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- Reggie Nadelson
- Friedrich Neznansky
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Robert B. Parker, (1932–2010)
- Eliot Pattison
- Ellis Peters, (1913–1995), pseudonym of Edith Pargeter
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809–1849)
- Ellery Queen, pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
- Ian Rankin, (1960– )
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell, (1930– )
- J. D. Robb (pseudonym of Nora Roberts)
- Les Roberts
- Peter Robinson (novelist)
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893–1957)
- Steven Saylor, (1956–)
- Georges Simenon, (1903–1989)
- Sjöwall and Wahlöö
- Mickey Spillane, (1918– )
- Rex Stout, (1886–1975)
- Leonie Swann
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