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British Procedurals
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Garden Room

The Procedural is all about the police work and stresses realism of action. An actual police department is used; however, all the personnel are fictional. Most of the novels in this genre are written in the third person but the tone of the book may not always be objective. Many writers of this genre are policemen (or women) or ex-policemen. The popularity of procedurals has been encouraged by its television equivalent, the police show. Ironically, the best procedurals minimize the police procedure and heighten suspense, character, and surprise--their writers try to write like novelists.


In 1956, Ed McBain began his long running 87th Precinct series (U.S), which placed the police procedural firmly on the map. In many ways, this genre is a sub-set of the police detective novel. It is an ensemble piece which brings in all of the skills and demands at a local police station or precinct rather than focusing on any one detective. However, the lone police detective that acts more like a private PI is also popular like P.D.James’ Adam Dagliesh who is rarely seen in a police station or with a partner.


British or English procedurals abound. Scotland Yard is a favorite setting; indeed, it should probably have its own category.  - Leane Ellis (Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.  Wakefield, MA.  Supper Sleuths Book Group.


A link into our online catalog is provided for each title that is available through an MVLC library.


AUTHOR CHARACTER TITLE
Aird, Catherine C.D.Sloane Religious Body (1966)
The Most Contagious Game (1967)
Stately Home Murder(1969)
A Late Phoenix (1970)
His Burial Too (1973)
Slight Mourning (1975)
Parting Breath (1978)
Some Die Eloquent (1979)
Passing Strange (1980)
Last Respects (1982)
Harm's Way (1984)
Dead Liberty (1987)
The Body Politic  (1989)
A Going Concern (1994)
Injury Time (1995)
After Effects (1996)
Stiff News (1999)
Little Knell (2000)
Amendmnt of Life (2002)
Airth, Rennie John Madden River of Darkness (1999)
The Blood-dimmed Tide (2005)
 Ashford, Jeffrey P.C.Ballard
Michael Keene
Honest Betrayal (1999)
Murder Will Out (2000)
Alexander, Bruce Sir John Fielding Blind Justice (1994)
Murder in Grub Street (1995)
Watery Grave (1996)
Person or Persons Unknown (1997)
Jack, Knave and Fool(1998)
Death of a Colonial (1999)
The Color of Death (2000)
Smuggler's Moon (2001)
An Experiment in Treason (2002)
The Price of Murder (2003)
Rules of Engagement (2005)
Bannister, Jo Inspector Perry Trethowen
Chief Inspector Meredith
Liz Graham

 

