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SAVVY SLEUTHS AND DARING DETECTIVES
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AMATEUR SLEUTHS
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Please note that not all authors
listed on this site are African-American. However. all listed
authors have an African-American character
Lizzie Stuart(Crime
Historian)
Death's Favorite Child
A Dead Man's Honor
By Frankie Y. Bailey
Ruby Gordon(Maid)
Maid In the Shade
By Jacqueline Turner
Banks
Alex Powell(Newspaper
Columnist)
Plain Brown Wrapper
By Karen Grigsby Bates
Angela McKenzie(Newspaper
Reporter)
Special Interest
By Chris Benson
Nanette Hayes(Street
Saxophonist)
Rhode Island Red
Coq Au Vin
Drumsticks
By Charlotte Carter
Rae Dupree(Doctor)
The Silent Cradle
By Margaret Cuthbert
Nikki Hill(Lawyer)
The Trials of Nikki
Hill
L.A. Justice
By Christopher Darden/Dick
Lochte
Candi Covington(Social
Worker)
Mama Stands Accused
Mama Traps a Killer
Mama Stalks the Past
Mama Solves a Murder
Mama Saves a Victim
Mama Rocks the Empty
Cradle
Mama Pursues Murderous
Shadows
Mama Cracks a Mask
of Innocence
By Nora DeLoach
Mali Anderson(Social
Worker)
A Toast Before Dying
If I Should Die
No Time To Die
Do Or Die
By Grace F. Edwards
Kate del Graten(Assistant
District Attorney)
Damning Evidence
By R. Barri Flowers
Georgia Barnett(TV
Reporter)
Details at Ten
Hit Time
By Ardella Garland
Theresa Galloway(Personnel
Officer)
Somebody Else's Child
Blood Will Tell
By Terris McMahan Grimes
CJ Floyd(Bail Bondsman)
The Devil's Red Nickel
The Devil's Hatband
The Devil's Backbone
By Robert O. Greer
Benjamin January(Musician/Doctor)
A Free Man of Color
Fever Season
Graveyard Dust
Sold Down the River
Die Upon a Kiss
Wet Grave
Days of the Dead
By Barbara Hambly
Joe and Dottie Loudermilk(Retired
Couple)
Going Nowhere Fast
Bad News Travels Fast
By Gar Anthony Haywood
Kendra Clayton(Teacher)
The Pleasure of His
Company
By Angela Henry
Billiemae Waller(Waitress)
The Last Days Murder
List
By Alice Holman
Leonard Pine(Vietnam
Vet)
Savage Season
Mucho Mojo
By Joe R. Lansdale
Judah Daniel(Healer/Ex-Slave)
Dead March
Angel Trumpet
Civil Blood
Chickahominy Fever
By Ann McMillan
Carol Ann Gibson(Security
Expert/Lawyer)
One Must Wait
Where to Choose
The Step Between
Paradise Interrupted
By Penny Mickelbury
Audrey Wilson(Financial
Planner)
Taxes, Death and Trouble
Accrual Way to Die
What She Left Behind
By C.M. Miller
Paris Minton(Bookstore
Owner)/Fearless Jones(World War II Veteran)
Fearless Jones
Fear Itself
By Walter Mosley
Blanche White(Maid)
Blanche on the Lam
Blanche Among the Talented
Tenth
Blanche Cleans Up
Blanche Passes Go
By Barbara Neely
Roxie Bouchie(Prison
Psychiatrist)
Blue
The Last Blue Plate
Special
By Abigail Padgett
Martha Chainey(Mob
Courier)
High Hand
Shooter's Point
By Gary Phillips
Wesley Farrell(Nightclub
Owner)
Cat Eyed Trouble
Blood Red Skin Deep
Blood to Drink
The Righteous Cut
By Robert Skinner
Jewel Averick(Baseball
Wife)
Caught in a Rundown
By Lisa Saxton
Victoria Chase(College
