Novels Featuring the LAPD and NYPD

Los Angeles Police Department

Will Beall

L.A. Rex. Riverhead, 2006.
Assigned to one of L.A.'s roughest neighborhoods, rookie police officer Ben Halloran struggles to conceal his secret past--including an affiliation with a ganglord--from his partner, veteran Miguel Marquez.

Paul Bishop

When evil strikes, tough homicide detective Fey Croaker her dynamic team--Arch Hammersmith and Rhonda Lawless (a.k.a. Hammer and Nails), Brindle Jones, Abraham Cohen (a.k.a. Alphabet), and Fey's second-in-command Monk Lawson--courageously search for the truth, no matter what the cost.

Twice Dead. Avon, 1996.
Tequila Mockingbird. Scribner, 1997.
Chalk Whispers. Scribner, 2000.

Also by Paul Bishop: Citadel Run (TOR, 1987).

Jan Burke

Nine. S&S, 2002.
Homicide detective Alex Brandon investigates a series of murders in which all the victims appear on the FBI's Most Wanted list. While the Bureau argues over jurisdiction in the murders, he tracks the vigilantes--lauded by the public as heroes-- who may be targeting but him as well.

Stephan J. Cannell

There are plenty of over-the-top thrills in this series featuring highly decorated, straight-arrow Sgt. Shane Stanley who takes his fair share of licks as he takes on rogue cops, Columbian drug lords, rap singers, and killers. What else would one expect from the producer of TV's The Rockford Files and The A-Team?.

The Tin Collectors. St. Martin's, 2001.
The Viking Funeral. St. Martin's, 2002.
Hollywood Tough. St. Martin's, 2003.
Vertical Coffin. St. Martin's, 2004.
Cold Hit. St. Martin's, 2005.
White Sister. St. Martin's, 2006.

Michael Connelly

Homicide detective and former Vietnam Vet Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch is a black sheep in the LAPD for his vigilante-like ways, but, with cunning, foresight, and intuition, he always manages to get the job done while staying one-step ahead of both the IAD and the bad guys.

The Black Echo. LB, 1992.
The Black Ice. LB, 1993.
The Concrete Blonde. LB, 1994.
The Last Coyote. LB, 1995.
Trunk Music. LB, 1997.
Angel's Flight. LB, 1999.
A Darkness More than Death. LB, 2001
Cry of Bones. LB, 2002.
Lost Light. LB, 2003.
The Narrows. LB, 2004.
The Closers. LB, 2005.
Echo Park. LB, 2006.
The Overlook. LB, 2007.

James Ellroy

Blood on the Moon. Mysterious, 1984.
Brilliant but troubled homicide detective Lloyd Hopkins makes a connection in a series of murders that have taken place over a 20-year span and finds himself facing off against a psychotic mastermind. Not for the faint of heart. Followed by: Because the Night (2005, 1984) and Suicide Hill (1986).

Katherine V. Forrest

In this series that explores public attitudes toward homosexuality, lesbian Kate Delafield, a gutsy ex-marine, strives to keep her private life separate from her professional one as a homicide detective.

Amateur City. Naiad, 1984.
Murder at the Nightwood Bar. Naiad, 1987.
The Beverly Malibu. Naiad, 1989.
Murder By Tradition. Naiad, 1991.
Liberty Square. Berkley, 1996.
Apparition Alley. Berkley, 1997.
Sleeping Bones. Berkley, 1999.
The Beverly Malibu. Alyson, 2003.
Hancock Park. BPC, 2004.

Scott Frost

Getting to the top of her profession has been a mixed blessing for homicide detective Alex Delillo, who considers herself a better cop than she has been a mother to her daughter, Lacy. With storylines that resemble the script of a non-stop action movie, Alex takes on a serial bomber in Frost's (The X-Files; Twin Peaks) story and the shocking possibility that her long-estranged father may be a multiple-murderer in the second.

Run the Risk. GPPS, 2005.
Never Fear. GPPS, 2006.

Marshall Karp

The LAPD version of Abbott and Costello has straight-man Mike Lomax and wisecracking Terry Briggs making one heckuva irreverent but effective team. They know their way around the wild and weird world of Hollywood, where there is always plenty of murder and mayhem to keep them occupied. Funny and face-paced.

The Rabbit Factory. McAdam, 2006.
Bloodthirsty. McAdam, 2007.

Faye Kellerman

Det. Peter Decker is smart and dedicated, which means the brass constantly saddles him with the rotten cases. When he meets a brilliant, beautiful Orthodox Jewish widow (and mother of two) named Rina Lazarus their budding relationship is not viewed favorably by her neighbors, but love finds a way in between the solving of crimes.

Ritual Bath. Fawcett, 1986.
Sacred & Profane. Arbor, 1987.
Milk & Honey. Morrow, 1990.
Day of Atonement. Morrow, 1991.
False Prophet. Morrow, 1992.
Grievous Sin. Morrow, 1993.
Sanctuary. Morrow, 1994.
Justice. Morrow, 1995.
Prayers for the Dead. Morrow, 1996.
A Serpent's Tooth. Morrow, 1997.
Jupiter's Bones. Morrow, 1999.
Stalker. Morrow, 2000.
Forgotten. Morrow, 2001.
Stone Kiss. Warner, 2002.
Street Dreams. Warner, 2003.
The Garden of Eden & Other Criminal Delights. Warner, 2006. (short stories)
The Burnt House. HarCol, 2007.

