In an unusual twist for the time, her mysteries featured female heroines.

Well received by critics as an old-fashioned mystery featuring an unforgettable protagonist, the novel has won multiple awards and is the first in a proposed 6-book series.

Right now, mysteries are featuring a wild variety of occupations, from cab driver to small-time thief to spunky private eye to irrepressible cat lover.

Tami Hoag's new mystery, which enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 11 this week, features a cameo from her real-life horse.

Death of a God is her fourth mystery featuring Detective-Inspector Ben Jurnet.

The September Society, Finch's second historical mystery featuring the Charles Lenox character, was published in 2008.

It is the last of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist.

With Leo Bruce, who wrote 22 mysteries featuring a frightfully arch schoolmaster named Carolus Deene, the trick is more a matter of style.

He slogged away on the mystery-writing circuit for years, writing seven mysteries featuring Myron Bolitar, a New Jersey sports agent and sleuth.

He is known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway.