Supper Sleuths

Campus Crimes

In some of the titles the investigator is a faculty member at a college or university in the United States, Great Britain, or another country. Mostly amateurs, sometimes the sleuth is from the local police or is a private detective. Usually the crime is a murder. There are a great many female professors getting their hands dirty in the academic mystery world. The Campus Crime allows intelligent sleuths with specialized knowledge to shine. Professors in some of the novels use their scholarly training for crime detection away from their own campus. Eccentricity is a characteristic of most crime investigators on or off campus, and the cozy has a comfortable home. The historical mystery fares well on campus as well as the occasional grittier story. Regardless of who is trying to solve the crime, the books demonstrate that academic life is a hot bed of intrigue, not a soft, cushy job.

The following is a list of authors who fit into this category. Whenever possible, the series is in order of publication date. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and please let us know if you feel that an author should be here. Please read one or more of these authors and/or titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

AUTHOR PROTAGONIST TITLE

Catherine Aird Inspector C.D. Sloan Parting Breath (1977)

Irene Allen Elizabeth Elliot Quaker Witness (1993)

Robert Barnard Bill Bascomb Death of an Old Goat (1977)
School for Murder (1984)

Richard Barth Costas Agonomou Final Shot (1992)

K.K. Beck Iris Cooper Death in a Deck Chair (1984)

J.S. Borthwick Sarah Deane The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites (1982)
Student Body (1986)
Bodies of Water (1990)
Dude on Arrival (1992)
The Bridled Groom (1994)
Dolly Is Dead (1995)
The Garden Plot (1997)
My Body Lies Over the Ocean (1999)
Coupe de Grace (2000)
Murder in the Rough (2002)

Gail Bowen Joanne Kilbourn Murder at the Mendel (1993)
Colder Kind of Death (1994)
Wandering Soul Murders (1994)
Killing Spring (1996)
Verdict in the Blood (1998)

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)

Thomas H. Cooke Elizabeth Channing Chatham School Affair (1996)

Michael Craft Claire Gray Desert Autumn (2001)
Desert Winter (2003)

Bill Crider Carl Burns

Sally Good One Dead Dean (1988)
Dying Voices (1989)
...A Dangerous Thing. Not in NOBLE. Out of Print
Murder is An Art (1999)
Kinfe in the Back (2002)

Edmund Crispin Gervase Fen The Moving Toyshop (1970)

Amanda Cross Kate Fansler In the Last Analysis (1964)
Poetic Justice (1970)
Theban Mysteries (1971)
Question of Max (1976)
Death in a Tenured Position (1981)
James Joyce Murder (1982)
Sweet Death, Kind Death (1984)
No Word From Winifred (1986)
Trap for Fools (1989)
Players Come Again (1990)
Imperfect Spy (1995)
Puzzled Heart (1998)
Honest Doubt (2000)
Edge of Doom (2002)

Joanne Dobson Karen Pelletier Quieter Than Sleep (1997)
Northbury Papers (1998)
Raven and the Nightingale (1999)
Cold and Pure and Very Dead (2000)
Maltease Manuscript (2003)

Ruth Dudley Edwards Jack Troutbeck Matricide at St. Martha's (1995)

Aaron Elkins Gideon Oliver Fellowship of Fear (1982)
Dark Place (1983)
Murder in the Queen's Arms (1985)
Old Bones (1987)
Curses! (1989)
Icy Clutches (1990)
Make No Bones (1991)
Dead Men's Hearts (1994)
Twenty Blue Devils (1997)
Skeleton Dance (2000)
Good Blood (2004)

Kate Flora Thea Kozak An Educated Death (1997)

Linda French Theodora Morelli Coffee to Die For (1998)

Elizabeth George Thomas Lynley Well Schooled In Murder (1990)

J.M.Gregson John Lambert An Academic Death (2001)

Robert Grudin Adam Snell Book (1992)

Carolyn G. Hart Ann Farrell The Rich Die Young (1983)

Hazel Holt Mrs. (Sheila) Mallory For this series, please see Cozy Mysteries.

Susan Holtzer Anneke Haagen First two in series, not Campus oriented:
Something to Kill For (1994) and
Curly Smoke (1995)
Bleeding Maize and Blue (1996)
Black Diamond (1997)
Silly Season (1998)
Shadow Play (1993)
Wedding Game (2000)
Better Than Sex (2001)

Jonnie Jacobs Kate Austen Murder Among Us (1998)

Nora Kelly Gillian Adams My Sister's Keeper (1992)

Susan Kenney Roz Howard Garden of Malice (1983)
Graves in Academe (1985)
One Fell Sloop (1990)

M.D.Lake Peggy O'Neill Amends For Murder (1989)
Cold Comfort (1990)
Poisoned Ivy (1992)
Gift For Murder (1992)
Murder By Mail (1993)
Once Upon a Murder. Not in NOBLE. (1995)
Grave Choices (1995)
Flirting With Death (1996)
Midsummer Malice (1997)
Death Calls the Tunes (1999)

Jane Langton Homer Kelly Dante Game (1991)
God in Concord (1992)
Divine Inspiration (1993)
Shortest Day (1995)
Dead as a Dodo (1996)
Face on the Wall (1998)
Thief of Venice (1999)
Murder at Monticello (2001)
Escher Twist (2002)
Deserter (2003)

Janice Law Jason Larson The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (2002)

M.K. Lorens G.Winchester Hyde Sorrowheart (1993)

Charlotte MacLeod Peter Shandy For this series, please see Cozy Mysteries.

