• 16 Memorial Library
• 1 Law Library

• 11 Police
• 6 Missing persons
• 5 Serial murderers
• 4 Drifters
• 3 Actresses
• 3 Inheritance and succession
• 3 Murder
• 2 Americans
• 2 Children of the rich
• 2 Detective and mystery stories
• 2 Diplomats
• 2 Investigation
• 2 Serial murders
• 2 Sex-oriented businesses
• 2 Women private investigators
• 2 World War, 1914-1918
• 1 Amnesiacs
• 1 Archaeologists
• 1 Attorney and client
• 1 Bosch, Harry
• 1 Catholic Church
• 1 Chen, Inspector (Fictitious character)
• 1 Clergy

• 4 Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993
• 2 Lee, Don, 1959-
• 2 Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
• 1 Abbott, Megan, 1971-
• 1 Amis, Martin
• 1 Bartoy, Mitchell
• 1 Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987
• 1 Clark, Mary Jane Behrends
• 1 Connelly, Michael, 1956-
• 1 Emery, Anne
• 1 Eustis, Helen
• 1 Francisco, Ruth
• 1 Haveland, Barbara
• 1 Hewson, David, 1953-
• 1 Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1889-1955
• 1 Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013
• 1 Logue, Mary
• 1 Parker, T. Jefferson
• 1 Qiu, Xiaolong, 1953-
• 1 Randisi, Robert J
• 1 Ryan, William, 1965-
• 1 Singer, Alan, 1948-
• 1 Ullmann, Linn, 1966-
• 1 Weinman, Sarah

• 23 English

• 4 Los Angeles (Calif.)
• 3 England
• 3 London
• 3 London (England)
• 2 California
• 2 Detroit
• 2 Detroit (Mich.)
• 2 Japan
• 2 Los Angeles
• 2 Michigan
• 2 New York
• 2 New York (State)
• 2 Tokyo
• 2 Tokyo (Japan)
• 1 California, Southern
• 1 China
• 1 Italy
• 1 Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
• 1 Norway
• 1 Ocean Grove (N.J.)
• 1 Rome
• 1 Rome (Italy)
• 1 Shanghai
• 1 Shanghai (China)
• 1 Soviet Union

• 6 Psychological fiction
• 4 Detective and mystery fiction
• 4 Noir fiction
• 3 Historical fiction
• 1 Legal stories
• 1 Suspense fiction
• 1 Thrillers (Fiction)

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