| RANKIN | Ian __, author of the Rebus detective novels (6) |
| MCEWAN | Ian ___, author of novel The Children Act (6) |
| ALLEYN | Chief Inspector Roderick ____ appears in all the detective novels of Ngaio Marsh |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| HAY | Ian ___, author of 1915 war book The First Hundred Thousand (3) |
| GENTLY | 1963 detective novel by Alan Hunter (6,8) (see 13D) |
| NGAIO | First name of the author of detective novels including Surfeit of Lampreys and Clutch of Constables (5) |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery ?, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) |
| IAN | Detective writer who created the 'Rebus' series, ... Rankin |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | US author of hard-boiled detective novels including The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| DAYLEWIS | UK poet laureate from 1968-1972 who wrote the Nigel Strangeways series of detective novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake (3-5) |
| RAYMONDCHANDLER | US author of detective novels (7,8) |
| SARAPARETSKY | Author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision (4,8) |
| PARETSKY | Sara ?, author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| SIMENON | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| ENOLA | "The ___ Holmes Mysteries" (series of detective novels by Nancy Springer) |
| REBUS | Series of detective novels by Ian Rankin, Inspector _ (5) |
| CONNELLY | Michael, U.S. author of detective novels featuring Harry Bosch (8) |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, No Name and Poor Miss Finch whose book The Moonstone is generally regarded as the first detective novel (7) |
