TWENTIETH CENTURY MYSTERIES

40's A-K

AUTHOR	TITLE	PERIOD	LOCATION

Abbot, Megan	The Song is You (2007)	1949	Los Angeles

Albert, Marvin H.	Operation Lila (1983)	1942	France

Allbeury, Ted	Lantern Network (1978)	WWII	France
	Time Without Shadows (1991)	WWII	France

Allen, E.O.	Hounds of the Moon (1974)	1940's	New York

Allen, Tricia	Texas Weather (2000)	1947	Texas
	Well Respected Dead Man (2003)	1947	Texas

Altman, John	Game of Spies (2002)	1940	England
	Gathering of Spies	1943	USA

Anthony, Evelyn	Voices on the Wind (1985)	WWII	France

Atwood, Margaret	Blind Assassin (2000)	1945	Toronto

Baddock, James	Emerald (1991)	1945	Berlin
	Faust Conspiracy (1989)	1944	Germany
	Radar Job (1990)	1943	Holland

Bair, P	Gypsum Flower (1959)	1944	France

Baker, William	Destination Dieppe (1965)	1942	France
	Dogs of War (1966)	1945	Italy
	Rape of Berlin (1965)	1945	Berlin
	Strike North (1965)	1941	At Sea

Baldwin, Alex	Men at War: The Last Heroes (1985)	WWII	Europe
	Men at War: Secret Warriors (1998)	WWII	Europe
	Men at War: Soldier Spies (1986)	WWII	Europe

Ballinger, W.A.	Carrion Eaters (1971)	1947	India

Bardin, John F.	Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly (2001)	1946	New York

Barak, Michael	Enigma Sacrifice (1978)	1944	Paris

Barnard, Robert	Out of the Blackout (1984)	40's	England

Barnett, Raymond J.	Jade and Fire (1987)	1948	Peking

Baron, Aileen	Touch of Tangier (2006)	1942	Tangier

Barton, Jo	Forest of Death	WWII	Europe
	Kill Hitler (1976)	WWII	Europe
	Lightning Strikes (1977)	WWII	Europe

Bartoy, Mitchell	The Devil's Only Friend (2006)	1944	Detroit
	The Devil's Own Rag Doll (2005)	1940's	Detroit

Barwick, James	Devil at the Crossroads (1986)	1940	France
	Hangman's Crusade (1981)	1941	Europe

Bass, Ronald	Emerald Illusion (1984)	1944	Paris

Baxt, George	Greta Garbo Murder Case (1992)	1942	California

Beech, Webb	Article 92: Murder-Rape (1964)	1946	Germany

Behn, Noel	Shadowboxer (1969)	1944	Germany

Benn, James	Billy Boyle (2006)	1942	London
	Blood Alone (2008)	1943	Italy
	First Wave (2007)	1942	Europe

Bennett, Frances	Making Enemies (1998)	1947	Russia

Bennett, Hal	Wait Until the Evening (1974)	WWII	Virginia

Bergman, Andrew	Big Kiss-Off of 1944 (1974)	1944	New York
	Hollywood & LeVine (1975)	1947	Los Angeles
Binding, Tim	An Island Madness	1943	Gurnsey
	(US title: Lying With The Enemy (1999)	1943	Gurnsey

Black, Campbell	Death's Head (1972)	1945	Berlin

Black, Cara	Murder in the Marias (1999)	WWII	Paris

Blagowidow, George	Last Train From Berlin	WWII	Germany

Blaine, Richard	Silver Setup (1988)	1948	USA
	Tainted Jade (1989)	1948	Texas

Blake, Patrick	Double Griffin (1982)	1944	NYC

Block, Brett	Grave of God's Daughter (2004)	1941	Alleghney Mountains

Block, Lawrence	Code of Arms (c.1981)	1940	?

