Complete Clue List
Across
1. Third book in Ed McBain's "Matthew Hope" series; "Beauty and the ___" (1982)
4. With 17D: New Zealand author, created the character Chief Inspector Alleyn (Surname)
7. Sara Paretsky's 2007 non-mystery work; "Writing in an ___ of Silence"
8. Ross MacDonald was right on track with this 1948 thriller; "The Three ___"
9. John Gardner's 3rd "Boysie Oakes" story casts a yellowy light; "___ Nine" (1966)
10. A perfect score from Erle Gardner with this "Speed Dash" novelette; "___ Days After Date" (1925)
11. A 1939 Peter Wennick story from Erle Stanley Gardner; "Take It or ___ It"
14. Some perception in Erle Stanley Gardner's 1926 western mystery; "Hoss ___"
17. Erle Stanley Gardner story published in Dime Detective in 1935; "Hard as ___"
20. Not the deadly sins but Erle Gardner's 1939 Lester Leith story; "The ___ Sinister Sombreros"
23. Second book in Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently" series; "Long Dark ___ Time of the Soul" (1988)
24. It's uncertain, Lisa Gardner's 2nd book in the "Tessa Leoni" series; "Touch ___" (2013 - 2words 3,2)
25. A little bit of axon or fearlessness in this Dick Francis 1964 book title
26. Inspector Wexford's 21st outing by Ruth Rendell is a negative; "___ in the Flesh" (2007)
27. Not yours in this 2018 thriller from Mary Higgins Clark; "You Don't ___" (2 words 3,2)
28. Murder victim in Agatha Christie's "A Pocketful of Rye" (1953); ___ Fortescue
Down
1. Short story from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; "The Adventure of the ___ Coronet" (1892)
2. Secretary to Kaido Akira in the 2018 TV adapt of Christie's "The Mirror Crack'd"; ___ Shimeko
3. Sara Paretsky whets the appetite with this 1995 tale of revenge; "___ of Life"
4. Methods in Ruth Rendell's 1979 short story featuring Inspector Wexford; "___ of Evil"
5. Not a red breast among them, Craig Rice & Ed McBain present "The April ___ Murders" (1958)
6. In 1961 Agatha Christie draws upon the apocalypse for this mystery; "The Pale ___"
12. Mother of Imhotep in Agatha Christie's "Death Comes to an End" (1944)
13. Prolific Scottish crime writer, known for her "Dr. Tony Hill" series; ___ McDermid
15. Some genesis for Ruth Rendell in 2001; "Adam and ___ and Pinch Me"
16. The 87th Precinct is back in Ed McBain's "Long Time, No ___" (1977)
17. With 4A: New Zealand author, created the character Chief Inspector Alleyn (First name)
18. Butler in the Kaminoyakata house in 2018 TV adapt of Christie's "The Mirror Crack'd"; Toshiro ___
19. A concrete mystery from Ruth Rendell in 1977; "Judgement in ___"
20. A 2006 Xmas mystery by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark; "___ Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea"
21. "The Mysterious Island" (1875), sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas" (1870) by Jules ___
22. Gardner's Perry Mason works on a brother's daughter in "The Case of the Sleepwalker's ___" (1936)