Reginald Hill   (aka Patrick Ruell)
JOE SIXSMITH Series:
Main Character: Joe Sixsmith, Private Detective,  England

1. Blood Sympathy   ‘93
2. Born Guilty   ‘95
3. Killing the Lawyers   ‘97
4. Singing the Sadness   ‘99
5. The Roar of the Butterflies     '08

DALZIEL & PASCOE Series:  (The BBC police detective TV series. I love both the novels and the TV shows.  Not cozy... police procedural.)
Main Characters: Andrew Dalziel, Police Superintendent & Peter Pascoe, Police Sergeant, England

1. A Clubbable Woman   ‘70
2. An Advancement of Learning   ‘71
3. Ruling Passion   ‘73
4. An April Shroud   ‘75
5. A Pinch of Snuff   ‘78
6. A Killing Kindness    ‘80
7. Deadheads    ‘83
8. Exit Lines    ‘84
9. Child's Play    ‘87
10. Under World    ‘88
11. Bones and Silence   ‘90
12. One Small Step   ‘90
13. Recalled to Life   ‘92
14. Asking for the Moon   ‘94 (4 stories, including their first meeting and Dalziel coming out of retirement: The Last Serviceman, Pascoe’s Ghost, Dalziel’s Ghost,   One Small Step)
15. Pictures of Perfection   ‘94
16. The Wood Beyond   ‘96
17. On Beulah Height   ‘98
18. Arms and the Women   ‘99
19. Death’s Jest Book   ‘01
20. Dialogues of the Dead   ‘02
21. Good Morning, Midnight   ‘04
22. Death Comes for the Fat Man   '07

STAND ALONES:

Fell of Dark  '71
A Fairly Dangerous Thing  '72
A Very Good Hater  '74
Another Death in Venice   '76
The Spy’s Wife  '80
Who Guards the Prince?    '82
Traitor’s Blood   '83
No Man’s Land   '85
The Collaborators   '87
The Stranger House  '05

Written as Patrick Ruell:

The Castle of the Demon  '71
Red Christmas  '72
Death Takes a Low Road  '74
Beyond the Bone  '75 (aka Urn Burial)
The Long Kill  '86
Death of a Dormouse  '87
Dream of Darkness  '89