Find the latest copy of this list at http://www.netwrx1.net/~grace/ WisCon, May, 2002, May 2003 Bev DeWeese, Winifred Halsey, Nancy Jane Moore, Grace O'Malley(moderator), Joyce Scrivner, Gerri Balter, George Duke Bass, and Louise Marley, Aided and abetted by S. Alles Blom, 1 6/1/03Mystery and Science Fiction or Fantasy or Horror or ?? Authors are listed by first name. Andrea Spalding, The Keeper and the Crows. Orca Book Publishers, 2000. (YA) Misha goes to visit his Aunt Dora at her funny old cottage and finds a centuries old mystery involving a sturgeon and some evil crows. Too short for character development but a good story. Annette Curtis Krause, Alien Secrets. Delacorte Press, 1993 (YA) Puck, a 12 year-old girl, freshly kicked out of school and being sent to the planet where her parents are working, befriends an alien with a secret. Through Puck's daring and ingenuity the secret is resolved as Puck discovers new things about herself and the others around her. Really fun. Includes a ship's cat named "Podkayne". April Christofferson. Protocol. Forge, 1999. Woman infiltrates firm to find out who stole her husband's organs; genetic engineering Atanielle Annyn Noel. Murder on Usher's Planet. ______, Speaker to Heaven. Arbor House, 1987. P.I.; Mystery and humor in space Barbara Hambly. Those Who Hunt The Light. Del Rey, 1988. Someone is killing vampires and the chosen detective is a quiet Oxford don who explores the vampire world in daylight hours from London to France. Barbara Hambly. Traveling With the Dead. Del Rey, 1995. Sequel to Those Who Hunt the Light. Travels across Europe in constant danger. C. J. Merle. Of Duty and Death. Speculation Press, ?. Sf/Murder mystery Charlene Harris. Dead Until Dark. Ace, 2001. Sookie Stackhouse reads minds; her boyfriend is a vampire Chelsea Quin Yarbro. Olgilvie, Talent, and Moon. Putnam, 1976. Charline Moon is a shaman who solves murders Chelsea Quin Yarbro. Poison Fruit. Jove, 1991. Another Charlie Moon book Connie Willis. Doomsday Book. Historical, time-travel story of a college student who travels back to the time of the Black Death in England and gets trapped there by scientific error Connie Willis. Passage. Novel about near death experiences. Cynthia Felice. Downtime. Bluejay, 1985. A ruling group for the human galaxy learns about a plot to take over production of immortality drugs. One of the group has resigned his place in order to investigate the problem on a recently colonized planet. Deborah Christian. Mainline. Tor, 1996. Riva, a career assassin, can slip between alternate timelines to escape detection. But now she has attracted the attention of an alien bodyguard. And she is being trailed by an invisible security agent. Denise Vitola. Quantum Moon. Ace, 1996. The first of the Marshall Ty Merrick series. These are all good mysteries and good SF. In this book, Ty must come to terms with her illness as a werewolf, somehow keep her job in a dystopian world and find out who is killing people for no apparent reason. Denise Vitola. Opalite Moon. Ace, 1997. Marshall Ty Merrick must solve the murder of three members of a sect - the Opalite Denise Vitola. The Winter Man. Ace, 1997. Nicki Chim, a vampire, is a forensic hematologist (what else?) Denise Vitola, Manjinn Moon. Ace, 1998. Marshall Ty Merrick is a law enforcement officer in a dystopian future and she is a werewolf. The Manjinn, an assassin, has kidnapped her lover. Diane Duane. Stealing the Elf King's Roses. 2001 Earth is one of many alternate worlds where magic/science are co-mingled. A murder of an elf is investigated by a female detective and her unhuman associate. This investigation draws them together to work on the elves' home world. