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T. Jefferson Parker is an American novelist of police procedural novels. Parker’s books are set in Southern California, where he lives. His novels usually have a single protaganist, although part of the story is sometimes told from the antagonist’s viewpoint.
James D. Doss (1939-2012) was an American novelist of mystery novels. His novels all feature the Native American (Ute, to be exact) detective Charlie Moon. Before he started writing, he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory at the University of California.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish author (though born in Rhodesia) of crime fiction and children’s books. He is the author of several series, including the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld Entertainment, Isabel Dalhousie, 44 Scotland Street and more. Aside from being a novelist, he also writes medical law and bioethics […]
P.D. James was the pen name of Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park. P.D. James was an English novelist of crime fiction, thrillers and dystopian fiction. She was best known for her detective fiction novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a policeman and poet. She has also written a couple of novels featuring Cordelia Gray […]
Kenzie/Gennaro is a series of crime fiction novels by American novelist Dennis Lehane. The series features Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who started out as childhood friends and eventually became private eyes, running their own detective agency in Boston. They have an on-again, off-again relationship as “more than friends,” but still manage to work together […]
Dennis Lehane is an American author of crime fiction and mystery novels. His series is the Kenzie/Gennaro series, but he is perhaps best known for having written the novels Mystic River and Shutter Island, which were made into motion pictures by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese respectively. In addition to his work as a novelist, […]
V.I. Warshawski is a fictional character featured in a series of crime novels by American author Sara Paretsky. Warshawski is a female investigator who breaks a lot of the taboos created for female PIs. She drinks scotch, will break into an office if need be and can fight. Still, with all her tomboyish traits, she […]
Sara Paretsky is an American novelist of detective fiction, largely featuring female private investigator V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky’s contributions to crime fiction include writing a female character who breaks all of the rules of what a female detective is “supposed” to be and transcending the typical labels.
Alexandra Cooper is a fictional character created by American novelist Linda Fairstein. The series falls into the crime fiction genre and police procedural sub-genre. Alexandra is a prosecutor working out of Manhattan and an expert on sex crimes, much like the author herself.
Linda Fairstein is an American author of crime fiction and police procedural novels. Before becoming an author, Fairstein was the head of the sex crimes unit in Manhattan where she prosecuted some very highly publicized cases. As an expert on sex crimes, she has been interviewed on several media outlets. Her novels are based upon […]