Crime Thru Time Library: L

Annabel Laine Charles Dornay Earl of Moriston Early Victorian England	The Reluctant Heiress [1978] The Melancholy Virgin [1982]

Deryn Lake (aka Dinah Lampitt) John Rawlings, Apothecary and friend of Sir John Fielding, Magistrate aka The Blind Beak 18th C England Amazon Author Page	Death in a Dark Walk [1994] Death at the Beggar's Opera [1995] Death at the Devil's Tavern [1996] Death on Romney Marsh [1998] Death in the Peerless Pool [1999] Death in Apothecaries' Hall [2000] Death in the West Wind [2001] Death at St. James's Palace [2002] Death in the Valley of Shadows [2003] Death in the Setting Sun [2004] Death and the Cornish Fiddler [2006] Death in Hellfire [2007] Death and the Black Pyramid [2009] Death at the Wedding Feast [2011]

Al Lamanda (Non-Series) David Peck, sheriff Dunston Falls, ME 1959	Dunston Falls [2008]

Dewey Lambdin Matthew Livesey, a middle-aged, Scots Presbyterian ship chandler pre-Revolutionary (18thC) Cape Fear Wilmington, NC	What Lies Buried : A Novel of Old Cape Fear [2005]

Michael Langford (Non-Series) Dr Simon Weatherspoon De Vere College, Cambridge 1868	The De Vere Papers [2008]

Willoughby Lane (aka Val Andrews) Sherlock Holmes Pastiches Victorian, various locations	Sherlock Holmes and the Wood Green Empire [1985] Sherlock Holmes and the London Zoo Mystery [1987] Sherlock Holmes and the Silver Vengance [1994]

William Landay (Non-Series) Partially based on the real life Boston Strangler case The Daley brothers: thief Ricky, lawyer Michael, and bent cop Joe Boston MA 1963	The Strangler [2007]

Clare Langley-Hawthorne Ursula Marlow, heiress, Oxford graduate, aspiring journalist, and devoted suffragette, Edwardian England 1910	Consequences of Sin [2007] The Serpent and the Scorpion [2008]

Joe R. Lansdale 1 (Non-Series) Stanley Mitchell, 13-year-old kid Buster Lighthorse Smith, black drive-in projectionist and retired Indian-reservation cop Dewmont, Texas 1958	A Fine Dark Line [2002]

Joe R. Lansdale 2 (Non-Series) Harry Crane, 13-year-old kid son of the county constable, East Texas, 1933	The Bottoms [2010]

Patrick Larkin Lucius Aurelius Valens, a young Roman officer in the Sixth Legion Rome and Gallilee 19 C.E.	The Tribune [2003]

Gaylord Larsen Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie, mystery authors England 1937	Dorothy and Agatha [1990]

Jose Latour (Non-Series) Col. Orlando Grava Bureau of Investigations and gangster Meyer Lansky Cuba 1958	Havana World Series [2004]

Janet Laurence Giovanni Antonio Canal aka Canaletto Venetian landscape artist London 1740s	Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge [1997] Canaletto and the Case of the Privy Garden [1999] Canaletto and the Case of Bonnie Prince Charlie [2002]

Margaret Lawrence 1 Hannah Trevor, Midwife Post-Revolutionary Maine	Hearts and Bones [1995] Blood Red Roses [1997] The Burning Bride [1998]

Margaret Lawrence 2 Jennet Trevor Hannah Trevor's deaf daughter 1809 New York	The Iceweaver [2000]

Paul Lawrence Harry Lytle, a rogue 17th C Restoration London	The Sweet Smell of Decay [2009] A Plague of Sinners [2010]

John Lawton 1 Detective Sergeant Frederick Troy London, England 1941-1963	Black Out [1995] Old Flames [1996] A Little White Death [1998] Riptide [2001] 1st USA edition reissued as Bluffing Mr.Churchill [2004] Flesh Wounds [2005] (Uk title Blue Rondo) Second Violin [2007]

John Lawton 2 (Non-Series) Detective Turner Raines New York City USA 1969	Sweet Sunday [2002]

Steve Leadley (Short stories) Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson Victorian US & UK	Sherlock Holmes and The Circle of Blood [2009]

Suzann Ledbetter Josephine Beckworth Sawyer Private Investigator 1870s Denver Colorado	A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves [2003] A Lady Never Meddles in Murder [2004]

Jim Lehrer Non-series Harry Truman, Clark Gable, and 2 others Super Chief Train April 1956, Chicago to Los Angeles Amazon Author Page	Super

Elmore Leonard The Webster Saga Carlos Webster Deputy U.S. marshal among gangsters and gun molls 1930s-1940s Oklahoma	The Hot Kid [2005] Up in Honey’s Room [2007] Comfort to the Enemy [2009] (serialized in the NYT in 2005)

Giulio Leoni (author's website is in Italian) Anne Appel (Translator) Dante Alighieri, poet & Prior of the city of Florence Florence, Italy 1300	The Third Heaven Conspiracy [2006] (UK) (US title: The Mosaic Crimes [2007]) The Kingdom of Light [2009]

John Lescroart Auguste Lupa, chef reputed son of Sherlock Holmes 1915, France (Son) & Russia (Revenge)	Son of Holmes [1986] Rasputin's Revenge [2003]

Steven M. Leshin Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson legendary Old West lawmen 1908 Los Angeles	Vengeance of the Ripper [2009]

Simon Levack Yaotl, trusted slave to Montezuma's Chief Minister Aztec Mexico 1517 (the year Twelve-House) Amazon Author Page	A Demon of the Air [2004] Shadow of the Lords [2005] City of Spies [2006] "Law and Ordure" - a Yaotl short story available for free at the author's website. Tribute of Death [2007]