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Channeling Cleopatra. Penguin Putnam 2002. When a genetic research company discovers a procedure that would enable a scientist to incorporate the genetic makeup of a dead person's DNA into a living person, Leda Hubbard is ecstatic. As a forensic anthropologist and would be Egyptologist, she wants Cleopatra's DNA. She and her retired cop/father rush to Alexandria to get a "piece of the action." But she soon realizes that there are many others who want to have a part of Cleopatra too. Humorous, but intriguing caper. Emma Bull. Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands. Tor, 1994. Bordertown is just outside the passageway into the Elflands. A human has been murdered, probably by sorcery. A local cop decides to ask Orient , a criminal who seems able to find lost objects, to take her into the Elflands and find the killer. J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the . . . Scholastic, Inc. 1997, etc. Doesn't everyone agree that these books are fantasy and mystery? If not, why not? If not - in an essay of 5,000 words, please. Jane Louise Curry. Me, Myself and I. M.K. McElderberry Books, 1987. (YA) Time travel into the past. Jane Yolen. The Robot and Rebecca: The Mystery of the Code Carrying Kids. Knopf distributed by Random House, 1980. Jayne Castle. Amarylis. Jayne Castle. Zinnia. Pocket Star Books, 1997. Romance with a capital "R". Psychic talents are used to figure out the murder mystery among a community of humans cut off from Earth. Janet Kagan. Hellspark. ____, 1998. Lassti, a newly-discovered planet, is not safe. The planet's survey team physicist is found dead. Did one of his fellow surveyors kill him? Or was it one of the natives on Lassti? Are they even intelligent? Tocohi, a Hellspark trader, intends to find out the truth. Jeanne Kalogridis. The Burning Times. ______, . Fantasy/mystery Joan D. Vinge. Tangled Up In Blue. Tor, 2001. Part of the Snow Queen universe. Police officer Nyx LaisTree is nearly killed in an illegal raid. He loses nearly everything. Now he must find out what really happened or he may die. But who can he trust? Karen Duvall. Project Resurrection. Speculation Press, ?. SF and the paranormal. Scientists in Alaska are reanimating cryogenically preserved humans not realizing that they are stealing the souls of the living. LaNaya Seville, a descendent of a tribe of Inuit sorcerers finds the one person she needs to try to save mankind -- a man who is already dead. Kate Wilhelm. Death Qualified. St. Martin's Press, 1991. Lucas Kennedy has been enticed into participating in a study on chaos. Then he disappears, but his wife is sure she later saw him murder someone. How could this be? Katherine Kerr. Polar City Blues: An Entertainment. Bantam, 1990. On an alien planet with reptilian residents and a psychic killer, ex-spacer Lacey is one tough cop in one tough city. (hard to find) Kay Kenyon. Leap Point. Bantam, 1998. Abbey McCrae lives quietly above her 20th century antique shop. But she has found the diary of her younger daughter, who supposedly committed suicide. It seems her daughter was addicted to Nir, a virtual reality game, and to studies at a cult. She wants someone to find out what really happened. Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The Disappeard. ROC, 2002 When alien laws are honored everywhere, and harsh alien penalties are imposed on the lawbreakers, it makes sense for some people to just disappear. Problem is that someone is selling out the "disappeared" to the aliens. Police procedural on the moon. Kristine Smith. Code of Conduct. Avon Books, 1999. A former lover's wife dies and Captain Jani Kilian is drawn unwillingly into its investigation. A complication that could be lethal is the condition of the parts used to put Jani back together after battle. Are they failing? Is Jani dying? Laura Mixon. Glass Houses. Tor, 1992. Ruby is a salvage operator who's really hooked into her machines. But, when she stumbles across some diamonds and a lost will, even her knowledge of virtual reality and the gritty underside of Manhattan can't save her. Laurel K. Hamilton. The Laughing Corpse. Ace, 1994 Vampire/mystery/horror? Laurel K. Hamilton. Obsidian Butterfly. Ace, 2000. Anita Blake is a vampire hunter living in a world like ours but, hers contains all sorts of creatures of the dark. Laurel K. Hamilton. Circus of the Damned. The Killing Dance. Others? Lee Driver. The Good Die Twice. Full Moon Press, 1999. Shapeshifter works with police to solve murder. Lee Driver. Full Moon, Bloody Moon. Full Moon Press, 2000. 