ELIZABETH GEORGE, AUTHOR A Banquet of Consequences 2015 The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth Georgeï¿½s novel of crime, passion, and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful faï¿½ade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire, deceit, and murder. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. Just One Evil Act 2013 Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara canï¿½t really helpï¿½Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isnï¿½t on Hadiyyahï¿½s, their daughterï¿½s, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace.

The Italian police are investigating, and the Yard wonï¿½t get involved, until Barbara takes matters into her own hands ï¿½ at the risk of her own career. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. Believing the Lie 2012 Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. This Body of Death April, 2010 On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesnï¿½t trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, whose management style seems to rub everyone the wrong way.

In fact, Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officerï¿½s hard-as-nails exterior to a hiddenï¿½and possibly attractiveï¿½vulnerability. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. Careless in Red May, 2008 Scotland Yardï¿½s Thomas Lynley returns to investigate what may be a perfect crime. On a lonely stretch of coastline, Lynley discovers the body of a young man. Thus begins a quest to unmask a clever and ruthless murderer. But this time, Lynleyï¿½s not in charge. Heï¿½s a witnessï¿½and possibly even a suspect. The local detective leading the investigation soon figures out that Lynley can help. So can his former associate Barbara Havers, whom Scotland Yard sends to Cornwall, ostensibly to assist in the investigation, but unofficially to check up on Lynley and possibly win him back to the Yard. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. What Came Before He Shot Her October, 2006 The brutal, inexplicable death of Inspector Thomas Lynleyï¿½s wife has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers.

Even more horrifying is that the trigger was apparently pulled by a twelve-year-old boy. Who is he? Where did he come from? And what were the circumstances that led to his final act of desperation? That story begins on the other side of London in rough North Kensington, where the three, mixed-race, virtually orphaned Campbell children are bounced first from their grandmother to their aunt. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. With No One As Witness March, 2005 Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley takes on the case of his career. When it comes to spellbinding suspense and page-turning excitement, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George always delivers. As the Wall Street Journal raves, "Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare." In With No One as Witness, Elizabeth George has crafted an intricate, meticulously researched, and absorbing story sure to enthrall her readers. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley is back, along with his longtime partner, the fiery Barbara Havers, and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Winston Nkata. They are on the hunt for a sinister killer. For more information and reviews of this book, click here.

A Place of Hiding July, 2003 A shocking murder calls forensic scientist Simon St. James and his wife, Deborah, to an isolated island in the English Channel. An old friend of Deborahï¿½s, China River, stands accused of killing the islandï¿½s wealthiest benefactor, Guy Brouard. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of Guernsey. For more information and reviews of this novel, click here. To read an excerpt from this novel, click here. July, 2001 A hit and run on a nighttime rainy street in north London...a virtuoso violinist who loses his ability to play and his memory of music in a single moment...a horrifying crime buried twenty years in the past...a father and son enmeshed in each other's life...a chance for redemption for everyone concerned, including the detectives. For more information and reviews of this novel, click here . In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner August 1999 "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner" is another great read by George.

It's complex, hauntingly real, and has the usual solid supporting cast and is researchable to a T." --Ottawa Citizen For more information, reviews and to view the settings of this novel, click here . The Edge of the Shadows 2015 The first fire may have been an accident, but what about the second? And the thirdï¿½the one that killed someone. Becca King and her friends wonder if one of the newcomers to the island is to blame. Perhaps itï¿½s Isis Martinï¿½s brother, Aidan, just home from a school for troubled teens. Or Parker Natalia, a talented musician fired by his bandmates for unknown reasons. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. The Edge of the Water 2014 A mysterious girl who wonï¿½t speak; a coal black seal named Nera that returns to the same place very year; a bitter feud of unknown originï¿½strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca King, is drawn into the maelstrom of events. But Becca, first met in The Edge of Nowhere, has her own secrets to hide.

Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location. Even Derric, the Ugandan orphan with whom Becca shares a close, romantic relationship, canï¿½t be allowed to know her whereabouts. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. The Edge of Nowhere 2012 Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but itï¿½s a world apart. When Becca King arrives there, she doesnï¿½t suspect the island will become her home for the next four years. Put at risk by her ability to hear ï¿½whispersï¿½ï¿½the thoughts of othersï¿½ Becca is on the run from her stepfather, whose criminal activities she has discovered. Stranded and alone, she is soon befriended by Derric, a Rwandan orphan adopted by a local family; Seth, a kindhearted musician and high school dropout; Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who takes her in; and Diana, with whom Becca shares a mysterious psychic connection. For more information and reviews of this book, click here.

