| AGATHACHRISTIE | British author known for her murder mystery novels: 2 wds. |
| MARTINAMIS | British author known for his 1984 novel "Money" |
| SAKI | I ask for a British writer, known for satire (4) |
| AGATHA | Christie, a writer of murder mystery novels (6) |
| WHODUNITS | Murder mystery novels |
| LAUREN | Lucy Beale's former Walford business partner ___ and a suspect in her murder (6,8) |
| FBI | Law-enforcement agcy. that led a smear campaign against the voting-rights activist Viola Liuzzo following her murder in 1965 |
| CARTLAND | Barbara - - -, prolific 20th Century author known for her romantic novels (8) |
| STEPHENKING | Author of many horror novels: 2 wds. |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, author known for her Regency romances (5) |
| SANDS | Canadian author known for her Argeneau series about vampires |
| ENID | _ Blyton, children's author known for her The Famous Five books (4) |
| CLAIRETOMALIN | Author known for her biographies of Austen, Dickens and others (6,7) |
| BOOKCLUB | Group that gets together to discuss novels: 2 wds. |
| BOOKMOBILE | Ride with novels (2 wds.) |
| SAND | George - - -, 19th Century Romantic writer, known for her 'rustic' novels (4) |
| VAL | Crime writer known for her novels featuring Dr Tony Hill (3,8) |
| NAMEOF | Murder mystery novel and Sean Connery film, The... the Rose (4,2) |
| AMIS | Martin _, author of the 1989 murder mystery novel London Fields (4) |
| CHIEFINSPECTOR | Title for Armand Gamache, the main character in Canadian author Louise Penny's mystery novels series: 2 wds. |
