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Reykjavik: Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson Paris: Commissaire Maigret
Navajo Reservation (NM/ AZ, USA): Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee
Kingsmarkham (a fictitious location): Inspectors Wexford & Burden
Glasgow: Maureen O'Donnell
Duisburg: Kommissar Schimanski
Barcelona: Inspector Pepe Carvalho
Venice: Commissario Guido Brunetti
Rome: Flavia di Stefano & Jonathan Argyll
Moscow: Erast Fandorin
Sicily: Inspettore Salvo Montalbano
Rome, and locations all across Italy: Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen
Los Angeles: Inspector Harry Bosch
San Francisco: Sam Spade
The Peak District: Ben Cooper & Diane Fry
Bradfield: DI Carol Jordan & Prof. Tony Hill
Manchester: Kate Brannigan
Long Piddleton (fictitious)/Northamptonshire, London, and locations all across England: Inspector Richard Jury and Melrose Plant
Midsomer County (another fictitious location): DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Gavin Troy
Amsterdam: Commissaris Grijpstra & De Gier
Stockholm: Inspector Martin Beck
Istanbul: Inspector Cetin Ikmen
Madrid: Captain Alatriste
Chicago: V.I. Warshawski
Washington, D.C.: Derek Strange & Terry Quinn
Boston: Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro
Santa Teresa, CA (fictional alias of Santa Barbara, CA): Kinsey Millhone
Gaborone, Botswana: (Mma) Precious Ramotswe
Pecan Springs, TX: China Bayles
Charleston, SC: Theodosia Browning
Aspen Meadow, CO: Goldy Bear
Trenton, NJ: Stephanie Plum
New Orleans: Dave Robicheaux
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Gaborone, Botswana, Mma RamotseThe Godwulf Manuscript: Boston, Massachusetts, Spenser & Hawk
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: London, Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
Whose Body?: London, Lord Peter Wimsey & Bunter
Roman Blood: (ancient) Rome, Gordianus the Finder
Murder at the Vicarage: St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple
A Conspiracy of Paper: London, Benjamin Weaver, aka "The Lion of Judah"
Norwegian village: Inspector Konrad Sejer (Karin Fossum)Isle Royale National Park: Anna Pigeon (Nevada Barr)
Washington, D.C.: Annabel and Mac Reed (Margaret Truman)
London, England, and Scotland: Richard Hannay (John Buchan)
Virginia: Kay Scarpetta (Patricia Cornwell
London: Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers (Elizabeth George)
London: Adam Dalgliesh (P.D. James)
Deja Dead: Montreal, Canada, Dr. Temperance BrennanBare Bones: Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Temperance Brennan
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Stockholm, Sweden, Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander
Ghost Story: Milburn, New York. Not part of a series. There's not really an "investigator" - just some men friends trying to figure out wassup and take out the creatures.
Cocaine Blues: Melbourne, Australia, the Hon. Phryne Fisher.Fer-de-Lance: (1930s) New York, NY, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: Bishop's Lacey, England, Flavia de Luce.
Murder on the Orient Express: A Train stuck in a snow drift somewhere in former Yugoslavia, Hercule Poirot
Bisbee, AZ: Joanna Brady -- Desert HeatSanta Fe, NM: Kevin Kerney -- Tularosa
Dublin (and locations all over Ireland): Chief Inspector Peter McGarr -- The Death of an Irish Politician
Plus a few more Golden Age and historical ones:
Shrewsbury, Shropshire (12th century): Brother Cadfael -- One Corpse Too Many
London and various other English locations (16th century): Matthew Shardlake -- Dark Fire
Cambridge (14th century): Matthew Bartholomew -- A Plague on Both Your Houses
Devon (14th century): Keeper of the King's Peace Sir Baldwin Furnshall -- The Last Templar
Oxford (13th century): Aristotle College Regent Master William Falconer -- Falconer's Crusade
China (7th century/T'ang Dynasty): Judge Dee The Chinese Gold Murders
Edo, Japan (17th century): Yoriki (Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People) Sano Ichiro -- Shinju
New Orleans, LA (19th century): Benjamin January -- A Free Man of Color
London and various other English locations: Tommy and Tuppence (Prudence) Beresford -- Partners in Crime
London and locations all over England, plus occasional trips to New Zealand: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn and Inspector Fox -- Enter a Murderer
London and locations all over England: Albert Campion and Maggersfontein Lugg -- Death of a Ghost
Three Bags Full: Glennkill, Ireland, a flock of sheepJack, Knave and Fool: 18th century London, Sir John Fielding
Falconer and the Great Beast: 1268 Oxford, William Falconer
The Fashion in Shrouds: 1930s London, Albert Campion
The Alienist: 1896 New York, NY, Dr. Lazlo Kreizler, John Schuyler Moore
Birds of a Feather: 1930 London, Maisie Dobbs
The Pericles Commission: classical Athens, Nicolaos and Diotima
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Three Bags Full: Glennkill, Ireland, a flock of sheepJack, Knave and Fool: 18th century London, Sir John Fielding
Falconer and the Great Beast: 1268 Oxfo..."
Should I delete my Allingham (Campion) and Morson (Falconer) entries?
ETA: Then again, we have 2 Inspector Morse books as well ...
Didn't see you'd added Campion and Falconer books; probably ones I haven't read, so they don't jump out at me.
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Didn't see you'd added Campion and Falconer books; probably ones I haven't read, so they don't jump out at me."Falconer's Crusade (first in the series)
and Death of a Ghost (one of the first Campions chiefly set in London)
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "OK, I'll remove mine and vote for yours, then."Thank you -- next one's on me ...
Sworn to Silence (first in a series) | Painter's Mill, a (fictitious) town in 'Amish country' in Ohio, USA | Chief of Police Kate BurkholderMark of the Lion (first in a series) | 1920's British Kenya | Jade del Cameron
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: Chabot, Mississippi, Silas Jones (he'll also fix your snake-in-a-mailbox problems!) (Location seems to be fictional, though nearby Folsom is real.)
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: Chabot, Mississippi, Silas Jones (he'll also fix your snake-in-a-mailbox problems!) (Location seems to be fictional, though nearby Folsom is real.)"Oh, that was one of my absolute favorites last year and I recommended it to EVERYONE. (Even when someone finally said, "Yeah, I know, you've told me about it at least twice now."
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Ystad. Police Inspector Kurt Wallander.
Gothenberg. Inspector Winter.
London. Charlotte & Thomas Pitt.
Oxford. Inspector Morse
Edinburgh. Inspector Rebus
St. Mary Mead. Miss Marple
Maardam. Inspector Van Veeteren (Maardam is a fictitious location)
Paris. Commissaire Adamsberg
National Park Alaska. Kate Shugak
Rome: Flavia di Stefano & Jonathan Argyll
Sicily: Inspettore Salvo Montalbano
Norway: Inspector Sejer
Rome: Jonathan Argyll