A Moment on the Edge - Short Story Collection July, 2004 In A MOMENT ON THE EDGE, bestselling author Elizabeth George has selected a stunning collection of twenty-six crime stories from some of the best practitioners of the genre, who also happen to be some of the most successful women writers of our time. These shocking and compulsively readable stories are arranged chronologically, starting with the classic "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell (1917). Also included are stories by Golden Age mystery writers Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh, and New Golden Age author Sara Paretsky, as well as selections by writers outside the genre, such as Shirley Jackson and Nadine Gordimer. For more information and reviews of this book, click here. Write Away - Non Fiction March, 2004 Ever want to know how an internationally best selling author crafts one of her books? Write Away not only illuminates the process used by Elizabeth George when she puts together one of her crime novels, but it also gives specific illustrations from her work and from the work of best selling commercial and literary novelists from around the world. For more information and reviews of this book, click here.

To read an excerpts from this book, click here. I, Richard October, 2002 This collection of short stories is an extraordinary offering that deftly explores the dark side of everyday people--and the lengths to which they will go to get what they want most. In these five tantalizing and original tales, Elizabeth plumbs the depths of human nature--and human weakness--as only she can. I, Richard is filled with page-turning drama, danger, and unmatched suspense. For more information and reviews of this novel, click here. Top 10 Fictional Detectives - Listverse Top 10 Fictional Detectives Naert January 18, 2011 Whenever I’m bored I like to read a good detective story. I always make a list of suspects with their motives and alibis, and try to unmask the culprit at least four chapters before the end. Sometimes I’m right; sometimes I’m way off. These stories are two things in one: they are puzzles – like a crossword or a sudoku – but they are also literature, with interesting characters, a certain psychological depth and a vision of society in a given time and place.

Making this top ten wasn’t easy, and I don’t expect everybody to agree. There’s the dilemma between quantity and quality, and the contrast between the British cosy mystery and American hardboiled fiction. Certain classics had to be included, but for the more recent ones it was a tougher choice. In the end I just followed my own taste. These are all detectives who gave me a lot of reading pleasure. 10 Detective Inspector Thomas Linley Inspector Linley is a British detective created by the American author Elizabeth George. He’s the eighth Earl of Asherton. He solves crimes with his Scotland Yard colleague Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, who has a working class background. In the third Linley novel, “Well-Schooled in Murder”, Linley and Havers solve a homicide case in an elite British public school, which is remarkably well depicted for a non-British author. George always prepares her novels by studying real locations in England, which makes her stories more realistic than those of many other crime writers. Linley himself is a round character with weaknesses. His relationship with Lady Helen Clyde evolves through the novels. Linley and Havers are portrayed by Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small (photo) in the BBC series “The Inspector Linley Mysteries”.

9 Kinsey Millhone Private detective Kinsey Millhone was created by American author Sue Grafton. She appears in the alphabet series: “A Is for Alibi”, “B Is for Burglar” etc. She lives in an apartment in Santa Teresa, California. This fictional town based on Santa Barbara was invented by another writer, Ross MacDonald. Kinsey is a bachelorette who runs a lot to stay in shape, and has an affair from time to time. I like these novels because they are entertaining and have a fast pace and strong plot. There’s always a certain amount of action involved too. There hasn’t been a film or TV adaption of these stories yet – maybe an idea for the future. 8 Philip Marlowe Philip Marlowe is a private investigator created by American author Raymond Chandler. He appeared for the first time in “The Big Sleep”, in 1939. Other well-known titles are “The Lady in the Lake” and “The Long Goodbye”. Marlowe belongs to the hardboiled direction, influenced by Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade. He smokes and drinks a lot. He lives in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

The stories are set in the more dangerous neighbourhoods in and around this city. Violence, drugs and tough language occur frequently. Marlowe has been played by a lot of actors, including Humphrey Bogart in “The Big Sleep” and Powers Boothe (photo) in the ITV series “Philip Marlowe, Private Eye”. 7 Sam Spade Private detective Sam Spade was invented by Dashiell Hammett. He only appears in one novel and three short stories, but remains important as the first example of a detective in the hard-boiled genre. Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, among others, was inspired by Sam Spade. Spade is the main character in “The Maltese Falcon” (1930). He runs a detective agency in San Francisco with his partner Miles Archer, who gets killed early in the novel. He’s not afraid of a fist fight or firearms. He appears to be cynical, but still has a sense of duty. The story also involves a typical femme fatale. He was played by several actors, of which the most famous remains Humphrey Bogart (photo) in the movie adaption of 1941.

6 Inspector Roderick Alleyn Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn (pronounced “Allen”) is a British detective who appears in thirty-two novels by New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh. It started with “A Man Lay Dead” in 1934, when a murder game ends with a real murder. Other examples are “Vintage Murder”, “Artists in Crime”, and “Overture to Death” – where the murder method is especially interesting. As the younger brother of a baronet Alleyn is another example of a gentleman detective. He works for Scotland Yard, where he eventually reaches the rank of Chief Superintendent. Society journalist Nigel Bathgate often helps him during his investigations. Initially a bachelor, Alleyn later marries painter Agatha Troy. Of the three actors who have played him in TV adaptions the best known is Patrick Malahide (photo). 5 Jules Maigret Commissaire Jules Maigret is the only one in this top ten whose stories were not written in English, but in French. Although his author, Georges Simenon, was Belgian, Maigret himself is French and works in Paris. He holds a quantity record by appearing in seventy-five novels and twenty-nine short stories.

Maigret usually smokes a pipe, drinks a lot and wears a heavy overcoat. He’s a more realistic character than most of his colleagues in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. His method of investigation comes close to the way a real policeman would work. His successes are based on team work, routine research and tenacity, rather than individual brilliancy. Maigret has been played by several TV actors, of which Jean Gabin was the first, and Bruno Cremer (photo) the most famous. 4 Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Wimsey was created by British author Dorothy L. Sayers. He’s the archetypal gentleman detective. Solving crimes is a hobby for him. In the second novel “Clouds of Witness” (1926), he has to take action because his brother is suspected of murder. He’s a round character with a past. After getting injured during World War I he was rescued by his later manservant Bunter, who also helps him with his investigations. Wimsey falls in love with Harriet Vine, and marries her. He likes to cooperate with Chief Inspector Charles Parker from Scotland Yard.

These novels are still worth reading, because they are simply good literature with a broad perspective on British society in that era. Wimsey himself may be a gentleman, but he meets people from the lower classes, like the farmer in “Clouds of Witness” who suspects Wimsey of having an affair with his wife. Several actors have played Lord Peter Wimsey, including Ian Carmichael (photo) in a BBC series. 3 Miss Marple Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple appeared first in a series of short stories in a magazine, later collected as “The Thirteen Problems”. This elderly spinster with a remarkable talent for amateur sleuthing can be followed in twelve crime novels, including “The Murder at the Vicarage” (1930) and “The Body in the Library” (1943). She lives in the small village of St Mary Mead, where she finds the opportunity to study human nature. She sees analogies with people and events she knows from village life, which helps her to solve many mysteries. Intuition and psychology are quite important to her. She can annoy the police investigators, who initially see her as an old busybody, until they have to admit she was right.

I have to admit I used to be prejudiced against “the old bat” myself, but after reading her stories I became gradually convinced that she belongs to The Big Three of fictional detectives. She was played in movies by Margaret Rutherford and Angela Lansbury, and on TV by Helen Hayes, Joan Hickson (photo) and Geraldine McEwan. 2 Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot appears for the first time in Agatha Christie’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”, published in 1920. He is a retired Belgian police officer who came to England during World War I as a refugee. Poirot solves mysteries with his “little grey cells”, occasionally without even leaving his room. With his strong preference for symmetry, order and method, he has something of a comic book character. Captain Arthur Hastings is his best friend, who relies too much on his intuition to solve a mystery by himself, but often helps Poirot with his observations and accidental remarks. Poirot’s secretary, Miss Lemon, is very efficient, but in contrast to Hastings she doesn’t have any imagination. Chief Inspector Japp from Scotland Yard isn’t too bright, but Poirot often sends him in the right direction.

