Block, Lawrence, Char: Chip Harrison and Leo Haig, first appearance of Chip Harrison: Make Out with Murder, 1974.
--Death of the Mallory Queen, 1984. (Like a Lamb to Slaughter, 1984.)
Evanovich, Janet, Char: Stephanie Plum, first in: One for the Money, 1994.
--The Last Peep, 1997. (The Plot Thickens, 1997.)
Haywood, Gar Anthony, Char: Aaron Gunner, first in: Fear of the Dark, 1988.
--And Pray Nobody Sees You, 1995. (Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, 1995.)
Hillerman, Tony, Char: Jim Chee, first in: The Blessing Way, 1970.
--Chee's Witch, 1986. (New Mystery, 1986.)
Kaminsky, Stuart M., Char: Porfiry Rostnikov, first in: Death of a Dissident, 1981.
--Snow, 1999. (original)
Kennealy, Jerry, Char: Nick Polo, first in: Polo Solo, 1987.
--Polo at the Ritz, 1995. (New Mystery, 1995.)
Lee, Wendi, Char: Angela Matelli, first in: The Good Daughter, 1994.
--Salad Days, 1995. (Noir Magazine, Winter, 1995.)
Lippman, Laura, Char: Tess Monaghan, first in: Baltimore Blues, 1997.
--Orphans Court, 1999. (original)
Lutz, John, Char: Fred Carver, first in: Tropical Heat, 1986.
--Someone Else, 1990. (Justice for Hire, 1990.)
O'Callaghan, Maxine, Char: Delilah West, first in: Alfred Hitchcock, 1974.
--A Change of Clients, 1974. (Alfred Hitchcock, 1974.)
Perry, Anne, Char: Lady Vespasia, first in: Mary Higgins Clark Magazine, #5, Fall, 1998.
--An Affair of Inconvenince, 1998. (Mary Higgins Clark Magazine, #5, Fall, 1998.)
Powell, Talmage, Char: Lloyd Carter/Ed Rivers, first in: Black Mask, July, 1949.
--Her Dagger Before Me, 1949. (Black Mask, July, 1949.)
Roberts, Les, Char: Saxon, first in: An Infinite Number of Monkeys, 1987.
--The Pig Man, 1994. (Deadly Allies II, 1994.)
Stabenow, Dana, Char: Kate Shugak, first in: A COld Day for Murder, 1992.
--Nooses Give, 1994. (The Mysterious West, 1994.)