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P.I. Julie Collins is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American author Lori G. Armstrong. During the day, Julie Collins is a secretary in the Bear Butte County Sheriff’s office in Western South Dakota. In her spare time, she also works as a private investigator.
Lorelei James is the pen name of American author Lori G. Armstrong, who writes western erotic romance as Lorelei James and mystery/crime fiction novels as Lori Armstrong. As Lorelei, she writes the Rough Riders, Blacktop Cowboys and Mastered series; as Lori, she writes the P.I. Julie Collins and the Mercy Gunderson series. Lorelei has won […]
Frieda Klein is the protagonist in a series of psychological thriller/crime fiction novels by Nicci French (Nicci Gerrard and Sean French). Frieda Klein is a psychotherapist from London who suffers from insomnia. She is described as extremely intelligent, yet very human.
Ren Bryce is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Irish novelist Alex Barclay. Ren Bryce is an FBI special agent and the youngest agent to go undercover and take down a major organized crime group. When it ended badly, she ended up going into a depression, which she got treatment for. […]
Alex Barclay is an Irish author of crime fiction novels. She writes the Ren Bryce series. Alex studied journalism in university and worked as a copywriter. When researching her novels, she reads anything she can find on the subject, watches documentaries and spends time in the settings of her books. Her favourite authors include Jim […]
Junior Bender is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by American author Timothy Hallinan. Junior Bender is a “burglar deluxe” who is very cautious and capable of eyeing the best item in a room from a great distance. On the side, Junior works as a private investigator – most civilians go to […]
Dr. Clare Burtonall is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by British novelist Jonathan Gash (John Grant). Dr. Clare Burtonall is a dedicated physician who ends up becoming a detective who partners up with a gigolo named Bonn.
Lovejoy is a series of picaresque novels by British author Jonathan Gash (John Grant). The title character is a shady British antique dealer from East Anglia. As a divvie, he has a talent for eyeing the value of antiques as well as noticing which ones are forgeries. The series was adapted into a television series […]
Jonathan Gash is the pen name of English novelist John Grant, who writes crime fiction novels. He is best known as the author of the Lovejoy series and also wrote the Dr. Clare Burtonall series. Gash is a trained general practitioner and pathologist. He also served in the British Army and made Major in the […]
Fire and Ice is a series of crime thriller novels by English novelist Michael Ridpath. The Fire and Ice series features an Icelandic-American named Magnus Jonson. Jonson was born in Iceland, raised in Boston and now he has returned to his birthplace of Iceland in order to work as a homicide detective. Although the series […]