POST WAR MYSTERIES

Post WWII

AUTHOR	TITLE	PERIOD	LOCATION

Abbot, Megan	Die a Little (2005)	1954	Hollywood
	Queenpin (2007)	1950's	Hollywood

Abbott, Sandra	Castle of Evil (1973)	1953	Rumania

Abse, Dannie	Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds & Dr. Glas (2003)	1950's	London

Amor, P.F.	People's Republic (1989)	1960's	China

Argo, Ronald	Year of the Monkey (1989)	1960's	Vietnam

Arnold, William	China Gate (1983)	1960-70	Far East

Arnot, Jake	He Kills Coppers (2001)	1966	London
	Long Firm (1999)	1960's	London

Asher, Michael	Lady Be Good (2003)	1950's	London
	Sandstorm (2004)	1950's	London

Atkins, Ace	White Shadow (2006)	1955	Florida
	Wicked City	1954	Alabama

Aubert, Rosemary	Leave Me By Dying (2003)	1965	Canada

Aviler, Dan	Vertigo Murders (2000)	1957	Los Angeles

Babcock, Richard	Bow's Boy (2003)	1960's	Wisconsin

Badenoch, Andrea	Blink (2001)	1962	England
	Loving George (2002)	1960	England

Bainbridge, Beryl	A Quite Life (1999)	1950's	England

Baker, William	Inexpendable (1965)	1956	Hungary

Balling, L. Christian	Fourth Shot (1982)	1963	?

Barlay, Stephen	Cuban Confetti (1981)	1962	Cuba

Baxt, George	Tallulah Bankhead Murder Case (1987)	1952	New York

Behn, Noel	Seven Silent Men (1984)	1971	Missouri

Bennett, Frances	Doctor Berlin (2001)	1961	Germany
	Secret Kingdom (1999)	1956	Hungary

Bennett, Roman	Catastrophist (1999)	1960's	Chicago

Bergman, Andrew	Tender is Levine (2001)	1950	New York

Berne, Suzanne	Crime in the Neighborhood (1998)	1973	Washington D.C.

Biguenet, John	Oyster (2002)	1957	Louisiana

Binyon, T.J.	Swan Song (1984)	1970's	Moscow

Black, Benjamin	Christine Falls (2007)	1950's	Dublin
	Silver Swan (2007)	1950's	Dublin

Blank, Hannah	Brave Dead Man (2001)	1955	France
	Murder of Convenience (1999)	1953	France
	Short Life on a Sunny Isle (2003)	1954	France

Block, Brett	The Lightning Blue (2006)	1960's	New Jersey

Bludis, Jack	Big Switch (2002)	1951	Los Angeles
	Deal Killer (2003)	1950's	Hollywood

Bok, Curtis	Star Wormwood (1959)	1931	USA

Bone, Patrick	Melungeon Winter (2001)	1950's	Appalachia

Bowden, Mark	Finders Keepers (2002)	1951	Philadelphia

Bradbury, Ray	Death is a Lonely Business (1985)	1950's	California
	Graveyard for Lunatics (1990)	1950's	Louisiana

Bridges-Adams, Nicholas	Suddenly in Darkness (2001)	1960's	Italy

Brierley, David	Cloak and Dagger Girl (1998)	post war	Prague
	Horizontal Woman (1996)	post war	Prague
	On Leaving a Prague Window (1995)	post war	Prague

Britton, Christopher	Paybacks (c.1985)	1971	San Diego

Brown, George	Contractor (1998)	1974	San Francisco

Brown, William F.	Thursday at Noon (c.1987)	1962	Egypt

Buckley, William F.	High Jinx (1986)	1954	England
	Marco Polo, If You Can (1982)	1959	?
	Mongoose, R.I.P.	1963	Cuba
	See You later Alligator (1985)	1962	Cuba
	Stained Glass (1978)	1950	Germany
	Story of Henri Todd	1961	Berlin
	Tuckers Last Stand (1990)	1970's	Vietnam
	Who's On First? (1980)	1956	Russia

