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Sachs, Amelia: rookie beat cop in New York, New York by Jeffery Deaver

“The Saint,” Simon Templar: an international thief, millionaire, and master of disguise by Burl Barer

Sakura, James: a Japanese-American lieutenant with NYPD in New York, New York by Harker Moore

Sales, Cassandra (Cassie): a 50 year-old housewife dealing with her workaholic wine importer husband's stroke in Long Island, New York by Leslie Glass

Salter, Charles: a 40-something police inspector in Toronto, Canada by Eric Wright

Saltz, Terry: who lost his job, wife, truck, and mobile home, starting over as a pizza delivery driver in Spencer, Ohio by L.T. Fawkes

Samejima: maverick police detective, in Tokyo, Japan, by Arimasa Osawa

Samson, Albert: a middle-age low-key P.I. in Indianapolis, Indiana by Michael Z. Lewin

Samson, Bernard: a middle-aged British spy in London, England by Len Deighton

Sampson, Hannah: a CSI diver in the British Virgin Islands by Kathy Brandt

Samson, Jake: an ex-cop in Berkeley, California by Shelley Singer

Sanders, John: police detective in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Sale, Medora

Sanderson, Abigail (Sandy): Forsyth's crisply efficient secretary in London, England by E. X. Giroux

Sandilands, Commander Joe:  a Scotland Yard detective assigned to post-WWI India by Barbara Cleverly

Sands, Inspector: of the Toronto Police by Margaret Millar

Sands, Jake: a retired salvage agent and finder of lost things in Santa Barbara, California by Ron Ely

Nikki Sands: in the Napa Valley, California, in the Wine Lovers mysteries by Michele Scott

George Sansi: half- English, half-Indian police inspector, in Bombay, India, by Paul Mann

Sargeant, Peter Cutler II: a public relations consultant in New York, New York by Edgar Box

Libby Sarjeant: middle-aged actress and private investigator, in Kent, England, by Lesley Cookman

Savage, Myra: by Mark McShane

Savage, Thornton: an NYPD detective in New York, New York by John Mackie

Savich, Dillon: a FBI special agent in Washington D.C. by Catherine Coulter

Savile, Justin: 1/2 of a pair of police detectives in a small town in North Carolina by Michael Malone

Sawyer, Pete (Pierre-Ange): a private investigator in Paris, France by Marvin Albert

Sawyer, Reyn: a sassy hair stylist in San Antonio, Texas by Laura Bradley

Saxon: former US FBI agent turned true-crime writer, and Grace Fitzgerald, Detective Chief Superintendent with the murder squad, in Dublin, Ireland, by Ingrid Black

Saxon: actor and private eye in Los Angeles, California by Les Roberts

Saxon, Alan: professional golfer by Edward

Sayler, Catherine: a private investigator in San Francisco, California by Linda Grant

Scarborough, Hillary: a domestic artiste in the Murder by Design mysteries by Paula Carter

Hannah Scarlett: Detective Chief Inspector of the Cold Case Squad, in the Lake District of England by Martin Edwards

Scarpetta, Dr. Kay: chief medical examiner in Richmond, Virginia by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Pete Schofield: private investigator, and his wife Jeannie, in Los Angeles, California, by Thomas B. Dewey

Schofield, Shane: leader of a team of Marines by Matthew Reilly

Inspector Schmidt: colorless cop with a brilliant mind, in New York City, by George Bagby (Aaron Mark Stein)

Schumann, Paul: a German-American hit man living in New York City is caught and has to go to Berlin as a spy or serve a prison term by Jeffrey Deaver

Schwartz, Ike: a sheriff in a small town in Picketsville, Virginia by Frederick Ramsay

Schwartz, Rebecca: a Jewish feminist lawyer in San Francisco, California by Julie Smith

Scott, Brenna: the head of a search team that uses specially trained dogs in Sacramento, California by Cynthia G. Alwyn

Scott, Nicolette: an archaeologist in the southwestern USA by Val Davis

Scott, Philip: by Harry Carmichael

Scott, Shell: a 6'2" ex-Marine private investigator in Los Angeles, California by Richard Prather