A Bleeding of Innocents (1993)
Charisma (1994)
A Taste for Burning (1995)
No Birds Sing (1996)
Broken Lines (1998)
The Hireling (1999)
Changelings (2000)
Barnard, Robert Charlie Peace Death and the Chaste Apprentice (1989)
(1992)
A Hovering of Vultures (1993)
Bad Samaritin (1996)
No Place of Safety (1997)
The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori (1998)
Unholy Dying (2001)
Beechey, Alan Oliver Swithin An Embarrassment of Corpses (1997)
Murdering Ministers (1999)
Bell, Pauline Inspector Browne Murder at St. Oswald (1991)
Booth, Stephen Ben Cooper Black Dog (2000)
Dancing with Virgins (2001)
Blood on the Tongue (2002)
Bruen, Ken Detective Sergeant Brant &
Chief Inspector Roberts
A White arrest (1998) - Not Available.
Taming the alien (1999) - Not Available.
The
McDead (2000) - Not Available.
Blitz (2002)
Vixen (2005)
Calibre (2006)
Charles Wycliffe Three-Toed Pussy (1968) - Not Available.
To Kill a Cat (1970)
Guilt Edged (1971)
Death in a Salubrious Place (1973)
Death in Stanley Street (1974)
Wycliffe and the Pea-green Boat (1975)
Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls (1976)
Wycliffe and the Scapegoat (1978)
Wycliffe in Paul's Court (1980)
Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase (1982)
Wycliffe and the Beales (1982)
(1985)
Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin (1986)
Wycliffe and the Windsor Blue (1987) N/A
Wycliffe and the Tangled Web (1989)
Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990)
Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist (1991)
Wycliffe and the Last Rights (1993) - N/A
Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery (1994)
Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1996)
Wycliffe and the Redhead
(1997)
Butler, Gwendoline John Coffin Receipt for Murder (1956) - Not Available.
Dead in a Row (1957) - Not Available.
Dull Dead (1958)
Murdering Kind (1958) - Not Available.
The Interloper (1959) - Not Available.
Death Lives Next Door (1960)
Make Me a Murderer (1961) - Not Available.
Coffin in Oxford (1962)
- Not Available.
Coffin for Baby (1963) - Not Available.
Coffin Waiting (1964) - Not Available.
Coffin in Malta (1964)
A Nameless Coffin
(1966)
Coffin Following (1968)
- Not Available.
Coffin's Dark Number (1969) - Not Available.
A Coffin from the Past (1970)
Coffin for the Canary (1974)
- Not Available.
Coffin on the Water(1986)
Coffin in Fashion (1987)
Coffin Underground (1988)
Coffin in the Museum of Crime (1990)
Coffin and the Paper Man (1990)
Coffin on Murder Street (1992)
Cracking Open a Coffin (1992)
A Coffin for Charley (1994)
The Coffin Tree (1996)
A Dark Coffin (1996)
A Double Coffin (1998)
Coffin's Game (1999)
A Grave Coffin (1999)
Coffin's Ghost (2001)
Coffin Knows the Answer (2003)
Charles, Paul Inspector Christy Kennedy I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (1997)
Last Boat to Camden Town (1998)
Fountain of Sorrow (1998)
The Ballad of Sean and Wilko (2000)
The Hissing of the Silent Lonely Room (2001)
I've Heard the Banshee Sing (2003)
Corley, Elizabeth Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Fatal Legacy (2001)
Coward, Mat Don Packham and
Frank Mitchell
Up and Down (2000)
In and Out (2001)
Over and Under (2004)
Open and Closed (2005)
Crombie, Deborah Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James A Share in Death (1993)
All Shall be Well (1994)
Leave the Grave Green (1995)
Mourn Not Your Dead (1996)
Dreaming of the Bones (1997)
Kissed a Sad Goodbye (1999)
A Finder End (2001)
And Justice There Is None (2002)
Now May You Weep
(2003)
In a Dark House (2004)
Water Like a Stone (2007)
Cutler, Judit Detective Sgt. Kate Power Power on Her Own (1998)
Freda Davies Detective Inspector Keith Tyrell A Fine and Private Place (2001)
Dexter, Colin Chief Inspector Morse Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
Last Seen Wearing (1976)
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977)
Service of All the Dead (1979)
The Dead of Jericho (1981)
Riddle of the Third Mile (1983)
The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986)
The Wench Is Dead (1989)
The Jewel that was Ours (1991)
The Way Through the Woods (1992)
The Daughters of Cain (1994)
Death is Now My Neighbor
(1996) 
The Remorseful Day (1999)
Eccles, Marjorie Inspector Gil Mayo More Deaths Than One (1990)
Late of this Parish (1994)
Death of Distinction (1995)
The Company She Kept (1996)
An Accidental Shroud (1997)
A Species of Revenge (1999)
Killing Me Softly (1999)
The Superintendent's Daughter (2000)
A Sunset Touch (2002)
Untimely Graves
(2004)
Ellis, Kate Police Sgt. Wesley Peterson The Merchant's House (1999)
Armada Boy (2000)
AnUnhallowed Grave (2001)
Funeral Boat (2002)
The Bone Garden (2003)
Fraser, Anthea Inspector Webb A Shroud for Delilah (1986)
A Necessary End
(1986)
Pretty Maids All In A Row (1987)
Death Speaks Softly (1987)
The Nine Bright Shiners
(1988)
Six Proud Walkers (1989)
The April Rainers (1990)
Symbols at Your Door (1991)
I'll Sing You a Two-o (1996)
Three, Three, the Rivals (1995)
The Gospel Makers(1996)
The Seven Stars (1997)
One is One and All Alone (1998)
The Ten Commandments (1997)
Eleven That Went Up to Heaven (1999)
The Twelve Apostles (1999)
George, Elizabeth Thomas Lynley A Great Deliverance (1989)
Payment in Blood (1989)
Well-schooled in Murder (1990)
A Suitable Vengeance (1991)
For the Sake of Elena (1992)
Missing Joseph (1993)
Playing for the Ashes (1994)
In the Presence of the Enemy (1996)
Deception on His Mind(1997)
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (1999)
Traitor to Memory (2001)
A Place of Hiding (2003)
With No One As Witness (2005)
What Came Before He Shot Her (2006)
Graham, Caroline Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby The Killings at Badger's Drift(1987)
Death of a Hollow Man (1989)
Death in Disguise (1993)
Written in Blood (1995)
Faithful Unto Death (1998)
A Place of Safety (1999)
A Ghost in the Machine (2004)
Granger, Ann Chief Inspector Alan Markby Say It With Poison (1991)
A Season for Murder (1992)
Cold in the Earth (1993)
Murder Among Us (1993)
Where Old Bones Lie (1994)
A Fine Place for Death (1995)
Flowers for His Funeral (1995)
Candle for a Corpse (1996)
A Touch of Mortality (1997)
A Word After Dying (1998)
Call the Dead Again (1998)
Beneath These Stones (2000)
Shades of Murder (2001)
A Restless Evil (2002)
The Way Murder Lies (2005)
Gregson, J.M. Detective Inspector Percy Peach &
Detective Srg. Lucy Blake

