Complete Clue List
Across
1. John Gardner's 5th James Bond novel; "Nobody ___ for Ever" (1986)
4. Mary Higgins Clark's 2003 thriller set in the holiday season; "Deck the ___"
7. Martin Plowman takes us into an alien world in 2011; "The ___ Diaries"
8. Sara Paretsky's collection of crime short stories sounds a bit down; "Windy City ___" (1995)
9. A doctor is gunned down in this 2014 Mary Higgins Clark thriller; "I've Got You ___ My Skin"
10. First name of Mr. Rankin, creator of the "Inspector Rebus" novels
11. Perla Suez's work centred on an Argentine province; "The ___ Rios Trilogy" (2006)
14. A passing 1971 Inspector Wexford mystery by Ruth Rendell; "No More ___ Then"
17. Ngaio Marsh's 15th novel featuring Roderick Alleyn; "___ Brother ___" (Same word - 1949)
20. Colin Dexter pays a fare for Morse & Lewis on the "Last ___ Woodstock" (1975) (2 Words 3,2)
23. Some genesis from Ruth Rendell in 2001; "Adam and ___ and Pinch Me"
24. Wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841); Edgar ___ Poe
25. Ruth Rendell's 21st Inspector Wexford story; "___ the Flesh" (2007) (2 Words 3,2)
26. Some finish for Ruth Rendell and Inspector Wexford in 2005; "___ in Tears"
27. Sediment or scum, Jorn Lier Horst presents this 2020 Inspector Wisting mystery
28. Debut novel from Sagit Schwartz, a mystery in 2 timelines; "___ She's Been Gone" (2024)
Down
1. Feels like Elmore Leonard is sipping a cocktail in this 1998 tale; "Cuba ___"
2. Ruth Rendell takes Inspector Wexford into a large chamber in 2011; "The ___"
3. "Guilty by Definition" (2024) is the debut murder mystery for ___ Dent
4. A classic from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; "The ___ of the Baskervilles" (1902)
5. Female focus, Ed McBain's 1961 murder tale; "___ Did It" (1st word, 4 letters (twice) 2nd word 1)
6. By the neck, Jesamine James' 2013 story; "___ - Up the Hill Backwards"
12. The 12th Inspector Morse novel from Colin Dexter; "Death is ___ My Neighbour" (1996)
13. John Gardner lifts the pace in this 1976 thriller; "___ a Little Faster"
15. Ian Fleming's 1964 James Bond thriller; "___ Only Live Twice"
16. Raymond Benson's 1999 James Bond novelization; "The World is ___ Enough"
17. An erect Elmore Leonard in 1959; "Last ___ at Saber River"
18. Mary Higgins Clark keeping an eye out in 1993; "___ Seeing You" (2 Words 3,2, inc contraction)
19. Written in the DNA, Val McDermid's 5th Kate Brannigan tale; "Blue ___" (1996)
20. Sounds like decompression sickness, Bart Hopkins 1st Kane Montgomery tale; "The ___" (2017)
21. 2000 novel by Mr. Rankin, has Inspector Rebus "___ Darkness" (2 Words 3,2)
22. Mary Higgins Clark borrows a 1963 Lesley Gore song title in 2018; "You Don't ___" (2 Words 3,2)