Detective writer Ariadne Oliver, who is partly based on Agatha Christie herself, believes in female intuition. Poirot is surely one of the greatest fictional detectives, because he was involved in so many unforgettable crime novels, including “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”, “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile”. Poirot was brought to life in movies by actors Albert Finney and Peter Ustinov, and by David Suchet (photo) in the ITV series. 1 Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes, a creation by Arthur Conan Doyle, remains the archetypal detective who solves mysteries by logical reasoning. He appears in only four novels, of which “A Study in Scarlet” (1887) was the first, and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1902) the most famous. At least as important are the fifty-six short stories. Two of my personal favorites are “The Red-Headed League” and “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”. Holmes believes in the science of deduction: the principle that any problem can be solved if the necessary information is given. He is surrounded by people who are less bright than him.

Dr Watson is a good observer, and can relate the cases in detail as first person narrator, but he never comes to the correct conclusion by himself. Inspector Lestrade is the not too clever police investigator with a lot of tenacity once he’s on the right track. His archenemy Professor Moriarty only appears in two stories. As a private person Holmes is quite eccentric. He uses cocaine, and never gets romantically involved, although he does have feelings for Irene Adler from “A Scandal in Bohemia”. Of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes I’ll just mention Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett (photo). Honorable mention: Auguste Dupin (E. A. Poe), Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton), Adam Dalgliesh (P. D. James), Chief Inspector Wexford (Ruth Rendell), Chief Inspector Barnaby (Caroline Graham). More Great Lists Original Booklists: Crime Fiction Book List: Disabled isn't Unable An Experiment in Treason (2002) The Price of Murder (2003) Rules of Engagement (2005), posthumously published Brigitte Aubert.

The 'Death From' books featuring 36-year-old French cinema owner Elise Andrioli, who was left quadriplegic, mute, and blind by a Belfast (Ireland) car bomb attack. Death from the Woods (2001) Death from the Snows (2001) Vicars Bell . Dr. Douglas Baynes series. Baynes is an entomologist who lost a leg in World War II. Death Under the Stars (1949) Death Has Two Doors (1950) Two by Day and One by Night (1950) Death and the Night Watches (1955) Death Walks by the River (1959) Death Darkens Council (1952) Paul Bishop. Chapel of the Ravens (1991). Chapel is 'a former world class soccer player from Britain who becomes an editor for Los Angeles-based Sporting Press magazine after he loses an eye.' Ernest Bramah. Max Carrados series . Carrados is a blind British detective.

Max Carrados (1914) The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923), which 'opens with a somewhat defensive essay which chronicles astonishing feats of the blind' Max Carrados Mysteries (1927) Also, some short stories featuring Carrados are online. Marshall Browne. Inspector Anders series. Anders is an Italian policeman who lost a leg battling anarchist terrorism. The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999) Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools (2001) Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta (2006) Melvin Jules Bukiet. Strange Fire (2002). A Middle East political thriller featuring Nathan Kazakov as 'a blind ex-POW, Russian immigrant, former poet, Lebanon invasion veteran, semi-closeted homosexual and now speechwriter.' Patricia Carlon. The Whispering Wall(1969). Confined to her bed by a stroke, believed to be comatose, and surrounded by greedy relatives, a woman overhears a murder plot. George Chesbro. Mongo series. Robert 'Mongo' Fredrickson is a dwarf criminology professor, private eye, and former circus gymnast in NYC.

The series is a blend of mystery, suspense, science fiction, and the supernatural. Shadow of a Broken Man (1977) City of Whispering Stone (1978) An Affair of Sorcerers (1979) The Beasts of Valhalla (1985) Two Songs This Archangel Sings (1987) The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone (1988) Second Horseman Out of Eden (1989) The Language of Cannibals (1990) In the House of Secret Enemies (1990) The Fear in Yesterday's Rings (1991) Dark Chant in a Crimson Key (1992) An Incident at Bloodtide (1993) Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm (1995) Dream of a Falling Eagle (1996) Lord of Ice and Loneliness (2006) Jeffrey Cohen. Aaron Tucker humourous mystery series. Aaron's son has Asperger's Syndrome and it's part of the stories.