Scudder, Matt: unlicensed reformed alcoholic private eye in New York, New York by Lawrence Block

Shane Scully: police sergeant in Los Angeles, California by Stephen J. Cannell

Simon Serrailler: police Chief Inspector in Lafferton, England, by Susan Hill

Caleb Shaw, Oliver Stone, Milton Farb, and Reuben Rhodes: The Camel Club, a group of four dysfunctional men who investigate political conspiracies, and honorary member Alex Ford, a Secret Service agent, in Washington, DC, by David Baldacci

Sean, Sean “NMI”: a private investigator in Hennepin County, Minnesota by Carl Brookins

Sears, Faron: a black ex-con turned politician in Washington D.C. by James Grady

Seegerman, Gordon: a reluctant public defender by day and an enthusiastic lead singer for a Barry Manilow cover bank by night, in Northern California by Dylan Schaffer

Seeton, Miss Emily D.: retired British art teacher in Kent, England by Heron Carvic

Seferius, Claudia: a vineyard owner in 13th century Rome, Italy by Marilyn Todd

Segalla, Nicholas: a time-traveling scholar in England by Ann Dukthas

Mavis Seidlitz: blonde private investigator with Gracie Allen tendencies, by Carter Brown

Sejer,  Inspector: working in a small mountain village in Norway by Karin Fossum

Selkirk, Sara: renowned cellist in Bath, England by Morag Joss

Brano Sev, Emil Brod, Ferenc Kolyeszar, and other police and intelligence agents in Communist-era Eastern Europe, by Olen Steinhauer

Service, Grady: a conservation officer in Michigan, in the Woods Cop series by Joseph Heywood

Frank Sessions: homicide detective lieutenant, Manhattan North, in New York City, by Hillary Waugh

Sever, Mick: a rock and roll journalist by Don Bruns

Severance, Dr. Grace: a retired pathologist in Arizona by Margaret Scherf

Sewell, Hitchcock, a certified mortician in Baltimore, Maryland by Tim Cockey

Annie Seymour: police reporter in New Haven, Connecticut, by Karen E. Olson

Seymour, Sando: a multilingual officer with Special Branch in 1906 Trieste in the Austro-Hungarian Empire by Michael Pearce

Shader, Dr. Susan: a psychiatrist and criminal profiler in Chicago, Illinois by Joseph Glass

“The Shadow”, a private investigator in the USA by Maxwell Grant

Shaft, John: a tough, black private detective in New York, New York by Ernest Tidyman

Shakespeare, Young Will:   a writer, the Elizabethan era's answer to Sherlocke Holmes, in London, England by Simon Hawke

Shallot, Sir Roger: agent of Cardinal Wolsey in England by Michael Clynes

Dietrich “Deets” Shanahan: 70-something former Army intelligence officer and semi-retired private investigator, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by Ronald Tierney

Shandy, Helen Marsh: librarian and wife in Balaclava County, Massachusetts by Charlotte MacLeod

Shandy, Peter: college botany professor and husband in Balaclava County, Massachusetts by Charlotte MacLeod

Shannon, John: ex-NYPD detective turned special agent (code-name “Shango”) by Clyde W. Ford

Shannon, John J.  by Cleve F. Adams

Rick Shannon: FM rock disc jockey and private investigator in the Mississippi Delta, by Bill Fitzhugh

Shapiro, Desiree: a 5' 2" queen-sized private investigator in New York, New York by Selma Eichler

Shapiro, Frank: a cop in Castlemer, England by Jo Bannister

Nathan Shapiro: Jewish cop usually working in homicide under Bill Weigand, in New York City, by Richard & Frances Lockridge

Simon Shard: Detective Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard, in London, England, by Philip McCutchan

Matthew Shardlake: lawyer in mid-16th century England,by C.J. Sansom

Sharman, Nick: hard-living ex-cop PI in London, England by Mark Timlin

Ray Sharp: American expatriate journalist and detective, in east Asia, by Eric Stone

Sharples, Claire: a microbiologist in the San Joaquin Valley, California by Rebecca Rothenberg