Jonathan Kellerman

Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor (who has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in Kellerman's long-running series) now takes center stage as she battles both crime and her media-addicted boss.

Billy Straight. RH, 1999.
Twisted. Ballantine, 2004.

Rochelle Krich

Savvy homicide detective Jessie Drake is the newly appointed departmental spokesperson. Her personal life is as chaotic as some of the cases she deals with, and it doesn't help that her ex-husband is a prominent crime-journalist for the L.A. Times. Her partner is Phil Okum, a big, burly man with a walrus mustache and a big heart who doesn't mind being partnered with a woman.

Fair Game. Mysterious, 1993.
Nowhere to Run. Avon, 1994.
Angel of Death. Mysterious, 1995.
Blood Money. Avon, 1999.
Dead Air. Avon, 2000.
Shadows of Sin. Morrow, 2001.

Gary Phillips

Bangers. Kensington, 2003.
Detective Sergeant Rafael "Saint" Santian grew up in the crime-infested neighborhood of Venice Heights and knows it well. His TRASH (Tactical Resources Against Street Hoodlums) Unit has its hands full trying to keep the mean streets as safe as humanly possible. And if they have to bend the rules to do it, so be it.

Richard Rayner

Murder Book. HM,1997.
Former philosophy student, Billy McGrath, now L.A.'s top homicide detective, is investigating a gruesome murder when a drug dealer offers him a half million dollars for a piece of information. The information will ensure that a state-sanctioned miscarriage of justice will be rectified by the rough laws of the street. The money will ensure that McGrath can take care of his young daughter and disabled wife. So McGrath risks his reputation, tells a lie, swaps the information for the money--and realizes, as L.A. erupts in a shower of gunfire, that his mistake may cost him the lives of the people he loves most.

Dell Shannon

Lt. Luis Rodolfo Vincent Mendoza does police work because he's good at it and he enjoys it. A man of independent means, the suave Mendoza is always impeccably dressed and combines Latin charm & sensuality with a fondness for racy cars, high-stakes poker, pretty women, and his Abyssinian cat.

Case Pending. Morrow, 1960
The Ace of Spades. Morrow, 1981.
Extra Kill. Morrow, 1962.
Knave of Hearts. Morrow, 1962.
Death of a Busybody. Morrow, 1963.
Double Bluff. Morrow, 1963.
Mark of Murder. Morrow, 1964.
Root of All Evil. Morrow, 1964.
The Death-Bringers. Morrow, 1964.
Death by Inches. Morrow, 1965.
Coffin Corner. Morrow, 1966.
With a Vengeance. Morrow, 1966.
Chance to Kill. Morrow, 1967.
Rain with Violence. Morrow, 1986.
Kill with Kindness. Morrow, 1968.
Schooled to Kill. Morrow, 1969.
Crime on Their Hands. Morrow, 1969.
Unexpected Death. Morrow, 1970.
Whim to Kill. Morrow, 1971.
The Ringer. Morrow, 1971.
Murder with Love. Morrow, 1971.
With Intent to Kill. Morrow, 1972.
No Holiday for Crime. Morrow, 1973.
Spring of Violence. Morrow, 1973.
Crime File. Morrow, 1974.
Deuces Wild. Morrow, 1975.
Streets of Death. Morrow, 1976.
Appearances of Death. Morrow, 1977.
Cold Trail. Morrow, 1978.
Felony at Random. Morrow, 1979.
Felony File. Morrow, 1980.
Murder Most Strange. Morrow, 1981.
The Motive on Record. Morrow, 1982.
Exploit of Death. Morrow, 1983.
Destiny of Death. Morrow, 1984.
Chaos of Crime. Morrow, 1985.
Blood Count. Morrow, 1986.

Joseph Wambaugh

The Blue Knight. LB, 1972.
Hit the streets with Bumper Morgan, a 50 year old, overweight (20 years of free meals will do that to a guy) Irish cop, as he faces his last week on the force before his retirement.

Also by Joseph Wambaugh: The New Centurions (1970). The Choirboys (Delacorte, 1975); The Black Marble (Delacorte, 1978) The Glitter Dome (Morrow, 1981), The Delta Star (Morrow, 1983) & Hollywood Station (2006).

Paula L. Woods

Charlotte Justice is a smart, tough, idealistic LA cop determined to make her city live up to her dreams. But it isn't easy when you happen to be a black police officer.

Inner City Blues. Norton, 1999.
Stormy Weather. Norton. 2001
Dirty Justice. Norton, 2003.
Strange Bedfellows. Norton, 2006

New York Police Department

Kenneth Abel

Bait. Delacorte, 1994.
After killing mobster Johnny D'Angelo's only son in a drunk-driving accident, narcotics detective Jack Walsh finds himself stripped of his badge and on the run, all the while trying to solve the murder of his partner. Marked to die, he agrees to wear a wire and help the feds take D'Angelo down. But to get close to the mobster, Walsh will first have to cross a sea of corruption, lies and murder.