18-year-old Sara can shape shift into a wolf or a hawk. And now the body of a cop is found mutilated. Is Sara guilty? Sara's companion, Chase Dagger, and Sara, have to find the truth. X-Files type mystery. Lee Killough. The Monitor, the Miners, and the Shree. Ballentine, 1980 The survey team just wanted to check out the stone-aged, winged Shree, without contacting them. But, after five days, one team member had died violently, and the rest had disappeared across the planet. What happened? Lee Killough. Gambit. , . Lee Killough. Deadly Silents. Ballentine, 1981. On Egar, the telepathic aliens seem friendly and innocent. Could they really have killed a cop? Or was it one of the humans driven mad by the aliens? Lee Killough. Spider Play. Popular Library (Warner Books), 1986. Former WisCon GOH author Lee creates a team of law enforcement officers (Leos), Janna Brill and "Mamma" Maxwell who keep the peace in space. Great action all across the galaxy. Lee Killough. Blood Walk, 1997. San Francisco police inspector, Garreth Mikaelian, is investigating the death of a tourist, who was found dead with all his blood drained from his body. The trail leads to Lane Barber, an exotic, mysterious nightclub singer. But when Garreth confronts her in a struggle, she bites him, and he bites back. He soon realizes he has become a vampire, like her. But Garreth is determined that he will remain a cop and he will retain his humanity. Intriguing set-up. Lee Killough Blood Games, 2001. Garreth Mikaelian, a vampire cop, now living in Kansas, is finding it hard to remain part of the mainstream culture even though he's worked very hard at it for 15 years. For one thing, his son looks the same age he does. And now, in his current case, he has to track down and albino psycho, who may also be a vampire. Strong police procedural with thoughtful vampire lore. Lois McMaster Bujold. Diplomatic Immunity. Baen Books, 2002. Miles and his new wife spend most of their honeymoon in Quaddiespace. Miles is investigating a strange disappearance and an even stranger Betan with a big secret. Lois McMaster Bujold. Cetaganda. Baen Books, 1996. Miles and cousin Ivan go to Cetaganda to do their diplomatic duty. It's boring duty until the empress dies naturally and her lifelong attendant dies unnaturally. Suddenly, the trip is anything but boring. Lois McMaster Bujold. Memory. Baen Books, When the head of the secret police has an eidetic memory chip no one can get away with anything. But, what happens when the chip is sabotaged? Lyda Morehouse. Archangel Protocol. ROC, New American Library, 2001 Lynn S. Hightower. Alien Blues. Ace, 1992. Earth's Detective David Silver uncovers a conspiracy that threatens earthlings and Elaki both. He reluctantly accepts the help of the Elaki. Lynn S. Hightower. Alien Eyes. Ace, 1993. Stingray-shaped Elaki have come to Earth to help humans fight crime, but when an internecine alien dispute becomes ugly, interstellar revolution looms on the horizon unless detective David Silver and his Elaki partner can save the day. Lynn S. Hightower. Alien Heat. Ace, 1994. Detective David Silver and his Elaki partner, String, return to the streets to pursue a killer arsonist who has been murdering both humans and Elaki and then destroying the crime scenes with a raging inferno. Lynn S. Hightower. Alien Rites. Ace, 1995. Det. David Silver and his Elaki partner String attempt to find the connections between the disappearances of a local professor and college student. They discover a dark conspiracy that threatens human and Elaki relations. Maggy Thomas. Broken Time. ROC, 