 


Superintendent John Lambert

Missing, Presumed Dead (1997) Not Available
To Kill a Wife (1999)
An Unsuitable Death (2000)
A Turbulant Priest (2000)
Lancashire Leopard (2001)
Murder at the Lodge (2003)

Murder at the nineteenth (1989) Not Available
For sale with corpse (1991) Not Available
Bring forth your dead (1991) Not Available
Dead on Course (1991)
The
Fox in the forest (1992) Not Available
Stranglehold (1993)
Watermarked (1994) Not Available
Death of a nobody (1995) Not Available
Accident by design (1996) Not Available
Body politic (1997) Not Available
Girl Gone Missing (1998)
Malice Aforethought (1999)
An Unsuitable Death (2000)
An Academic Death (2001)
Death on the Eleventh Hole (2002)
Mortal Taste (2003)
Just Desserts (2004)
Too Much of Water (2005)
Close Call (2006)

Grimes, Martha Inspector Richard Jury The Man with a Load of Mischief (1981)
The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)
The Anodyne Necklace (1983)
The Dirty Duck (1984)
Jerusalem Inn (1984)
Help the Poor Struggler (1985)
The Deer Leap  (1985)
I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)
The Five Bells and Bladebone  (1987)
The Old Silent (1989)
The Horse You Came In On (1993)
Rainbow's End (1995)
The Case Has Altered (1997)
THe Stargazey  (1998)
The Lamorna Wink  (1999)
The Blue Last (2001)
The Grave Maurice  (2002)
The Winds of Change  (2004)
The Old Wine Shades (2006)
Hall, Patricia Chief Inspector Michael Thackeray The Poison Pool (1991)
Death by Election (1994)
Dying Fall (1994)
Dead of Winter (1997)
Perils of the Night (1997)
Italian Girl (1998)
Dead on Arrival (1999)
Skeleton at the Feast (2002)
Deep Freeze (2003)
Death in Dark Waters
(2004)
Dark Reckoning (2005)
Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia Bill Slider Orchestrated Death (1991)
Death Watch (1992)
Death to Go (1993)
Grave Music (1995)
Blood Lines (1996)
Killing Time (1998)
Shallow Grave (1999)
Blood Sinister (1999)
Gone Tomorrow
(2001)
Dear Departed (2005)
Hart, Roy Douglas Roper Seascape with Dead Figures (1987)
A Pretty Place for Murder (1987)
Fox in the Night (1989)
Remains to Be Seen (1990)
Robbed Blind (1990)
Breach of Promise (1990)
Blood Kin (1992)
Final Appointment (1993)
A Deadly Schedule
(1994)
Harvey, John Charlie Resnick Lonely Hearts (1989)
Rough Treatment (1990)
Cutting Edge (1991)
Off Minor (1992)
Wasted Years (1993)
Cold Light (1994)
Living Proof (1995)
Easy Meat (1996)
Still Waters (1997)
Last Rites
(1998)
Hayder, Mo Detective Insp. Jack Caffrey Birdman (1999)
The Treatment (2001)
Hill, Reginald Supt. Andrew Dalziel &
Sgt. Peter Pascoe
A Clubbable Woman (1970)
An Advancement of Learning (1971)
Ruling Passion (1973)
An April Shroud (1975)
A Pinch of Snuff (1978)
A Killing Kindness (1980)
Deadheads (1983)
Exit Lines (1984)
Child's Play (1987)
Underworld (1988)
Bones and Silence (1990)
Recalled to Life (1992)
Pictures of Perfection (1994)
The Wood Beyond (1995)
On Beulah Height (1998)
Arms and the Women (1999)
Dialogues of the Dead or Paronomania! (2001)
Death's Jest Book
(2003)
Good Morning Midnight (2004)
Ison, Graham Chief Sup. John Gaffney

