[ Up ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors A ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors B ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors C ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors D ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors E ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors F ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors G ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors H ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors I ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors J ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors K ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors L ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors M ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors N ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors O ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors P ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors R ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors S ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors T ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors V ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors W ] [ Louisiana Mystery Authors Y ] [ Louisiana Bibliography: Anonymous Works, Short Stories, and Collections ]

Louisiana in Mystery, Detective and Law-Related Fiction:

A Bibliography of Detective, Mystery and Law-Related Fiction and Non-Fiction (Includes Romantic Suspense Fiction and Children and Young Adult Titles)

Last updated 02/21/05

"H" Authors

• Hall, Barbara

  • A Summons to New  Orleans (2000)

    A rape trial in New Orleans.

• Halliday, Brett

  • Dead Man's Diary (1955)

  • Dinner at Dupre's 

  • Michael Shayne's Long Chance ()(Dell 325)

  • The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1958)

    Mike Shayne began his career as a New Orleans PI.

• Hallman, Ruth
  • Gimme Something, Mister! (1978)
• Hambly, Barbara
  • Dead Water (Bantam, 2004).
  • Die Upon a Kiss (2001)
  • A Free Man of Color (1997)

    During Mardi Gras, murder and intrigue disrupt the festivities for a Creole physician. Set in 1833.

  • Fever Season (1998)

    Cholera strikes New Orleans and Creole physician Benjamin January is caught in the middle. Set in 1833.

  • Graveyard Dust (1999)
  • Sold Down the River (NY: Bantam, 2000). Set in 1834 Louisiana.
• Hancock, Harrie Irving (1868-1922)
  • Detective Johnson of New Orleans: A Tale of Love and Crime (1891)(The Sunset Series; 46)
• Harris, Charlaine
  • Dead Until Dark (NY: Ace Books, 2001).

    A vampire moves into a small Louisiana town; murders ensue.

• Harris, Norm

  • Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (2001). Features JAG lawyer Faydra Green.
• Harris, Thomas
  • Black Sunday (1975).

    Terrorists threaten the festivities of SuperBowl Sunday. From the author of Silence of the Lambs. Made into the film Two Minute Warning, starring Charlton Heston.

• Hays, Tony

  • Murder in the Latin Quarter (1993)
• Hebert, Charles J.
  • Swimming to Atlantis : A Novel (1997)

    Murder mystery set in the lost city of Atlantis.

• Heck, Peter J.

  A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court (1996). Mark Twain solves a murder.

• Hegwood, Martin

  • Big Easy Backrood (1999).

    A new recruit to the ranks of New Orleans area p.i.'s is Jack Delmas, who investigates murder and drug running in the Big Easy. Delmas' hometown is Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Delmas is also featured in A Green-Eyed Hurricane (2000), set in Bay St. Louis.

• Helms, Richard W.

  • Joker Poker (2000)
  • Voodoo That You Do (2001)
• Herren, Greg
  • Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002). Thriller set in the French Quarter featuring gay p.i. Chanse MacLeod.
  • Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004). Features Chanse MacLeod.
  • Bourbon Street Blues (2003). Thriller set in the French Quarter features gay personal trainer Dick Dansoir.
  • Jackson Square Jazz (2004). Features Dick Dansoir.

• Herschler, Mildred Barger
  • The Walk into Morning (1993)

    A slave escapes to the North during the Civil War, only to find racism just as prevalent.

• Hess, Joan
  • Death by the Light of the Moon (1992)

    An early will reading ends in murder. Set in rural Louisiana.

• Hingle, Metsy
  • Surrender (1996)(Silhouette Desire;978)

    Romance set in Louisiana.

• Hoag, Tami
  • Cry Wolf (1993)

    A serial killer is making victims of young women in a rural Louisiana parish. Attorney Laurel Chandler returns to Bayou Breaux seeking peace, but finds herself involved in the evil game of the killer.

  • A Thin Dark Line (1997)

    Deputy Sheriff Annie Broussard doesn't know who to trust as she attempts to solve a vicious crime. Set in the bayou country of Louisiana.

• Honeycutt, Leo

  • Over the Edge (1999). Published by Chef John Folse and Company, Gonzales, La.

• Holcombe, William Henry

  • A Mystery of New Orleans, Solved By New Methods (repr. 1990)(The Black Heritage Library Collection)
• Hollis, John
  • The Four-Minute Ambush (2001)
• Howard, Clark
  • Crowded Lives (2000). Includes "New Orleans Getaway".
• Howard, Linda
  • After the Night (1998)

    A romantic mystery set in small town Louisiana. What happened to a local businessman so many years ago?

  • Kill and Tell (1998)

    Karen Whitlaw receives a mysterious package that seems insignificant–until it is linked with the murder of her father.

• Hubbard, Margaret
  • Murder Takes the Veil (1950). A nun investigates murder in New Orleans.
• Hubbard, Norma
  • The Haunting of Willowwynn (1996)
• Hunter, Gwen
  • Betrayal (1994)

    A young Louisiana girl tells the story of her marriage into the evil DeLande family.

  • False Truths (
• Hynd, Alan
  • With the Pinkertons on the Case of the Whistling Clue (1942)