Blue Wall. Delacorte, 1996.
When NYPD detective Dave Moser investigates the drowning of a beautiful young woman, he finds a startling clue clasped in her lifeless hand: a gold police badge. Now Moser is forced to search for answers, as this highly-charged tale builds to an explosive climax.

Thomas Adcock

His 14-year marriage over, Det. Neil Hockaday, an Irish-Catholic and veteran philosophizer who grew up in Hell's Kitchen where he was schooled by nuns and street denizens in the art of survival, comes "home." He works in plain clothes with the Street Crimes Unit, aka the SCUM patrol, which a "shorthand way of describing the general character of my clientele."

Sea of Green. Mysterious, 1989.
Drown All the Dogs. Pocket, 1994.
Devil's Heaven. Pocket, 1995.
Thrown-Away Child. Pocket, 1996.
Grief Street. Pocket, 1997.

William Bayer

In these hard-edged psychological thrillers, savvy Lt. Frank Janek, who seems to attract the most bizarre murder cases, gets inside the minds of a variety of heinous killers. Will appeal to Thomas Harris fans.

Switch. S&S, 1984.
Wallflower. Villard, 1991.
Mirror Maze. Villard, 1994.

Ethan Black

29-year-old Det. Conrad Voort is a cop by choice as well as heritage. He doesn't need to work at all thanks to an inheritance that includes a 200-year old house, but he still lives on his detective's salary and smart investments. His specialty is sex crimes, which means that he deals with all manners of homicidal crazies.

The Broken Hearts Club. Ballantine, 1999.
Irresistible. Ballantine, 2000.
All the Dead Were Strangers. Ballantine, 2001.
Dead For Life. S&S, 2003.
At Hell's Gate. S&S, 2004.

Valerie Block

None of Your Business. Ballantine, 2003.
Detective Dennis Sprague of the NYPD Computer Crimes Squad investigates the disappearance of a celebrity tax accountant whose clients have had millions siphoned from their accounts.

Thomas Brennan

The Debt. Five Star, 2005.
As he is doing a ridealong with cops Steve Burnett and Sam Hollis, horror writer Carl Shaw saves their lives by pulling out a concealed weapon when they are ambushed. Burnett recognizes the debt he owes Cash, but the writer may be harboring a murderous secret.

William J. Caunitz

Black Sand. Crown, 1989.
A brutal massacre at a seaside resort kicks off a deadly hunt for a priceless ancient artifact and creates an unlikely partnership between Det. Teddy Lucas and veteran Greek cop Major Andreas Vassos.

Exceptional Clearance. Crown, 1991.
Desperate to keep the news that they are dealing with a serial killer confidential, the NYPD brass call in Det. John Vinda from the limbo of missing persons and a dead-end career to apprehend the criminal and close the file no matter what the cost before he kills again.

Also by William Caunitz: One Police Plaza (Crown, 1984); Suspects (Crown, 1986); Cleopatra Gold (Crown, 1993); Pigtown (Crown, 1995); Chains of Command (Dutton, 1999).

Jerome Charyn

During the course of this Joycean series--which seems more of a parody of pulp novels than police procedural or thriller-- the idiosyncratic & intellectual Isaac Sidel (a great admirer of Stalin and Trotsky) rises through the administrative ranks of the department until he becomes NYC police commissioner, then mayor.

Blue Eyes. S&S, 1974
The Education of Patrick Silver. Arbor, 1976
Marilyn the Wild. Arbor, 1976
Secret Isaac. Arbor, 1978
The Good Policeman. Mysterious, 1990.
Maria's Girls. Mysterious, 1992.
Montezuma's Man. Mysterious, 1993.
Little Angel Street. Mysterious, 1994.
Citizen Sidel. Mysterious, 1999.

Gabriel Cohen

Red Hook. T. Dunne, 2001.
Detective Jack Leightner of the elite Brooklyn's South Homicide Task Force becomes obsessed with a low-priority case of a fatally stabbed man whose wounds remind him of a long ago case from his past. By the same author: The Graving Dock (2007.)

Richard Crabbe

Suspension. St. Martin's, 2000.
In 1883, police detective Tom Braddock tries to thwart a plot by a group of former Confederate soldiers to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. Followed by: The Empire of Shadows (2003).

David Cray

Partners. C&C, 2004.
A petty thief discovers a taste for murder and evolves into a serial killer. Soon Det. Belinda Moore and her partner realize that they cannot crack the case and play by the book.

Little Girl Blue C&G, 2001.
Lieut. Julia Brennan struggles to maintain a professional attitude when confronted with the brutal murder of a little girl in Central Park. And it becomes even more personal when the life of her own daughter is threatened. Followed by: What You Wish For (2002).

Robert Daley

The Enemy of God. Harcourt, 2005.
Did activist priest Frank Redmond commit suicide? That's what the diocese conclude. But two of his old Catholic school classmates-- Gabe Driscoll, chief of Internal Affairs for the New York City police department and prize winning reporter Andy Troy--aren't convinced. Also by Robert Daley: Year of the Dragon (S&S, 1981); A Cold Faint Fear (LB, 1990); Wall of Brass (1994); Nowhere to Run (Warner, 1996).