Shaw, Abby: leaving behind a career in corporate law and a cheating husband, returns to her hometown of Paradise, Colorado to take over her aunt's candy shop, Divinity by Sammi Carter

Esmonde Shaw: Commander in the English Naval Intelligence Division, later with a semi-official intelligence agency called 6D2, by Philip McCutchan

James Shaw: Jewish private investigator in New York City, by Isidore Haiblum

Shaw, Samantha: a suburban housewife and soccer mom in Southern California by Jennifer Apodaca

Shaw, Paul: a private investigator in New York by Mark Sadler

Shaw, Simon: professor of history in Raleigh, North Carolina by Sarah R. Shaber

Hector Belascoaran Shayne: one-eyed, half-Irish, half-Basque, Coca-Cola-swilling private investigator in Mexico City, by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Shayne, Michael: this page contains all books by all authors

Shayne, Michael: a series character by Davis Dresser as Brett Halliday

Shayne, Michael: a series character by Robert Terrall as Brett Halliday

Sheldon, Graham: cop and boyfriend by Aaron Elkins

Dan “Spider” Shepherd: former SAS trooper turned undercover cop, based in London, England, by Stephen Leather

Shepard, J.: a lawyer who surfs in Christianitos, California by John DeCure

Robert Sherard: great-grandson of Wordsworth, and Oscar Wilde, poet, wit, and playwright, friend of Arthur Conan Doyle, investigate murders in Victorian England, Scotland, and France, by Gyles Brandreth

Sheridan, Dan: an attorney in Boston, Massachusetts by Barry Reed

Sheringham, Roger: a writer who is an obnoxious sleuth by Anthony Berkeley

Sherman, Winston Marlowe: a professor in Aisley, New York by M. K. Lorens

Sherlock, Lacey: a FBI special agent in Washington D.C. by Catherine Coulter

Sherwood, Payton: a private investigator in the East Village of New York City, New York by Russell Atwood

Jefferson Shields: private detective in 1960s Australia, by Patricia Carlon

Shigata, Mark: a Japanese-American ex-FBI agent turned sheriff in Bayport, Texas by Anne Wingate

Shimura, Rei: a teacher and antiques dealer in Tokyo, Japan by Sujata Massey

Shipton, Cassandra: owner of Earthlore Herbal Preparations and Cruelty-Free Cosmetics, and a member of a study group turned coven by Dolores Stewart Riccio

Ben Shock and Charity Tucker, unlicensed private investigators in the 1970s, by Patrick Buchanan (Edwin Corley)

Shore, Jemima: investigative television journalist in London, England by Antonia Fraser

Shore, Marla: a beauty salon owner in Southern Florida by Nancy Cohen

Shugak, Kate: a native Alaskan ex-DA investigator in Alaska by Dana Stabenow

Sidden, Jo Beth: a bloodhound trainer and tracker in Georgia by Virginia Lanier

Isaac Sidel: deputy police commissioner, later Mayor, in New York City, by Jerome Charyn

Siegel, Phoebe: a private investigator in Billings, Montana by Sandra West Prowell

Silence, John: a physician in England by Algernon Blackwood

Fiona Silk: talent-challenged romance writer, in the bilingual tourist town St. Aubaine, Quebec, Canada, by Mary Jane Maffini

Silva, Joe: a police chief in Mellingham, Massachusetts by Susan Oleksiw

Mario Silva: chief inspector for criminal matters of the federal police, in Brazil, by Leighton Gage

Silver, David: homicide cop with an alien partner in the U.S.A. by Lynn S. Hightower

Silver, Emily: an actress in New York, New York by  Carol Brennan

Silver, Miss Maud: a retired governess and teacher who becomes a professional private detective in London, England by Patricia Wentworth

Abby Silvernale: newly-widowed thirty-year old waitress in upstate Bantam, New York, by Julia Pomeroy

Bernie Simmons: assistant district attorney in New York City, by Richard & Frances Lockridge

Simon, Grant: by Hugh Pentecost

Simon, Margo: California Public Radio reporter in San Diego, California by Janice Steinberg

