• Austin, Mary. Isidro (1905)
• Cabot, Meg. Haunted (2003) and Twilight (2005)
• Chamberlain, Barbara. A Slice of Carmel (2011), Slash and Turn (2012)
• Clark, Mary Higgins. Weep No More My Lady (1987)
• Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. The City of Trembling Leaves (1945)
• Comstock, Tim. Reunion in Carmel (2010)
• Connell, Evan S. Notes From a Bottle Found at a Beach at Carmel (1963)
• Day, Dianne. Bohemian Murders (1997) and other mystery novels
• Delinsky, Barbara. Coast Road (1998)
• Elkins, Charlotte. A Wicked Slice (1989)
• Evans, John. Shadows Flying (1936)
• Flinn, Elaine. Tagged for Murder (2004) and other mystery novels
• Fullerton, Claire.  A Portal in Time (2013)
• Gilligan, Roy. Stab in the Bach (1996) and other mystery novels
• Gualtieri, Kathryn. Murder in the Pines (2011), and sequels
• Jacobs, Nancy Baker. Star Struck (2002)
• Kaminsky, Stuart. The Melting Clock (1991)
• Kennealy, Jerry. Polo in the Rough (1989)
• Koonts, Dean.  The Watchers (1987)
• Kuhns, Christine A. The Adventures of Sage & the Subway Crew Voyage to Carmel (children’s book) (1990)
• Levy, Marc. If Only it Were True (2000)
• Littlepage, Layne. Murder-by–the-Sea (1987)
• London, Jack. Valley of the Moon (1913)
• Mahoney, Bill. Christmas in Carmel (2001)
• Mohler, Charles. The Hill (1970) and Love is for Pros (2000)
• Moore, Brian. Cold Heaven (1983) and The Great Victorian Collection (1975)
  Morris, Julie Finigan. Exit Strategy (2017)
• Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. Cat in the Dark (1999) and other cat mysteries
• Nash, Anne. Death by Design (1944); Cabbages and Crime (1945); Unhappy Rendezvous (1946)
• Norris, Kathleen. Passion Flower (1930)
• O’Brien, Meg. Sacred Trust (2000)
• O’Shaughnessy, Perri. Show No Fear (2008) and other mystery novels
• Overton, Theodora. Loose Diamonds (2001)
• Paul, Diana. Things Unsaid (2015)
• Pearson, Ridley. Probable Cause (1990)
• Pronzini, Bill. Undercurrents (1973)
• Rendell, Ruth. Death Notes (1981)
• Rocky Point Murders (anthology) (2000)
• Steel, Danielle. Summer’s End (1986)
• Steinhower, Olen. All the Old Knives (2015)
• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island (1884)
• Stone, Katherine. The Other Twin (2003)
• Tomblin, Marilou. The Carmelo Diaries (2003)
• Tyler, Lee. Case of the Missing Links (1999)
• Whitney, Phyllis. The Flaming Tree (1985)
• Williams, Mona. This House is Burning (1978)

(updated August 2018)