Rachmaninoff,
Nicky: Nicky Rachmaninoff, a reluctant
cop, divorced father, and jazz pianist, in Beverly Hills, California,
in the Left-Handed Policeman mysteries by Robert
Westbrook
Rafferty, DCI Joseph and
DS Dafyd LLewellyn are assigned to the police station in Elmhurst in
Essex, England by Geraldine
Evans
Rafferty, Molly: a history
professor at Scattergood College by Sophie
Belfort
Rafferty, Shadwell: an
Irish saloonkeeper in Minnesota by Larry
Millett
Rain, John: a Japanese-American
freelance assassin in Tokyo, Japan by Barry
Eisler
Raines, Barrett “Bear”:
the first black detective in an all-white police force in Deacon Beach, Florida
by Darryl Wimberley
Raines, Harrison: a Pinkerton
spy during America's Civil War by Michael
Kilian
Raisin, Agatha: A
London advertising retiree in the Cotswolds by M.
C. Beaton
Ralston, Deb: a
police detective mom in Fort Worth, Texas by Lee
Martin
Ramadge, Gwenn: private
investigator, in New York, New York by Lillian
O'Donnell
Ramirez, Carmen: a 24-year-old
Irish-Puerto Rican lesbian copy editor at her hometown newspaper in Frontier
City, Oklahoma by Lisa Haddock
Ramotswe, Mma (Precious):
owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Botswana by Alexander
McCall Smith
Ramsdale, Lucy: illustrator
in Wingate, Connecticut by Hildegarde
Dolson
Ramsay,
Charles: a Chelsea antiques dealer in London, England by William
Ardin
Ramsgill, Jamie: an
architect and Princeton professor in Princeton, New Jersey by James
Bradberry
Ramsey, Stephen: an impulsive
police inspector in Northumberland, England by Ann
Cleeves
Randal, Sunny: a private
eye in Boston, Massachusetts by Robert
B. Parker
Randolph, Marjorie: the
owner of a retail bookstore called Cavalier Books, in Washington D. C.
by Michael Bowen
Rane, Harry: an ex-New
Jersey State Trooper by Wallace
Stroby
Rankin, John: private investigator
in Washington D.C. by James Grady
Ransom, Alastair: an
inspector in the 1890s in Chicago, Illinois by Robert
W. Walker
Ransom, Jeremy: homicide
detective in Chicago, Illinois by Fred
Hunter
Rawlings, Claire: book
editor with a 12-year-old ward in New York, New York by Carole
Bugge
Rawlings, John: an apothecary
during the 18th century in London, England by Deryn
Lake
Rawlings, Mickey: 1910s journeyman
second baseman in the United States by Troy
Soos
Rawlins, Dolly:
a young widow in England by Lynda
La Plante
Rawlins, Easy:
school maintenance supervisor in Los Angeles, California by Walter
Mosley
Rayborn, Merci: a
deputy in the Orange County, California's Sheriff's Department by T.
Jefferson Parker
Reacher, Jack: ex-military
policeman by Lee Child
Reardon, Sydney: an actress
turned jet-set decorator by Mary
Branham
Rebus, John: detective
sergeant in Edinburgh, Scotland by Ian
Rankin
Redmayne, Christopher:
an architect in 1600s London, England by Edward
Marston
Reed, Annabel:
gallery owner wife in Washington, DC by Margaret
Truman
Rees, Dr. Clio: physician
and mystery writer in England by Jo
Bannister
Reese, Ben: a 1960s university
archivist in Ohio by Sally
S. Wright
Reese, Jack: photographer
in Shawnee, West Virginia by John
Douglas
Reid, Savannah: ex-cop
and owner of a new detective agency in southern California by G.A.
