This page provides some detail on the 49 authors recommended by at least 3 of the 19 "if you like" lists. The authors are sorted by number of recommendations, and the information provided includes what they've written, whether or not these books are in print, and brief comments on what I thought about the books (for those that I've read). An alterate page lists the same information but with the list sorted alphabetically by author's last name.

Thirteen recommendations - Sparkle Hayter - According to her website, she has written 5 books, all in the Robin Hudson series; the first is What's a Girl Gotta Do, 1994, which is in print according to Amazon.com (all 5 are), and 2 non-series books. I read What's a Girl Gotta Do and liked it.

Eleven recommendations each -

• Carl Hiaasen - According to stopyourekillingme.com, he has written 10 non-series mysteries alone and 3 non-series mysteries with Bill Montalbano. All but one appear to be in print according to Amazon.com. I read Tourist Season, but I didn't like it.
• Sarah Shankman - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 7 books in the Samantha Adams series beginning with First Kill All the Lawyers, 1988, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, and two other books (including I Still Miss My Man But My Aim is Getting Better, 1997, in print according to Amazon.com).

Ten recommendations - Marne Davis Kellogg - According According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 1 romantic suspense non-series book (Insatiable, 2001, in print according to Amazon.com) 5 books in the Lilly Bennett series, the first of which is Bad Manners, 1995, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, and 2 books in the Kick Keswick series beginning with Brilliant, 2003, in print according to Amazon.com.

Eight recommendations each -

• Lawrence Block - According to stopyourekillingme.com, he has written 8 books in the Evan Tanner series, beginning with The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, 1966, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, 10 books in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series, beginning with Burlars Can't Be Choosers, 1977, in print according to Amazon.com, and 19 books in the Matt Scudder series, beginning with Sins of the Fathers, 1976, in print according to Amazon.com. I read The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep and liked it.
• Jennifer Crusie - According to her website, she has written 15 books (6 full-length books and 9 series romances); two of the full-length books are related (Faking It follows Welcome to Temptation) but the rest of the books appear to be non-series. According to Amazon.com, all of the full-lengths plus 5 series romances are in print. I've read several of her books, and generally liked them.
• Lauren Henderson - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 7 books in the the Sam Jones series, beginning with Dead White Female, 1995, out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Donald Westlake - According to stopyourekillingme.com, he has written 12 books in the John Dortmunder series beginning with The Hot Rock, 1970, in print (trade) according to Amazon.com, plus 6 non-series books. In addition he has published 5 mysteries under the name Tucker Coe and 26 under the name Richard Stark.

Seven recommendations each -

• Susan J. Andersen - According to her website, she has written 12 books which appear to be non-series, all in print according to Amazon.com. I read Obsessed and had mixed feelings about it, and then started to read Baby, I'm Yours, and didn't like it.
• Linda Barnes - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 10 books in the Carlotta Carlyle series, beginning with A Trouble of Fools, 1987, in-print according to Amazon.com, and 4 mysteries in the Michael Spraggue series, beginning with Blood Will Have Blood, 1982, out-of-print according to Amazon.com. I've read the first 8 books in the Carlotta Carlyle series and I liked them.
• Harlan Coben - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 7 books in the Myron Bolitar series, beginning with Deal Breaker, 1995, in print according to Amazon.com, plus 6 non-series books.
• Selma Eichler - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 11 books in the Desiree Shapiro series, beginning with Murder Can Kill Your Social Life, 1994, in print according to Amazon.com.
• G. M. Ford - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 6 books in the Leo Waterman series, beginning with Who in the Hell is Wanda Fuca?, 1995, in print according to Amazon.com, and 4 books in the Frank Corso series beginning with Fury, 2001, also in print according to Amazon.com.
• Marissa Piesman - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 6 books, all in the Nina Fischman series, beginning with Unorthodox Practices in 1989; the whole series is out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Chris Rogers - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 3 books in the Dixie Flannigan series, beginning with Bitch Factor, 1998, in print according to Amazon.com. I read these 3 books and liked them.
• Jane Rubino - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 1 non-series book plus 5 books in the Cat Austen series, beginning with Death of a DJ in 1995, out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Judith Viorst - According to Amazon.com, Murdering Mr. Monti, 1995, is in print (she's also written non-fiction and children's books).