Jeffrey Deaver

It's not easy being NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminologist in the NYPD. First of all, he's a quadriplegic who can move but a single finger. Secondly, he's forever being second-guessed and mother-henned by his ex-model-turned-cop protégé, Amelia Sachs, and his personal aide, Thom. And thirdly, it seems that he can't motor his wheelchair around a corner without bumping into one crazed psycho-killer after another. Plenty of spine-chilling (as in graphic) forensic detail. Rhyme's brainpower and high-tech tools, plus Sachs's legwork make for an unbeatable combination.

The Bone Collector. Viking, 1997.
The Coffin Dancer. S&S, 1998.
The Empty Chair. S&S, 2000.
The Stone Monkey. S&S, 2002.
The Vanished Man. S&S, 2003.
The Twelfth God. S&S, 2005.
The Cool Moon. S&S, 2006.

Edward Dee

Detective Joe Gregory, 47, is an ambitious, wise-cracking cop who thrives on every aspect of his job. The son of a cop, he is looking for that one big case that will put his career over the top. His partner, 42-year old Det. Anthony Ryan, the son of a bus driver, has an MA in American Literature, reads Cheever and contemplates early retirement. He sees a big case as one that will mean more time away from his wife and shingled house in Yonkers. Organized Crime Control Captures the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a cop in the Big Apple.

14 Peck Slip. Warner, 1994.
Bronx Angel. Warner, 1995.
Little Boy Blue. Warner, 1997.
Nightbird. Warner, 1999.

Leslie Glass

Det. April Woo must constantly examine her role as a Chinese-American female in a white male world. Her parents are still hoping that she will some day soon come to her senses, leave the force, marry a Chinese doctor, and have many babies. At 30, she looks ten years younger, which isn't helpful when you want perps and your boss to take you seriously. Her partner is Detective Sergeant Mike Sanchez, a Mexican American with deeply ingrained street smarts who might have become a gang member had he not gone to college, joined the force and turned his life around. Eminent psychiatrist Jason Frank, who has "the body of a runner, the brain of a scientist, and the good looks of a Kennedy," acts as an unofficial police consultant on high profile cases. This brings him into contact with April, with whom he begins a relationship.

Burning Time. Doubleday, 1993.
Hanging Time. Bantam, 1995.
Loving Time. Bantam, 1996.
Judging Time. Dutton, 1998.
Stealing Time. Dutton, 1999.
Tracking Time. Dutton, 2000.
Silent Bride. Onyx, 2002.
A Killing Gift. Onyx, 2003.
A Clean Kill. Onyx, 2005.

Ken Gross

Maggie Van Zandt is the new head of the Manhattan North Detective Command. She is both a shrewd, street-wise crime-stopper and a charming, somewhat sloppy klutz. Her deputy is Sad Sam Rosen, as steadfast and loyal as he is capable, a 24 year veteran with a great deal of solid street wisdom and a sneaky sense of humor, which you have to have if you're black and Jewish and on the NYPD.

Full Blown Rage. Forge, 1996.
The Talk Show Defense. Forge, 1997.

Denis Hamill

3 Quarters. Pocket, 1998.
While investigating a pension scam involving the NYPD Medical Board, Bobby Emmet, a tough and honest cop, is framed for the murder of his fiancé. Aided by his policeman brother, his hacker daughter, the unprincipled lawyer who gets him out of jail, and one or two close friends on the force, Emmet probes to find the truth while hoping to clearing his name.

James Neal Harvey

When given the choice of "back off or else," Lt. Ben Tolliver, who has earned a reputation for solving sex crimes, usually opts for "or else" as he does battle with serial killers, ambitious district attorneys, and members of the top brass. If you dig Hannibal Lecter you'll sink your teeth into these thrillers.

By Reason of Insanity. St. M's, 1990.
Painted Ladies. St. M's, 1992.
Flesh and Blood. St. M's, 1994.
Mental Case. St. M's, 1996.
Dead Game. St. M's, 1997.

William Heffernan

At the age of 30, Det. Paul Devlin is as old as his partner, Det. Stanislas Rolk has been on the job. Tall and thin, his almost fragile-looking face seems unusually vulnerable for a cop. He learns a great deal from Rolk, who is known as "the scholar of murder" because of the way he studies the mind of murderers, which has made him Manhattan's best when it comes to nabbing killers. The big city eventually drives Devlin away to rural Vermont, but he eventually returns to become Inspector of Detectives, working directly for the mayor with the power & authority to cut through politics and police cover-ups.

Ritual. NAL, 1988.
Blood Rose. Dutton, 1991.
Scarred. Penguin, 1993.
Tarnished Blue. 1995.
Winter's Gold. Onyx, 1997.
Red Angel. Morrow, 2001.
Unholy Order. Morrow, 2002.

