Men of Mystery

Classics

Earl Derr Biggers (Charlie Chan)
Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe)
James Cain (various)
Erle Stanly Gardner (Perry Mason)
Dashiell Hammett (Sam Spade)
John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee)
Ross Macdonald (Lew Archer)
Ed McBain/Evan Hunter (87th Precinct stories)
Edgar Allan Poe (Auguste Dupin)
Ellery Queen (Ellery and Inspector Queen)
Lawrence Sanders (Edward X. Delaney;  Archy McNally)
Mickey Spillane (Mike Hammer)
Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe)
Cornell Woolrich (various)

Contemporary

Harold Adams (Carl Wilcox)
Richard Barre (Wil Hardesty)
William Bernhardt (Ben Kincaid)
Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr; Matt Scudder; Evan Tanner; Chip Harrison)
James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux)
Robert Campbell/R. Wright Campbell (Jimmy Flannery; Whistler)
Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar)
Max Allan Collins (Nathan Heller; Eliot Ness; Mallory)
K.C. Constantine (Mario Balzic)
Robert Crais (Elvis Cole)
Stanley Ellin (various)
Carl Hiaasen (various)
Tony Hillerman ( Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee)
Stuart Kaminsky (Inspector Rostnikov; Toby Peters; Abe Lieberman)
Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware)
Harry Kemelman (Rabbi David Small)
William X. Kienzle (Father Robert Koesler)
Michael Lewin (Albert Samson)
David Lindsey (Stuart Haydon)
Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro)
Steve Martini (Attorney Paul Madriani)
Walter Moseley (Easy Rawlins)
Robert B. Parker ( Spenser; Jesse Stone)
George Pellicanos (Nick Stefanos; Derek Strange and Terry Quinn)
Bill Pronzini (the Nameless Detective)
John Sandford (Lucas Davenport)
Roger L. Simon ( Moses Wine)
Andrew Vachss (Burke)
Donald Westlake (Dortmunder)
Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington; Holly Barker)
Mark Richard Zubro (Paul Turner; Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter)