Authors and books mentioned in
Deadly Valentine
Mary Jo Adamson
- Balthazar Marten series
Gary Alexander
- Pigeon Blood
- Unfunny Monkey
Eric Ambler
- The Light of Day
Cleveland Amory
- Cleveland Amory’s Compleat Cat
Evelyn Anthony
- Tamarind Seed
Marion Babson
- The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
Joan Banks
- Death Claim
Oliver Banks
- The Rembrandt Panel
Mary Lou Bennett
- Murder Once Done
Nicholas Blake
- The Corpse in the Snowman
J. S. Borthwick
- The Down East Murders
Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Eyre
Ray B. Browne
- The Spirit of Australia
James M. Cain
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
Dorothy Cannell
- The Widows’ Club
Raymond Chandler
- The Big Sleep
Teilhard de Chardin
Leslie Charteris
- Simon Templar, the Saint series
Elaine Raco Chase
Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées
- And Then There Were None
- Death on the Nile
- Endless Night
- Funerals Are Fatal
- A Holiday for Murder
- Miss Marple novels
- The Mousetrap
- Poirot Investigates
- The Secret Adversary
- Thirteen at Dinner
- Three Act Tragedy
- Witness for the Prosecution
Carolyn Coker
- The Other David
Wilkie Collins
- The Moonstone
Richard Connell
- The Most Dangerous Game
Noel Coward
Freeman Wills Crofts
Franklin W. Dixon
- Footprints under the Window
Arthur Conan Doyle
- Sherlock Holmes stories
Daphne du Maurier
- Jamaica Inn
Wayne Dundee
- The Burning Season
Susan Dunlap
- Pious Deception
Robert Eversz
- The Bottom Is Murder
Ian Fleming
- Goldfinger
Brian Flynn
- The Murders Near Mapleton
Leslie Ford
- Trial by Ambush
Frederick Forsyth
- The Day of the Jackal
Dick Francis
Nicholas Freeling
- Henri Castang series
R. Austin Freeman
- Dr. John Thorndyke series
Erle Stanley Gardner
- Perry Mason novels
Elizabeth George
- A Great Deliverance
Dorothy Gilman
- Mrs. Polifax series
C. W. Grafton
- Gil Henry series
Sue Grafton
- The Lolly-Madonna War
Chick Graham
- The Man With My Face
Philip Guedalia
Dashiell Hammett
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Thin Man
- “Woman in the Dark”
Cyril Hare
- Inspector Mallet series
M. Doriel Hay
- The Santa Klaus Murder
Jeremiah F. Healy
- John Francis Cuddy stories
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
(writing as Amanda Cross)
- Kate Fansler series
Patricia Highsmith
- The Blunderer
Victoria Holt
- Mistress of Mellyn
Frederick Huebner
- Matthew Riordan series
Alan Hunter
- Chief Inspector George Gently series
Francis Iles
- Before the Fact
H. R. F. Keating
- Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
- Inspector Ghote series
Joseph Kesselring
- Arsenic and Old Lace
Stephen King
C. H. B. Kitchin
- Crime at Christmas
Lynne Langley
- Nature Watch in the Carolina Lowcountry
Jane Langton
- Homer Kelly series
Emma Lathan
- Murder Against the Grain
John le Carré
Maurice LeBlanc
- Arsene Lupin stories
Frances and Richard Lockridge
- The Norths Meet Murder
Peter Lovesey
- Wobble to Death
Ed McBain
- 87th Precinct series
Helen McCloy
- The Deadly Truth
James McClure
- The Gooseberry Fool
Gregory McDonald
- Confess
- Fletch
John D. MacDonald
- Travis McGee stories
Ross Macdonald
- Lew Archer series
Ralph McInerny
(writing as Monica Quill)
- And There Were Nun
Ralph McInerny
- Death of Cold
Charlotte MacLeod
- Bilbao Looking Glass
- Convivial Codfish
Margaret Maron
- Lieutenant Sigrid Harald series
John P. Marquand
- Mr. Moto series
Ngaio Marsh
- Tied Up in Tinsel
Archer Mayor
- Open Season
D. R. Meredith
- Murder by Impulse
- The Sheriff and the Branding Iron
Margaret Mitchell
- Gone with the Wind
Anne Morice
- Tessa Crichton series
Marcia Muller
- Sharon McCone series
Haughton Murphy
- Reuben Frost series
Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson
- Silk Stalkings
Frederick Nolan
- Brass Target
Susan Oleksiw
- A Reader’s Guide to Classic British Mysteries
E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Great Impersonation
Emmuska Orczy
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fulton Oursler
(writing as Anthony Abbott)
- About the Murder of the Clergyman’s Witness
Fulton Oursler
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
Elliot Paul
- Mayhem in B-Flat
- The Mysterious Mickey Finn
Keith Peterson
- John Wells series
Joyce Porter
- Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover series
Clayton Rawson
- Footprints on the Ceiling
Helen Reilly
- Christopher McKee series
Herbert Resnicow
- The Gold Frame
Michael Rhineheart
- The Last Private Eye
John Rhode
- Dr. Lancelot Priestly series
Craig Rice
- Home Sweet Homicide
- John J. Malone series
Gillian Roberts
- Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Sax Rohmer
- Dr. Fu Manchu novels
Dorothy L. Sayers
- Have His Carcase
- Murder Must Advertise
William Shakespeare
- Romeo and Juliet
Georges Simenon
- Maigret’s Boyhood Friend
- The Methods of Maigret
Evelyn E. Smith
- Miss Melville Regrets
Mickey Spillane
- Mike Hammer series
J. I. M. Stewart
- Myself and Michael Innes
Bram Stoker
- Dracula
David Stout
- Carolina Skeletons
Rex Stout
- Nero Wolfe novels
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Asey Mayo series
- Dead Ernest
Ross Thomas
- The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
Jim Thompson
- Cropper’s Cabin
Arthur Upfield
- The Barrakee Mystery
Janwillem Van de Wetering
- The Corpse on the Dike
- The Mind Murders
S. S. Van Dine
- Philo Vance series
Donald Ward
- Death Takes the Stage
Clarissa Watson
- The Fourth Stage of Gainsborough Brown
Patricia Wentworth
- The Ivory Dagger
Charles Willeford
- The Woman Chaser
Clifford Witting
- Catt Out of the Bag
Dornford Yates
- Blind Corner
- Balthazar Marten series
Gary Alexander
- Pigeon Blood
- Unfunny Monkey
Eric Ambler
- The Light of Day
Cleveland Amory
- Cleveland Amory’s Compleat Cat
Evelyn Anthony
- Tamarind Seed
Marion Babson
- The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
Joan Banks
- Death Claim
Oliver Banks
- The Rembrandt Panel
Mary Lou Bennett
- Murder Once Done
Nicholas Blake
- The Corpse in the Snowman
J. S. Borthwick
- The Down East Murders
Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Eyre
Ray B. Browne
- The Spirit of Australia
James M. Cain
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
Dorothy Cannell
- The Widows’ Club
Raymond Chandler
- The Big Sleep
Teilhard de Chardin
Leslie Charteris
- Simon Templar, the Saint series
Elaine Raco Chase
Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées
- And Then There Were None
- Death on the Nile
- Endless Night
- Funerals Are Fatal
- A Holiday for Murder
- Miss Marple novels
- The Mousetrap
- Poirot Investigates
- The Secret Adversary
- Thirteen at Dinner
- Three Act Tragedy
- Witness for the Prosecution
Carolyn Coker
- The Other David
Wilkie Collins
- The Moonstone
Richard Connell
- The Most Dangerous Game
Noel Coward
Freeman Wills Crofts
Franklin W. Dixon
- Footprints under the Window
Arthur Conan Doyle
- Sherlock Holmes stories
Daphne du Maurier
- Jamaica Inn
Wayne Dundee
- The Burning Season
Susan Dunlap
- Pious Deception
Robert Eversz
- The Bottom Is Murder
Ian Fleming
- Goldfinger
Brian Flynn
- The Murders Near Mapleton
Leslie Ford
- Trial by Ambush
Frederick Forsyth
- The Day of the Jackal
Dick Francis
Nicholas Freeling
- Henri Castang series
R. Austin Freeman
- Dr. John Thorndyke series
Erle Stanley Gardner
- Perry Mason novels
Elizabeth George
- A Great Deliverance
Dorothy Gilman
- Mrs. Polifax series
C. W. Grafton
- Gil Henry series
Sue Grafton