Ruby Horansky

30-year-old Nikki Trakos is a yerodokori (that's Old Maid in Greek) and her prospects of finding a husband have diminished thanks to her decision to adopt her niece, Lara, not to mention her chosen profession. Nikki has just been promoted to detective in her Brooklyn precinct, much to the annoyance of her superior, Lt. J. J. Parcowicz, who thinks police work is "man's" work. Period. But at 6 feet tall and brainy as well as beautiful, Nikki has got what it takes to succeed in the gritty world of big city crime. Now all she needs is a guy-enter Dave Lawson of the special homicide squad.

Dead Ahead. Scribner, 1990.
Dead Center. Scribner, 1994.

Charles J. Hynes

Triple Homicide. T. Dunne, 2007.
Highly decorated police sergeant Steven Holt finds himself accused of murdering three men, including a fellow cop. Proving his innocence will reveal a tangled web of corruption. And Holt is not the first member of his family forced to combat the "blue wall of silence.".

Michael Jahn

For 18 years, Lt. Bill Donovon, commander of the West Side Major Crimes Unit, has been the most visible cop on the West Side, as was his father before him. A handsome, 38-year old man, he has a commanding look and the ability to speak to both Nobel laureates and numbers runners. He doesn't much like "coplike" cops and cares too damn much--which is what makes him a regular at Riley's bar. He is assisted by the sardonic, irreverent Sgt. Thomas Lincoln Jefferson (whose father refused to name him "Abraham" because it made him sound Jewish) and occasionally by Marcie Barnes,a glamorous black undercover detective who is also his on-again, off-again lover.

Night Rituals. Norton, 1982.
Death Games. Norton, 1987.
City of God. St. M's, 1992.
Murder at the Museum of Natural History. St. M's, 1994.
Murder on Theater Row. St. M's, 1997.
Murder on Fifth Avenue. St. M's, 1998.
Murder in Central Park. St. M's, 2000.
Murder on the Waterfront. T. Dunne, 2001.
Murder in Coney Island. T. Dunne, 2003.

Robert Leuci

Blaze. Avon, 1999.
Capt. Nora Riter wants to salvage her career by taking down loan shark & killer Blaze Longo, but to do so she needs the help of an actor/hustler with problems of his own.

Also by Bob Leuci: Doyle's Disciples (Freundlich, 1984); Captain Butterfly (NAL, 1989).

Paul Levinson

Mystery and science fiction combine in this series featuring Dr. Phil D'Amaro, a forensic detective whose cases always seem to be out of the ordinary...way out.

The Silk Code. TOR, 1999.
The Consciousness Plague. TOR, 2002.
The Pixel Eye. TOR, 2003.

John Lutz

The Night Spider. Pinnacle, 2003.
Homicide detective Thomas Horn takes on a killer called the "Night Spider," whose victims , all women, live in high rise buildings. By the same author: Chill of Night (Pinnacle, 2006).

Dan Mahoney

After 23 years on the job Det. Brian McKenna has broken one too many rules. He has seen his dreams of promotion seem out the window, and his girlfriend Angeltia, who is afraid his luck might be running out, wants him to quit the force and move to some place "that doesn't have Alternate Side Parking." Then he stumbles into a major case that may finally make him a First Grader-if he survives.

Detective First Grade. St. M's, 1993.
Edge of the City. St. M's, 1995.
Hyde. St. M's, 1997.
Once In, Never Out. St. M's, 1998.
Black and White. St. M's, 1999.
The Two Chinatowns. St. M's, 2001.
The Protectors. St. M's, 2002.
Justice. St. M's, 2003.

Ed McBain

Meet Lt. Peter Byrnes, Stephen Carella, Meyer Meyer, Roger Havilland, Nellie Brand, Bert Kling, and Cotton Hawes. They are members of the 87^th Precinct--one of toughest on the island of Isola (a thinly veiled Manhattan). The 87^th is full of good cops and bad cops, smart cops and stupid cops, racist cops and lazy cops. This series follows the complicated, unglamorous lives of the cops who spend as much time doing dreary paperwork as legwork.

Cop Hater. Perma,1956.
The Mugger. S&S, 1956.
The Pusher. S&S, 1956.
The Con Man. Perma, 1957.
Killer's Choice. S&S, 1957.
Killer's Payoff. S&S, 1958.
Lady Killer. S&S, 1958.
Killer's Wedge. S&S, 1959.
'Til Death. S&S, 1959.
King's Ransom. S&S, 1959.
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand. S&S, 1960.
The Heckler. S&S, 1960.
See Them Die. S&S, 1960.
Lady, Lady, I did It. S&S, 1961.
The Empty Hours (short stories). S&S, 1962.
Like Love. S&S, 1962.
Ten Plus One. S&S, 1963.
Ax. S&S, 1964.
He Who Hesitates. Delacorte, 1965.
Doll. Delacorte, 1965.
Eighty Million Eyes. Delacorte, 1966.
Fuzz. Doubleday, 1968.
Shotgun. Doubleday, 1969.
Jigsaw. Doubleday, 1970.
Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here! Doubleday, 1971.
Sadie When She Died. Doubleday, 1972.
Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. Doubleday, 1972.
Hail to the Chief. Random, 1973.
Bread. Random, 1974.
Blood Relatives. Random, 1975.
So Long as You Both Shall Live. Random, 1976.
Long Time No See. Random, 1977.
Calypso. Viking, 1979.
Ghosts. Viking, 1980.
Heat. Viking, 1981.
Ice. Arbor, 1983.
The McBain Brief. (short stories) Arbor, 1983.
Lightning. Arbor, 1984.
Eight Black Horses. Arbor, 1985.
Poison. Arbor, 1987.
Tricks. Arbor, 1987.
McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th Precinct (short stories). Mysterious, 1988.
McBain's Ladies, Too (short stories). Mysterious, 1989.
Lullaby. Morrow, 1989.
Vespers. Morrow, 1990.
Widows. Morrow, 1991.
Kiss. Morrow, 1992.
Mischief. Morrow, 1993.
And All Through the House. Warner, 1994.
Romance. Warner, 1995.
Nocturne. Warner, 1997.
The Big Bad City. S&S, 1999.
Last Dance. S&S, 2000.
Money, Money, Money S&S, 2001.
Fat Ollie's Book. S&S, 2002.
The Frumious Bandersnatch. S&S, 2004.
Hark!. S&S, 2004.
Filddlers. Harcourt, 2005.