Robert Bernard Martin Millicent Hetheredge Deadly Meeting (1970)

Ralph McInerny Roger & Philip Knight On This Rockne: Notre Dame Mysteries (1997).
Lack of the Irish (1998).
Irish Tenure (1999).
Book of Kills (2000).
Emerald Aisle (2001).
Celt and Pepper (2002).
Irish Coffee (2003).

Clare Munnings Rosemary Stubbs Overnight Float (2000)

Robert B. Parker Spenser Hush Money (1999)

Iain Pears Jonathan Argyll For this series, please see Art Mysteries.

Lev Raphael Nick Hoffman Let's Get Criminal (1996).
Edith Wharton Murders (1997).
Death of a Constant Lover (1999).
Little Miss Evil (2000).
Burning Down the House (2001).

Dorothy L.Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey
& Harriet Vane Gaudy Night (1936)

Sarah R. Shaber Simon Shaw Simon Said (1997)
Snipe Hunt (2000)
Fugitive King (2002)

Edith Skom Beth Austin Mark Twain Murders(1989)
George Eliot Murders(1995)
Charles Dickens Murders(1998)

Joan Smith Loretta Larson A Masculine Ending (1987).
Don't Leave Me This Way (1990)
What Men Say(1994)
Full Stop(1996)

Veronica Stallwood Kate Ivory Death and the Oxford Box (1993)
Oxford Exit (1994)
Oxford Mourning (1996)
Oxford Fall (1996) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Oxford Knot (1996) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Oxford Blue (1998) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Oxford Shift (1999) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Oxford Shadows (2000) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Oxford Double (2001) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.

Pamela
Thomas-Graham Veronica Chase For this series, please see Massachusetts Mysteries.

Eric Wright Charlie Salter Death By Degrees (1993)

Mark Richard Zubro Tom Mason A Simple Suburban Murder (1989)
Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? (1990)
Only Dead Priest (1991)
The Principal Cause of Death (1992)
Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
An Echo of Death (1994)
Rust on the Razor (1996)
Are You Nuts? (1998)
One Dead Drag Queen (2000)
Here Comes the Corpse (2002)