Six recommendations each -

• Nancy Bartholomew - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 4 books in the Sierra Lavotini series beginning with Miracle Strip, 1998, 2 books in the Maggie Reid series beginning with Your Cheatin' Heart, 2000, and one non-series romantic suspense, Stella, Get Your Man, 2004, all in print according to Amazon.com. I read Miracle Strip and didn't like it.
• M.C. Beaton - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 1 non-series book, 21 books in the Hamish McBeth series, beginning with Death of a Gossip, 1985, and 15 books in the Agatha Raisin series, beginning with Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, 1992, both in print according to Amazon.com. I started reading Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death and didn't like it.
• Jan Burke - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 9 books in the Irene Kelly series, beginning with Goodnight, Irene, 1993, in print according to Amazon.com, and 2 non-series books.
• Dorothy Cannell - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 11 books in the Ellie Haskell series, beginning with The Thin Woman, 1994, in print according to Amazon.com, plus 2 non-series books.
• Jane Heller - According to her website, has written 11 non-series books, all of which appear to be in print according to Amazon.com. I read Princess Charming and liked it, but then started reading Name Dropping and didn't like it.
• Joan Hess - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 14 books in the Arlys Hanks series beginning with Malice in Maggody, 1987, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, and 14 books in the Claire Malloy series, beginning with Strangled Prose, 1986, also out-of-print according to Amazon.com. I started reading Malice in Maggody, but I didn't like it.
• Susan Isaacs - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 2 books in the Judith Singer series begining with Compromising Positions, 1978, in print according to Amazon.com, plus 5 non-series books.
• Charlotte MacLeod - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 11 books in the Peter and Helen Shandy series beginning with Rest Ye Merry, 1978, and 12 books in the Sarah Kelling/Max Bittersohn series, beginning with The Family Vault, 1979; both are in print according to Amazon.com. In addition, she has written 11 books under the name Alisa Craig.
• Lindsay Maracotta - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 3 books in the Lucy Freers series beginning with The Dead Hollywood Moms Society (also published as Turnaround...You're Dead), 1996, out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Sharyn McCrumb - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 5 books in the Spencer Arrowood series, beginning with If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O, 1990, 9 books in the Elizabeth Macpherson series beginning with Sick of Shadows, 1984, and 2 books in the Jay Omega series beginning with Bimbos of the Death Sun, 1988. All 3 are in print according to Amazon.com. (Note: is now writing non-mysteries.) I read the two Jay Omega books and had mixed feelings about them, and later read the Elizabeth MacPherson series and liked it.
• Susan Elizabeth Phillips - According to her website, she has written 5 books in the Chicago Stars series, beginning with It Had to Be You, 1994, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, plus 10 more books (and 1 as Justine Cole). I read Breathing Room and didn't like it.
• Gillian Roberts - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 12 books in the Amanda Pepper series, beginning with Caught Dead in Philadelphia, 1990, in print according to Amazon.com, and 2 books in the Billie August series, beginning with Time and Trouble, in print according to Amazon.com. I read the first 3 books in the Amanda Pepper series and liked them.
• Lisa Scottoline - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 11 books in the Rosato and Associates series, beginning with Everywhere That Mary Went, 1993, in print according to Amazon.com. I read the first book and liked it.
• Sarah Strohmeyer - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 4 books in the Bubbles Yablonsky series, Bubbles Unbound, 2001, in print according to Amazon.com.

Five recommendations each -

• Donna Andrews - According to stopyourekillingme.com, she has written 6 books in the Meg Langslow series, beginning with Murder, With Peacocks, 1999, in print according to Amazon.com, and 3 books in the Turing Hopper series, beginning with You've Got Murder, 2002, in print according to Amazon.com. I've read all books in both series, and liked them.
• Carole Epstein - According to booksnbytes.com, has written 2 books in the Barbara Somons series, beginning with Perilous Friends, 1996. Both books are out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Tamar Myers - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 13 books in the Magdalena Yoder series beginning with Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth, 1994, and 11 books in the Den of Antiquity series beginning with Larceny and Old Lace, 1996, both in print according to Amazon.com.
• Jen Sacks - According to Amazon.com, her only book, Nice, 1998, is in print.
• Kathy Hogan Trocheck - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 8 books in the Julia Callahan Garrity series beginning with Every Crooked Nanny, 1992, and 2 books in the Truman Kicklighter series beginning with Lickety-Split, 1996, both in print according to Amazon.com (plus books under the name Mary Kay Andrews). I read the entire Callahan Garrity series and liked it.