Det. Chief Insp. Harry Brock
Confirm or Deny (1989)
The Home Secretary Will See You Now (1989)
Working Girl (2002)
James, Bill Colin Harpur,DCS &
Desmond Iles,DC
You'd Better Believe It (1985)
The Lolita Man (1986)
Halo Parade (1987)
Protection (1988)
Come Clean (1986)
Take (1990)
Club (1991)
Astride a Grave (1991)
Gospel (1992)
Roses, Roses (1993)
In Good Hands (1994)
The Detective is Dead (1995)
Top Banana (1996)
Panicking Ralph (1998)
Lovely Mover (1998)
Eton Crop (1999)
Kill Me (2000)
Pay Days (2001)
Naked at the Window
(2001)
James, P.D. Adam Dagliesh Cover Her Face (1962)
A Mind to Murder (1963)
Unnatural Causes (1967)
Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
The Black Tower (1975)
Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
A Taste for Death (1986)
Devises and Desires (1989)
Original Sin (1995)
A Certain Justice (1997)
Death in Holy Orders (2001)
The Murder Room (2003)
The Lighthouse
 (2005)
John, Katherine Sgt.Trevor Joseph Six Foot Under (1996)
Murder of a Dead Man (1997)
Keating, H.R.F. Det.Chief Insp.Harriet Martens The Hard Detective (2000)
A Detective in Love (2001)
Detective Under Fire (2003)
Kelly, Susan B. Gregory Summers

 