2000. Times are bad, and Siggy, even though she is smart, has to leave her home planet and take a job working on Monster Row in Institute for the Criminally Insane on Agate. Then one of the worst serial killers escapes, and it's her fault. So Siggy has to capture him. Martha Wells. The Death of the Necromancer. Avon Books, 1998. Sorcery and mystery blend in a critically acclaimed new book by this author. Prior books are mentioned on the cover: The Element of Fire and the City of Bones as heralding "an utterly singular new voice in fantasy and garnered great critical acclaim." Mary Rosenblum. Chimera. Ballantine, 1993. David Chen had left his family to become a famous virtual reality artist. But, then someone tries to kill his partner, Jewel, a V-R deal broker. She and David must work together to find the murderer and some answers. Mary Rosenblum. Stone Garden. Ballantine, 1994. When stones are brought in from the asteroids, certain sculptors create layers of human experience on them. Now the Stones sculptors are being murdered. What is going on? Melisa C. Michaels. Floater Factor. Tor, 1988. Skyrider lives in the Belt inside her own well-armed rock. She's got a reputation as a dangerous pilot but not as a mother. So why is she being left with babies? Does the "floater" mutation have anything to do with it? Melisa C. Michaels. Sister to the Rain. ROC, 1998. San Francisco P.I., Rose Lavine is hired to solve a murder in an elven-human art community. Melissa Scott. Night Sky Mine. Tor, 1998. The world of cyberspace is taken to a new level as orphan Ista Kelly searches for her true identity in the isolated mine where she was discovered. There she discovers and must deal with a menace hidden by the huge interstellar Night Sky Mining Corporation. Melissa Scott. Trouble and Her Friends. Tor, 1994. Virtual worlds are the "home" worlds for Trouble and her friends. Unfortunately, someone is using Trouble's name for criminal hacking. Now she must fight to clear herself and this will be no ordinary fight. Mercedes Lackey. Burning Water. Tom Doherty Associates, 1989. Horror/detective (one of series) Mercedes Lackey. Four & Twenty Blackbirds. (Bardic Voices IV). Baen, 1997. A magical murderer is loose in Alanda. Tal Rufen is a simple constable who takes his job seriously and investigates the murder on his beat even though its only a woman. The weapon is a 3-sided stiletto found among Churchmen. The killers are never Churchmen and always commit suicide immediately after the murder. Medieval police procedural and non-intrusive use of magic. (Are the other Bardic Voices also fantasy/mystery?) P.N. Elrod. Chill in the Blood. Ace, 1999. Jack Fleming, vampire P.I. Has been killed by the mob. Now he really doesn't like them, but they keep coming after him. P.N. Elrod. Dark Sleep. Ace, 1999. Jack Fleming, vampire P.I., has some mob money that no one's missing. His main squeeze Bobbi is starring in a new revue. But trouble is coming. P.N. Elrod. Lady Crymsyn. Ace, 2001. Vampire P.I. Jack Fleming finds the body of a woman missing for 6 years in his club. He has to find out what happened. Pamela West. 20/20 Vision. _____, 1990. Eel, police archivist, thought she had found a perfect crime, one which could almost be considered an art form. But someone is trying to manipulate the archives so the original investigator will have solved the crime. Pat Cadigan. Tea From an Empty Cup. Tor, 1998. Hard-boiled homicide cop Konstantin goes into the virtual streets of Noo Yawk Sitty to find a serial killer who may have murdered eight computer gamers inside VR and in the real world too. However, the cop doesn't know much about cyberspace. Pat Cadigan. Dervish is Digital. Tor, 2001. When Techno-Crime cop Konstantin tried to track down an online stalker she has the misfortune to meet a being called the Dervish. It's hard to tell what is real and what is virtual. Patricia Anthony. Happy Policeman: A Novel. Harcourt Brace, 1994. A small town has