Rules:
- One book per series/sleuth (series name in parentheses);
- No more than 3 books by the same author from different series;
- Books that are broadly encompassed under the crime, mystery, espionage, thriller or suspense categories qualify;
- Rereads okay.
1920’s
1930’s
- 1930: The Longer Bodies by Gladys Mitchell (Mrs. Bradley #3)
- 1932: The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon (Inspector Maigret #16)
- 1933: Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley (Roger Sheringham #9)
- 1939: Death in the Forest by Moray Dalton (Hugh Collier #1)
1940’s
- 1940: The Case of the Baited Hook by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason #16)
- 1941: Such Bright Disguises by Brian Flynn (Anthony Bathurst #27)
- 1943: Murder’s a Swine by Nap Lombard
- 1946: Murder within Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge (Mr. & Mrs. North #10)
- 1947: Who Killed Dick Whittington by E. & M.A. Radford (Dr. Manson #6); In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
1950’s
- 1950: Through the Wall by Patricia Wentworth (Miss Silver #18)
- 1955: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
- 1957: A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes (Harlem Cycle #1)
1960’s
- 1960: The Heckler by Ed McBain (87th Precinct #12)
- 1967: The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sowall and Per Wahloo (Martin Beck #3)
1970’s
- 1970: Death in the Grand Manor by Anne Morice (Tessa Crichton #1)
- 1971: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
- 1973: Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
1980’s
- 1985: Close Her Eyes by Dorothy Simpson (Inspector Luke Thanet #4)
- 1986: Trial by Fury by J.A. Jance (J.P. Beaumont #3)
1990’s
- 1992: Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon (Commissario Guido Brunetti #1)
- 1993: Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley #6)
2000’s
- 2004: Lost Light by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #9, Harry Bosch Universe #13)
- 2005: The Lighthouse by P.D. James (Adam Dalgliesh #13)
2010’s
- 2016: When the Music’s Over by Peter Robinson (Inspector Banks #23)
- 2019: Ice Cold Heart by P.J. Tracy (Monkeewrench #10)