Simpson, Arthur Abdel: comic rogue and petty crook in England by Eric Ambler

Oliver Simpson: Detective Inspector, and Philipa Lowe, an amateur sleuth, in England, by Roger Omerod

Simpson, Tim: a financial consultant turned art investment specialist in London, England by John Malcolm

Sinclair, Cecily: Edwardian hotel owner in Badger's End, England by Kate Kingsbury

Sinclair, Chris: a district attorney in San Antonio, Texas by Jay Brandon

Sinclair, Evangeline: an actress in London, England by Marian Babson

Sinclair, Matthew Arthur: a gay epileptic D. A. turned store owner in New Orleans, Louisiana by Tony Fennelly

Sinclair, Mort: a respected genealogist and lawyer on Fogge Island off the New England Coast by Gene Stratton

John “Chant” Sinclair: Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam and martial arts master turned artist by George Chesbro

Tucker Sinclair: 30-something divorcee and financial adviser, in Los Angeles, California, by Patricia Smiley

Singer, Jacob: a 1940s Hollywood private eye in Los Angeles, California by George Baxt

Singer, Judith: a resident of Long Island, New York by Susan Isaacs

Sixsmith, Joe: private detective in England by Reginald Hill

Skeehan, Georgia: a rookie fire marshal in New York, New York by Suzanne Chazin

Skellar, Samantha: FBI Agent on the trail of a possible serial killer who has been terrorizing the suburban neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington by Lynne Jamneck

Skinner, Robert: a high-ranking cop in Edinburgh, Scotland by Quintin Jardine

Max Skull: movie director, and Margot O’Banion, a film editor, based in Los Angeles, California. by Kit Sloane

Anthony Slade: Superindendent at Scotland Yard, in London, England, by Leonard Gribble

Jo Slater: sociopathic socialite in New York City, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

Slider, Bill: police inspector in London, England by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Boris Slivka: hard-drinking screenwriter, and his partner Larry Baker, in Hollywood, California, by Carter Brown

Aggie Sloan-Wilcox: wife of the minister of the Consolidated Community Church, in Emerald Springs, Ohio, in the Ministry Is Murder series by Emilie Richards

Sloan, Charley: criminal attorney in Detroit, Michigan by William J. Coughlin

Sloan, Christopher Dennis "Seedy:" Berebury CID department head in West Calleshire, England by Catherine Aird

Sloan, Duncan: a private investigator in Florida by Bob Truluck

Dr. Mark Sloan: Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital who consults with the LAPD, in Los Angeles, California, in the Diagnosis Murder TV novelizations by Lee Goldberg

Sloan, Sydney: a lesbian private investigator in New York, New York, in the Stonewall Inn mysteries by Randye Lordon

Slocombe, Drew: former nurse who has become an undertaker in Bradbourne, England by Rebecca Tope

Small, David: rabbi sleuth in Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts by Harry Kemelman

Small, Jake: Constable in 1940s Canadian police officers in Fort York, Ontario by A. E. Eddenden

Smiley, George: British Intelligence agent and scholar in London, England by John Le Carre

Smith, Bill: 40-something Army brat PI in New York by S. J. Rozan

Smith, Brad: championship tennis player and part-time CIA agent in the United States by Jack Bickham

Smith, Cellini: an accountant for the Mob in New York, New York, turned honest private investigator in Los Angeles, California by Robert Reeves (born 1912)

Stevens, Delta [Storm], a police officer in River Valley, California near Los Angeles by Linda Kay Silva

Smith, Grace: a private investigator in Seatoun, England by Liz Evans

Smith, Jill: homicide detective in Berkeley, California by Susan Dunlap

Smith, Dr. John: by Hugh Pentecost

Smith, Mackenzie: law professor in Washington, D.C. by Margaret Truman

Smith, Marguerite: a retired science teacher in Cape Cod, Massachusetts by Marie Lee

Molly Smith: rookie constable, and Sergeant John Winters, in the mountain town Trafalgar, British Columbia, Canada, by Vicki Delany

Smith, (Nicole) Nickel: avowed lesbian and small-town newspaper editor in Runnymeade by Rita Mae Brown

