D. H. Dublin - Pseudonym of Jonathan McGoran. Dublin is the author of a series of crime novels set in
Philadelphia.
Scott Flander - author of a series about Sargent Eddie North and the Philadelphia police.
Leslie Ford - Author of The Philadelphia Murder Story, 1945
Lawrence Goldstone - His novel The Anatomy of Deception is a mystery set in Philadelphia in 1889. Noted Philadelphia artist Thomas Eakins is one of the characters.
David Goodis - Author of noir mysteries. More information and a bibliography may be found at Wilkopedia..
Another article on Goodis was published in Booklist.
Mark Graham - Author of The Killing Breed, The Resurrectionist and The Black Maria which
are mysteries set in 19th century Philadelphia.
Keith Gilman - A Philadelphia policeman who writes mystery novels.
W.E.B. Griffin - Badge of Honor series about the Philadelphia
Police Force.
Robin Hathaway - Her sleuth is Dr. Fenimore who is
a Philadelphia physician.
Merry Jones - Crime solving by Zoe Hayes who is an art therapist in a institute for severely
deranged patients.
Solomon Jones - author of gritty crime novels set in Philadelphia.
Bill Kent - A series about Shep Ladderback, an obituary writer,
and Andrea Cosicki, a consumer-advice columnist.
William Lashner - author of a series about Victor Carl, lawyer
George Lippard - (1822 - 1854). His novel The Quaker City is a gothic novel of murders commited by The Monks of Monk
Hall who are some of the most prestigious citizens of Philadelphia. For more information, read
Monks, Devils and Quakers an article by Edward Petit.
Bonnie MacDougal - Author of a series about a
Philadelphia legal firm.
Nancy Martin - The Blackbird sisters series who investigate crimes
in Philadelphia's high society.
Donna Houston Murray - Author of the Ginger Barnes mysteries
set on the Main Line in the Philadelphia area.
Edgar Allen Poe - Poe lived in Philadelphia from 1838 to 1844. During these years he invented the detective
story with the publication of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and the "The Mystery of Marie Roget". You may visit his
Philadelphia house at this NPS website.
Lisa Scottoline - author of legal thrillers. You will enjoy the video of her talk at the 2009 National Book Festival.
Bart Spicer (1918 - 1978) - Spicer wrote 7 novels about Carney Wilde, a private investigator in Philadelphia. Bill Crider comments on The Dark Light in his blog.
Philadelphia Gothic - Gothic novels from the period of 1798 - 1854. This is an exhibition at the Library Company of Philadelphia which features the gothic works of Charles Brockden Brown, George Lippard, and Robert Montgomery Bird.
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