sleuth) |
A
new leash on death |
|
|
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| Craig, Philip |
J.W.
Jackson
(ex-Boston
cop) |
A
beautiful place to die |
|
|
|
| Daniel, David |
Alex
Rasmussen
(ex-cop,
private investigator) |
The
heaven stone |
|
|
|
| Doolittle, Jerome |
Tom
Bethany
(private
investigator) |
Body
scissors |
|
|
|
| Flora, Kate |
Thea
Kozak
(educational
consultant, amateur sleuth) |
Chosen
for death |
|
|
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| Healy, Jeremiah |
John
Francis Cuddy
(private
investigator) |
Blunt
darts |
|
|
|
| Hopkins, Roland |
Jonathan
Dark
(private
investigator) |
Snowball
in hell |
|
|
|
| Kallen, Lucille |
C.B.
Greenfield and Maggie Rome
(publisher
and chief reporter) |
Introducing
C.B. Greenfield |
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| Katz, Jamie |
Dan
Kardon
(lawyer) |
Dead
low tide |
|
|
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| Kelly, Susan |
Liz
Connors
(free-lance
writer)
Jack
Lingemann
(Cambridge
homicide detective)
|
The
gemini man |
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| Kemelman, Harry |
Rabbi
David Small
(amateur
sleuth) |
Friday
the Rabbi slept late |
|
|
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| Kemprecos, Paul |
Aristotle
(Soc) Socarides
(fisherman,
detective) |
Cool
blue tomb |
|
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|
| Kiker, Douglas |
Mac
MacFarland
(reporter) |
Murder
on clam pond |
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|
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| Kilmer, Nicholas |
Fred
Taylor and Clayton Reed
(art
agent and art collector) |
Harmony
in flesh and black |
|
|
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| Klein, Zachary |
Matt
Jacob
(streetwise
private investigator) |
Still
among the living |
|
|
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| Knight, Kathryn Lasky |
Carlista
Jacobs and Charley
(young
widow, children’s illustrator and 13 year old computer whiz son) |
Trace
elements |
|
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| Lamb, J. Dayne |
Teal
Stewart
(female
amateur financial sleuth) |
Questionable
behavior |
|
|
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| Langton, Jane |
Homer
Kelly
(Harvard
professor, sleuth) |
Dark
Nantucket moon |
|
|
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| Lawrence, Kelly |
Brian
Desmond
(private
investigator) |
The
gone shots |
|
|
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| Lee, Wendi |
Angela
Matelli
(ex-marine,
private investigator) |
The
good daughter |
|
|
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| Lehane, Dennis |
Patrick
Kenzie and Angela Gennaro
(tough
talking, hard playing P.I.s) |
A
drink before the war |
|
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| Logan, Margaret |
Dodge
Hackett
(teacher,
sleuth) |
C.A.T.
caper |
|
|
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| Logan, Margaret |
Olivia
Chapman
(decorator,
sleuth) |
End
of an alchemist |
|
|
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| Luber, Philip |
Harry
Kline
(psychiatrist
and author) |
Forgive
us our sins |
|
|
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| MacLeod, Charlotte |
Sarah
Kelling and Max Bittersohn
(husband
and wife art detectives) |
Family
vault |
|
|
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| MacLeod, Charlotte |
Professor
and Helen Shandy
(agricultural
professor and his wife) |
Rest
you merry |
|
|
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| Maness, Larry |
Jake
Eaton and Watson
(private
investigator and his dog) |
Nantucket
revenge |
|
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| Matthews, Francine |
Merry
Folger
(police
detective) |
Death
in the off-season |
|
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| Michaels, Grant |
Stan
Kraychik
(“flighty”
gay hairdresser) |
A
body to dye for |
|
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| Neely, Barbara |
Blanche
White
(black
maid, amateur sleuth) |
Blanche
on the lamb |
|
|
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| Oleksiw, Susan |
Joe
Silva
(chief
of police) |
Murder
in Mellingham |
|
|
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| Osborn, David |
Margaret
Barlow
(50-something
amateur sleuth) |
Murder
on Martha’s Vineyard |
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|
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| Page, Katherine Hall |
Faith
Sibley
(caterer,
minister’s wife, amateur sleuth) |
Body
in the belfry |
|
|
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| Parker, Robert |
Spenser
and Hawk
(thinking
man’s P.I. and associate) |
Godwulf
manuscript |
|
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| Philbrick, W.R. |
J.D.
Hawkins and Megan Drew
(wheel
chair bound crime writer and his lifemate) |
Shadow
kills |
|
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| Pickard, Nancy |
Jenny
Cain
(director
of civic foundation, amateur sleuth) |
No
body |
|
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| Press, Margaret |
Det.