For Whom the Minivan Rolls (2002) A Farewell to Legs (2003) As Dog Is My Witness (2005) - in this book, the young man accused of the crime has Asperger's Syndrome. Michael Collins (aka Dennis Lynds). Dan Fortune novels of suspense, featuring amputee Dan Fortune, a gruff Polish-Lithuanian New York detective with one arm. Act Of Fear (1967) Resurrection (1992) The Cadillac Cowboy (1995) Wilkie Collins. Hide and Seek (1854). Blyth and his disabled wife Lavinia adopt a deaf girl from a country circus. 'In Madonna Blyth, Collins wanted to represent 'the character of a "Deaf Mute" as literally as possible according to nature,' in contrast to the deaf characters featured in nineteenth-century stage melodramas.' Elizabeth Cosin. Zen Moses series . Zenara Moses is a cancer survivor (lost a lung), former sports journalist, and private investigator in Santa Monica, California.

Zen and the Art of Murder (1998) Zen and City of Angels (1999) Zen Justice (2001) Philip R. Craig. Jeff Jackson series . Jackson has shrapnel in his leg (Vietnam) and a bullet lodged in his spine (from his days as a Boston police officer). Set on Martha's Vineyard, MA. A Beautiful Place To Die (1989) The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea (1991) The Double-Minded Men (1992) The Cold Moon (2006) The Broken Window (2008) Mark De Castrique. Sam Blackman series. Blackman is a former U.S. Chief Warrant Officer who lost part of his leg in Iraq. Set in Asheville, NC. Blackman's Coffin (2008) The Fitzgerald Ruse (2009) Barbara Delinsky. An Accidental Woman (2003). Romance with a mystery. A woman who is confined to a wheelchair (paraplegic) since a snowmobile accident tries to exonerate her friend from a charge of murder. Set Lake Henry, NH.

Peter Dickinson One Foot in the Grave (1979) in the James Pibble series. British detective Pibble is in a nursing home, prematurely feeble. In his despair, seeking to end his life, he stumbles on the body of someone whose life has already ended. Some Deaths Before Dying (1999): A 90-year woman, paralyzed from the neck down, finds an intriguing puzzle. Howard Engel: Memory Book (2005) in the Benny Cooperman detective series . After author Engel suffered a stroke, his PI Cooperman also suffered a head injury in this book, which results in alexia sine agraphia. Penelope Evans. Freezing (1997). Stewart Park, who stutters, works in the London morgue as a photographer. Tony Fennelly. Matt Sinclair series. Sinclair is a gay epileptic aristocratic DA turned store owner. Sometimes his epilepsy causes amnesia. Set in New Orleans. The Glory Hole Murders (1985) The Closet Hanging (1987) Kiss Yourself Goodbye (1989) Dick Francis. Sid Halley series .

Ex-jockey private investigator Halley has a damaged left hand due to a racing accident. Odds Against (1965) Come to Grief (1995) Under Orders (2006) Elizabeth George's 5th Inspector Linley title, For the Sake of Elena (1992), involving the murder of a young deaf woman and requiring Linley and Havers to enter 'her world.' Lee Goldberg. Adrian Monk series . Monk is an obsessive-compulsive police detective, in San Francisco, California. Books based on the TV series. Mr. Monk Goes to the Fire House (2006) Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii (2006) Mr. Monk and The Blue Flu (2007) Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants (2007) Mr. Monk in Outer Space (2007) Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (2008) Mr. Monk Is Miserable (2008) Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop (2009) Mr. Monk in Trouble (2009) George Dawes Green.

The Caveman's Valentine(1995). Romulus Ledbetter, a Juilliard graduate, husband and father, and paranoid schizophrenic who lives in a cave, becomes a detective to solve his friend's murder. Ken Grissom. John Rodrigue series . Rodrigue is a one-eyed diver and salvager, working out of Galveston, TX. Drop-Off (1988) Big Fish (1991) Drowned Man's Key (1992) Charlaine Harris. Harper Connelly paranormal mystery series. Connelly survived a zap from a lightning bolt, and since then she suffers physical pain -- and she can find dead people and experience their last moments. Grave Sight (2006) An Ice Cold Grave (2008) Grave Secret (October 2009) Daniel Hecht. Skull Session (1998). Features Paul Skoglund, a talented craftsman with Tourette's syndrome, for which he takes haloperidol daily.