Booth, Martin	Jade Pavilion (1987)	1937-1948	Macao

Boulle, Pierre	Noble Profession (1960)	WWII	France

Bowen, Elizabeth	Heat of the Day (2002)	1940's	London

Boyarsky, Abraham	Shreiber (c.1981)	1945	Poland

Boyd, W.Y.	Rendezvous With Death	1945	Germany

Boyer, Bruce	Solstice Cipher (c.1979)	1944	England

Braby, Tom	God of Chaos (2004)	1942	Cairo

Bram, Christopher	Hold Tight (1988)	1940's	NYC

Brason, John	Fourth Arm (1983)	WWII	France

Brautigan, Richard	Dreaming of Babylon (c.1977)	1942	San Francisco

Brierley, David	Big Bear, Little Bear (1981)	1948	Berlin

Briskin, Jacqueline	The Naked Heart (1989)	1940's	Paris

Broadbent, Tony	The Smoke (2002)	1947	London
	Specters in the Smoke (2005)	1948	London

Bronte, Louisa	Graystone Heritage (1976)	1948	Connecticut

Brown, Rita	Loose Lips (2000)	WWII	USA

Buckley, William F.	Saving the Queen. (1976)	1940's	England

Burke, Warren	Time of Innocence (1986)	1941	Hawaii

Burton, Milton	Rogue's Game (2005)	1947	Texas

Butler, Gewn	Coffin On The Water (1986)	1946	England

Callanan, Liam	Cloud Atlas (2004)	1940's	Alaska

Carroll, James	Firebird (1989)	1949	Washington D.C.

Celestri, John & Catherine	Little Mexico (2000)	1943	Newport, KY

Chaput, W.J.	Man on the Train (1986)	1944	Vermont

Charteris, Leslie	Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976)	1940	Vienna

Chevalier, Haakon	For Us the Living (1949)	1949-41	San Francisco

Chevalier, Paul	The Grudge (1980)	WWII	England

Cleary, Jon	Phoenix Tree (1984)	1945	Japan

Coen, Franklin	Plunderers (1980)	WWII	Paris

Colbert, Curt	Queer Street (2004)	1940's	Seattle
	Rat City (2001)	1947	Seattle
	Sayonaraville (2003)	1940's	Seattle

Collins, Larry	Fall From Grace (1985)	WWII	France

Collins, Max	Angel in Black (2001)	1947	Cleveland
	Carnal Hours (1994)	1943	Chicago
	Killing in Comics (2007)	1948	New York
	London Blitz Murders (2004)	1941	London
	Majic Man (1999)	1949	Washington D.C.
	Million Dollar Wound (1986)	1939-43	Chicago
	Neon Mirage (1988)	1946	Chicago
	Pearl Harbor Murders (2001)	1941	Hawaii

Conrad, Barnaby	Last Boat to Cadiz (2003)	1945	Spain

Cook, Nick	Angel, Archangel (1990)	1945	Germany

Copeland, William	Five Hours From Isfahan (1975)	1943	Iran

Copp, DeWitt	Matter of Concealment (1989)	WWII	Europe

Cottam, Francis	Fire Fighter (2002)	1940	London

Crackenthorpe, David	Stolen Marches (1999)	1945	France

Crane, Hamilton	Miss Seeton's Finest Hour (1999)	WWII	England

Cregan, Conor	First Strike (1998)	1949	Russia
	Ground Zero (1998)	1945	New Mexico

Crowder, Ken	Iron Web (1985)	WWII	South Africa

Crider, Bill	We'll Always Have Murder (2003)	1940's	Los Angeles

Culhane, Patrick	Red Sky in Morning (2008)	1943	At Sea

Dallas, Sandra	Tallgrass (2007)	1940's	USA

Davies, David	Forests of the Night (2005)	1940's	London

Davies, Murray	Devil's Handshake (2002)	1943	Paris

Davies, Peter Ho	The Welsh Girl (2008)	1944	Wales

Davis, J. Madison	Murder of Frau Schultz	1944	Germany

Davis, Lisa	Under the Mink (2001)	1949	New York

Davis-Goff, Annabel	This Cold Country (2003)	1940's	Ireland

Dean, Elizabeth	Murder a Mile High (2001)	1940's	Boston
	Murder is a Serious Business (2000)	1940's	Boston

Deighton, Len	SS-GB (1972)	1941	England
	Winter (1987)	1899-1945	England

Delany, Vicki	Scare The Light Away (2005)	1940's	Canada

DeNoux, O'Neil	New Orleans Confidential (2006)	1940's	New Orleans

Diehl, William	Eureka (2002)	1945	Los Angeles

Dinunzio, Douglas	Hot Wired in Brooklyn (2001)	1940's	New York

Doyle, Rose	Gambling With Darkness (2003)	1944	Dublin

Dunning, John	Two O'clock Eastern War Time	1942	New Jersey

Durand, Loup	Daddy (1988)	40's	Germany

Edric, Robert	Peace Time (2004)	1946	England

Ellroy, James	Black Dahlia (1988)	40's	Los Angeles
	Hollywood Nocturnes (1998)	47-59	Los Angeles

