Adelia (Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar of Salerno), a “doctor for the dead” working for King Henry II in 12th century England, by Ariana Franklin

Sister Agatha: former investigative journalist, now one of the extern sisters, the convent's link to the outside world at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery in New Mexico by Aimee and David Thurlo

Albert Edward (Bertie): Prince of Wales, in England, by Peter Lovesey

Dame Averilla: the infirmaress at the Benedictine abbey near Shaftesbury in 12th century Norman England by Barbara Reichmuth Geisler

Carlos, a psychic detective in New York, New York by Charlie H. Johnson, Jr.

Elizabeth I: in 1500s England, by Karen Harper

Sister Fidelma: 7th century Celtic sister and legal advocate in Kildaire, Ireland, by Peter Tremayne

Dame Frevisse: medieval nun in Oxfordshire, England, by Margaret Frazer

Abbess Helewise: an abbess at the Hawkenly Abbey in England, during the 12th century by Alys Clare

Iliona: high priestess blackmailed into spying for Sparta, in 5th century BCE Greece, by Marilyn Todd

Sister Joan: investigative nun in Cornwall, England by Veronica Black

Mac: ex-cop private investigator, in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Los Angeles, California, by Thomas B. Dewey

Sister Mary Helen: retired nun in San Francisco, California by Carol Anne O'Marie

Mathilde of Westminster: physician and former lady-in-waiting, in the court of Edward II, in 14th century, London, England, by Paul Doherty

Nameless: a private eye in San Francisco, California by Bill Pronzini

Constable Nick: policeman in Aidensfield, North Yorkshire, England, by Nicholas Rhea (Peter Walker)

Sister Ursula: a nun detective by Anthony Boucher (written as H.H. Holmes)

Ramon, Lucio, Milos, and Neil meet for lunch and take turns to tell their stories, in the Lunch series by Derek Hansen