Library Journal calls it "a marvelous mix of modern Gothic horror and romance, with a generous helping of bioscience." Interestingly, Hecht was a guitarist (appears on the Windham Hill label) who turned to writing after a hand ailment. David Hunt (aka William Bayer)'s two books featuring Kay Farrow, a color-blind photojournalist in San Francisco, California: The Magician's Tale (1997) Trick of Light (1998) Hialeah Jackson (aka Polly Whitney)'s books featuring Annabelle Hardy-Maratos, who is the deaf president of a large Miami security firm, and Dave the Monkeyman, her partner and ASL signer. Set in Miami, Florida. The Alligator's Farewell (1998) Farewell, Conch Republic (1999) Sue Anne Jaffarian. Odelia Grey humourous mystery series. Grey, a middle-aged, plus-sized woman, is a lawyer and an amateur detective in California. Her boyfriend (later, husband), Greg Stevens, is in a wheelchair.

Too Big to Miss (2001) The Curse of the Holy Pail (2003) Thugs and Kisses (2008) Booby Trap (2009) Stuart M. Kaminsky's Toby Peters series , featuring Gunther Wherthman, a Swiss translator and dwarf who assists Hollywood private investigator Toby Peters. Bullet for A Star (1977) Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1977) You Bet Your Life (1978) The Howard Hughes Affair (1979) Never Cross a Vampire (1980) High Midnight (1981) Catch A Falling Clown (1981) He Done Her Wrong (1983) The Fala Factor (1984) Down for the Count (1985) The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986) Smart Moves (1986) Think Fast, Mr.

Peters (1987) Buried Caesars (1989) The Devil Met A Lady (1993) Tomorrow is Another Day (1995) Dancing in the Dark (1996) A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997) A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001) To Catch a Spy (2002) Mildred Pierced (2003) Now You See It (2004) Larry Karp's The Midnight Special (2001), featuring Dr. Thomas Purdue, a music box aficionado, neurologist and amateur sleuth. Purdue deals with a thief with synesthesia and an assault on a bipolar antiques dealer. Set in New York City. Baynard Kendrick: Duncan Maclain series . Maclain, a former World War I captain, is wealthy, dashing and blind (blinded by gas in WWI). Set in New York City.

The Last Express (1937), filmed with same name (1938) The Whistling Hangman (1937) Clear and Present Danger (1958) The Aluminum Turtle (1960; apa The Spear Gun Murders) Frankincense and Murder (1961) The film The Hidden Eye (1945) was based on characters created by Kendrick, with Eddie Arnold as Maclain. Mary Kittredge's Charlotte Kent series features Kent as a single, sharp-witted freelance writer and magazine editor who adopts a 16-year old paraplegic son, Joey The series moves from Medocino, CA to New Haven, CT. Though Joey is neither sleuth nor criminal, readers note that the relationship between Charlotte and Joey is important to the stories and 'interestingly complicated.' Murder in Mendocino (1987) Dead and Gone (1989) Poison Pen (1990) Frederick Knott. Wait Until Dark (1966), a play -- and in 1967, a film -- featuring a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of thugs searching for heroin hidden in a doll.

Jonathan Lethem. Motherless Brooklyn (1999): Lionel Essrog, who has Tourette's Syndrome, narrates the book as he works to solve the murder of friend and mentor. 'The compulsions of Tourette's become a kind of kaleidoscopic metaphor, ultimately (and somewhat paradoxically) reflecting the fundamental ethos of the mystery genre itself: the compulsion to restore order and rightness to a world thrown temporarily out of joint.' (Salon) Gilliam Linscott. Murder, I Presume (1986). Historical mystery set in Victorian London. Rival expeditions explore the source of the Nile while Peter Pentland, who lost a leg while on an earlier joint expedition, remains in London and ends up working with Inspector Middleham to solve a murder. Jack Livingston (aka James L. Nusser). Joe Binney series. Binney is a hard-boiled, hard drinking, hearing-impaired private investigator in NYC. He lost his hearing working as a Navy diver. A Piece of the Silence (1982) Die Again, Macready (1984) Claire Matturro.