Engleton, Clive	Operation Sovereign (1998)	40's	Hong Kong
	Skorzeny Project (1998)	1944	At Sea

Estleman, Loren	Jitterbug (1998)	WWII	Detroit
	Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000)	1940-1950's	Detroit

Faherty, Terence	Kill Me Again (1996)	1947	Hollywood

Faulks, Sebastian	Birdsong (1993)	WWII	Europe
	Charlotte Gray (1999)	WWII	Germany

Finley, Timothy	Famous Last Words (1981)	1940's	Austria

Fowler, Christopher	Full Dark House (2004)	1940	London

Francis, Clare	Homeland (2003)	1946	England
	Nightsky (1999)	WWII	France

Frayn, Michael	Spies (2003)	1940's	London

Frei, Pierre	Berlin (2006)	1945	Berlin

Fullerton, Alexander	In At The Kill (1999)	40's	Germany
	Single to Paris (2003)	1940's	England

Furst, Alan	Blood of Victory (2002)	1940	Mediterrean
	Dark Voyage (2004)	1944	Hungary
	Caribbean Account (1981)	1940's	USA
	Kingdom of Shadows (2001)	1944	Hungary
	Night Soldiers (1988)	40's	Europe
	Paris Drop (1980)	40's	Europe
	Prince of Shadows	1944	Hungary
	Red Gold (1998)	1941	Paris
	World At Night (1998)	1940	Paris

Gabbay, Tom	Lisbon Crossing (2007)	1940	Spain

Gaines, Ernest	A Lesson Before Dying	1940's	Lousiana

Gardner, John	Angels Dining at the Ritz (2004)	1942	London
	Bottle Spider (2002)	WWII	England
	No Human Enemy (2007)	WWII	England
	Streets of Town (2003)	1941	London
	Troubled Midnight (2005)	1943	London

Giardnina, Denise	Saints and Villains (1998)	WWII	Germany

Glatzer, Hal	The Last Full Measure (2006)	1941	At Sea
	Too Dead to Swing (2000)	1940's	USA

Goddard, Robert	Beyond Recall (1997)	1940's	England

Goldsborough, Robert	Shadow of the Bomb (2006)	1941	Chicago

Gott, Robert	A Thing of Blood (2007)	1940's	Austrialia

Greeley, Andrew	Summer at the Lake (1997)	1948/1978	Chicago

Grey, Patricia	Balaclava Row (1995)	40's	England
	Good Hope Station (1998)	1940	England
	Junction Cut (1994)	?	England

Hagan, Patricia	Cry Me a River (2003)	1940's	Alabama

Haig, Kathryn	Apple Blossom Time (1998)	1918/1940	Egypt

Haines, Carolyn	Fever Moon (2007)	1944	New Iberia

Haines, Kathryn	War Against Miss Winter (2007)	1940's	New York
	Winter of Her Discontent (2008)	1940's	New York

Hamilton, Denise	The Last Embrace (2008)	1949	Los Angeles

Hansen, Rom	Hitler's Niece (1999)	WWII	Germany

Harris, Robert	Enigma (1995)	1940's	England

Hart, Carolyn G.	Escape From Paris (1982)	40's	France
	Letter From Home (2003)	1944	Oklahoma

Harvey, Caroline	Brass Dolphin (2000)	WWII	Malta

Hayden, G. Miki	Pacific Empire (1998)	1939-2003	Japan

Hayes, J.M.	Grey Pilgrim (2000)	1940	Tuscon, AZ

Head, Matthew	Cabinda Affair (2007)	1940's	Africa
	Devil in the Bush (2006)	1940's	Africa

Heffernan, William	Time Gone By (2003)	1945	New York

Hennessey, Michael	Betrayer (2004)	1941	Charleston

Hickman, Homer	The Ambassador's Son (2006)	1943	Solomon Islands
	Keeper's Son (2003)	1941	South Carolina

Higgins, Jack	Eagle Has Landed (1975)	1943	Germany
	Cold Harbor (1993)	40's
	Eagle Has Flown (1991)	40's
	Flight of Eagles (1998)	40's	Germany/US

