Welcome to BV Lawson’s reference site for writers, readers and fans of mystery and crime fiction. You’ll find over 3,000 links on a wide variety of topics that I hope will be useful for information, research, news and entertainment. I’ll try to keep links as up to date as possible, although that’s a difficult task with such a high turnover rate among web sites. Stay tuned for updates as they appear here and on the blog, inreferencetomurder.typepad.com. For more info, check out the FAQ.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• AGENTS / EDITORS

• ARSON

• ASK AN EXPERT

• ASSOCIATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT

• AUDIO MYSTERIES

• AUTHOR WEB SITE LINKS/DATABASES

• AWARDS

• BIBLIOGRAPHIES & DATABASES, MYSTERY BOOKS

• BIOGRAPHY RESOURCES

• BLOGS (& WEB SITES), MYSTERY AUTHOR GROUP

• BLOGS, SINGLE MYSTERY AUTHOR/INDIVIDUAL

• BLOGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL

• BLOGS, AGENTS/EDITORS/PUBLICITY

• BLOGS, GENERAL WRITING

• BOOK CLUBS / GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS

• BOOKS CLUBS, SUBSCRIPTIONS

• BOOK STORES, E-BOOK/DOWNLOAD

• BOOK STORES, CHAINS, BRICK AND MORTAR

• BOOK STORES, GENERAL, ONLINE

• BOOK STORES, INDEPENDENT

• BOOK STORES, MYSTERY (BRICK AND MORTAR)

• BOOK STORES, MYSTERY (ONLINE)

• COLD CASES

• CONFERENCES/FESTIVALS, MYSTERY

• CONFERENCES/FESTIVALS, GENERAL

• CONTESTS, MYSTERY WRITING, NOVEL

• CONTESTS, MYSTERY WRITING, SHORT STORY

• COZY MYSTERIES

• CRIME AND POPULAR CULTURE

• CRIME NEWS

• CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATABASES & METASITES

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE/FORENCICS SCHOOLS

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAGAZINES ONLINE

• CRYPTOGRAPHY

• CYBERCRIME

• DEATH PENALTY

• DICTIONARY/THESAURUS/ENCYCLOPEDIA

• DISCUSSION LISTS & FORUMS, MYSTERY

• DISCUSSION LISTS, GENERAL WRITING

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• DRUGS & DRUG TRAFFICKING

• FORENSICS

• FRAUD

• GAMES, QUIZZES, TRIVIA / MYSTERIES

• GOVERNMENT, U.S., STATE AGENCIES

• GUNS, KNIVES, POISONS, AND OTHER WEAPONS

• HARDBOILED & NOIR MYSTERIES

• HATE CRIMES

• HEALTH, SELF-EMPLOYMENT

• HISTORICAL MYSTERIES & RESEARCH

• HISTORY OF MYSTERIES / CLASSIC CRIME

• HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• IDENTITY THEFT

• INTERACTIVE MYSTERIES

• INTERNATIONAL CRIME

• LEGAL (COURTS & GENERAL LAW), US

• LEGAL (COURTS & GENERAL LAW), INTERNATIONAL

• LEGAL (PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL

• LEGAL, FEDERAL (U.S.) LAW, ISSUES, DOCUMENTS

• LEGAL, STATE & MUNICIPALITY (U.S.) LAW, CODES

• LIBRARIES WITH CRIME FICTION COLLECTIONS

• LIBRARIES WITH CRIMINOLOGY FOCUS

• LIBRARIES, DATABASE LISTING

• MAGAZINE DATABASE

• MAGAZINES, MYSTERY (PRINT)

• MAGAZINES, MYSTERY/CRIME (E)

• MAGAZINES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESOURCES

• MAGAZINES, TRADE

• MAPS, PLACE NAMES & SATELLITE IMAGERY

• MEDICAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION

• MISCELLANEOUS

• MONEY LAUNDERING

• MOST WANTED

• MYSTERY SITES, GENERAL

• NAMES (BABY, SURNAME)

• NEWSLETTERS, MYSTERY

• NEWSLETTERS, PUBLISHING

• NEWSLETTERS, WRITING IN GENERAL

• NEWSPAPERS ONLINE

• OCCULT

• ORGANIZATIONS, GENERAL WRITING

• ORGANIZATIONS, MYSTERY

• ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLISHING

• ORGANIZED CRIME

• OUT OF PRINT / HARD TO FIND / USED BOOKS

• PEOPLE & COMPANY SEARCHES

• PODCASTS

• POLICE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

• POLICE PROCEDURAL RESOURCES

• PRISONS/CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• PRIVATE INVESTIGATION RESOURCES

• PROFILING

• PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME

• PUBLICITY/MARKETING

• PUBLICITY/MARKETING SERVICES

• PUBLIC RECORDS

• PUBLISHERS, E-BOOKS

• PUBLISHERS, GENERAL, LARGE

• PUBLISHERS, GENERAL, SMALL

• PUBLISHERS, MYSTERY SPECIALIST

• PUBLISHERS, MYSTERY CLASSIC/REISSUE

• PUBLISHERS, PRINT ON DEMAND (POD)

• PUBLISHING BUSINESS

• PULP FICTION

• RADIO SHOWS, MYSTERY

• REVIEW WEB SITE / MYSTERIES

• RSS FEEDS

• SCIENCE, GENERAL & CRIME-RELATED

• SCREENWRITING

• SELF-PUBLISHING

• SERIAL KILLERS/ MASS MURDERERS

• SHORT STORY DATABASES & REVIEWS

• SPIES/INTELLIGENCE

• STATISTICS, CRIME

• TERRORISM

• THRILLERS

• TOPICS, MYSTERIES

• TRUE CRIME

• TV/FILM
• WEAPONS

• WORKSHOPS/CLASSES, WRITING

• WRITING, GENERAL

• YA (YOUNG ADULT) MYSTERY