government/military David Baldacci (Will Robie; John Puller) Tom Clancy Stephen Coonts (Jake Grafton; Deep Black Series) Nelson DeMille (John Corey; The Deserter) Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp) Frederick Forsyth W. E. B. Griffin James Grippando (Jack Swyteck) Jack Higgins (Sean Dillon) Brad Meltzer (Culper Ring) Mark Pryor (Hugo Marston) Joel C. Rosenberg (J.B. Collins) Brad Thor (Scot Harvath)

GRAPHIC GORE M. J. Arlidge (Helen Grace) Alafair Burke (Samantha Kincaid; Ellie

Hatcher) Chelsea Cain (Archie & Gretchen) Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme) Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles) Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter) Mo Hayder (Jack Caffery) Alex Kava (Maggie O’Dell) Karin Slaughter (Grant County Series; Will

Trent)

Historical Flourish Caleb Carr (1890s; Dr. Kreizler) Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome; Flavia Albia) P.C. Doherty (Ancient Egypt; Amerotke) Charles Finch (1800s; Charles Lenox) Susanna Gregory (Medieval; Matthew Bartholomew)

Phillip Kerr (1950s; Bernie Gunther) Walter Mosley (1940s; Easy Rawlins) Iain Pears Laura Joh Rowland (1800s; Victorian Mystery Series) Josephine Tey (1940s; Alan Grant) Charles Todd (1920s; Ian Rutledge; Bess

Crawford)

HUMOR, Linwood Barclay (Zack Walker) Lawrence Block Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar) Tim Dorsey (Serge Storms) Carl Hiaasen (Skink) Donald E. Westlake (Dortmunder) Ken Wells

LEGAL THRILL James Grippando (Jack Swyteck) John Grisham John Lescroart (Dismas Hardy) Phillip Margolin (Amanda Jaffe) Steve Martini (Paul Madriani) David Rosenfelt (Andy Carpenter) Lisa Scottoline (Rosato and Associates Series) William G. Tapply (Brady Coyne) Scott Turow (Kindle County Series) Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington)

MEDICINE/FORENSICS Jefferson Bass (Body Farm Series) Robin Cook (Montgomery & Stapleton) Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta) Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme)

HOW DO YOU LIKE

YOUR MYSTERY

A SAMPLING OF

STYLES FOR

EVERY READER

If you like a

mystery with…

ADVENTURE

Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon) Dan Brown (Robert Langdon) Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt) Andrew M. Greeley (Blackie Ryan) Erin Hart (Nora Gavin) William Kent Krueger (Cork O’Connor) Matthew Reilly (Shane Schofield)

BRITISH flair

Simon Brett (Fethering Mysteries) Martin Edwards Dick & Felix Francis Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley) Martha Grimes (Richard Jury) Jack Higgins (Sean Dillon) P. D. James (Adam Dalgliesh) Jim Kelly (Philip Dryden) Peter Lovesey (Peter Diamond) Barry Maitland (Brock and Kolla ) Anne Perry (William Monk) Ian Rankin (John Rebus)

FBI/CIA agents

David Baldacci (King and Maxwell) William F. Buckley (Blackford Oakes) Tom Clancy (Jack Ryan) Stephen Coonts (Tommy Carmellini) Catherine Coulter (FBI Series) Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp) Jane Harper (Aaron Falk) James Patterson (Alex Cross)

Ariana Franklin (Mistress of the Art of Death Series)

Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles) Greg Iles (Penn Cage) Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware) Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan)

Plucky Private Eyes Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce) Rita Mae Brown (“Harry” Haristeen) Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone) Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone) Robert B. Parker (Spenser) J. D. Robb (Eve Dallas) Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs)

POLICE PROCEDURALS & PIs James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux) Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch) Philip R. Craig (Martha’s Vineyard Series) Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme) Nelson DeMille (John Corey) Michael Dibdin (Aurelio Zen) James Ellroy Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike) Lisa Gardner (Bobby Dodge) Tony Hillerman (Jim Chee) J. A. Jance (Joanna Brady) Stuart Kaminsky Faye Kellerman (Decker & Lazarus) S. A. Lelchuk (Nikki Griffin) Donna Leon (Guido Brunetti) Elmore Leonard (Raylan Givens) John Lescroart (Abe Glitsky) Peter May (Enzo Files) Ed McBain (87th precinct)

Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series) Robert B. Parker (Spenser; Jesse Stone) James Patterson (Women’s Murder Club) Ridley Pearson (Walt Fleming) Louise Penny (Armand Gamache) J. D. Robb (Eve Dallas) Lawrence Sanders (Archy McNally Series) John Sandford (Lucas Davenport) Martin Walker (Bruno: Chief of Police)

Romance M. C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin) Sandra Brown Catherine Coulter (FBI Thriller Series) Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) Lisa Gardner (FBI Profiler Series) Julie Garwood (Buchanan - Renard) Heather Graham (Cafferty & Quinn; Harrison

Investigation Series) Laurell K. Hamilton (Meredith Gentry) Jayne Ann Krentz Linda Howard J. D. Robb (Eve Dallas) Nora Roberts Erica Spindler

The Supernatural Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files) Janet Evanovich (Lizzy and Diesel) Heather Graham (Cafferty & Quinn) Laurell K. Hamilton (Meredith Gentry) Charlaine Harris (Harper Connelly) Kay Hooper (Bishop Series) Dean Koontz (Odd Thomas) Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Pendergast)

U.S. REGIONAL Ties

C. J. Box (Wyoming) Philip R. Craig (Martha’s Vineyard) Paul Doiron (Maine) Mike Doogan (Alaska) James Doss (Colorado) Janet Evanovich (Trenton, NJ) Tony Hillerman (Arizona) Kay Hooper (Atlanta) Craig Johnson (Wyoming) Stan Jones (Alaska) Jonathan Kellerman (Los Angeles) William Kent Krueger (UP Michigan) Elmore Leonard (Florida) Sharyn McCrumb (Appalachia) Sara Paretsky (Chicago) Robert B. Parker (Boston) Bill Pronzini (San Francisco) John Sandford (Minneapolis) Andrew Vachss (New York City) Randy Wayne White (Florida)

Without the Gory Details

Susan Wittig Albert (China Bayles) Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who…) Vicki Delany (Constable Molly Smith) Carola Dunn (Daisy Dalrymple) Stephanie Barron (Jane Austen Mysteries) Rhys Bowen (Molly Murphy) Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand) Sue Henry (Alaska Mysteries) Edward Ifkovik (Anna Farkas) Deanna Raybourn (Lady Julia Grey) Alexander McCall Smith (#1 Ladies Detective

Agency) Victoria Thompson (Gaslight Mystery Series) October 2020

James Blackstone Memorial Library

758 Main Street Branford, CT 06405

(203) 488-1441

Hours:

Mon – Thur: 9am – 8pm

Fri & Sat: 9am – 5pm

Sun: 1 – 4pm (September - May)

Renew online at

www.blackstonelibrary.org