James Patterson
publication date: Monday, December 30, 2013 (part of Winter 2014)
category: Literature
clue: You would need more than one Clue to solve a murder faster than this best-selling author of the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club novels.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Aaron Shurtleff