Sgt. Gabriel Dunn
(police
detective) |
Requiem
for a postman |
|
|
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| Reeves, Robert |
Thomas
Theron
(English
professor turned detective) |
Doubting
Thomas |
|
|
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| Roos, Kelley |
Timothy
O’Hara
(private
investigator) |
Murder
on Martha’s Vineyard |
|
|
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| Smith, Richard C. |
James
Maxfield Mallory
(private
investigator) |
A
secret singing |
|
|
|
| Stephan, Leslie |
Sergeant
Putnam
(police
sergeant) |
Murder
R.F.D. |
|
|
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| Tapply, William |
Brady
Coyne
(lawyer,
sleuth) |
Death
at Charity’s Point |
|
|
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| Taylor, Phoebe Atwood |
Asey
Mayo
(sleuth,
former handyman) |
The
Cape Cod mystery |
|
|
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| Thomas-Graham, Pamela |
Nikki
Chase
(black,
Harvard economics professor) |
Darker
shade of crimson |
|
|
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| Thomson, Maynard F. |
Nason
Nichols (private
investigator) |
Trade
secrets |
|
|
|
| Wells, Tobias |
Knute
Severson
(Boston
detective and later, Wellesley police chief) |
A
matter of love and death |
|
|
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| Wilkinson, Sandra |
Rosemary
Cleveland
(hospital assistant administrator,
amateur sleuth)
|
Death
on call |
Connecticut
| Author |
Character |
First
in series |
|
|
|
| Berenson, Laurien |
Melanie
Travis
(amateur sleuth, poodle owner) |
A
pedigree to die for |
|
|
|
| Dank, Gloria |
Bernard
Woodruff & Snooky
(writer
and his brother-in-law) |
Friends
to the end |
|
|
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| Forrest, Richard |
Lyon
Wentworth & Bea
(children’s
author and his state senator
wife) |
A child's garden of
death |
|
|
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| Handler, David |
Stewart
“Hoagy” Hoag
(celebrity
ghostwriter) |
Man who
died laughing |
|
|
|
| McGaughey, Neil |
Stokes
Moran
(mystery
book reviewer) |
Otherwise
known as murder |
|
|
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| Ripley, Ann |
Louise
Eldridge
(horticultural
sleuth) |
Mulch |
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|
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| Sipherd, Ray |
Jonathan
Wilder
(ornithologist) |
Dance
of the scarecrows |
|
|
|
| Wolzien, Valerie |
Susan
Henshaw
(housewife,
PTA vice-president) |
Murder
at the PTA luncheon |
Maine
| Author |
Character |
First
in series |
|
|
|
| Borthwick, J.S. |
Sarah Deane &
Alex McKenzie
(English
college Professor & doctor
husband) |
Case of the
hook-billed kites. |
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|
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| Boyle, Gerry |
Jack McMorrow
(reporter) |
Deadline. |
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|
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| Knight, Phyllis |
Lil Ritchie
(female
private detective) |
Switching the
odds. |
|
|
|
| Meier, Leslie |
Lucy Stone
(amateur
sleuth, mother of 4) |
Tippy-toe murder. |
|
|
|
| Morrison, B.J. |
Jane Lamb &
Elizabeth Lamb
(secretary
& 8 year old daughter) |
Champagne and a
gardner. |
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|
|
| Rich, Virginia |
Mrs. Eugenia Potter
(amateur
sleuth) |
Cooking school
murders. |
|
|
|
| Saum, Karen |
Brigid Donovan
(amateur
sleuth, 50-ish recovering alcoholic) |
Murder is
relative. |
New Hampshire
| Author |
Character |
First in
series |
|
|
|
| Dubois, Brendan |
Lewis Cole
(columnist for Boston
newspaper) |
Dead sand. |
|
|
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| Sherman, Steve |
Hugh Quint
(ex Boston cop) |
Maple sugar murders. |
|
Rhode Island
| Author |
Character |
First
in series |
| Briody,
Thomas Gately |
Michael
Carolina
(TV
journalist/reporter) |
Rogue’s
Isles. |
|
|
|
| Rosen, Richard |
Harvey Blissberg
(Providence
ballplayer, Cambridge P.I.) |
Strike three, you’re dead. |
Vermont
| Author |
Character |
First
in series |
| Comfort,
Barbara |
Tish
McWhinney
(amateur
sleuth) |
Cashmere
kid |
|
|
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| Mayor, Archer |
Lt. Joe
Gunther
(police
lieutenant) |
Open
season |
|
|
|
| Salter, Anna |
Dr.
Michael Stone
(female
forensic psychologist) |
Shiny
water |
|
|
|
| Smith, Alison |
Judd
Springfield
(chief
of police) |
Someone
else’s grave. |
|
|
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| Wright, Nancy Means |
Ruth
Willmark
(amateur
sleuth) |
Mad
season. |
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