Burch, James	Lubyanka (1983)	1978	Moscow

Burton, Milton	Sweet & The Dead (2006)	1970's	Mississippi

Butler, Gwen	Coffin in Fashion (1987)	1960's	England
	Coffin Underground (1988)	1978	England

Carlson, P.M.	Murder Misread (1990)	1977	USA

Carroll, Robert	The Budapest Tradeoff (1978)	1957-67	Europe

Carter, Charlotte	Jackson Park (2003)	1968	Chicago
	Trip Wire (2005)	1968	Chicago

Cassault, Michael	Red Moon (2001)	1964	USSR

Catanach, J.N.	Brideprice (1989)	1960's	Kenya

Chacko, David	Brick Alley (1981)	1960's	Pennsylvania

Charlesworth, Monique	Glass House (1986)	1970's	Germany

Cherkas, Michael	Silent Invasion (1988)	1952	NYC

Chorlton, Windsor	Rites of Sacrifice (1989)	1970	Tibet

Clark, Dick	Murder on Tour (1989)	1978	USA

Clive, John	Last Liberator (1980)	1963	Holland

Cobb, James H.	West on 66 (1999)	1957	California

Cody, Liza	Rift (1988)	1974	Ethiopia

Collins, Hugh	A Likely Story (2001)	1976	Glasgow

Collins, Max A.	Bombshell (2005)	1950'S	Los Angeles
	Chicago Confidential (2002)	1950's	Chicago
	Flying Blind (1998)	1970's
	Kisses of Death	1950's	Los Angeles
	Mourn the Living (2000)	1960's	USA
	No Cure For Death (1983)	1974	Iowa
	Road to Paradise (2006)	1973	Lake Tahoe
	Road to Purgatory (2005)	1973	Tahoe
	Strip For Murder (2008)	1953	New York

Cole, Jamison	Killing in Quail Country (1996)	1957	Oklahoma

Condon, Richard	Prizzi's Family (1986)	1960's	New York

Conteris, Hiber	Ten Percent of Life (1987)	1956	Los Angeles

Cook, Alan	The Hayloft (2006)	1950's	USA

Cook, Thomas	Interrogation (2002)	1952	New York
	Master of the Delta (2008)	1954	Mississippi
	Streets of Fire (1989)	1963	Birmingham

Cooper, Brian	Murder Column	1952	Norwich
	Out With The Tide (2006)	1953	Norfolk

Cooper, Matthew	When Fish Begin to Smell (1983)	1951	London

Cotterill, Colin	Anarchy and Old Dogs (2007)	1970's	Laos
	Coroner's Lunch (2004)	1975	Laos
	Curse of the Pogo Stick (2008)	1970's	Laos
	Disco for the Departed (2006)	1977	Laos
	Thirty Three Teeth (2005)	1977	Laos

Cottam, Francis	Slapton Sands (2005)	1976	Devon

Cox, Josephine	Beachcomber (2003)	1952	Dorset
	Let Loose The Tigers (1992)	1965	USA

Crider, Bill and Clyde Wilson	Houston Homicide (2008)	1969	Texas

Cussler, Clive	The Chase (2007)	1950	Montana

Dalton, James	City of Shadows (2002)	1970's	Washington D.C.

Daniel, David	White Rabbit (2003)	1967	San Francisco

Davis, J. Madison	Alfred Hitchcock and the Vertigo Murders (2000)	1957	Los Angeles

Devoe, Forrest	Eye of the Archangel (2007)	1962	Istanbul
	Into the Volcano (2006)	1962	Istanbul

Dexter, Pete	Train (2003)	1953	Los Angeles

Dubois, Brendan	Resurrection Day (2001)	1972	USA

Duchin, Peter & Wilson, John	Blue Moon (2002)	1963	San Francisco
	Good Morning, Heartache (2003)	1960's	Los Angeles

