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Police Procedural Author List: Book Bytes
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Police Procedural Movies: Mystery Net
A good, rated listing of cop Mystery films.

Welcome to Police Procedural Mysteries

Police Procedural

Police Procedurals focus on the police investigation of a crime. Readers can expect a behind the scenes look at police work and often, a look into the lonely life of the detectives. Police Procedurals can be hardboiled and gritty or cozy and sweet, depending on the author.

Genre Giants

William J. Caunitz
Jeffery Deaver
Colin Dexter
Tony Hillerman
J.A. Jance
Ed McBain
Ian Rankin
J.D. Robb

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Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
Call Number: Mystery Schwegel
ISBN: 0312343140
A Chicago cop is killed and his partner, Samantha Mack, is deeply involved in the case...because her gun was the murder weapon.
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Call Number: Mystery Mankell
ISBN: 9781400031573
Scandinavian detective Mysteries are all the rage right now. Start the popular Kurt Wallander series from the beginning with this dark and moving Police Procedural.
The Dead Place by Stephen Booth
Call Number: Mystery Booth
ISBN: 9780385339063
This British Police Procedural features the oddly-matched partners, Constable Ben Cooper and Sgt. Diane Fry, investigating a serial murderer's warning - or is it?
In the Woods by Tana French
Call Number: Mystery French
ISBN: 0670038601
A detective on Dublin's Murder Squad has a secret: when he was young he and his two friends were the victims of a brutal attack that left his two friends missing and his own mind wiped clean. He puts the trauma behind him until he is assigned the case of a young girl's murder in the very same forest in which he was attacked so long ago.
Death Is Now My Neighbor by Colin Dexter
Call Number: Mystery Dexter
ISBN: 0517707861
Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis tackle this murder case at the fictional Lonsdale College in Oxford. This beloved pair is a mainstay of Dexter's Mysteries.
Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
Call Number: Mystery MacBride
ISBN: 9780312339975
A dreary Scottish city is the setting for this gritty Police Procedural in which Detective Sgt. Logan MacRae takes on too many cases.
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri and Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Call Number: Mystery Camilleri
ISBN: 0670030929
This is the first installment in an Italian Mystery series featuring a Sicilian police detective who solves crimes in a charming, rustic Italian setting.

Multi-media

Life on Mars Series 1 by Acorn Media
After a car accident, modern-day police detective Sam Tyler wakes up to find he has been transported to 1973. Is he crazy, in a coma, or back in time? He must solve crimes using low-tech, highly aggressive 1970s methods, butt heads with his boss, and find time for a possible romance with policewoman Annie.
Prime Suspect 5: Errors in Judgment
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 PRIME
ISBN: 9780783128702
Hill Street Blues by The Complete First Season
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 HILL