Bill Crider was an American author of crime fiction among other work.
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Murder in four parts
2009
ISBN 9780312386740
Of all sad words
2008
ISBN 9780312348106
Murder in the air
2010
ISBN 9780312386955
Between the living and the dead
2015
ISBN 9781250039705
Dead, to begin with
2017
ISBN 9781250078537
That old scoundrel death
2019
ISBN 9781250165626
A Romantic Way to Die
2002
ISBN 9780373264407
Murder of a beauty shop queen
2012
ISBN 9780312640170
Murder Is an Art
1999
ISBN 9780312199272
Booked for a hanging
1992
ISBN 9780312081492
Muttketeer!
1997
ISBN 9781570642722
A Knife in the Back
2002
ISBN 9781466819559