been closed off by the alien Toku, to save its citizens. But, now, one of the townspeople has been found murdered, and it looks as though an alien may have committed the crime. Rachel Pollack. A Secret Woman. St. Martin's Press, 2002. Lt. Simon Goldtree is the "white haired star" of the Essex City police department. Currently he and his partner Sgt. Frank Garrowey, are close to solving the murder of wealthy insurance executive, Martin Stanstead. But a local crime boss, Alvin Landowski, wants the case ended, even if he had to dig up some dirt on the seemingly pure Simon and blackmail him. And, of course, he does find something. Interesting mystery with just a touch of the supernatural. (Barely SF) Sharon Lee (co-written with Steve Miller). Agent of Change. _____, Carpe Diem. Conflict of Honors. Interstellar crime & intrigue Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Cat on the Edge. Harper Prism, 1996. Cat Raise the Dead. Harper Prism, 1997. Cat Under Fire. Harper Prism, 1997. Cat in the Dark. Harper Prism, 1999. Cat Spitting Mad. Harper Collins, 2001. Or Avon, 2001. Cat to the Dogs. Harper Collins, 2001. Cat Laughing Last. Harper Collins, 2002. These charming mysteries all star Joe Grey, a big tough tom, and his ladyfriend Dulcie. These cats can understand humans and sometimes even deign talk to their "owners" (staff). But they are cats and can be quite independent, strong-willed, and difficult. Besides, they have their own lives. Solving human murders is really not their business. A lot of emphasis on small town mystery. Sharon Shinn. Wrapt in Crystal. Ace, 2000. Tanya Huff. Blood Price. DAW, 1991. Blood Trail. DAW, 1992. Blood Lines. DAW, 1993 Blood Pact. DAW. 1993. Blood Debt. DAW, 1997. Vampire detective. Wen Spencer. Alien Taste. ROC, New American Library, 2001. Wen Spencer. Tainted Trail. ROC, 2002 Ukiah Oregon is part human/part alien and more. He and his PI partner search for a lost hiker and find more than one mystery. A wolf boy who disappeared in 1933 -- could it be Ukiah? Winifred Halsey. To Kill an Eidolon. Speculation Press, 2001 An sf/medical thriller about a woman who could be the carrier of a new plague or mankind's best weapon against disease and death. Are they or aren't they?? This is all the information we have on these books. Can you add any? Adele Geras. Pictures of the Night. The Tower Room Watching the Roses YA mystery/gothic series Ardath Mayhar. The Wall. Carmarin Grae. Paz. Carole Nelson Douglas. Cat in a Kiwi Con. Forge, 2000. Carole Nelson Douglas. Counter Probe. C.J. Cherryh. Heavy Time. Debra Hess. Escape from Earth. Debra Hess. Spies, Inc. Hyperion Books for Children, 1994. (YA) Diana Wynn Jones. The Magicians of Caprona. Diane Duane. On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service. Dorothy Bryant. Killing Wonder. Elaine Bergstrom. Shattered Glass. Elizabeth Swados. Dreamtective: The Dreamy and Daring Adventures of Cobra Kit. Francine G. Woodbury. Shade and Shadow. Jane Yolen. The Robot and Rebecca: The Mystery of the Code Carrying Kid. Janet Asimov. Norby and the Court Jester. Walker, 1991. (YA) Jeanne Kalogridis. The Burning Times. Simon & Schuster, 2001 historical/mystery Joan Lowry Nixon. The Secret Box Mystery. Katherine Forrest. Dreams and Swords. Laurel K. Hamilton. The Lunatic Cafe. Bloody Bones. Burnt Offerings Blue Moon Lois Gresch. Termination Mode. Marilyn Kok. Heaven's Song. Mary Frances Zambreno. Journeyman Wizard. Megan Lindholm. Gypsy. Mike Resnick and Martin Greenberg (eds.). Sherlock Holmes in Space. MJF Books, 1995. Collection of stories; a few women authors. Sheri Tepper. Singer From the Sea. Avon, 1999. Family Tree. Shadow's End Susan Matthews. Hour of Judgement. Eos, 1999. ===================================================== Got suggestions for additions? Send to: grace@netwrx1.net Police procedural, private eye, cozy, psychological suspense, human or non-human protagonist, is it really SF and mystery or fantasy or horror?