AUTHOR	PROTAGONIST	TITLE
Catherine Aird	Inspector C.D. Sloan	Parting Breath (1977)
Irene Allen	Elizabeth Elliot	Quaker Witness (1993)
Robert Barnard	Bill Bascomb	Death of an Old Goat (1977) School for Murder (1984)
Richard Barth	Costas Agonomou	Final Shot (1992)
K.K. Beck	Iris Cooper	Death in a Deck Chair (1984)
J.S. Borthwick	Sarah Deane	The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites (1982) Student Body (1986) Bodies of Water (1990) Dude on Arrival (1992) The Bridled Groom (1994) Dolly Is Dead (1995) The Garden Plot (1997) My Body Lies Over the Ocean (1999) Coupe de Grace (2000) Murder in the Rough (2002)
Gail Bowen	Joanne Kilbourn	Murder at the Mendel (1993) Colder Kind of Death (1994) Wandering Soul Murders (1994) Killing Spring (1996) Verdict in the Blood (1998)
Agatha Christie	Hercule Poirot	Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
Thomas H. Cooke	Elizabeth Channing	Chatham School Affair (1996)
Michael Craft	Claire Gray	Desert Autumn (2001) Desert Winter (2003)
Bill Crider	Carl Burns Sally Good	One Dead Dean (1988) Dying Voices (1989) ...A Dangerous Thing. Not in NOBLE. Out of Print Murder is An Art (1999) Kinfe in the Back (2002)
Edmund Crispin	Gervase Fen	The Moving Toyshop (1970)
Amanda Cross	Kate Fansler	In the Last Analysis (1964) Poetic Justice (1970) Theban Mysteries (1971) Question of Max (1976) Death in a Tenured Position (1981) James Joyce Murder (1982) Sweet Death, Kind Death (1984) No Word From Winifred (1986) Trap for Fools (1989) Players Come Again (1990) Imperfect Spy (1995) Puzzled Heart (1998) Honest Doubt (2000) Edge of Doom (2002)
Joanne Dobson	Karen Pelletier	Quieter Than Sleep (1997) Northbury Papers (1998) Raven and the Nightingale (1999) Cold and Pure and Very Dead (2000) Maltease Manuscript (2003)
Ruth Dudley Edwards	Jack Troutbeck	Matricide at St. Martha's (1995)
Aaron Elkins	Gideon Oliver	Fellowship of Fear (1982) Dark Place (1983) Murder in the Queen's Arms (1985) Old Bones (1987) Curses! (1989) Icy Clutches (1990) Make No Bones (1991) Dead Men's Hearts (1994) Twenty Blue Devils (1997) Skeleton Dance (2000) Good Blood (2004)
Kate Flora	Thea Kozak	An Educated Death (1997)
Linda French	Theodora Morelli	Coffee to Die For (1998)
Elizabeth George	Thomas Lynley	Well Schooled In Murder (1990)
J.M.Gregson	John Lambert	An Academic Death (2001)
Robert Grudin	Adam Snell	Book (1992)
Carolyn G. Hart	Ann Farrell	The Rich Die Young (1983)
Hazel Holt	Mrs. (Sheila) Mallory	For this series, please see Cozy Mysteries.
Susan Holtzer	Anneke Haagen	First two in series, not Campus oriented: Something to Kill For (1994) and Curly Smoke (1995) Bleeding Maize and Blue (1996) Black Diamond (1997) Silly Season (1998) Shadow Play (1993) Wedding Game (2000) Better Than Sex (2001)
Jonnie Jacobs	Kate Austen	Murder Among Us (1998)
Nora Kelly	Gillian Adams	My Sister's Keeper (1992)
Susan Kenney	Roz Howard	Garden of Malice (1983) Graves in Academe (1985) One Fell Sloop (1990)
M.D.Lake	Peggy O'Neill	Amends For Murder (1989) Cold Comfort (1990) Poisoned Ivy (1992) Gift For Murder (1992) Murder By Mail (1993) Once Upon a Murder. Not in NOBLE. (1995) Grave Choices (1995) Flirting With Death (1996) Midsummer Malice (1997) Death Calls the Tunes (1999)
Jane Langton	Homer Kelly	Dante Game (1991) God in Concord (1992) Divine Inspiration (1993) Shortest Day (1995) Dead as a Dodo (1996) Face on the Wall (1998) Thief of Venice (1999) Murder at Monticello (2001) Escher Twist (2002) Deserter (2003)
Janice Law	Jason Larson	The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (2002)
M.K. Lorens	G.Winchester Hyde	Sorrowheart (1993)
Charlotte MacLeod	Peter Shandy	For this series, please see Cozy Mysteries.
Robert Bernard Martin	Millicent Hetheredge	Deadly Meeting (1970)
Ralph McInerny	Roger & Philip Knight	On This Rockne: Notre Dame Mysteries (1997). Lack of the Irish (1998). Irish Tenure (1999). Book of Kills (2000). Emerald Aisle (2001). Celt and Pepper (2002). Irish Coffee (2003).
Clare Munnings	Rosemary Stubbs	Overnight Float (2000)
Robert B. Parker	Spenser	Hush Money (1999)
Iain Pears	Jonathan Argyll	For this series, please see Art Mysteries.
Lev Raphael	Nick Hoffman	Let's Get Criminal (1996). Edith Wharton Murders (1997). Death of a Constant Lover (1999). Little Miss Evil (2000). Burning Down the House (2001).
Dorothy L.Sayers	Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane	Gaudy Night (1936)
Sarah R. Shaber	Simon Shaw	Simon Said (1997) Snipe Hunt (2000) Fugitive King (2002)
Edith Skom	Beth Austin	Mark Twain Murders(1989) George Eliot Murders(1995) Charles Dickens Murders(1998)
Joan Smith	Loretta Larson	A Masculine Ending (1987). Don't Leave Me This Way (1990) What Men Say(1994) Full Stop(1996)
Veronica Stallwood	Kate Ivory	Death and the Oxford Box (1993) Oxford Exit (1994) Oxford Mourning (1996) Oxford Fall (1996) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. Oxford Knot (1996) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. Oxford Blue (1998) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. Oxford Shift (1999) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. Oxford Shadows (2000) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. Oxford Double (2001) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print.
Pamela Thomas-Graham	Veronica Chase	For this series, please see Massachusetts Mysteries.
Eric Wright	Charlie Salter	Death By Degrees (1993)
Mark Richard Zubro	Tom Mason	A Simple Suburban Murder (1989) Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? (1990) Only Dead Priest (1991) The Principal Cause of Death (1992) Not in NOBLE. Out of Print. An Echo of Death (1994) Rust on the Razor (1996) Are You Nuts? (1998) One Dead Drag Queen (2000) Here Comes the Corpse (2002)