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Mysteries with a Light Touch

Some writers of comedy thrillers and satirical detective stories…

  • Marian Babson
  • Robert Barnard
  • Colin Bateman
  • George Baxt
  • M. C. Beaton
  • Michael Bond
  • Lilian Jackson Braun
  • Simon Brett
  • Rita Mae Brown
  • Dorothy Cannell
  • Sarah Caudwell
  • Janet Evanovich
  • Christopher Fowler
  • Jonathan Gash
  • Dorothy Gilman
  • Charlaine Harris
  • Lauren Henderson
  • Carl Hiaasen
  • Janice Kaplan
  • Laura Levine
  • Lisa Lutz
  • Hope McIntyre
  • Michael Pearce
  • Elizabeth Peters
  • Nicholas Rhea
  • Mike Ripley
  • Simon Shaw
  • Andrew Taylor
  • Donald E Westlake

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