Margaret Maron

Lt. Sigrid Harald has no intention of being the Detective Bureau's token female officer, and after a year and a half she has proven herself capable to her grizzly-bear of a boss, Capt. McKinnon, who bears the guilt of surviving the day his partner (Sigrid's father, although she doesn't know it) was killed in the line of duty. She is partnered with the cherubic-faced Charles Tildon whose methodical eye for detail-legend had it that he once used three sheets of paper to describe an ordinary cocktail glass-can be exasperating, but Sigrid prefers him to the hotshot macho types who resent taking orders from her. Although she in no way resembles her beautiful photographer mother, she catches the eye of famous artist Oscar Nauman, who although nearly twice her age has a free-wheeling spirit that makes Sigrid feel older than he.

One Coffee With. Doubleday, 1982.
Death of a Butterfly. Doubleday, 1984.
Death in Blue Folders. Doubleday, 1985.
The Right Jack. Doubleday, 1987.
Baby Doll Games. Doubleday, 1988.
Corpus Christmas. Doubleday, 1989.
Past Imperfect. Doubleday, 1991.
Fugitive Colors. Mysterious, 1995.

Mike McAlary

Sore Loser. Morrow, 1998.
As the head of the special investigations unit, an elite, highly secretive force in the NYPD, Mickey Donovan's job is to investigate the more jarring cases and bring them to a quick close. His latest headache (aside from trying to keep tabs on his rebellious daughter) is a psycho who is taking the cry of "Kill the Umpire" seriously.

John Misak

Soft Case. Barclay, 2003.
As John Keegan investigates the death of a powerful software mogul who happens to have been a friend of the mayor of New York, he finds a case of murder, not suicide. In short order his list of suspects grows and the closer he gets to uncovering a web of corruption, the more of a target he himself becomes. Followed by: All in a Row (2004) and Death Knell (2007)..

Harker Moore

Lt. James Sakura lives a relatively quiet life at home with his blind wife, Hanae, but his work as a homicide detective (serial killer cases seem to be his lot in life) has an unfortunate way of threatening that serenity. An honorable man, he is not without his faults, but he is good at what he does, ably assisted by profiler Dr. Wilhemina French and ex-partner Michael Darius.

A Cruel Season for Dying. Warner, 2003.
A Mourning in Autumn. Mysterious, 2004.

Christopher Newman

Lt. Joe Dante lives in a downtown loft and hangs with an uptown crows. He's got Brooklyn-based street smarts and a half-finished Ph.D. dissertation on his bookshelf. A true maverick, he is a cop who doesn't act, talk or play like other cops. He is partnered with Beasley "Jumbo" Richardson who enjoys evenings at home with his librarian wife to running around with the guys after hours.

Midtown South. Fawcett, 1986.
6^th Precinct. Fawcett, 1987.
Knock-Off. Fawcett, 1989.
Midtown North. Fawcett, 1991.
19^th Precinct. Fawcett, 1992.
Precinct Command. Fawcett, 1993.
Dead End Game. Berkley, 1995.
Killer. Berkley, 1997.
Hit and Run. Island, 1997.

Carol O'Connell

Tough and callous Kathleen Mallory (don't even try to call her Kathy) was once a wild street urchin who was adopted by cop Louis Markowitz and his wife, Helen. She grows up to become a cop like her adopted father, although she is still not altogether civilized now that she is a sergeant in the Special Crimes section where she is more comfortable in the company of computers than in the company of men. She operates by her own inner compass of right and wrong and a sense of justice that drives her in unpredictable ways. When Markowitz is murdered by a serial killer, Mallory buries him and then, while on compassionate leave, methodically tracks the killer.

Mallory's Oracle. Putnam, 1994.
The Man Who Cast Two Shadows. Putnam, 1995.
Killing Critics. Putnam, 1996.
Stone Angel. Putnam, 1997.
Shell Game. Putnam, 1999.
Crime School. GPPS, 2002.
Dead Famous. GPPS, 2003.
Winter House. GPPS, 2004.
Find Me. GPPS, 2006.

