Dell Shannon

The body of a woman from respectable, conservative Glendale is found stashed under a ramshackle house in the middle of the inner city. Detective Luis…

Lieutenant Luis Mendoza and the LAPD homicide division tackle some of their most shocking cases to date. Half a million dollars is stolen from a…

The rain brought problems - difficult, ugly, weird problems - for Lieutenant Luis Mendoza. Senseless killings, cold-blooded murders, suicides. To say nothing of a ruthless…

Lieutenant Luis Mendoza of the Los Angeles Police Department was vacationing in Bermuda with his wife when the call came. His friend Sergeant Art Hackett…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune Ireland, 1749. Dennis McDermott, a witty, charming and daring young man with shades of the Scarlet Pimpernel,…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune New York in the days preceding the American Revolution was a dangerous place to be. Just ask…

Glamorous TV star Jan Warden is found gruesomely murdered in her bed. In her climb to fame, she has made plenty of enemies and the…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune In the sixteenth century lived two queens about whom much has been written: Elizabeth Tudor and Mary…

Lawyer Jesse Falkenstein thought his secretary Miss Williams was a remarkably efficient typist, but he felt she had drawbacks as a legal secretary. She had…

Ireland, 1651. A country ravaged by Oliver Cromwell's Act of Settlement. Under it, Fergal O'Breslin, a young clan chief, and his fellow Irish citizens are…

A nice young man is helping little old ladies with their groceries . . . then stealing their Social Security; an enormous 'ape man' with…

An early June hot spell takes its toll as it fuels a wave of bloody and bizarre crimes for Luis Mendoza of the LAPD. Grisliest…

To a man, the members of the LAPD homicide department were yawning with unaccustomed inactivity. Then everything happened at once - a cop killed by…

Spring fever has hit Luis Mendoza, both on the job and at home. But it hasn't erased the LAPD's endless caseload of bizarre crimes and…

When American journalist Jon Harkness is reassigned to his paper's London office, he quickly becomes embroiled in a bizarre tale involving an ancient family curse.…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune Famous LAPD husband and wife sleuths Sergeant Ivor and Detective Sue Maddox return again, this time juggling…

A bunch of kids from a Catholic School on a school trip to the Museum of National History seems like a safe day out. But…

September is the worst month for heat in Southern California, and LAPD lieutenant Luis Mendoza is feeling the burn as the sweltering temperatures raise tempers…

The weather in LA hasn't been living up to its sunny reputation - the murder of an unwanted newborn and the assault of a twelve-year-old…

A perfect collection of short stories for Dell Shannon fans and mystery lovers everywhere, featuring eight cases of her popular Lieutenant Luis Mendoza, alongside six…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune In the quiet suburb of Santa Monica, eighty-eight-year-old Mabel Foster loses her husband to a stroke. Rather…

The Glendale Police Department are as busy as usual; crime, unlike the weather, is not seasonal. Detective Delia Riordan has moved into a new apartment…

It was strictly a duty call and Pat Carroll wasn't looking forward to it one bit. But she was in Wales and her fiance's family…

To the California police the murder of Lilian Blake seems an open-and-shut case. In less than twenty-four hours they have arrested and charged Harry Nielsen,…

As always, Jesse Falkenstein and Sergeant Clock have a score of cases on their hands, but Jesse is mainly interested in the murder of Margaret…

The Manning Company is a big business, but although it was headed by Claire Manning, the founder's widow, before her death, her son John had…

'The best American police procedural of the year' Anthony Boucher Sergeant Ivor Maddox and the Wilcox Street precinct do not have time to rest on…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune Twenty years ago the five-year-old Traxler heir was kidnapped from his Hollywood home and never seen again.…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune Jewel, a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl, has disappeared from her home in a squalid suburb of Los Angeles. A…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune The Wilcox Street precinct is as busy as ever. Sergeant Maddox and his team face three tricky…

Robert Kinsolving is healthy, wealthy and forty-one, and has asked Jesse Falkenstein to draw up a will leaving everything to his sister, just in case.…

'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune Sergeant Ivor Maddox of the Wilcox Street precinct has more crime on his hands than even he…

Dick Tredgold has spent seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit. Now eligible for parole, he refuses to apply,…

'This is a mystery readers' mystery novel, and a beauty' Anthony Boucher Walt McLean, the proprietor of Walt's Malt Shop, had been found dead by…

The brutal and baffling murder of an elderly couple in their quiet suburban home, the kidnapping of two little girls, a bank hold-up, a jewel…

When Nonie Johnson kidnaps her daughter from the adoptive parents, Jesse Falkenstein is brought in. Something seemed wrong from the start - Nonie just wasn't…

Old Vandeveer is an odd client for the famous Jesse Falkenstein; dressed head to toe in shabby clothes it seems like he can hardly afford…