Smith, Sloan: assistant to Bedford Green, an art gallery owner in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1925  by Michael Kilian

Smith, Truman: private eye in Galveston, Texas by Bill Crider

Smith, Zachariah: private investigator in Oregon by L. L. Thrasher

Smithsonian, Lacey: the "Crime of Fashion" columnist in Washington D. C. by Ellen Byerrum

Smythe, Tuck: aspiring actor, the Elizabethan era's answer to Holmes' Dr. Watson, in London, England by Simon Hawke

Snow, John: a young, retired superintendent of Scotland Yard by Raymond Sawkins

Snow, Morgan: a sex therapist in the Butterfield Institute in New York City by M. J. Rose

Socarides, Aristotle Plato: ex-cop part-time fisherman P.I. in Cape Cod, Massachusetts by Paul Kemprecos

The Social Club Mysteries in Borderville, Virginia by Graham Landrum

Sokol, Pauline: ex-nurse, now an investigator of medical fraud by Lori Avocato

Solano, Lupe: private investigator in Miami, Florida by Carolina Garcia Aguilera

Solomon, Bretta: the 45 year old owner of the Flower Shop in River City, Missouri, in The Gardening Mysteries by Janis Harrison

Solomon, Sasha: a public relations director in New Mexico by Pari Noskin Taichert

Squabbling lawyers Steve Solomon, a Coconut Beach bum and Victoria Lord, a Miami blue blood, in Florida by Paul Levine

Sorby, Helen: a social worker in 1905 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania by Karen Rose Cercone

Source, Devlin: a police detective sergeant in Baltimore, Maryland by James Grady

Southwell, Robert: a detective chief inspector in York, England by Barbara Whitehead

Southwood, Anna: a private enquiry agent in Sidney, Australia by Jean Bedford

Space, Sam: a private investigator on Mars by William F. Nolan

Ben Spanner and H.J. Mavity, ex-spouses in Connecticut, by Ron Goulart

Sparrow, Charlie: a tough,  smart-aleck spy who is irresistible to women in the USA by Tom Ardies

Spearman, Henry: an economics professor at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Marshall Jevons

Speed, Diana: a publishing company chief financial office in New York, New York by Tony Gibbs

Speeter, Axel: one of a group of small town gamblers in Minnesota by Peter Hautman

Philip Spence: artist, and Margo Franklin, a waitress, in Chicago, Illinois, by Jerry B. Jenkins

Spenser: ex-boxer, ex-state cop turned private eye in Boston, Massachusetts by Robert B. Parker

Spencer, Joan: symphony orchestra manager in Oliver, Indiana by Sara Hoskinson Frommer

Spotted Moon, Charles: an attorney & Ojibway tribal shaman in San Francisco, California by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Spraggue, Michael III: wealthy actor and ex-PI in Boston, Massachusetts by Linda Barnes

Spring, Penny: a 60-something anthropologist in Cambridge, England by Margot Arnold

Cole Springer: former Secret Service agent and saloonkeeper, in Aspen, Colorado, by W.L. Ripley

Springer, Dan: a writer for a magazine in Las Vegas, Nevada by L.C. Hayden

Jeremiah Spur: retired white Texas Ranger, and Clyde Thomas, the first black deputy sheriff, in Brenham, Texas, by James Hime

Squires, Lee: an English professor and poet in Montana by Christine Andreae

Inspector Starrett: of the Garda Serious Crime Unit, in County Donegal, Ireland, by Paul Charles

St. Cyr, Jean-Louis: French police inspector in 1940s Paris, France by J. Robert Janes

Sebastian St. Cyr: Viscount Devlin, an investigator in Regency England, by C.S. Harris

Valentin St. Cyr: Creole private detective in the early 20th century, in the Storyville district of New Orleans, Louisiana, by David Fulmer

Philip St. George: Satan Sleuth, by Michael Avalone

St. George, Sweeney: an art history professor specializing in representations of death, in Byzantium, Vermont by Sarah Stewart Taylor