Michael Levey (Non-series) Julia, chief Vestal Virgin Rome, turn of the 1st C AD	An Affair on the Appian Way [1984]

Lee Levin Grand Vizier Eye Thebes Egypt, 1356 BC Reign of Tutankhamen (Eye's grandson)	King Tut's Private Eye [1996]

Allan Levine Sam Klein "tough guy for hire" bouncer in a brothel Winnipeg Canada 1911-1919	The Blood Libel [1997] Sins of the Suffragette [2000] The Bolshevik's Revenge [2002]

Stephen Lewis Catherine Williams, widow /midwife Massaquoit,a Pequot Indian leader Newbury, New England 17th century Colonial America	The Dumb Shall Sing [1999] The Blind in Darkness [2000] The Sea Hath Spoken [2001]

Alice Chetwynd Ley Regency Mysteries Featuring brother and sister Anthea and Justin Rutherford Regency England	A Reputation Dies [1984] A Fatal Assignation [1987] Masquerade of Vengeance [1989]

Margit Liesche Pucci Lewis, Women Airforce Service Pilot and undercover agent WW II Michigan & Hollywood CA 1940s	Lipstick and Lies [2007] Hollywood Buzz [2009]

Gillian Linscott (Aka Caro Peacock) Nell Bray, Suffragette Early 1900s - Pre WWI, England	Sister Beneath the Sheet [1991] Hanging on the Wire [1992] Stage Fright [1993] Widow's Peak [1994] (US Title: An Easy Day for a Lady) Crown Witness [1995] Dead Man's Music [1996] (US Title: Dead Man's Sweetheart) Dance on Blood [1998] Absent Friends [1999] The Perfect Daughter [2000] Dead Man Riding [2002] Blood on the Wood [2003]

Clyde Linsley Josiah Beede Retired military hero and gentleman farmer 1836 New Hampshire	Death of a Mill Girl [2002] Saving Louisa [2003] Die Like A Hero [2005]

John Lindermuth Sheriff Sylvester Tilghman Arahpot, Pensylvania, 1887 / Wild West Amazon Author Page	Fallen from Grace

David Liss 1 Benjamin Weaver, Pugilist turned private investigator London England 1719-1722	A Conspiracy of Paper [2001] A Spectacle of Corruption [2004] The Devil’s Company [2009]

David Liss 2 (Non-Series) Miguel Lienzo, Portugese Jewish commodities trader 1659 Amsterdam	The Coffee Trader [2003]

Dick Lochte Harry Trauble, advertising promotions copywriter Los Angeles, CA 1965	Croaked! [2007]

Joan Lock Sergeant Ernest Best Victorian London	Dead Image [2000] Dead Born [2001] Dead Letters [2003] Dead End [2004] Dead Fall [2005] Dead Loss [2006] Dead Centre [2008]

M. Louisa Locke Annie Fuller a young widow & clairvoyant Nate Dawson, attorney San Francisco CA 1879 Amazon Author Page	Maids of Misfortune [2009] Dandy Detects [2010] - kindle short story Uneasy Spirits [2011] the Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage [2012] - kindle short story

Martin Long Gaslight Mystery Series Wellington Cotter, retired detective and amateur astronomer Sydney, Australia 1880's	The Dark Gateway [1987] The Garden House [1989] The Music Room [1990]

Elizabeth Loupas Barbara of Austria Second wife of Duke of Ferrara Renaissance Italy, 1565 Amazon Author Page	The Second Duchess [2011]

Peter Lovesey 1 (aka Peter Lear) Richard Cribb, Police Inspector Edward Thackeray, Constable London, England's Victorian Period	Wobble to Death [1970] The Detective Wore Silk Drawers [1971] Abracadaver [1972] Mad Hatter's Holiday [1973] Invitation to a Dynamite Party [1974] (Variant Title: The Tick of Death) A Case of Spirits [1975] Swing, Swing Together [1976] Waxwork [1978]

Peter Lovesey 2 (aka Peter Lear) Albert, Prince of Wales London, England's Victorian Period	Bertie and the Tinman [1987] Bertie and the Seven Bodies [1990] Bertie and the Crime of Passion [1993]

Peter Lovesey 3 (aka Peter Lear) (Non-Series) Adulturous dentist fleeing under the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested Crippen, 1921 at sea	The False Inspector Dew [1982]

Peter Lovesey 4 (aka Peter Lear) (Non-Series) English born vaudeville actor dubbed "Keystone" by Mack Sennett Keystone Film Studios Hollywood CA 1916	Keystone: Murder Mystery at the Keystone Film Company [1984]

Peter Lovesey 5 (aka Peter Lear) Short story collection including historicals featuring Prince Bertie, Sergeant Cribb, and others	Murder on the Short List [2008]

Gary Lovisi (Short stories) Sherlock Holmes Switzerland and USA late 19th C - early 20th C	The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes [2009]

Marianne Luban Levi, enslaved Canaanite turned personal barber to Pharaoh Thutmose III Egypt circa 1450 BCE	The Pharaoh's Barber [2008]

Carlo Lucarelli (Translated by Michael Reynolds) website is in Italian De Luca Trilogy Commissario De Luca Milan 1945-46	Carte Blanche [1990/2006 in English] The Damned Season [2007] Via Delle Oche [2008]

John Luck, M.D. (Aka John Raffensperger M.D.) (Non-Series) Dr. Tom Slocum Surgeon and Korean war veteran Chicago IL 1950s	Diamonds of Death [2008]

Jerry Ludwig (Non-Series) Reva Hess, autograph hound Hollywood during the Golden Age of the 1950s	Getting Garbo: A Novel Of Hollywood And Murder [2004]