Authors and books mentioned in
White Elephant Dead
Susan Wittig Albert
Margery Allingham The Black Dudley Murders
H. C. Bailey Reggie Fortune series
Linda Barnes Carlotta Carlyle series
Nevada Barr Ill Wind
Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz
E. C. Bentley
Earl Derr Biggers Charlie Chan novels
Clair Blank Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt
Clair Blank Beverly Gray’s Career
Lawrence Block
Anthony Boucher Fergus O’Breen series
Pamela Branch Murder’s Little Sister
Lillian Jackson Braun The Cat Who… series
John Buchan The Runagates Club
Dorothy Cannell The Thin Woman
Raymond Chandler
Torrey Chanslor Amanda & Lutie Beagle series
Agatha Christie Harley Quin stories
Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot novels
Agatha Christie Miss Marple novels
Agatha Christie N or M
Mary Higgins Clark
Lisa Cody Anna Lee series
Manning Coles Tommy Hambledon series
Susan Conant Holly Winter series
Camilla Crespi
Edmund Crispin Gervase Fen series
Amanda Cross Kate Fansler series
Mary Daheim Bed and Breakfast series
Barbara D’Amato Suze Figueroa series
Jeanne Dams
Diane Mott Davidson
Janet Dawson Jeri Howard series
Jo Dereske Miss Zucas and the Library Murders
Franklin W. Dixon Hardy Boys series
Hildegarde Dolson To Spite Her Face
Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories
Theodora Dubois Death Tears a Comic Strip
Susan Dunlap Jill Smith series
Selma Eichler Desiree Shapiro series
James Ellroy
Loren Estleman Murder City Blue
Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series
Ian Fleming James Bond novels
G. M. Ford
Leslie Ford Colonel Primrose series
Erle Stanley Gardner Perry Mason novels
Theodor Seuss Geisel Dr. Seuss books
Anne George Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
Jacqueline Girdner Kate Jasper series
Paula Gosling
Robert Greer Death of a Rodeo Rogue
John Grisham
Jean Hager Iris House series
Brett Halliday Mike Shayne series
Dashiell Hammett The Glass Key
Dashiell Hammett The Thin Man
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Killing Time
Gar Anthony Haywood Going Nowhere Fast
Joan Hess Arly Hanks series
Patricia Highsmith The Blunderer
Tony Hillerman The Blessing Way
Selwyn Jepson Eve Gill series
M. M. Kaye Murder in Zanzibar
Carolyn Keene The Secret of the Old Clock
Joseph Kesselring Arsenic and Old Lace
Rochelle Krich Fertile Ground
Margaret Lawrence Hearts and Bones
Gypsy Rose Lee (Ghost written by Craig Rice) The G-String Murders
Laura Lippman
Constance & Gwenyth Little
Frances & Richard Lockridge Mr. and Mrs. North series
Robert Ludlum
Ed McBain 87th Precinct series
John D. MacDonald
Alistair MacLean Night Without End
Herman Cyril McNeile Bulldog Drummond series
Margaret Maron Bootlegger’s Daughter
John P. Marquand Mr. Moto series
Ngaio Marsh Death of a Fool
Archer Mayor Bellows Falls
Margaret Millar Beast in View
John Mortimer Rumpole of the Bailey series
Harvey O’Higgins John Duff series
D. B. Olsen Cat’s Claw
Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Belfry
Sara Paretsky V. I. Warshawski series
Anne Perry The Cater Street Hangman
Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody series
Nancy Pickard
Edgar Allan Poe “A Descent into the Maelstrom”
Joyce Porter Inspector Dover series
Monica Quill Sister Emptee Demsey series
E. Radford & M. A. Radford Death Takes the Wheel
Craig Rice Bingo and Handsome series
Mary Roberts Rinehart The Red Lamp
Gillian Roberts Caught Dead in Philadelphia
Lisa Saxton Caught in a Rundown
Margaret Scherf
Sarah Shankman Sam Adams series
Barbara Burnett Smith
Evelyn E. Smith Miss Susan Melville series
Julie Smith Rebecca Schwartz series
Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer series
Dana Stabenow Kate Shugak series
George Edward Stanley
Daniel Stashower The Houdini Specter
Rex Stout Trouble in Triplicate
John Stephen Strange The Clue of the Second Murder
Alice Tilton
(Pseudonym for Phoebe Atwood Taylor) Leonidas Witherall series
Gertrude Chandler Warner The Boxcar mystery series
Patricia Wentworth Grey Mask
Barbara Jaye Wilson Brenda Midnight series
Valerie Wolzien Murder at the PTA Luncheon
Steven Womack
Israel Zangwill
Sharon Zukowski