Edwards, Grace	Viaduct (2003)	1970's	Harlem

Elkins, Aaron	Turncoat (2003)	1963	Brooklyn, NY

Ellroy, James	Big Nowhere (?)	50's	Los Angeles
	Clandestine (1999)	1950	Los Angeles
	Cold Six Thousand (2001)	1963	Las Vegas
	Hollywood Nocturnes (1998)	47-59	Los Angeles

Estleman, Loren	Edsel (1995)	1950's	Detroit
	Hours of the Virgin (1999)	?	Detroit
	Sinister Heights (2001)	1940-1950's	Detroit
	Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000)	1940-1950's	Detroit
	Stress (1996)	1970's	USA

Faherty, Terence	Come Back Dead (1997)	1950's	Hollywood
	Raise the Devil (2000)	1962	Las Vegas

Farrell, Harry	Shallow Grave in Trinity County (1997)	1950's	California

Fate, Robert	Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues (2007)	1950's	Texas
	Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption (2008)	1950's	Oklahoma

Fawcett, Quinn	Death To Spies (2002)	1950	Jamacia
	Honor Among Spies (2004)	1950's	England

Ferris, Gordon	The Unquiet Heart (2008)	1950's	London

Ferris, Paul	Infidelity (1999)	1960's	England

Fleming, Charles	After Havana (2004)	1953	Cuba
	Ivory Coast (2002)	1955	Las Vegas
Flood, John	Bag Men (1997)	1965	Boston

Follett, Ken	Code to Zero (2000)	1958	USA

Friedman, Kinky	Blast From the Past (1998)	1970's	NYC

Fowler, Christopher	Seventy Seven Clocks (2005)	1973	London

Fulmer, David	Blue Door (2007)	1962	Pennsylvania

Gabbay, Tom	The Berlin Conspiracy (2006)	1963	Berlin

Gaiter, Leonce	Bourbon Street (2005)	1958	New Orleans

Goldstein, Paul	Errors and Omissions (2007)	1950's	Los Angeles

Gores, Joe	Cases (1998)	1953	Los Angeles

Gorman, Ed.	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2004)	1962	Iowa
	Day The Music Died (1998)	1959	Iowa
	Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2003)	1961	Iowa
	Fool's Rush In (2006)	1959	Iowa
	Save the Last Dance For Me (2002)	1950's	Iowa
	Wake Up Little Susie (1999)	1958	Iowa
	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2001)	1959	Iowa

Gran, Sara	Dope (2006)	1950's	New York

Greer, Robert O.	Devil's Hat Band (1996)	1950's	Denver
	Devil's Necklace (1997)	1950's	Denver
	Devil's Red Nickel (1997)	1950's	Denver

Grimes, Martha	Belle Ruin (2005)	1950's	USA
	Cold Flat Junction (2004)	1950's	USA
	Hotel Paradise (2003)	1950's	USA

Haines, Carolyn	Penumbra (2006)	1950	Mississippi
	Summer of the Redeemer (2005)	1963	Mississippi

Hampson, June	Broken Bodies (2007)	1960's	England
	Damaged Goods (2008)	1966	London
	Trust Nobody (2008)	1960's	London

Harvey, John	In a True Light (2002)	1950's	New York

Hayden, Robert	Black Sunrise (1998)	1950's	South Africa

Higgins, Jack	Day of Judgment (2000)	1960's	USA

Hill, Kathleen	Hunter's Dance (2003)	1950's	Michigan
	Kingdom Where Nobody Dies (2007)	1950's	Michigan
	Past Imperfect (2002)	1950's	Michigan
	Witches Cradle (2005)	1950's	Michigan

Hill, Suzette	Load of Old Bones (2007)	1950's	Surrey

Hjorstberg, William	Fallen Angel (1978)	1950's	New York

Holmes, Rupert	Where Truth Lies (2006)	1970's	USA

Hoover, Terry	Double Dead (2007)	1960's	South Carolina

Hoppes, Roy	Watergate Tape (2002)	1973	Washington D.C.

