• 41 Murder
• 28 Investigation
• 27 Police
• 13 Private investigators
• 10 History
• 8 Adamsberg, Jean-Baptiste (Fictitious character)
• 7 Holmes, Sherlock
• 7 Women detectives
• 6 Laurenti, Proteo
• 5 Criminals
• 5 Hispanic Americans
• 5 Ohayon, Michael (Fictitious character)
• 5 Sheriffs
• 4 Crimes against
• 4 Criminal investigation
• 4 Dahle, Marian
• 4 Isaksen, Cato
• 4 Organized crime
• 4 Police chiefs
• 3 Brenner, Simon (Fictitious character)
• 3 Cooper, Emmanuel (Fictitious character)
• 3 Mei, Wang (Fictitious character)
• 3 Mexican Americans
• 3 Policewomen
• 3 Psychoanalysts

• 12 Vargas, Fred
• 10 Corniero, María
• 7 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
• 7 Heinichen, Veit, 1957-
• 7 Suárez Girard, Anne-Hélène
• 6 Porras Sánchez, María
• 5 Gur, Batya
• 5 Lindell, Unni, 1957-
• 5 Tollefsen, Lotte K.
• 4 Alpuente, Moncho
• 4 Carter, Charlotte (Charlotte C.)
• 4 Conde Martín, Luis, 1940-
• 4 García Adánez, Isabel
• 4 Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995
• 4 Johnson, Craig, 1961-
• 4 Márquez de la Plata, Lucía
• 3 Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956
• 3 Cruz Santaella, Esther
• 3 Diez, Lola
• 3 Ferrero, Jesús, 1952-
• 3 Haas, Wolf
• 3 Hayder, Mo
• 3 Higgins, George V., 1939-1999
• 3 Jiménez Arribas, Carlos, 1966-

• 189 Spanish
• 16 English

• 16 England
• 15 France
• 10 Paris (France)
• 8 Italy
• 8 Paris
• 5 Israel
• 4 London (England)
• 4 Trieste
• 4 Trieste (Italy)
• 4 United States
• 4 Wyoming
• 3 Austria
• 3 Beijing
• 3 Beijing (China)
• 3 China
• 3 Rome
• 3 South Africa
• 3 Spain
• 2 Argentina
• 2 Berlin (Germany)
• 2 Boston
• 2 Boston (Mass.)
• 2 Buenos Aires
• 2 Colombia
• 2 Galicia (Region)

• 140 Fiction
• 22 Noir fiction
• 11 Thrillers (Fiction)
• 10 Juvenile fiction
• 10 Psychological fiction
• 8 Short stories
• 7 Historical fiction
• 4 Novels
• 2 Adaptations
• 2 Graphic novels
• 2 Science fiction
• 1 Biographical fiction
• 1 Comic books, strips, etc
• 1 Fantasy fiction
• 1 Flash fiction
• 1 Political comics

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