LaCour, M. M.,
--The Case of the Lost Collie, August, 1986.

Landon, Herman,
--The Pigeon on the Sill, February, 1998. (reprint)

Lardner, Ring, (1885-1933)
--There Are Smiles, February, 1989. (reprint)

Larson, Aaron B.,
--On a Rail, December, 2002. (short short)

Law, Janice,
--The Man Kali Visited, 1995. *
--Secrets, July-August, 1997.
--Tabloid Press, February, 2000.
--The Summer of the Stangler, October, 2001.

Law, M. Clark,
--The Keyboard Strikes Again, December, 1993. (author's first publication)

Lawrence, Cynthia,
--The Cat and Mouse Caper, July-August, 2002.

Lawton, R. T.,
--Once, Twice, Dead, September, 2001. (author's first publication)
--The Bond That Keeps, May, 2002.
--The Bond Market, December, 2002.

L'Dera, Carlos,
--Quiet Night in Turkeyville, August, 1987.

LeBlanc, Maurice,
--At the Sign of Mercury, June, 1999. (reprint from The Eight Strokes of the Clock, 1922.)

Leeds, Wendy,
--Borrowing Trouble, December, 1999.

Leslie, Arthur,
--Not Quite Dead, April, 1988.

Leslie, H. O., (Henry Slesar, 1927-2002)
--Something Short of Murder, November, 1957.
--It Started Most Innocently, March, 1959.
--Coroner's Jury, May, 1959.

Leslie, Jean,
--First Week in September, 1967.
--First Week in September, October, 1990. (reprint)

Levi, Steven C.,
--The Materializing Corpse, November, 1997.

Levinson, Richard,
--see Link, William, and Richard Levinson

Lewin, Michael Z.,
--Family Business, March, 1994. (reprint)
--Travel Plans, April, 1994.
--Pay Phone, March, 2001.

Limón, Martin,
--A Coffin of Rice, June, 1990. (author's first publication)
--Blood Write, November, 1990.
--The Blackmarket Detail, January, 1991.
--Pusan Nights, May, 1991.
--A Piece of Cake, June, 1991.
--The Woman from Hamhung, July, 1991.
--Seoul Story, January, 1992.
--A Tale of the Hermit Kingdom, December, 1992.
--Ascom City, Mid-December, 1992.
--Lady of the Snow, June, 1993.
--The Mists of the Southern Seas, June, 1994.
--Payday, February, 1998.
--Yen, June, 2000.
--The Mysterious Mr. Kim, April, 2002.

Lindley, Steve,
--Hit and Run, February, 1986.
--A Little Quiet Dignity, June, 1987.
--Extended Family, March, 1992.
--Slow Thaw at Carlsen Bay, January, 1996.
--Night Work, January, 1998.
--Hallway Dog, April, 1998.
--Friend and Mentor, March, 1999.
--The Secret Brunette, July-August, 2001. *

Link, William,
--Memory and Murder, April, 1996.

Link, William, and Richard Levinson,
--Dear Corpus Delicti, 1960.
--The Man in the Lobby, 1966.

Lipscomb, Adrian,
--A Sort of Truth, August, 1991.

Littlepage, Layne,
--The Belson Sisters - Didnšt They Die? June, 1987.

London, Jack,
--The Master of Mystery, July, 1986. (reprint from Children of the Frost, 1902.)
--A Nose for the King, April, 2001. (reprint from When God Laughs and Other Stories, 1911.)

Long, Virginia,
--A Fine and Private Place, 1973.
--A Man Around the House, June, 1989.

Lopresti, Robert,
--The Federal Case, May, 1991.
--Four of a Kind, May, 1994.
--Shanks at Lunch, February, 2003.

Lore, Elana,
--Comedy and Errors, January, 1987.
--Birthright, September, 1987.
--Moral Dilemma, October, 1987.
--Double Crosses, Mid-December, 1987.
--Ruthless Ralph, July, 1989.

Lowe, William T.,
--Second Nature, September, 1990.
--So Long, Lana Turner, February, 1991.
--All Indians Are Warriors, November, 1991.
--Your Law, Our Land, Mid-December, 1992.
--The Land Healers, February, 1994.
--A Member of the Family, March, 1994.
--The Trouble on Brown Island, July-August, 1997. (reprint)
--A New Way Every Day, February, 1998.
--Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Pride Nor Greed, July-August, 1998.
--Nobody Steals a Gravestone, September, 1998. *
--A Terrible Storm, July-August, 1999.
--Death from the Forest, March, 2000.
--Treasure Hunters, May, 2000.
--A Healing Fire, September, 2000.
--One Crime Too Many, February, 2001.
--A Civic Duty, April, 2001.
--A Very Special Group, July-August, 2002.
--Love Our Lake, December, 2002.

Loy, Robert,
--A Comedy of Terrors, February, 1985.
--Buck McCoy Meets His Maker, April, 1985.
--The Mot Juste, August, 1985.
--Life, Death, and Other Trivial Concerns, December, 1985.
--Swami Ramananda and the Private Eye, February, 1987.
--Casey's Last Ride, March, 1988.
--The Batman of Blytheville, May, 1988.
--The Last Crime Story, November, 1990.
--Jonathan Frederick Johnson III and the Boogeyman, Mid-December, 1994. (novelette)
--The Odyssey of Everyman, March, 1995. (novelette)
--A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Sixty-Four Megabytes of RAM, June, 1995.
--Abou Roscoe Connor (May His Tribe Increase), April, 1996.
--Morocco, May, 1996.
--A Connecticut Yankee in the Vast Wasteland, July, 1996.
--Music from a Sick Muse, March, 2001.

Luce, Carol Davis,
--Shattered Crystal, March, 1994. (author's first published story)

Lufkin, Martha B. G.,
--A Lacking for Salt, September, 1997.

Lundquist, James,
--Suicide Jockeys, May, 1994.

Lutz, John, (1939- )
--Dead, You Know, 1967. *
--The Explosives Expert, September, 1967.
--Fair Shake, April, 1968.
--Doom Signal, November, 1969.
--Prospectus on Death, July, 1971.
--Games for Adults, December, 1971.
--Living All Alone, 1972. *
--The Lemon Drink Queen, February, 1974.
--Mail Order, April, 1975.
--Understanding Electricity, August, 1975.
--Explosive Cargo, October, 1977.
--The Man in the Morgue, February, 1978.
--Until You Are Dead, January 30, 1980.
--A Glimpse of Evil, March 26, 1980.
--Double Murder, January, 1981.
--The Case of the Canine Accomplice, March 3, 1982. * (aka It's a Dog's Life)
--What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, November, 1982. Shamus
--Ride the Lightning, January, 1985. * Edgar

Lynch, Miriam,
--Scott Free, 1962.

Lynde, Francis,
--The Electrocution of Tunnel Number Three, January, 1987. (reprint)

Lyon, Nora,
--The Old Truck, January, 1987.

Lyons, Arthur,
--Double Your Pleasure, January, 1989.
--Twist of Fate, January, 1990.
--The Tongan Nude, October, 1997.