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Sleuths Set in the Decades

July 27, 2010 | cpl_admin

1930s

Someone to watch over me by Jill Churchill

Damned in paradise : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins

1940s

Murder at the president's door : an Eleanor Roosevelt mystery by Elliott Roosevelt

Murder in the rue de Paradis by Cara Black

1950s

Will you still love me tomorrow? : a mystery by Ed Gorman

Blonde faith by Walter Mosley

1960s

You're nobody 'til somebody kills you by Robert J. Randisi

1970s

Empty ever after : a Moe Prager mystery by Reed Farrel Coleman

No man standing : a Munch Mancini crime novel by Barbara Seranella

1980s

An imperfect spy by Amanda Cross

Merry wives of Maggody : an Arly Hanks mystery by Joan Hess

1990s

April fool dead : a death on demand mystery by Carolyn Hart

Baltimore blues by Laura Lippman

2000s

Access denied by Donna Andrews

Chill factor by Peter Turnbull

2010s

9 dragons : a novel by Michael Connelly

The Scarpetta factor by Patricia Cornwell