Lilly Cleary humourous legal thriller series, featuring a Florida DA with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Skinny-Dipping (2004) Wildcat Wine (2005) Bone Valley (2006) Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter, born as Salvatore Lombino): Some of the 87th Precinct novels , set in and around New York City (aka Isola), include Teddy, Steve Carella's wife, who is deaf and mute. In the early 1960s, there was a TV series based on the novels, with Gena Rowlands portraying Teddy. Teddy appears significantly in at least these titles of the more than 50 in the series (she probably appears in some way in most, being Steve's wife): Cop Hater (1956), first in the series; movie of same title (1958) The Pusher (1956), with movie of same name (1960) The Con Man (1957) Thomas McCall. Nora Callum series. Nora is a one-legged single mother and Chicago police lieutenant.

A Wide and Capable Revenge (1993) Beyond Ice, Beyond Death (1995) Nigel McCrery's Still Waters (2008), starring Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lapslie, who has synesthesia. (With his form, he tastes sounds, which makes it very hard to be around people's voices or music.) John Milne. Jimmy Jenner series. Jenner is a pensioned-off London cop who lost his leg and part of his hearing in a terrorist bombing. He works in the Stoke Newington section of London, England. Daddy's Girl (1982) Shadow Play (1987; apa The Moody Man) Alive and Kicking (1998) Harker Moore. Sakura series. NYPD homicide detective Sakura has a Zen-like detachment and a Japanese wife who is blind but gifted with a spiritual vision. She plays a larger role in the first book. A Cruel Season for Dying (2003) A Mourning in Autumn (2004) Amy Myers. Peter and Georgia Marsh series. Peter Marsh is wheelchair-bound after a shooting incident in his former police career.

He works solving murders with his daughter, Georgia, in Kent, England. The Wickenham Murders (2004) Murder in Friday Street (2005) Murder in Hell's Corner (2006) Murder and the Golden Goblet (2007) Murder in a Mist (2008) Murder Takes the Stage (2009) Abigail Padgett. Bo Bradley series, featuring a child abuse investigator for Child Protective Services in San Diego county who has bipolar illness. Child of Silence (1993) The Lethal Partner (1996) A Certain Malice (1998) Michael Palmer's The Second Opinion (2009) features Dr. Thea Sperelakis, a doctor with Asperger's Syndrome who tries to solve a mystery. T. Jefferson Parker's Silent Joe (2001), featuring Joe Trona, who has a facial disfigurement from childhood trauma and who tries to track down his adoptive father's killer. Parker's The Fallen (2006) features Robbie Brownlaw, a San Diego homicide detective who has synesthesia.

(In his case, other people's emotions are colours.) Anne Perry (aka Juliet Hulme). William Monk series . Monk, a detective with the police in London of 1856, has amnesia after a serious accident in a carriage. The Face of a Stranger (1990) A Dangerous Mourning (1991) The Dark Assassin (2006) Execution Dock (2009) W.R. Philbrick. J. D. Hawkins series. Hawkins is a paraplegic mystery writer who uses a wheelchair. Set in Boston. Shadow Kills (1986) Ice for the Eskimo (1987) Paint It Black (1989) Walk on the Water (1991) R. Page Reese's Don't Move: While Rolling in Terror (1994) apparently involves a magician and a quadraplegic young lady trying to solve a murder. (Not much available about it online.) Simon Ritchie's Jantarro character. (Ritchie is pseudonym for Simon Fodden.) John Kenneth Galbraith Jantarro is a one-armed Toronto insurance investigator.

He lost his left hand and part of his arm to sadistic prison guards. Jantarro appears in two of Ritchie's books: The Hollow Woman (1986) Work for a Dead Man (1989) Candace Robb. Owen Archer series. Archer is a one-eyed spy and Captain of Archbishop Thoresby's guard in late 14th-century Britain. The Apothecary Rose (1993) The Guilt of Innocents (2007) A Vigil of Spies (2008) Kevin Robinson. Stick Foster series. Foster is a paraplegic journalist in Florida, who uses a wheelchair since he fell off a roof in 1986. Split Seconds (1991) Mall Rats (1992) A Matter of Perspective (1993) Caroline Roe (aka Medora Sale). Chronicles of Isaac of Girona series. Isaac is a blind physician, who with his partner Bishop Berenguer solves crimes in 1350s Girona, Spain.