Holmes, Rupert	Swing (2005)	1940's	USA

Hunter, Stephen	Hot Springs (2000)	1946	Arkansas

Hyde, Anthony	Gathering of Saints (1996)	1940	London

Hyde, Christopher	House of Special Purpose (2004)	1941	USA

Ironside, Elizabeth	A Good Death (2000)	WWII	France

Janes, J. Robert	Alice Factor (1991)	WWII	France
	Beekeeper (2001)	1943	France
	Carousel (1993)	WWII	France
	Gypsy (1998)	1943	France
	Dollmaker (1995)	1943	France
	Fly Killer (2002)	1945	Paris
	Kaleidoscope (1993)	1942	France
	Madrigal (1999)	WWII	France
	Mannequin (1994)	1942	France
	Mirage (1992)	WWII	France
	Salamander (1994)	40's	France
	Sandman (1997)	1943	Paris
	Stonekiller (1995)	1942	Paris

Jefferson, M.T.	Decorated for Murder (2002)	1942	Pennsylvania
	In the Mood for Murder (2000)	1942	Pennsylvania
	Victory Dance Murder (1999)	1942	Pennsylvania

John, Cathie	In the Name of the Father (2003)	1946	Kentucky
	Little Mexico (2000)	?	?

Kaminsky, Stuart	Bullet for a Star (1977)	1940	Los Angeles
	Buried Caesars (1989)	1942	Los Angeles
	Catch a Falling Clown (1981)	1942	Los Angeles
	Dancing in the Dark (1996)
	Devil Met a Lady (1993)
	Dig Deep For Murder (2002)	1940's	England
	Down for the Count (1985)	1942	Los Angeles
	Fala Factor (1985)	1942	Los Angeles
	Fatal Glass of Beer (1997)
	Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001)	1943	Los Angeles
	He Done Her Wrong (1983)	1942	Los Angeles
	High Midnight (1984)	1942	Los Angeles
	Howard Hughes Affair (1980)	1942	Los Angeles
	Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986)	1942	Los Angeles
	Melting Clock (1991)
	Mildred Pierced (2002)	1944	Los Angeles
	Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978)	1940	Los Angeles
	Never Cross a Vampire (1980)	1942	Los Angeles
	Now You See It (2004)	1944	Los Angeles
	Poor Butterfly (1990)	1942	San Francisco
	Smart Moves (1987)	1942	New York
	Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1987)	1942
	To Catch A Spy (2002)	1943	Los Angeles
	Tomorrow is Another Day (1995)
	You Bet Your Life (1978)	1940	Chicago

Kanon, Joseph	Alibi (2005)	1946	Venice
	Good German, The (2001)	1945	Berlin
	Los Alamos (1997)	1940's	New Mexico

Katzenbach, John	Hart's War (1999)	WWII	POW Camp

Kelleher, Brian	Iron Star (2001)	WWII	Berlin

Kelzer, Greg	Longest Night (2004)	1943	Germany
	Midnight Plague (2006)	1943	England

Keneally, Thomas	Office of Innocence (2003)	1942	Sydney

Kerr, Phillip	German Requiem (1991)	1947	Berlin
	Hitler's Peace (2006)	1943	Teheran
	The One From the Other (2006)	1949	Berlin
	Quiet Flame (2008)	1949	Germany

Kessler, Leo	Battle for Hitler's Eagle Nest (2000)	1945	Germany
	Blackout Murders (2004)	1942	London
	Great Escape (2002)	1944	England

Kingsbury, Kate	Berried Alive (2004)	1942	England
	Bicycle Built for Murder (2001)	1942	England
	Death in the Air (2001)	1940's	England
	Fire When Ready (2004)	1940's	England
	For Whom Death Tolls (2002)	1940's	England
	Paint By Murder (2003)	1940's	England
	An Unmentionable Murder (2006)	1940's	England
	Wedding Rows (2006)	1942	England

Kirst, Hans Helmutt	Damned By Success (1973)	1940's	Germany
	Everything Has Its Place (1976)	1940's	Germany
	Hero in the Tower (1972)	1940's	Germany
	Night of the Generals (1963)	1940's	Germany
	Time for Truth (1974)	1940's	Germany
	Twentieth of July (1966)	1940's	Germany

Kohout, Pavel	Widow Killer (1998)	WWII	Prague

Kreizer, Gerg	Longest Night (2004)	1940's	Germanu

Kuhlken, Ken	Angel Gang	1949	Lake Tahoe
	Loud Adios	1943	Tijuana
	Venus Deal	1940's	San Diego

1940's L-Z