Lillian O'Donnell

Norah Mulcahaney is a brilliant and dedicated cop who juggles, not always successfully, her professional and private lives. A strong woman determined to hold her own among her male colleagues, she deals with her interfering politician father and marries a fellow cop, Lt. Joe Capretto and learns however that happily-ever-after only happens in fairy tales.

The Phone Calls. Putnam, 1972.
Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring. Putnam, 1973.
Dial 577 - R-A-P-E. Putnam, 1974.
The Baby Merchants. Putnam, 1975.
Leisure Dying. Putnam, 1976.
No Business Being a Cop. Putnam, 1979.
The Children's Zoo. Putnam, 1981.
Cop Without a Shield. Putnam, 1983.
Ladykiller. Putnam, 1984.
Casual Affairs. Putnam, 1985.
The Other Side of the Door. Putnam, 1987.
A Good Night to Kill. Putnam, 1989.
A Private Crime. Putnam, 1991.
Pushover. Putnam, 1992.
Lockout. Putnam, 1994.
Blue Death. Putnam, 1998.

Jerry Oster

With more than 30 years under his belt veteran Lt. Jacob Nueman is 250 lbs and dresses in bright, uncoordinated synthetic fabrics. Sgt. Robert Redfield is young, well-tailored, looks like Al Pacino and sleeps with every reasonably attractive woman he meets. They may be mis-matched stylistically, but they are the hottest team of homicide detectives in the city.

Sweet Justice. H&R, 1985.
Nowhere Man. H&R, 1987.
Club Dead. H&R, 1988.

When the thin blue line between law and order blurs, Sgt. Joe Cullen goes to work. He is part of the department cops hate: the IAD. He polices the police, judges the judges, and arrests his own if he has to. He is partnered with Neil Zimmerman, a late-model New Age cop who indulges in a high-tech language Cullen can barely understand, using words like "input, "interface," and "odometerize" (as in "It's six-tenths of a mile shorter to take Queens Boulevard to your house. I odometerized it.")

Internal Affairs. Bantam, 1990.
Fixin' To Die. Bantam. 1992.

Barbara Paul

Sgt. Marian Larch does not become a true series heroine until the fourth novel where she first meets FBI agent Curt Holland with whom she begins a roller-coaster relationship. Not surprisingly, Marian finds herself entangled in departmental sexism in spite of her obvious abilities. She becomes good friends with glamorous TV actress Kelly Ingram, whose dramatic talents she sometimes calls upon for help in catching killers.

The Renewable Virgin. Scribner, 1984.
He Huffed and He Puffed. Scribner, 1989.
Good King Sauerkraut. Scribner, 1989.
You have the Right to Remain Silent. Scribner, 1992.
The Apostrophe Thief. Scribner, 1993.
Fare Play. Scribner, 1995.
Full Frontal Murder. Scribner, 1997.

Robert J. Randisi

Alone with the Dead. St. M's, 1995.
A brutal serial killer stalks young women in New York City leaving his calling card with their dead bodies--a single rose. But there's a copy-cat out there too, determined to do his idol one better. But the killer is furious that some rank amateur is muddying his good name. As the nightmare grows more intense, Lt. Joe Keough, a renegade cop who has been dumped at an out-of-the-way Brooklyn precinct, begins to suspect the truth. When the task force assigned to the case ignores his theory about two killers he enlists the help of crime reporter Mike O'Donnell. Forced to resign at the novel's end, he moves to the less stressful city of St. Louis, where he quickly becomes the man to call upon when homicides happen. Followed by: In the Shadow of the Arch (1998), Blood on the Arch (2000), East of the Arch (2002), and Arch Angels (2004).

J. D. Robb

And now for something different in the line of police procedurals...In the 21st-century, tough-as-nails cop Eve Dallas goes against her normal instincts when she becomes involved with Roarke, a devastatingly handsome Irish billionaire who is a suspect in Eve's case. A combination of mystery, suspense, and sizzling romance. What else would you expect from Nora Roberts?

Naked in Death. Berkley, 1995.
Glory in Death. Berkley, 1995.
Rapture in Death. Berkley, 1996.
Immortal in Death. Berkley, 1996.
Vengeance in Death. Berkley, 1997.
Ceremony in Death. Berkley, 1997.
Holiday in Death. Berkley, 1998.
Conspiracy in Death. Berkley, 1999.
Loyalty in Death. Berkley, 1999.
Witness in Death. Berkley, 2000.
Judgment in Death. Berkely, 2000.
Seduction in Death. Berkley, 2001.
Betrayal in Death. Berkley, 2001.
"Interlude in Death," a short story in Out of This World. Jove, 2001.
Reunion in Death. Berkley, 2002.
Purity in Death. Berkley, 2002.
Portrait in Death. Berkley, 2003.
Imitation in Death. Berkley, 2003.
Remember When (Nora Roberts & J. D Robb) S&S, 2004.
Divided by Death. GPPS, 2004.
Visions of Death. GPPS, 2004.
Survivor in Death. GPPS, 2005.
Origin in Death. GPPS, 2005.
Memory in Death. GPPS, 2006.
Born in Death. GPPS, 2006.
Innocent in Death. GPPS, 2007.