The Lone Traveller (2000)
Killing the Fatted Calf (2001)
Little Girl Lost (2002)
Lovesey, Peter Peter Diamond The Last Detective (1991)
Diamond Solitaire (1993)
The Summons (1995)
The Bloodhounds (1996)
Upon a Dark Night (1998)
The Vault (2000)
Diamond Dust (2002)
The House Sitter  (2003)
Maitland, Barry Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla &
Chief Inspector David Brock
The Marx Sisters (1999)
The Malcontenta (2000)
All My Enemies (1996)
THe Chalon Heads (2001)
Silvermeadow (2002)
Babel (2003)
The Verge Practice  (2003)
No Trace (2006)
McGowen, Jill Detective Inspector Lloyd &
Officer Hill
A Perfect Match (1983)
Murder at the Old Vicarage (1991)
Gone to Her Death (1989)
The Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale, (1991)
The Other Woman (1993)
Murder..Now and Then (1993)
A Shred of Evidence  (1995)
Verdict Unsafe (1997)
Picture of Innocence (1997)
Plots and Errors (1999)
Scene of the Crime (2001)
Death in the Family (2003)
Unlucky for Some (2005)
Palmer, Frank Jim "Jacko" Jackson Testimony (1993)
Unfit to Plead (1994)
Bent Grasses (1995)
Blood Brother (1995)
Nightwatch (1996)
China hand (1994) - Not Available
Double exposure (1995) - Not Available
Dead man's handle (1995) - Not Available
Rendell, Ruth Chief Inspector Wexford From Doon with Death (1964)
A New Lease of Death  (1967)
Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
The Best Man to Die (1969)
A Guilty Thing Surprised(1970)
No More Dying Then (1971)
Murder Being Once Done (1972)
Some Lie and Some Die (1999)
Shake Hands Forever (1975)
A Sleeping Life (1978)
Death Notes (1981)
Speaker of Mandarin (1989)
An Unkindess of Ravens (1985)
The Veiled One (1988)
Kissing the gunner's daughter (1992)
Simisola (1995)
Road rage (1997)
Harm done (1999)
The
Babes in the wood (2003)
End in tears (2005)
Robinson, Peter Inspector Alan Banks Gallows view (1990)
A
Dedicated man (1991)
A
Necessary end  (1992)
The
Hanging valley (1992)
Past reason hated (1993)
Wednesday's child (1994)
Final account (1995)
Innocent graves (1996)
Blood at the root (1997)
In a dry season (1999)
Cold is the grave (2000)
Aftermath (2001)
Close to home (2003)
Playing with fire (2004)
Strange affair (2005)
Piece of my heart (2006)
Simpson, Dorothy Inspector Luke Thanet The Night she died (1981)
Puppet for a corpse (1983)
Close her eyes (1984)
Last seen alive (1985)
Dead on arrival (1987)
Element of doubt (1988)
Suspicious death (1988)
Dead by morning (1989)
Doomed to die (1991)
Wake the dead (1992)
No laughing matter (1993)
A
Day for dying (1996)
Once too often (1998)
Dead and gone (1999)
Six feet under (1982)
Smith, Frank Detective Chief Inspector
Neil Paget
Fatal flaw (1996)
Stone dead (1998)
Candles for the dead (1999)
Thread of evidence (2001)
Acts of vengeance (2003)
Spencer, Sally Chief Inspector Woodend The Salton killings  (1998)
Murder at Swann's Lake (1999)
Death of a cave dweller (2000)
The
Dark lady  (2001)
The
Golden mile to murder  (2001)
Dead on cue (2001)
The
Red herring (2002)
Death of an innocent (2002)
A
Death left hanging (2003)
The
Enemy within (2003)
The
Witch maker (2004)
The
Butcher beyond (2004)
Dying in the dark (2005)
Stone killer (2005)
A
Long time dead (2006)
Sins of the fathers (2006)
Symons, Julian Detective Superintendent Catchpole Playing happy families (1995)
 
Todd, Charles Inspector Ian Rutledge A Test of wills (1996)
Wings of fire (1998)
Search the dark (1999)
Legacy of the dead (2000)
Watchers of time (2001)
A
Fearsome doubt (2002)
A
Cold treachery (2005)
A
Long shadow (2006)
A
False mirror (2007)
Trow, M.J. Inspector Sholto Lestrade The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (1998)
Brigade (1998)
Lestrade and the hallowed house (1999)
Lestrade and the leviathan (1999)
Lestrade and the brother of death (1999)
Lestrade and the Ripper (1999)
Lestrade and the guardian angel (1999)
Lestrade and the deadly game (1999)
Lestrade and the gift of the prince (2000)
Lestrade and the magpie (2000)
Lestrade and the dead man's hand (2000)
Lestrade and the sign of nine (2000)
Lestrade and the sawdust ring (2000)
Lestrade and the mirror of murder (2001)
Lestrade and the kiss of Horus (2001)
Lestrade and the devil's own (2001)
Turnbull, Peter Chief Inspector Hennessey and Sergeant Yellich Fear of drowning (2000)
Deathtrap (2000)
Perils and dangers (2001)
Return, The (2001)
After the flood (2002)
Dark secrets (2003)
All roads leadeth (2003)
Treasure trove (2004)
The
Dance master (2004)
The
Legacy (2005)
Chill factor (2005)
False knight (2006)
Hopes and fears (2004)
Fire burn (2006)
Wingfield, R. D. Detective Inspector Jack Frost Frost at Christmas (1995)
A
Touch of Frost  (1995)
Night Frost (1995)
Hard Frost (1995)




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