McKevett
Reilly, Desiree “Dez”:
a lesbian policewoman in St. Paul, Minnesota by Lori
L. Lake
Reilly, Cassandra: Spanish
translator based in London, England by Barbara
Wilson
Reilly, Nina: struggling,
young attorney in Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Perri
O'Shaughnessy
Reilly, Regan:
private eye in Los Angeles, California by Carol
Higgins Clark
Reles, Dan: a homicide
detective in 1980s Austin, Texas by Michael
Simon
Renko, Arkady:
police officer in Moscow, Russia by Martin
Cruz Smith
Resnick, Charlie: jazz-loving
police detective in Nottingham, England John
Harvey
Resnick, Jeff: former
insurance Investigator in Buffalo, New York by L.
L. Bartlett
Revill, Nick: an actor
in Shakespearean times
in London, England by Philip
Gooden
Reyes-Guzman, Estelle:
the new undersheriff in Posadas County, New Mexico by Steven
F. Havill
Reynier, Claire: buyer
of rare books for the University of New Mexico library in Albuquerque,
New Mexico by Judith Van
Gieson
Reynolds, Alison: a 40-something
ex-newscaster and new “pajama-clad blogger” in Sedona, Arizona
by J. A. Jance
Reynolds, Alex:
accidental spy in Chicago, Illinois by Reynolds,
Alex
Reynolds, Sukey: a police
photographer and crime scene investigator, in England by Betty
Rowlands
Rhodenbarr, Bernie:
burglar and bookseller in New York, New York by Lawrence
Block
Rhodes, Dan:
laid-back sheriff with a motley crew of deputies in Blacklin county,
Texas by Bill Crider
Rhyme, Lincoln:
disabled ex-head of NYPD forensics in New York, New York by Jeffrey
Deaver
Richards,
Merlin: 1920s young Welsh architect in Phoenix, Arizona by Keith
Miles
Rickman, Roy: Home
Officer Administrator in London, England by Bill
James
Ridgway,
Schuyler: sassy Realtor in Louisville, Kentucky by Tierney
McClellan
Riggs, Bingo: a photographer
traveling across the U.S. by Craig
Rice
Riordan, August: a jazz
bas-playing private investigator in San Francisco, California by Mark
Coggins
Riordan, Matt: a
burned-out lawyer turned investigator in Seattle, Washington by Frederick
D. Huebner
Rios, Henry: a gay criminal
defense lawyer in Los Angeles, California by Michael
Nava
Ripley, Tom:
charming forger and psychopath in England by Patricia
Highsmith
Mrs. Risk, a “righter-of-wrongs,” has been called a witch in Wyndham-by-the-Sea, New York by Angela
Zeman
Rivers, Julian: a chief
inspector by Carol Carnac
Rivers, Sophie: a college
lecturer and amateur singer in Birmingham, England by Judith
Cutler
Roath, Sheila: British
agents in England by Bill
James
Robak, Donald: a crusading
defense attorney and state legislator in Bington, Indiana by Joe
Hensley
Roberts, Amanda:
an investigative reporter in Atlanta, Georgia by Sherryl
Woods
Robicheaux, Dave:
deputy sheriff in New Iberia, Louisiana by James
Lee Burke
Roberts, James: a Chief
Inspector in London's southeast precinct by Ken
Bruen
Robertson, Nan: a State
Bar Investigator in California by Taffy
Cannon
Rockford,
James: low-rent detective in Los Angeles, California by Stuart
Kaminsky
Roger the Chapman, is a
medieval chapman (peddler) in England by Kate
Sedley
Roland, James: a detective
inspector in Suffolk, England by Ann
Quinton
Rolfe, Helga by James
Hadley Chase
Rome, Maggie: a reporter
and musician, in Sloan's Ford, Connecticut by Lucille
Kallen
Rome, Tony: gambler and
private eye in Miami, Florida by Marvin
Albert
Romero, Liza: a sea captain
in Alaska by Marcia Simpson
Rook, Howard: a middle-aged
reporter by Stuart Palmer
Rooke, Terry: by David
Alexander
Romano, Lieutenant:
by David Alexander
Roosevelt, Eleanor:
1940s First Lady in Washington D.C. by Elliot
Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Theodore:
the Police Commissioner in 1890s New York, New York by Lawrence
Alexander
Roper, Douglas: detective superintendent
