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The Lei Crime series is a series of crime fiction novels by American novelist Toby Neal. The series follows Lei Texeira, a Hawaiian detective who travels from island to island investigating crimes.
Felix Francis is an English author of crime fiction novels. He is the youngest son of author Dick Francis and has taken up the mantle from him since his passing. Like his father, Felix’s novels have the common theme of horse racing. Even before he officially started working with his father, Felix had assisted him […]
Peter Temple was a South African-born Australian novelist of crime fiction novels. He wrote the Jack Irish series. Before becoming a novelist, Temple worked as a journalist. He is the first Australian author to win a Gold Dagger Award – the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for crime fiction. Peter lived in Victoria, Australia with his wife […]
Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/adventure novels and stories by British novelist Leslie Charteris, and later by other authors. Templar is a thief and an amateur detective with a boyish charm and morals similar to that of Robin Hood. His targets consist of corrupt politicians, […]
Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British author of crime thriller and adventure novels. He is best known for creating The Saint series starring Simon Templar. Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and British mother. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire, England before moving onto King’s College, Cambridge, which he dropped out from […]
Malin Fors is the protagonist in a series of Scandinavian crime fiction novels by Swedish novelist Mons Kallentoft. Malin Fors is a detective based in the small town of Linkoping, Sweden. She is 31 years old with an athletic build. She’s also a single mother to a teenage daughter, Tove. Malin is also in the […]
Mons Kallentoft is a Swedish author of Scandinavian crime fiction novels. He writes the Malin Fors series. Kallentoft was raised in Ljungsbro, Sweden. He is also a journalist. Mons lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hap and Leonard are the protagonists in a series of crime fiction novels by American novelist Joe R. Lansdale. Although they have very different personalities, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends who live in the town of LaBorde, Texas, where they work for a P.I. named Marvin Hanson. Hap is a labourer who […]
Sam Blackman is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American novelist Mark de Castrique. Sam Blackman was a Chief Warrant Officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment in the U.S. military. While serving in Iraq, he lost part of his leg. After getting sent to a veteran’s hospital in Ashville, North Carolina, Blackman […]
Sam Acquillo is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American author Chris Knopf. Acquillo is a middle-aged divorced corporate dropout who lives in his late parents’ old cottage in the Hamptons. In moving out to the Hamptons, he has left his job and distanced himself from just everybody else in the […]