Professor)
A Darker Shade of Crimson
Blue Blood
By Pamela Thomas-Graham
Maceo Redfield(Ex-College
Baseball Player)
The Dying Ground
By Nichelle D. Tramble
Darryl Billups(Journalist)
Up Jumped the Devil
Hidden in Plain View
Don't Believe Your
Lying Eyes
By Blair S. Walker
David McKay(Lawyer)
Harlem Redux
By Persia Walker
PRIVATE EYES
Virginia Kelly
In the Game
The Lavender House
Mystery
Long Goodbyes
The Ultimate Exit Strategy
By Nikki Baker
Tiger Price
The Weight-Pile Murder
By Erick G. Benson
Mick Hart
All About Mary
Dog 'em
By Lawrence Christopher
Maxine Michaels
The Mockingbirds
By Kenyetta Coner
Eric "E.Z"
Elias
Murder In the Rose
City
By R. Barri Flowers
Jackie Jones
Deadly Secrets in the
Motor City
By R. Barri Flowers
Valentin St. Cyr
Chasing the Devil's
Tail
By David Fulmer
Devil Barnett
Blood Red Blues
Dead By Popular Demand
Wrong as Two Left Shoes
By Teddy Hayes
Aaron Gunner
Fear of the Dark
Not Long for this World
You Can Die Trying
When Last Seen Alive
It's Not a Pretty Sight
All the Lucky Ones
are Dead
By Gar Anthony Haywood
Nina Halligan
Black Heat
The Big Mango
A Phat Death
By Norman Kelley
Clio Brown
Clio Brown: Private
Investigator
By Dolores Komo
Lincoln Keller
Silent Conspiracy
Silent Suspicion
By Lee Meadows
Easy Rawlins
Devil in a Blue Dress
White Butterfly
A Red Death
Black Betty
A Little Yellow Dog
Bad Boy Brawley Brown
Six Easy Pieces
By Walter Mosley
Smoky Dalton
A Dangerous Road
Smoke Filled Rooms
Thin Walls
By Kris Nelscott
Ellis Mason
88 Ways to Die
By Johnnie Mitchell
Derek Strange
Right as Rain
Hell to Pay
Soul Circus
By George P. Pelecanos
Ivan Monk
Violent Spring
Perdition U.S.A
Bad Night is Falling
Only the Wicked
By Gary Phillips
Lew Griffin
The Long Legged Fly
Moth
Eye of the Cricket
Bluebottle
Ghost of a Flea
By James Sallis
Talba Wallis
82 Desire
Louisiana Hotshot
Louisiana Bigshot
By Julie Smith
Jasmine Myers
No One is Innocent
By Gayle Tiller
Tamara Hayle
When Death Comes Stealing
Devils Gonna Get Him
Where Evil Sleeps
No Hiding Place
Easier to Kill
The Devil Riding
By Valerie Wilson Wesley
POLICE DETECTIVES/OFFICERS/AGENTS
M. Gantry
Hoochie Mama
By Preston L. Allen
Monica Sinclair
Degree of Caution
By Sybil Avery Jackson
Angela Bivens
Sympathy for the Devil
A Prayer for Deliverance
By Christopher Chambers
Joe Johnson/Vernon Brown
Postal Blues
By Vincent R. Alexandria
Mary Cunningham
Cookie Cutter
By Sterling Anthony
Pharoah Love
A Queer Kind of Love
A Queer Kind of Umbrella
A Queer Kind of Death
By George Baxt
Marti MacAlister
Keep Still
Slow Burn
Gone Quiet
Dead Time
Done Wrong
Tell No Tales
Scream In Silence
Whispers in the Dark
Windy City Dying
By Eleanor Taylor Bland
Ralph "Rat"
Trapp
The White Zone
So Small a Carnival
A Civil Death
A Project Named Desire
By John and Joyce Corrington
Matthew Alexander &
Jake Jackson
Hot Stones: Cold Death
By Barbara Fleming
Phillip Patterson
Positive ID
By R. Barri Flowers
Desiree Mitry
The Cold Blue Blood
The Hot Pink Farmhouse
By David Handler
Coffin Ed Johnson and
Grave Digger Jones
