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The United States

• Alaska Mysteries - This list is by Stop, You're Killing Me.
• Arizona Mysteries - This list is by Stop, You're Killing Me.
• Golden Gate Mysteries - A bibliography of mysteries which take place in the San Francisco area.
• California Mystery Writers - List by the Los Angeles Public Library.
• Golden Gate Mysteries - A bibliography of crime fiction set in the San Franciso Bay area. This list is by Randal Brandt.
• Mystery Books That Take Place in Colorado - This list is by the Cozy Mystery List.
• Mystery Books That Take Place in Connecticut - This list is by the Cozy Mystery List.
• Florida Mysteries and Crimes
• Tropical Stars: Florida's New Wave of Crime Writers - an article by Stuart McIver in Mystery Scene magazine.
• Chicago Mysteries - This list is by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Public Library.
• Buried in the Bayou - Mysteries set in Louisiana. List by C. Corcos.
• Mysteries Set in New Orleans - This list is by the Morton Grove Public Library.
• Hard-Boiled Maryland - Mysteries by four authors who were born in Maryland.
• Massachusetts Mysteries - List by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Library
• Mass Murder - Mysteries set in Massachusetts, 1996 - 1998. By the Memorial Hall Library.
• Mass Murder Returns - Mysteries set in Massachusetts, 2000 - 2003. By the Memorial Hall Library.
• Mass Murders You May Have Missed - Mysteries not in the other two lists by the Memorial Hall Library.
• Mystery Books That Take Place in Michigan - This list is by the Cozy Mystery List.
• Mysteries That Take Place in Minnesota - This list is by the Cozy Mystery List.
• Murder with Southern Hospitality - An exhibition of Mississippi murders by the Archives and Special Collections Department of the University of Mississippi.
• Mysterious Nebraska - Mystery novels by Nebraskans or set in Nebraska. This list is by the Lincoln City Libraries.
• Las Vegas Fiction - This list includes some mystery novels. By the Morton Grove Public Library.
• Detecting in New England - Mystery list compiled by the Manchester Public Library.
• Murder in New Jersey - Reading for that vacation on the Jersey Shore.
• New Mexico Mysteries - by the Santa Fe Public Library.
• New York Mysteries - This list is from Stop, You're Killing Me!
• New York City: Historical Mystery Novels - This list is by the Springfield City Library.
• Ohio Detectives - This list is by the Akron-Summit Public Library.
• Murder in Pennsylvania - Death in Philadelphia and the rest of the state.
• Texas Mysteries: Wrangle up a Good Read - This list is by the Harris County Public Library.
• Texas Mysteries - A list by Texas State University library.
• Murder in the Rain - Mysteries set in Seattle, Washington. This list is by the Seattle Public Library.
• Crime in the Pacific Northwest - This list is by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Public Library.
• Mystery Books That Take Place in Washington, DC - This list is by the Cozy Mystery List.
• Wyoming Mysteries - This list is by Stop, You're Killing Me.
• Great Lakes Mysteries - Death in the states on the Great Lakes. This list is by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Public Library.
• Murder in Mountain Standard Time - Crime in the Rocky Mountain states. This list is by the Downers Grove Public Library.
• Mystery in the Cold Outdoors - Death on a cold day. This list is by the Skokie Public Library.

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Death in Foreign Lands

• Mysteries Set in Africa - List by the Morton Grove Public Library.
• African Mystery Writers - A list from the Detectives Beyond Borders blog.
• Sub-Saharan Africa Mystery Novels - This list is from Reader's Advice.
• Crime Novels Set in Antarctica - From the Euro Crime blog.
• Regional Mysteries: South Asia - This list is compiled by Reader's Advice.
• Mysteries of the Far East - Mysteries set in many countries of Asia. By the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Library.
• Mysteries Set in Australia - This list is by Reader's Advice.
• Crime Fiction Canada - A database of Canadian mystery fiction, movies and television shows. There are also databases of mystery fiction criticism and dissertations. Compiled by Brock University.
• Regional Mysteries: Canada - This list is by Reader's Advice.
• Mysteries Set in France and Francophone Countries - List by Christine A. Corcos.
• French Mysteries - The list is compiled by mystery author Cara Black.
• French Crime Fiction - An article on the historical development of French crime fiction by Sue Neale.
• Series Mysteries Featuring British Police Detectives - This list is by the Downers Grove Public Library.
• Mystery Tour Great Britain and Ireland - This list is by the Manchester Public Library.
• Irish Crime Writers - an extensive list of links to authors' web sites compiled by Cormac Miller.
• Italian Mysteries - Web site for historical and contemporary mysteries set in Italy.
• A Hard-Boiled Gazeteer to Italy - Crime novel list by Bill Ott in Booklist, May 1, 2006.
• Scandinavian Mysteries - Crime in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, andSweden. This list is by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Public Library.
• Nordic and Scandinavian Mysteries - This list is by the Downers Grove Public Library.
• Tartan Noir - Mystery novels set in Scotland. This list is by the Springfield City Library.
• Vatican Crimes - Mysteries and thrillers set in the Vatican. List by the Springfield City Library.
• Another Word for Murder - Foreign crime fiction in translation. This list is by the Springfield City Library.
• Murder in Far Away Places - Mystery novels from around the world. This list is compiled by the Skokie Public Library.
• Crime in the City - a series of interviews by NPR with various mystery writers whose books feature cities around the world.
• Crime Fiction in the British Empire - an essay on the detectives of Canada, Australia, India, and other colonial locations. From the Whodunit Mystery Bookstore.
• G. J. Demko's Landscapes in Crime - Articles about the mystery novel in the US and in countries around the world.

Murder on Vacation

• Murder on Board - Cruise and sailing mysteries list compiled by the Springfield Public Library
• Murder Takes a Vacation - this list is compiled by Ellen Dark.
• Going Coastal - Murders set on beaches and islands. By the St. Charles Public Library.
• Beach Mysteries - Death in the sand. This list is by the Supper Sleuths of the Beebe Library.
• Mysteries Set in Hot Climates - This list is by the Morton Grove Public Library.

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