Lawrence Sanders

Edward X. Delany, nicknamed "Iron Balls," may be officially retired as Chief of Detectives, but that doesn't stop the NYPD from calling upon the homburg-sporting crime-fighter's masterful skills.

The Anderson Tapes. 1969.
The First Deadly Sin. Putnam, 1973.
The Second Deadly Sin. Putnam, 1977.
The Third Deadly Sin. Putnam, 1981.
The Fourth Deadly Sin. Putnam, 1985.

Stacey Sauter

One False Move. Signet, 2000.
After three murders rock the highest echelons of NY society, the NYPD recruits Carla Jennings--the beautiful & fearless daughter of a veteran cop--swears her in and sends her under cover into an unfamiliar world of wealth and decadence.

Bob Sloan

Lenny Bliss is a T.S. Eliot-loving Jewish homicide detective whose wife-a cross between Lenny Bruce and June Cleaver-has a successful career as a stand-up comic, often using him for her material. In truth, their marriage has fallen apart, but the pieces have arranged themselves so neatly on the floor that they and their two kids simply walk around them. Bliss has a far more solid relationship with his partner, Ward. And the streets of New York give them plenty of "quality" time together.

Bliss. Scribner, 1996.
Bliss Jumps the Gun. Foul Play, 1999.
The Middle of Nowhere. Atlantic M., 2003.

Mitchell Smith

Daydreams. MH, 1986.
The death of a high-class call girl who kept an annotated list of her clients is a murder no one wants solved, so the NYPD assigns two detectives--El lie Klein and Tommy Nadine--both of whom are discards from mainstream police divisions. As the two dedicated cops begin to unravel the complex case, they get too close to well-protected truths.

Edward Stewart

Handsomely tousled homicide detective Vince Cardozo and his sidekick Det-Sgt. Ellie Siegel are a pair of hard-working cops who probe the underbelly of NYC society and prove that all that glitters is not gold and diamonds. Cardozo is one of those cops who need to study the crime scene with his own five senses, to know what both the killer and the victim had seen and felt. He is also a widower raising a teenaged daughter and finds that in this department he doesn't have all the answers.

Privileged Lives. Delacorte, 1988.
Deadly Rich. Delacorte, 1991.
Mortal Grace. Delacorte, 1994.
Jury Double. Delacorte, 1997.

Victoria Thompson

In turn-of-the-century New York, a pair of unlikely crime-fighter join forces: Sarah Brandt is a midwife from an upper-class family who has turned her back on her privileged upbringing & Det. Sgt. Frank Molloy hails from the opposite end of the social hierarchy. The two become grudging but very effective allies.

Murder on Astor Place. BPC, 1999.
Murder on St. Marks Place. BPC, 2000.
Murder on Grammercy Park. BPC, 2001.
Murder on Washington Square. BPC, 2002.
Murder on Mulberry Bend. BPC, 2003.
Murder on Marble Row. BPC, 2004.
Murder on Lenox Hill. BPC, 2005.
Murder in Little Italy. BPC, 2006.
Murder in Chinatown. BPC, 2007.

Joseph Trigoboff

The Bone Orchard. Walker, 1990.
Det. Alvin Yablonsky' s precinct covers the United Nations, which means a number of potential perps are untouchable thanks to their diplomatic immunity. He is a good cop, but other detectives are afraid to work with him (odd things seem to happen to his partners--not necessarily dangerous things, just...odd). But working alone makes him resourceful and creative and he has a knack for getting the job done, so when yet another politically sensitive case is handed to him, he finds himself knee-deep in terrorism and racketeering. Followed by: The Shooting Gallery (2002).

Dorothy Uhnak

Codes of Betrayal. St. Martin's.
The grandson of a Mafia don, police officer Nick O'Hara (his father is Irish) walks a fine line between family loyalty and professional ethics--a line that blurs even more when his young son is killed during a shootout in Chinatown. Eventually Nick finds himself between a rock and a hard place as he is forced to choose between saving his own life or betraying his beloved grandfather.

B. J. Whalen

Justifiable Homicide. Fawcett, 2000.
An imprisoned man plots his revenge against tough law-and-order mayor William Gennaro, but the mayor's brother, Frank, a seventeen-year veteran of the NYPD, and a beautiful rookie narcotics officer, go undercover to foil the plot.

K. J. A. Wishnia

Filomena Buscarsela, a sharp and sexy Ecuadorian-born NYPD detective with a degree in literature. After she recognizes the victim of a fatal toxic leak, she begins an investigation that leads her to suspect that a group of high-powered corporate executives has turned to murder as a way to protect its bottom line. Filomena leaves the force after her debut novel.

Karin Yapalater

An Hour to Kill. Morrow, 2003.
When Detectives Didi Kane & James Gurson are assigned a case involving a series of brutal murders in Central Park, things quickly get personal--one of the victims turns out to be Didi's ex-cop lover and the ADA in charge of the investigation was the same one who hounded Gurson's father to suicide 20 years earlier.