Hoyt, Richard	Vivienne (2001)	1968	Hawaii

Hunter, Stephen	Black Light (1996)	1955/1990	Arkansas
	Havana (2003)	1953	Cuba
	Dirty White Boys (1994)	1955/1990	Arkansas
	Pale Horse Coming (2001)	1951	Arkansas
	Point of Impact (1993)	1955/1990	Arkansas

Hyde, Christopher	Wisdom of the Bones (2003)	1963	Dallas

Junger, Sebastian	Death in Belmont (2006)	1963	Boston

Just, Ward	A Dangerous Friend (1999)	1965	Indo-China

Kanon, Joseph	Prodigal Spy (1998)	1950	Prague

Kay, Terry	The Runaway	1950's	Southern USA

Kelly, Jack	Mobtown (2002)	1959	New York

Kerr, Phillip	The Shot (1999)	1960	Cuba

Kihn, Greg	Big Rock Beat (1998)	1967	Montana

Klein, Daniel	Blue Suede Clues (2002)	1963	Memphis
	Kill Me Tender (2000)	1960's	Memphis
	Such Vicious Minds (2004)	1965	Memphis
	Viva Las Vengeance (2002)	1964	Las Vegas

Koontz, Michael	Under Cloak of Darkness (2006)	1950's	?

Kuhlken, Ken	Do-Re-Mi (2006)	1972	San Diego
	Vagabond Virgins (2008)	1979	Tijuana

Laird, Thomas	Season of the Assassin (2003)	1966	Chicago

Lanaday, William	Strangler (2007)	1963	Boston

Lansdale, Joe R.	A Fine Dark Line (2002)	1958	Texas

LaTour, Jose	Havana World Series (2004)	1958	Cuba

Lawton, John	Little White Death (1998)	1963	London
	Old Flames (?)	1956	London
	Sweet Sunday	1969	London/New York

Lee, Gus	Tiger's Tail (1996)	1974	Korea

Lehane, Dennis	Mystic River (2003)	1954	Massasschusetts
	Shutter Island (2003)	1954	Massasschusetts

Levinson, Robert	Elvis and Marilyn Affair (1999)	1960's	Hollywood
	James Dean Affair	1960's	Hollywood
	John Lennon Affair (2001)	1980's	New York

Lewis, Pam	Speak Softly, She Can Hear You (2005)	1965	New York

Limon, Martin	Buddha's Money (1998)	1970's	Korea
	Door to Bitterness (2005)	1974	Korea
	Jade Lady Burning (1992)	1970's	Korea
	Korea Blue (?)	1970's	Korea
	Slicky Boys (1997)	1970's	Korea
	Wandering Ghost (2007)	1970's	Korea

Liss, David	Ethical Assassin (2006)	1985	Florida

Lochte, Dick	Croaked (2007)	1965	Los Angeles

Logue, John	Rain of Death (1998)	1974	California

Lopresti, Robert	Such A Killing Crime (2005)	1963	New York

Lovesey, Peter	Rough Cider (1986)	1964	England
	Secrets Of Spandau (2001)	1960's	Germany

Lovisi, Gary	Hell Bent on Homicide (1997)	1962	USA

Luck, John	Diamonds of Death (2008)	1950's	Chicago

Ludwing, Jerry	Getting Garbo (2004)	1950's	Hollywood

MacKay, Shena	Old Crow (2002)	1958	England

MacKenzie, Robin	Unicorn Never Dies (1998)	1960's	Scotland

Mailer, Norris	Windchill Summer (2000)	1960's	USA

Maney, Mabel	Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend (1998)	1950's	USA

Martin, Rosemary	It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder (2005)	1964	New York
	Secret Agent Girl (2007)	1964	New York
	Twist and Shout Murder (2006)	1964	New York