in Dorset, England by Roy Hart
Roper, Taggart: a freelance writer, living in a trailer with his dog, and moonlighting as a petty criminal, in Oklahoma by William Sanders
Roper, Ian, Detective
Chief Inspector (DCI) in Rickenham, England by Janie
Bolitho
Rosato
& Associates, an all-women law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Lisa Scottoline
Rosenthal, Rebecca: an
80-year-old Polish-born anthropologist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Ellen
Godfrey
Ross, Charity: a 1890s
widowed frontier ranch owner in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Jack
Bickham
Ross, H. W.: a detective
superintendent in England by Lucretia
Grindle
Ross, Jack: private
eye in Reno, Nevada by Bernard
Schopen
Ross, Will and Cheryl: in
the Cycling Murder Mysteries Greg Moody by Greg
Moody
Rossiter, Jake: a private
investigator in post-World War II Seattle, Washington by Curt
Colbert
Rostnikov,
Porfiry: Russian police inspector in Moscow, Russia by Stuart
Kaminsky
Rothman, Ruby: a rabbi's
widow in Eternal, Texas by Sharon
Kahn
Roundtree, Trudy: the only
woman on the Ogeechee police force in Ogeechee, Georgia by Linda
Berry
Rourke, Devlin: a police
detective sergeant in Baltimore, Maryland by James
Grady
Rowley, Tony: a detective
inspector for Scotland Yard in London, England by Roger
Busby
Rubio, Vince: velociraptor
and private investigator, in Los Angeles, California
by Eric
Garcia
Rudd, Inspector: police
inspector in Essex, England by June
Thomson
Rumpole, Horace: an elderly
“junior” barrister
in London, England by John
Mortimer
Rune: NYPD detective
in New York, New York by Jeffery
Deaver
Ruiz, Inspector Paco:
at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War (1936), in Madrid, Spain
by James Garcia Woods
Rush, Jim: American
on the run from British police in England by Lesley
Grant-Adamson
Russell, Mary:
a teen-age student of Sherlock Holmes by Laurie
R. King
Rutledge, Alex: a freelance
photographer in Key West, Florida by Tom
Corcoran
Rutledge, Ian: a shell-shocked
World War I veteran returning to his job at Scotland Yard by Charles
Todd
Lt Ryan: an NYPD cop
in New York, New York by Margaret
Scherf
Ryan, Anthony: NYPD detective
in New York, New York by Ed Dee
Ryan, Frank: process
server in Detroit, Michigan by Elmore
Leonard
Ryan, Hugh: a Transport
Authority controller in 2022 Brussels, Belgium by Gerard
Readett
Ryan, Jack: CIA analyst
in Washington D.C. by Tom Clancy
Ryan, Jacqueline (Jackie):
a black cop recently promoted to detective with homicide, in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada by N. J. Lindquist
Ryan, Father John
Blackwood “Blackie”, Catholic priest in Chicago, Illinois
by Andrew M. Greeley
Ryan, Maggie: statistician
and professor in New York, New York by P.
M. Carlson
Ryan, Detective Maggie:
a former member of the Dallas P.D. who recently left the big city for
the suburban enclave of Litchfield, Texas, just 20 minutes outside the
city limits by Susan McBride
Ryan, Kelly: the general
manager of WBZE, on the Caribbean Island of St. Chris by Kate
Grilley
Ryan, Dr. Samantha (Sam):
a pathologist working for the Home Office in London, England by Nigel
McCrery
Ryan, Sean: an ex-Irish
revolutionary, recruited from prison to infiltrate and investigate groups
whose plans threaten the security of England by Brian
Cleeve
Rydell, Thomas: Village
Chief Inspector in Marston, England by Christine
Green
Ryder, Carson: a police
detective in Alabama by Jack
Kerley
Rye, Bill: by John
Spain
Ryker, Joe: NYPD
Homicide detective in New York, New York by Nelson
DeMille
Ryland, Garth: newspaper
reporter in Oakalla, Wisconsin by John
R. Riggs
Inspector Ryvet by Carol
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