1		Judith Van Gieson's 2001 mystery novel, or the place on the horizon where parallel lines meet. (9,5)
8		Parts of Smilla's Sense of Snow is set in this circle. (6)
12		Suicide Excepted and Tragedy at Law were written by _____ Hare. (5)
13		Tommy Beresford's partner in crime. (8)
14		Nine, ___ Death Make ___ by Carter Dickson. (6)
16		At the beginning of Carl Hiassen's Basket Case, journalist Jack Ragger has been relegated to the ________ page. (8)
17		Daniel Stashower and Walter Satterthwaite have both written mysteries featuring Harry Houdini, the noted ____________. (12)
18		The house name used on the Hardy Boys mysteries. (5)
19		Mystery Scene's cover girl for September 2003. (12)
25		Barbara Paul's A Cadenza for Caruso takes place in the world of _____. (5)
26		Hammett drew on his Pinkerton experience working for the ________ Copper Mining Company for use in Red Harvest. (8)
27		____ Mazar of LA Law also had a small role in Goodfellas. (4)
30		"Anything you say may be taken down __ ________." (2,8)
31		Both Rick Riordan and his detective Tres Navarre are from this Texas city. (3,7)
33		Derr Biggers. (4)
34		The Thin Man movies about Nick and Nora Charles were known for their witty ________. (8)
35		A painting on an _____ figures prominently in C. Daly King's "The Nail and the Requiem." (5)
38		This type of clay was used as an excuse by the criminal in Doyle's "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb." (7,5)
39		Type of wave, featured in Sarah Andrews' Bone Hunter. (5)
42		Bobbs Merrill published many good mysteries from their headquarters in this Indiana city. (12)
45		Mary Roberts Rinehart's The ________ Staircase. (8)
47		Ellery Queen's A Fine and Private Place had this, or the subject of nines, as its theme. (6)
48		What you do with items in your will. (8)
49		Anthony Abbott used this as the first word in several book titles to be first in alphabetical listings. (5)
50		The books of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo are set here. (6)
51		A common police rank in English mysteries. (5,9)

1		Thriller writer Canning, or publisher Gollancz. (6)
2		Martial arts expert who also starred in Walker: Texas Ranger. (6)
3		Robert Duvall starred in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and used this to dispose of a body. (8,4)
4		A detective interviews witnesses, but ____________ suspects. (12)
5		Early on, Watson was surprised to discover large ____ in Holmes's knowledge. (4)
6		C.J. Box's 2001 novel about game warden Joe Pickett. (4,6)
7		After abandoning detective stories, Dorothy L. Sayers wrote (5)
9		This lawyer named Mason was in the Uncle Abner stories by Melville Davisson Post. (8)
10		Cosi Fan _____ by Michael Dibdin. (5)
11		Mary Reed and Eric Mayer set their John the Eunuch mysteries in this ancient city. (14)
15		Arthur Conan _____. (5)
20		Rewrites. (8)
21		One of Martin Hewitt's qualities, in strong contrast to Holmes's arrogance. (8)
22		Cops. (6,8)
23		Jaques Futrelle's The Thinking Machine is very likely the most ________ of detectives. (8)
24		Julian Kestrel competes for the affections of the ________ Beatrice Malvezzi in The Devil In Music by Kate Ross. (8)
28		These desk accessories have been used many times as murder weapons in fiction. (5-7)
29		Before writing crime fiction, Dick Francis competed in this type of horse racing. (12)
32		Naughty authors wait until the ____ ______ to turn in their manuscripts. (4-6)
36		Jonathan Kellerman's Alex. (8)
37		"Round up the _____ suspects." (5)
40		Saul Panzer is ______ as good a detective as Archie Goodwin. (6)
41		A person who writes. (6)
43		The Last _____ by Ed McBain. (5)
44		Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January might run into this African religion. (5)
46		Carlotta Carlyle drives one in Linda Barnes's books. (4)