Crime By Country - United States

As you will see, I love classic US based crime fiction (court room dramas, detective fiction). I have a vast collection of books and kindle books, and many collections have been picked up at bargain prices at various book sales. Not all book series are complete.

For this page, and as this is a list based on geographical setting, the majority of stories take place in the United States or are predominantly based there. As such, some books in a series will find themselves dispersed and separated as their locale dictates.

James M Cain - The Postman Always Rings Twice
William Mann - Tinseltown
Megan Abbott - Die a Little 

Steven Bochco - Death by Hollywood

Susie Bright - Santa Cruz Noir
Hugh Greene - American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Ernest K Gann - Of Good & Evil
Desmond Cory - High Requiem (Johnny Fedora #6)
John Berendt - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Hart Hanson - The Driver
Bradley Spinelli - The Painted Gun
Christopher Moore - Noir
Eve Goldberg - Hollywood Hang Ten
Aidan Truhen - The Price You Pay

Jack Fredrickson - Tagged For Murder

AJ Finn - The Woman in the Window
Terry James - Heir Apparent
Raymond Benson - Blues In The Dark
Michael J Milford - The Downfall of Raymond Rainbow
Loren D Estleman - Indigo: A Valentino Mystery
Tony Piazza - Murder Will Out
John Matthews - Letters from a Murderer
David Putnam - The Heartless (Bruno Johnson #7)
Peter Swanson - Eight perfect Murders
Chris McGeorge - Guess Who
Scott J Holliday - Punishment
Fred Van Lente - Ten Dead Comedians
Clarissa Watson - The Fourth Stage of Gainsborough Brown
Jason Ridler - Hex-Rated: A Brimstone Files Novel
Greer Macallister - The Magician's Lie
Eric Brown - Murder Take Three (Langham and Dupré Mystery #4)
Reinaldo DelValle - The Valentine Circle (A Silas de San Michel Mystery #1)
SL Ellis - Lane Changes (PI Cassie Cruise #1)
Joseph Kesselring - Arsenic and Old Lace
Elizabeth Hill - Killing The Girl
Shawn Reilly Simmons - Murder on a Silver Platter
William Florence - Melia Ridge: A Max Blake Mystery
Becky Clark - Fiction Can Be Murder (Mystery Writer's Mystery #1)
W.R. Burnett - The Asphalt Jungle
Philip Elliott - Nobody Move (Angel City #1)
Diane Vallere - The Pajama Frame (A Madison Night Mystery Book 5)
Connie Chappell - Deadly Homecoming at Rosemont (Wrenn Grayson Mystery #1)
Elizabeth Perona - Murder at the Male Revue (A Bucket List Mystery #3)
Wendy Tyson - Seeds of Revenge (Greenhouse Mystery #3)
Deb Richardson-Moore - The Cover Story (Branigan Powers Mystery #2)
Nancy J. Parra - A Case of Syrah, Syrah (A Wine Country Mystery #1)
Susan M Boyer - Lowcountry Bonfire (Liz Talbot Mystery #6)

James Ellroy -

The Big Nowhere 
The Black Dahlia


Raymond Chandler -

The Big Sleep 

Farewell My Lovely
Killer in the Rain
The Lady In The Lake
The High Window
The Long Goodbye


Dashiell Hammett - 

The Maltese Falcon 

The Thin Man 

Steve Cavanagh -

Thirteen

Twisted

Jeff Johnson -
Lucky Supreme (Darby Holland)

A Long Crazy Burn (Darby Holland)

The Animals After Midnight (Darby Holland)


Nadine Nettmann -
Decanting a Murder 

Uncorking A Lie 


Jerusha Jones

Rock Bottom (Imogene Museum Mystery #1) 
Doubled Up (Imogene Museum Mystery #2)
Sight Shot (Imogene Museum Mystery #3)
Tin Foil (Imogene Museum Mystery, #4)
Faux Reel (Imogene Museum Mystery #5)
Shift Burn (Imogene Museum Mystery #6)