Matetsky, Amanda	How To Marry a Murderer (2005)	1954	New York
	Murder is a Girl's Best Friend (2004)	1954	New York
	Murder on a Hot Tin Roof (2006)	1954	New York
	Murders Prefer Blondes (2003)	1954	New York

McCarthy, Susan	Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands (2002)	1951	Florida

McCullough, Colleen	On Off (2006)	1965	Connecticutt

McDermid, Val	Place of Execution (1999)	1963	England

McDonald, Craig	Head Games (2007)	1957	USA

McKinney, Mel	Where There's Smoke (1999)	1963	Cuba

McNamee, Eoin	Blue Tango (2002)	1952	Ireland
	The Ultras (2004)	1950's	Paris

Miller, John	Tropical Heat (2002)	1942-54	Virginia

Miller, Stephen	Woman in the Yard (1999)	1954	California

Mills, Mark	Savage Garden (2007)	1958	Tuscany

Milne, John	Alive and Kicking (1998)	1968	London

Mondl, Michael	Deep Wounds (2005)	1951	USA

Monroe, Steve	57 Chicago (2001)	1957	Chicago

Moorcraft, Paul	Anchoress of Shere (2001)	1329/1967	England

Moore, Miriam	Last Dance (1998)	1978	Manhattan
	Stayin Alive (1998)	1970's	Las Vegas

Mosley, Walter	Bad Boy Brawley Brown (1998)	1960's	USA
	Blue Light (1999)	1960's	San Francisco
	Black Betty (1994)	1961	Los Angeles
	Blonde Faith (2007)	1967	Los Angeles
	Cinnamon Kiss (2005)	1966	Los Angeles
	Fear Itself (2003)	1950's	Los Angeles
	Fear of the Dark (2006)	1950's	Los Angeles
	Fearless Jones (2001)	1950's	Los Angeles
	Little Scarlet (2004)	1965	Watts
	Little Yellow Dog (1996)	1963	Los Angeles
	White Butterfly (1993)	1956	Los Angeles

Murray, Sabina	Forgery (2008)	1960's	Greece

Nelscott, Kris	A Dangerous Road (2000)	1939/1968	Atlanta
	Days of Rage (2006)	1969	Chicago
	Smoke Filled Rooms (2001)	1968	Chicago
	Stone Cribs (2002)	1969	Chicago
	Thin Walls (2002)	1969	Chicago
	War At Home (2005)	1969	Chicago

Newman, Kim	See Listings Under Fantasy	1959	Rome

Oliver, Steve	Dead Men (2002)	1972	Spokane
	Moody Forever (1998)	1979	Spokane
	Moody Gets the Blues (1996)	1978	Spokane
	Moody in Winter (2003)	1979	Seattle

O'Neil, Gilda	Getting There (2001)	1960's	London

Owen, Charlie	Foxtrot Oscar (2008)	1976	London

Parker, T. Jefferson	California Girls (2004)	1968	California
	Dragon Scroll (2005)	1960's	California

Parrish, Richard	Defending the Truth (1998)	1950's	Arizona
	Nothing But the Truth (1996)	Late 40's	Arizona
	Versions of the Truth (1994)	Late 40's	Arizona
	Wind and Lies (1997)	Late 40's	Arizona

Pearce, David	Nineteen Eighty (2001)	1980	England
	Nineteen Seventy Four (1999)	1974	York

Pelecanos, George	Hard Revolution (2003)	1968	Washington D.C.
	King Suckerman (1997)	1970's	Washington D.C.

Peterson, Michael	Bitter Peace (1998)	1970's	Saigon

Petree, Sheree	Number Please (2002)	1965	New Mexico

Pewsey, Elizabeth	Losing Larry (2000)	1950's	Hungary

Phillips. Scott	Ice Harvest (2000)	1979	Kansas

Prior, Lilly	Cabaret: A Roman Riddle (2006)	1970's	Rome

Randisi, Robert	Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (2006)	1960	Las Vegas
	Luck Be A Lady, Don't Die (2007)	1961	Las Vegas

Rash, Ron	One Foot In Eden (2004)	1950's	Appalachia

Rayner, Richard	Devil's Wind (2005)	1950's	Las Vegas

Reardon, Lisa	Mercy Killers (2005)	1967	USA

Reaves, Sam	Night Watch (2007)	1969	Chicago

Redmond, Patrick	Some Thing Dangerous (US title for Wishing Game)	1954	Norfolk
	Wishing Game (1999)	1954	Norfolk

Rifkin, Shepard	Murderer's Vine (2008)	1964	?

Robbins, David	Betrayal Game (2008)	1961	Cuba

Sakamoto, Kerri	Electrical Field (1999)	1970's	Ontario

Sanchez, Thomas	King Bongo (2003)	1957	Havanna

Schunk, Laurel	Black and Secret Midnight (1998)	1951	Georgia

Shea, Michael	Cold Conspiracy (2001)	1970's	Scotland

Sinclair, Emma	Path Through The Woods (2000)	1939/1959	Sussex

Sinha, Indra	Death of Mr. Love (2004)	1950's	Bombay

Smith, Brad	One Eyed Jacks (2000)	1959	Toronto

Smith, Taylor	Deadly Grace (2001)	1979	Minnesota

Smith, Tom	Child 44 (2008)	1953	Russia

Spark, Muriel	Aiding and Abetting (2001)	1974	London

Sprinkle, Patricia	Carley's Song (2002)	1950	North Carolina

Starling, Boris	Visibility (2007)	1952	London

Strawberry, Domenic	Manifesto for the Dead (2000)	1970	USA

Steinhauer, Olen	Istanbul Variations (2006)	1975	Eastern Block
	Liberation Movements (2006)	1975	Eastern Block
	Thirty Six Yalta Boulevard (2005)	1960's	Soviet Block
	Vienna Assignment (2006)	1966	Vienna
	Victory Square (2007)	1960's	Soviet Block

Takagi, Akimhsu	Informer (2001)	1960	Tokyo

Tartt, Donna	Little Friends (2003)	1970's	Mississippi

Taylor, Andrew	Call the Dying (2004)	1955	Lydmouth
	Death's Own Door (2001)	1950's	Lydmouth
	Judgment of Strangers (1998)	1970's	Roth
	Naked to the Hangman (2006)	1950's	Lydmouth
	Office of the Dead (1999)	1958	Roth
	Suffocating Night (1998)	1950's	Lydmouth
	Where Roses Fade (2000)	1950's	Lydmouth

Thayer, Steve	Wheat Field (2003)	1960's	Wisconsin

Topol, Edward	Jewish Lover (1998)	1970's	USSR

Tyson, Timothy	Blood Done Sign My Name (2004)	1970's	USA

Vachss, Andrew	Two Trains Running (2005)	1959	USA

Valdene, Guy	Red Stag (2003)	1960's	Normandy

Van Pelt, Nicholas	Stomp (1999)	1950's	Oregon

Vine, Barbara	Minotaur (2006)	1960's	England

Walters, Minette	Shape of Snakes (2001)	1978	London

Ward, Liza	Outside Valentine (2004)	1959	USA

Watson, Sterling	Sweet Dream Baby (2003)	1950's	Florida

Westbrook, Kate	Secret Servant (2006)	1950's	USA

Wildwind, Sharon	Soldier on the Porch (2008)	1971	North Carolina
	Some Welcome Home (2006)	1969	North Carolina

Wiley, Richard	Ahmed's Revenge (1998)	1970	Kenya

Williams, Darren	Angel Rock (2002)	1969	Australia

Wilson, Laura	Hello Bunny Alice (2003)	1967	England
	Little Death (1999)	1955	London

Wilson, Robert	Blind Man of Seville (2003)	1950's	Tangier

Wood, Graham	Death in Provence (2003)	1960	Provence
	Detective Lauriat Investigates (2002)	1960	France

York, Lynn	Piano Teacher (2004)	1970's	England

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