A Rage In Harlem
Blind Man with a Pistol
Cotton Comes to Harlem
The Real Cool Killers
The Heat's On
By Chester Himes
Larry Cole
Windy City
Chicago Blues
Presumed Dead
Red Lightning
Violent Crimes
Time of the Assassins
The Left Hand of God
The Devil's Shadow
By Hugh Holton
Gianna Maglione
Keeping Secrets
Night Songs
By Penny Mickelbury
Alex Cross
Kiss the Girls
Cat & Mouse
Jack and Jill
Pop Goes the Weasel
Roses are Red
Violets Are Blue
Four Blind Mice
By James Patterson
Starletta Duvall
Do Not Go Gently
Hoodoo Man
Green Money
Reckless Eyeballin
By Judith Smith-Levin
Leigh Ann Warren
Sunrise
Killing Kin
Killer Riches
By Chassie West
Barrett Raines
A Rock and a Hard Place
Dead Man's Bay
Strawman's Hammock
By Darryl Wimberley
Charlotte Justice
Inner City Blues
Stormy Weather
Dirty Laundry
By Paula Woods
Neely Jones
Neely Jones: The Medusa
Pool
By MK Wren
BLACK AND BRITISH SLEUTHS
FROM ACROSS THE POND!
Charlie Peace(Police
Officer)
Bad Samaritan
The Corpse at the Haworth
Tandoori
The Bones in the Attic
By Robert Barnard
Wesley Peterson(Police
Detective)
The Merchant House
The Armada Boy
An Unhallowed Grave
The Funeral Boat
By Kate Ellis
Joe Sixsmith(Private
Eye)
Born Guilty
Blood Sympathy
Killing the Lawyers
Singing the Sadness
By Reginald Hill
Penny Wanawake(Diplomat's
Daughter)
Penny Black
Penny Saving
Penny Post
Penny Dreadful
Penny Wise
Penny Royal
By Susan Moody
Sam Dean(Journalist)
Blood Rights
Point of Darkness
The Late Candidate
An Image to Die For
By Mike Phillips
Lee Mitchell(Barrister)
Without Prejudice
By Nicola Williams
SUSPENSE/THRILLERS
Keeping Secrets. Telling
Lies By Florence Anthony
God's Gift to Women By
Michael Baisden
Those Bones Are Not
My Child By Toni Cade
Bambara
Cover to Cover By DM Brown
The Emporer of Ocean
Park By Stephen Carter
Pent Up Passion By
Hope C. Clark
Shadow Lover By
Hope C. Clark
What a Woman's Gotta
Do By Evelyn Coleman
The Best Defense By
Ellis Cose
The Last Defense By
Christopher Darden/Dick Lochte
Maker of Saints By
Thulani Davis
Deep Six By
Donna M. Dean
Simon Says By
Collen Dixon
Keeper of Secrets By
John Dunson
Justice Served By R. Barri Flowers
When Night Falls By R. Barri Flowers
Blinking Red Light By
Mister Mann Frisby
Is It a Crime By
Roy Glenn
The Student Body By
Jane Harvard
The Color of Justice By
Gary Hardwick
Illegal Affairs By
Shelia Harvey
If You Die Before You
Wake By E. Hill
Pipe Dream By
Solomon Jones
If 6 Were 9 By Jake Lamar
One Dead Preacher By
Tony Lindsay
Prayer of Prey By
Tony Lindsay
Promises to Keep By
Gloria Mallette
Shades of Jade By Gloria Mallette
Thunderland By Brandon Massey
Sin in Soul's Kitchen By
Andrew Oyefesobi
Vanity & Voodoo
Dolls By Andrew Oyefesobi
Black Deception By
Monica Regina Payton
The Perpetrators By
Gary Phillips
Bliss By
Gabrielle Pina
Until Death Do Us Part By
Gregory JT Simpson
Roadrunner By
Trisha R. Thomas
Love Has Many Faces By
Denise Turney
The Shape Of Snakes By
Minette Walters
The Intuitionist By Colson Whitehead
Addicted By
Zane
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