Remedy for Treason (1998) Cure For a Charlatan (1999) An Antidote For Avarice (1999) Solace for a Sinner (2000) A Potion for a Widow (2001) A Draught for a Dead Man (2002) A Poultice for a Healer (2003) A Consolation for an Exile (2004) Barnaby Ross (aka Ellery Queen, aka cousins Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay). Four novels about Drury Lane, a deaf retired Shakespearean actor who lives on the Hudson River (NY) and does amateur detecting. Lane lip-reads. The Tragedy of X (1932) The Tragedy of Y (1932) The Tragedy of Z (1933) Drury Lane's Last Case (1933) Mary Scott's Murder On Wheels (2000). Bryan Greyshott was paralyzed in a freak hang-gliding accident and now lives in a wheelchair in a North London suburb.

When a spate of crimes breaks him out of his monotony, he decides to try to find the perpetrator, all the more s after he's found next to a dead body holding a crutch and becomes a suspect. Sarah Smith. Perdita Halley and Alexander Von Reisden series. Halley is a legally blind pianist and Von Reisden, an Austrian baron and chemist, is an amnesiac with gaps in his childhood memories. The books are set in turn of the century Boston and pre World War I Paris. The Vanished Child (1992) The Knowledge of Water (1996) A Citizen of the Country (2000) Annie Solomon's Blind Curve (2005), romantic suspense featuring an undercover cop, Danny Sinofsky, who suddenly goes blind during a gun battle. Clinton Stagg. Thornley Colton, a blind detective, features in two books: Silver Sandals (1916; apa Thornley Colton, Blind Reader of Hearts) Thornley Colton, Blind Detective (1923; short stories) Rupert Thomson. The Insult (1997).

Psychological thriller featuring Martin Blom, who was blinded by a shot to the head in a supermarket parking lot but who learns one night that he can actually see. Is it a delusion? Charles Todd (aka Charles and Caroline Todd, a mother and son team). Ian Rutledge series. Rutledge is a shell-shocked World War I veteran returning to his job on 1914 at London's Scotland Yard. He hears the voice of a young Scottish man he killed in the war. A Test of Wills (1996) Wings of Fire (1998) A Matter of Justice (2009) The Red Door (2010) Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series book #5, The Spider's Web (1997), set in 7th- century Ireland. ” The case involves a deaf and blind man who is is accused of killing the local ruler and his sister.

John Trench's Docken Dead (1953), 'a highly-regarded biblio-mystery introducing the 'dishevelled, one-armed' amateur sleuth, archaeologist Martin Cotterell.' Barry Unsworth's Morality Play (1995), set in 14th-century England. A young deaf woman is accused of murder. Louise Ure's Fault Tree (2008). Female auto mechanic Cadence Moran is targeted by a killer who thinks she can identify his getaway car -- not knowing that she was blinded 8 years prior in a horrific car accident. Set in Arizona. Barbara Vine's The Blood Doctor (2002), an historic novel set in Victorian times, with many mysteries, revolving around hemophilia. Ray Vukcevich. The Man of Maybe Half A Dozen Faces (2000). Brian Dobson/Skylight Howells, a private investigator based in Eugene, OR, has multiple personalities, or is he just a master of disguise? Penny Warner. Connor Westphal series, set in Flat Skunk, California, featuring newspaper publisher Connor Westphal, who was deafened by meningitis when she was four years old.

Dead Body Language (1997) Silence Is Golden (2003) Dead Man's Hand (2007) Henri Weiner's Crime on the Cuff(1936), featuring one-armed sleuth John Brass, a former Secret Service man who is also a popular cartoonist. Carolyn Wheat's Troubled Waters (1997), 5th in the series featuring Brooklyn attorney Cass Jameson. In this one, she defends her brother Ron, a quadraplegic Vietnam veteran charged with murder. Cornell Woolrich's noir novel The Black Curtain (1941) features Frank Townsend, an amnesiac investigating a blank period in his history, and there's also a paralyzed man who communicates key information via eye blinks R.D. Zimmerman (aka Robert Alexander). Maddy and Alex Phillips series. Maddy is a blind paraplegic forensic psychiatrist, Alex is a technical writer. Set on an island in Lake Michigan. Death Trance (1992) Best Detective/Mystery Series (1502 books) Best Detective/Mystery Series Can't wait for the next one! Can't seem to add just authors so I randomly chose a book.

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Question: Which author wrote a series of books about the police investigator 'Thomas Linley'
Answer: ELIZABETH GEORGE