| CHIEFINSPECTOR | Title for Armand Gamache, the main character in Canadian author Louise Penny's mystery novels series: 2 wds. |
| ERDRICH | The Round House and Love Medicine author Louise |
| GAMACHE | Chief Inspector Armand ___ (Central character in Louise Penny's Quebec-set mystery novels) |
| FICTIONALDETECTIVES | Sherlock Holmes in British literature ...and Armand Gamache in Canadian literature |
| NATHANIELPARKER | British actor who played chief Inspector Armand Gamache in "Still life: A Three Pines Mystery", a 20 |
| OZMAOFOZ | Third of the 14 novels in the Oz novels series by US author Frank L. Baum, published in 1907 (4,2,2) |
| MANTICORE | Second novel (published in 1972) in Canadian author Robertson Davies' series The Deptford Trilogy, The ___ |
| PENNY | Novelist Louise who created the fictional police inspector Armand Gamache |
| SHONEVAL | Fictional Ontario town in Canadian author Jane Urquhart's 2001 novel The Stone Carvers which culminates with the sculpting of the Vimy Memorial in France |
| ORPHEUS | The Lyre of ___ (1988 novel in Canadian writer Robertson Davies' book series The Cornish Trilogy) |
| STOUT | Rex ___, author of mystery novels The Broken Vase and The Hand in the Glove (5) |
| DEPTFORD | The ___ Trilogy (Canadian author Robertson Davies' novels series) |
| HANA | Nurse in Canadian author Michael Ondaatje's acclaimed 1992 novel The English Patient |
| WAVERLEY | ___ Novels, series of historical novels by Walter Scott published between 1814 and 1832 (8) |
| PATEL | Pi ___ (Protagonist in Canadian author Yann Martel's bestseller Life of Pi) |
| BENGALTIGER | 'Richard Parker' in Canadian author Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi: 2 wds. |
| ENID | Nurse in Canadian writer Alice Munro's short story The Love of a Good Woman |
| ISLAND | The.... of Adventure; first in a series of mystery novels by Enid Blyton (6) |
| LAWRENCEBLOCK | Creator of the Matthew Scudder mystery novel series: 2 wds. |
| ROBERTBPARKER | Creator of the Spenser mystery novel series: 3 wds. |
