| CLEEVES | Ann, English author who wrote the Shetland crime novels featuring Detective Jimmy Perez (7) |
| EVANS | Mary Ann, English author who published under the pen name George Eliot (5) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey ___, author of crime novels featuring detective Mike Hammer |
| MYSTERY | 'The --', 1929 novel featuring detective Ellery Queen (7) |
| PEREZ | Nipper Ezra embracing police detective Jimmy in Shetland (5) |
| PATRICIA | Writer of crime novels featuring medical examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta, ... Cornwell |
| ROMANHAT | A'The --', 1929 novel featuring detective Ellery Queen (5,3) |
| TODD | Ann -, English actress who played the title role in 1950 film drama Madeleine (4) |
| ELEANOR | English author who wrote the words to the hymn Morning Has Broken, _ Farjeon (7) |
| PEACOCK | Thomas, English author who wrote the satirical novella Nightmare Abbey (7) |
| AAMILNE | English author who wrote a story about Canada's most famous bear, _._. ___ (b.1882 d.1956) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| SIMENON | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| LARSSON | Stieg ---, Swedish author of the Millennium trilogy of novels, featuring Lisbeth Salander (7) |
| LATIMER | Jonathan --, author of a series of novels featuring private eye William Crane (7) |
| RENDELL | English author who created Chief Inspector Wexford (7) |
| GOTHICS | Novels featuring ingenues in spooky settings |
| NEILGAIMAN | English author who wrote The Sandman series of graphic novels (4,6) |
| GAIMAN | Neil, English author who wrote the 2008 young adult novel The Graveyard Book (6) |
| ANNCLEEVES | Which crime writer wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn series, all of which have been adapted to TV programs as Vera (from 2011), Shetland (from 2013) and The Long Call (2021)? (3,7) |