St. Ives, Philip: a professional go-between by Oliver Bleeck

St. James, Quin: part of a wife & husband P.I. team by T. J. MacGregor

St. John, Jeremiah: private investigator in San Francisco, California by William Babula

St. Jones, Revelations: a private investigator in the manner of Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe, in San Francisco, California by Barry Shannon

St. Mars, Gideon: a viscount who becomes the highwayman Blue Satan, and his friend Mrs. Kean, in early 18th century England, by Patricia Wynn

Stackhouse, Sookie: a cocktail waitress and her vampire boyfriend, Bill, in small town Louisiana by Charlaine Harris

Stanhope, Rachel a birder (birdwatcher) in the Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado by Christine Goff

Inez Stannert: saloon owner, around 1880 in Leadville, Colorado, in the Silver Rush mysteries by Ann Parker

Starbranch, Harry: a burned-out Denver cop turned small-town police chief in Victory, Wyoming by Gregory Bean

David Stark: American attorney, and Liu Hulan, a Chinese police inspector, combining talents to solve mysteries in China, by Lisa See

Stark, Joanna: Art Security Expert in San Francisco, California by Marcia Muller

Stark, Malvin: a nerdy, unsuccessful real estate agent, an alias for Gil Yates, private investigator in Los Angeles, California by Alistair Boyle

Stark, Michael, oversexed, handsome heir-apparent to a herpes ointment fortune in New York by David Stukas

Morgan Stark: black mercenary soldier, and Felicity O’Brian, an Irish jewel thief, by Austin S. Camacho

Starkey, Dan: journalist in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Colin Bateman

Maggie Starr: America’s most famous ex-striptease artist, running her late husband’s newspaper syndicate, and her stepson Jack, her VP and chief troubleshooter, in 1948 Manhattan, New York City, by Max Allan Collins

Stefano, Nick: a 50s bartender and private eye in Washington D.C. by George P. Pelecanos

Elliot Steil: son of an American sugar magnate, later a professor of English at a Cuban college and then working in an import-export business, in Havana, Cuba, by José Latour

Stein, Gertrude: expatriate writer in Paris in the 20s by Walter Satterthwait

Stella the Stargazer, an astrologer and lovelorn columnist in Denver, Colorado by Christine T. Jorgensen

Sterling, Paisley: an author of children's books in Rowan Springs, Kentucky by E. Joan Sims

Stevens, Grace, a cop in Seattle, Washington by Lowen Clausen

Ted Stevens: hard-luck attorney, and his law partner Paul Morganstein, in Tallahassee, Florida, by Terry Lewis

Stewart, Blaine: an ex-cop turned private investigator in New York, New York by Sharon Zukowski

Stewart, Kellen: a therapist and a lesbian in Great Britain by Manda Scott

Stewart, Maggie: an interior decorator in South Carolina: Shirley Robertson

Neville Stewart: detective inspector, Mark Lombardi, police officer, and Callie Anson, a newly ordained Anglican cleric, in London, England, by Kate Charles

Stewart, Teal: a Certified Public Accountant in Boston, Massachusetts by J. Dayne Lamb

Stride, Inspector Eric: of the Newfoundland Constabulary in  1940s St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada by Thomas Rendell Curran

Jonathan Stride: detective lieutenant in Duluth, Minnesota, by Brian Freeman

Stock, Matthew: 17th century town constable and clothier in Chelmsford, England by Leonard Tourney

Raine Stockton: who runs a dog boarding and training facility and consults for the the Forest Service after being downsized in a budget cut, and her golden retriever Cisco, in the Smoky Mountains of Hanover County, North Carolina, by Donna Ball

Stone, Jesse: Homicide Detective in Paradise, Massachusetts by Robert B. Parker

Stone, Lucy: sleuthing wife and mother of four in Tinker's Cove, Maine by Leslie Meier

Stone, Michael: forensic psychologist in Vermont by Anna Salter

Stone, Nick: an S.A.S. agent by Andy McNab

Oliver Stone, Milton Farb, Caleb Shaw, and Reuben Rhodes: The Camel Club, a group of four dysfunctional men who investigate political conspiracies, and honorary member Alex Ford, a Secret Service agent, in Washington, DC, by David Baldacci

