Novels

Agatha Christie---the greatest mystery and suspense writer of the 20th Century
Agatha Christie's "Other" Novels​
​Agatha Christie: Beyond the Puzzle
​Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library, I
​Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library, II
​Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library, III
Children of Miss Marple, Amateur Sleuths

Bill Crider---author and scholar of the mystery genre.​
​Bill Crider's College-Professor Sleuth
Mississippi Vivian by Bill Crider.
Booked for a Hanging by Bill Crider

Patricia Highsmith---startlingly original suspense novels
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith and Jim Thompson.
​Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith.
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Stephen King---America's master storyteller
​Did Stephen King take a lesson from Bram Stoker?
On Writing by Stephen King.
​The Outsider by Stephen King
Joyland by Stephen King. Lessons from a master.​
​Elevation by Stephen King

Joe R. Lansdale---Texas noir
The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale​
Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale

Jim Thompson---the greatest of the paperback original authors
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Patricia Highsmith and Jim Thompson.
The Kill-Off by Jim Thompson.
​After Dark My Sweet by Jim Thompson
​Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
How Jim Thompson Learned Crime-Writing
​How Writers Used to Get Started.
​Jim Thompson's Biography
​Thompson's Colleagues
​Texas by the Tail by Jim Thompson

​Charles Williams---most under-appreciated paperback original author.
Nothing in Her Way by Charles Williams
​NIHW & River Girl by Charles Williams
​A Touch of Death by Charles Williams
​Dead Calm by Charles Williams
The Hot Spot by Charles Williams
​The Concrete Flamingo by Charles Williams
​Aground by Charles Williams

Cornell Woolrich---the founder of noir.
Short Stories by Cornell Woolrich
Penguin's Cornell Woolrich omnibus
Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich
No Man of Her Own (1950)
​Mississippi Mermaid by Francois Truffaut

Miscellaneous Authors (most recent blog post first)
Oblivion by Peter Abrahams
​Out of the Black by John Rector
​Twisted City by Jason Starr
​The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
​A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
​The Snatch by Bill Pronzini
Dangerous Habits by Susan Hunter
​I Want You Gone by Miranda Rijks
​Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
​Inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper
The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson
​The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
​The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
The Burglar by Thomas Perry
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki by Haruki Murakami
Samuel Fuller, writer, soldier, filmmaker
​Hammett's Digressions
​Books to Die For