| CONNELLY | Michael, U.S. author of detective novels featuring Harry Bosch (8) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| SIMENON | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| STEPPENWOLF | 1927 novel featuring Harry Haller |
| LAPD | The employer of, amongst others, Harry Bosch and Kate Lockley? (1,1,1,1) |
| PARETSKY | Sara -, author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision (8) |
| SINCLAIR | Upton, U.S. author of 1906 novel The Jungle (8) |
| MEGCABOT | U.S. author of The Princess Diaries (3,5) |
| CORNWELL | Patricia -; author of a series of novels featuring Dr Kay Scarpetta including Postmortem, Body of Evidence and All That Remains (8) |
| FORESTER | C S -, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower (8) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey ___, author of novels featuring Mike Hammer (8) |
| NGAIO | First name of the author of detective novels including Surfeit of Lampreys and Clutch of Constables (5) |
| DAYLEWIS | UK poet laureate from 1968-1972 who wrote the Nigel Strangeways series of detective novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake (3-5) |
| PATRICIA | Writer of crime novels featuring medical examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta, ... Cornwell |
| RAYMONDCHANDLER | US author of detective novels (7,8) |
| SARAPARETSKY | Author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision (4,8) |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery ?, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) |
| CHRISTIE | *Master of detective novel |
| EFBENSON | British writer noted for a series of comic novels featuring the characters Mapp and Lucia (1,1,6) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