Stone, Sergeant: a village detective in Allshire, England by Sarah J. Mason

Stoner, Harry: private investigator in Cincinnati, Ohio by Jonathan Valin

Strachey, Donald: a gay private investigator, in Albany, New York by Richard Stevenson

Strange, Brenda: a private investigator of the weird in Tampa, Florida by Patty Henderson

Strange, Derek: black and successful is an ex-cop turned private investigator in Washington D. C. by George P. Pelecanos

Strange, Sylvia: a forensic psychologist in Santa Fe, New Mexico by Sarah Lovett 

Strangeways, Nigel: an Oxford graduate in England by Nicholas Blake

Streeter: a bounty hunter and private eye in Denver, Colorado by Michael Stone

Jonce Striker: founder of Investigative Services, Inc., and Natasha Chamberlain, a young investigator, in Knoxville, Tennessee, by Christy Tillery French

String: an alien Ilaki, partners with a homicide cop, in the U.S.A. by Lynn S. Hightower

Jim Stringer: railroad worker and amateur sleuth in the early 1900s, in England, by Andrew Martin

Storme, Wyatt: ex-NFL star, private investigator and Vietnam vet in N. Branson, Missouri by W. L. Ripley

Strong, Lydia: a true crime author in Santa Fe, New Mexico by Lisa Miscione

Stuart, Jane: a widowed literary agent in Shady Hills, New Jersey by Evan Marshall

Stuart, Lizabeth “Lizzie”: a 38 year old African-American professor of crime historian in Virginia by Frankie Y. Bailey

Stubbs, Rosemary: a chaplain at Sanderson College in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts by Clare Munnings

Jakob Studer: police sergeant (Wachtmeister) in 1930s Bern, Switzerland, by Friedrich Glauser

Styles, Peter: an investigate reporter by Judson Philips

Sueno, George: a military police officer in South Korea by Martin Limon

Sughrue, C. W.: ex-Army spy turned private eye in Montana James Crumley

Sullivan, Carolyn: a part-time law student and overworked probation officer in Ventura County, California by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

Giles Sullivan: retired attorney, and Isabel Macintosh, a faculty dean, in Vermont, in the Crossword Puzzle mysteries by Herbert Resnicow

Sullivan, Liz: freelance writer and organic gardener in Palo Alto, California by Lora Roberts

Mac Sullivan: retired cop, and Whiskey, his Irish Wolfhound partner, along with Rachel Brenner, a 40-something divorcee and mother of a teenaged son, in Washington, DC, by Evelyn David

Sullivan, Rob: British Customs officer in Brussels, Belgium by Paul Adam

Summer, Maggie: owner of the  antique print business named Shadows in Maine by Lea Wait

Sumuru: a master plotter working towards world dominance, by Sax Rohmer

Erlendur Sveinsson: detective inspector, and his colleagues Sigurdur Oli and Elinborg, in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Arnaldur Indridason

Svenson, Mike: a police officer in Grantham, Oklahoma by Eve K. Sandstrom

Swagger, Bob “the Nailer” master sniper in the United States by Stephen Hunter

Swann, Cassie: professional bridge player, Bellington, England by Susan Moody

Sweeney, Nell: a governess in post-Civil-War Boston, Massachusetts by P. B. Ryan

Sweetwater, Caleb: a policeman in New York by Anna Katherine Green

Swensen, Hannah: the manager of The Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minnesota by Joanne Fluke

Swift, Jamie: an editor of a newspaper in Beaumont, South Carolina by Janet Evanovich with Charlotte Hughes

Swift, Sabina: a detective agency owner in Washington D. C. by Dorothy Sucher

Swinbrooke, Kathryn: 15th century physician, apothecary, death investigator in Canterbury, England by C. L. Grace

Swithin, Oliver: a children's book author in Great Britain by Alan Beechey

Swyteck, Jack: a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, Florida by James Grippando

Szabo, Annie: a writer, mother and widow by Meredith Blevins

Szabo, Zoe: former Rolling Stone reporter tuned small town reporter in New England by Lisa Kleinholz

  

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