- The Lolly-Madonna War
Chick Graham
- The Man With My Face
Philip Guedalia
Dashiell Hammett
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Thin Man
- “Woman in the Dark”
Cyril Hare
- Inspector Mallet series
M. Doriel Hay
- The Santa Klaus Murder
Jeremiah F. Healy
- John Francis Cuddy stories
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
(writing as Amanda Cross)
- Kate Fansler series
Patricia Highsmith
- The Blunderer
Victoria Holt
- Mistress of Mellyn
Frederick Huebner
- Matthew Riordan series
Alan Hunter
- Chief Inspector George Gently series
Francis Iles
- Before the Fact
H. R. F. Keating
- Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
- Inspector Ghote series
Joseph Kesselring
- Arsenic and Old Lace
Stephen King
C. H. B. Kitchin
- Crime at Christmas
Lynne Langley
- Nature Watch in the Carolina Lowcountry
Jane Langton
- Homer Kelly series
Emma Lathan
- Murder Against the Grain
John le Carré
Maurice LeBlanc
- Arsene Lupin stories
Frances and Richard Lockridge
- The Norths Meet Murder
Peter Lovesey
- Wobble to Death
Ed McBain
- 87th Precinct series
Helen McCloy
- The Deadly Truth
James McClure
- The Gooseberry Fool
Gregory McDonald
- Confess
- Fletch
John D. MacDonald
- Travis McGee stories
Ross Macdonald
- Lew Archer series
Ralph McInerny
(writing as Monica Quill)
- And There Were Nun
Ralph McInerny
- Death of Cold
Charlotte MacLeod
- Bilbao Looking Glass
- Convivial Codfish
Margaret Maron
- Lieutenant Sigrid Harald series
John P. Marquand
- Mr. Moto series
Ngaio Marsh
- Tied Up in Tinsel
Archer Mayor
- Open Season
D. R. Meredith
- Murder by Impulse
- The Sheriff and the Branding Iron
Margaret Mitchell
- Gone with the Wind
Anne Morice
- Tessa Crichton series
Marcia Muller
- Sharon McCone series
Haughton Murphy
- Reuben Frost series
Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson
- Silk Stalkings
Frederick Nolan
- Brass Target
Susan Oleksiw
- A Reader’s Guide to Classic British Mysteries
E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Great Impersonation
Emmuska Orczy
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fulton Oursler
(writing as Anthony Abbott)
- About the Murder of the Clergyman’s Witness
Fulton Oursler
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
Elliot Paul
- Mayhem in B-Flat
- The Mysterious Mickey Finn
Keith Peterson
- John Wells series
Joyce Porter
- Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover series
Clayton Rawson
- Footprints on the Ceiling
Helen Reilly
- Christopher McKee series
Herbert Resnicow
- The Gold Frame
Michael Rhineheart
- The Last Private Eye
John Rhode
- Dr. Lancelot Priestly series
Craig Rice
- Home Sweet Homicide
- John J. Malone series
Gillian Roberts
- Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Sax Rohmer
- Dr. Fu Manchu novels
Dorothy L. Sayers
- Have His Carcase
- Murder Must Advertise
William Shakespeare
- Romeo and Juliet
Georges Simenon
- Maigret’s Boyhood Friend
- The Methods of Maigret
Evelyn E. Smith
- Miss Melville Regrets
Mickey Spillane
- Mike Hammer series
J. I. M. Stewart
- Myself and Michael Innes
Bram Stoker
- Dracula
David Stout
- Carolina Skeletons
Rex Stout
- Nero Wolfe novels
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
- Asey Mayo series
- Dead Ernest
Ross Thomas
- The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
Jim Thompson
- Cropper’s Cabin
Arthur Upfield
- The Barrakee Mystery
Janwillem Van de Wetering
- The Corpse on the Dike
- The Mind Murders
S. S. Van Dine
- Philo Vance series
Donald Ward
- Death Takes the Stage
Clarissa Watson
- The Fourth Stage of Gainsborough Brown
Patricia Wentworth
- The Ivory Dagger
Charles Willeford
- The Woman Chaser
Clifford Witting
- Catt Out of the Bag
Dornford Yates
- Blind Corner