Four recommendations each -

• Susan Rogers Cooper - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 7 books in the Milt Kovacs series beginning with The Man in the Green Chevy, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 2 books in the Kimmey Kruse series beginning with Funny as a Dead Comic, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, and 7 books in the E. J. Pugh series beginning with One, Two, What Did Daddy Do, in print according to Amazon.com. I read One, Two, What Did Daddy Do and liked it.
• Kinky Friedman - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 17 books in the Kinky Friedman series, beginning with Greenwich Killing Time, 1986, out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Carolyn G. Hart - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 15 books in the Annie Lawrence series beginning with Death On Demand, 1987, and 6 books in the Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins series beginning with Dead Man's Island, 1993, both in print according to Amazon.com, plus 9 non-series books. I started reading Death on Demand and didn't like it.
• Barbara Jaye Wilson - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 6 books in the Brenda Midnight series, beginning with Death Brims Over, 1997, in print according to Amazon.com.

Three recommendations each -

• K.K. Beck - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 3 books in the Cooper/Clancy series beginning with Death in a Deck Chair, 1984, and 4 books in the Jan De Silva series beginning with A Hopeless Case, 1992, (both in print according to Amazon.com) plus 10 non-series books.
• Jill Churchill - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 15 books in the Jane Jeffry series beginning with Grime and Punishment, 1989, and 5 books in the Brewsters series beginning with Anything Goes, 1999; both are in print according to Amazon.com. I've read all 15 books in the Jane Jeffrey series, and the first 4 books in the Grace and Favor series, liked them.
• Bill Crider - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 3 books in the Carl Burns series beginning with One Dead Dean, 1988, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 12 books in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series beginning with Too Late to Die, 1986, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 5 books in the Truman Smith series beginning with Dead on the Island, 1991, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 3 books in the Sally Good series, beginning with Murder is an Art, 1999, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; and 4 other books.
• Jacqueline Girdner - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 12 books in the Kate Jasper series beginning with Adjusted to Death, 1991, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, and 3 books in the Cally Lazar series (under the name Claire Daniels) beginning with Body of Intuition, 2002, in print according to Amazon.com.
• Stuart Kaminsky - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 8 books in the Abe Lieberman series beginning with Lieberman's Folly, 1990, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 24 books in the Toby Peters series beginning with Bullet for a Star, 1977, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 14 books in the Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov series beginning with Death of a Dissidant (AKA Rostnikov's Corpse), 1981, out-of-print according to Amazon.com; 3 books in the Lew Fonesca series beginning with Vengeance, 1999, in print according to Amazon.com, 2 books in the James Rockford series beginning with The Green Bottle, 1996, out-of-print according to Amazon.com, plus 2 other books.
• Katy Munger - According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 5 books in the Casey Jones series beginning with Legwork, 1997, in print according to Amazon.com, as well as 4 books in the TS Hubbert series under the name Gallagher Gray, beginning with Hubbert and Lil: Partners in Crime, 1991, out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Leslie O'Kane - According to stopyourekillinge.com, has written 3 books in the Allida Babcock series beginning with Play Dead, 1998, and 7 books in the Molly Masters series begining with Death and Faxes, 1996, both out-of-print according to Amazon.com.
• Elizabeth Peters - According According to stopyourekillingme.com, has written 16 books in the Amelia Peabody series beginning with Crocodile on the Sandbank, 1975; 5 books in the Vicky Bliss series beginning with Borrower of the Night, 1973; 4 books in the Jacqueline Kirby series beginning with The Seventh Sinner, 1972, all 3 in print according to Amazon.com; 9 other books plus a bunch as Barbara Michaels. I read one of her Barbara Michaels books and found it to be so-so.
• Susan Sussman - According to Amazon.com, has written (w/Sarajane Avidon) 2 books in the Morgan Taylor series, beginning with Audition for Murder, out-of-print, plus 2 general fiction books. I read Audition for Murder and didn't like it.

Created 2/17/2002. Author listings last modified 9/29/2002. Books by authors last updated 4/9/2005. Notes on what I've read last updated 1/13/2007.