Patricia Cornwall -
Body of Evidence 

Scarpetta 

Gypsy Rose Lee - 
The G String Murders 
Mother Finds A Body


Rob Leininger -
Gumshoe 
Gumshoe For Two 
Gumshow on the Loose 
Gumshoe Rock


Gerard O'Donovan - 
The Long Silence 
The Doom List 


Larry Millett -
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota #3)
Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma (Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota #6)


Carrie Doyle -
Death on Windmill Way (Hamptons Murder Mysteries #1)
Death on Lily Pond Lane (Hamptons Murder Mysteries #2)
Death on West End Road (Hamptons Murder Mysteries, #3)
Death on Bull Path (Hamptons Murder Mysteries #4)

SS Van Dine -
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 1-The Benson Murder Case & the 'Canary' Murder Case
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 2 The Greene Murder Case & The Bishop Murder Case
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 3 The Scarab Murder Case & The Kennel Murder Case
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 4 The Dragon Murder Case & The Casino Murder Case
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 5-The Garden Murder Case & the Kidnap Murder Case
The Philo Vance Murder Cases: 6-The Gracie Allen Murder Case & the Winter Murder Case

Sara Paretsky - 

Indemnity Only (VI Warshawski #1)
Deadlock (VI Warshawski #2)
Killing Orders (VI Warshawski #3)
Bitter Medicine (VI Warshawski #4)
Blood Shot (VI Warshawski #5)
Burn Marks (VI Warshawski #6)
Guardian Angel (VI Warshawski #7)
Tunnel Vision (VI Warshawski #8)


Sue Grafton -
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Milhone)
B is for Burglar
C is for Corpse
D is for Deadbeat
E is for Evidence
F is for Fugitive
G is for Gumshoe
H is for Homicide
M is for Malice

Ellery Queen -
The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1) 

The Chinese Orange Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #8)
The Devil to Pay (Ellery Queen Detective, #13)

Double, Double (Ellery Queen Detective, #21)
The Scarlet Letters (Ellery Queen Detective, #24)
Inspector Queen's Own Case (Ellery Queen Detective, #25)
Cop Out (Ellery Queen Detective, #34)
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen

Erle Stanley Gardner - 
The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason)
The Case of the Buried Clock
The Case of the Gilded Lily
The Case of the Daring Decoy
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
The Case of the Lucky Loser
The Case of the Calendar Girl
The Case of the Deadly Toy
The Case of the Mischievous Doll

The Case of the Amorous Aunt
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
The Case of the Postponed Murder

Scott Turow

Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller #1)
The Burden of Proof (Kindle County Legal Thriller #2)
Pleading Guilty (Kindle County Legal Thriller #3)
The Laws Of Our Fathers (Kindle County Legal Thriller #4)
Personal Injuries (Kindle County Legal Thriller #5)
Reversible Errors (Kindle County Legal Thriller #6)
Limitations (Kindle County Legal Thriller #7)
Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller #8)
Identical (Kindle County Legal Thriller #9)
Testimony (Kindle County Legal Thriller #10)
The Last Trial (Kindle County Legal Thriller #11)
Guilty as Charged

Robert Goldsborough - 

Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #8)
Archie in the Crosshairs (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #10)

Rex Stout - 

The League of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe, #2)
Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe, #5)
Where There's a Will (Nero Wolfe, #8)
Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, #9)
Not Quite Dead Enough (Nero Wolfe, #10)
Too Many Women (Nero Wolfe, #12)
Curtains for Three (Nero Wolfe, #18)
Murder by the Book (Nero Wolfe, #19)
Three Witnesses (Nero Wolfe, #26)
If Death Ever Slept (Nero Wolfe, #29)
Too Many Clients (Nero Wolfe, #34)
Death of a Doxy (Nero Wolfe, #42)
Death Times Three (Nero Wolfe, #47)

A Nero Wolfe Mystery: Bitter End
Invitation to Murder
A Nero Wolfe Mystery: Disguise for Murder
Frame-Up for Murder
A Nero Wolfe Mystery: Cordially Invited to Meet Death

The First Rex Stout Omnibus: Featuring Nero Wolfe And Archie Goodwin: " The Doorbell Rang " , " The Second Confession " And " More Deaths Than One "

Mickey Spillane -

Vengeance is Mine (Mike Hammer, #3)
One Lonely Night (Mike Hammer #4)
Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6)