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Dan Starkey is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Northern Irish novelist Colin Bateman. The series follows journalist-turned-PI Dan Starkey, a divorced cynic with a taste for alcohol. The series is set in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Inspector Appleby is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Scottish novelist Michael Innes (James Innes Mackinstosh Stewart). Sir John Appleby starts out as a detective inspector with Scotland Yard. As time passes, he moves up the ranks of the outfit.
Michael Innes is the pseudonym of Scottish author John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-1994), who wrote crime fiction as Michael Innes and contemporary fiction and non-fiction as J.I.M. Stewart. He is the author of the Inspector Appleby series. Stewart was born in Edinburgh, where he also grew up. He studied at several different universities all over […]
Jonathan Argyll is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by English novelist Iain Pears. Jonathan Argyll is an art history scholar and detective who works with the Italian Art Squad, including General Bottando and his deputy Flavia di Stefano (who is sometimes his lover). The series is also known as the Art History […]
Iain Pears is an English author of historical and contemporary mystery novels. He writes the Jonathan Argyll series. Aside from being a novelist, he is also an art historian and a journalist. Pears attended Warwick School, Wadham College and Wolfson College. As a reporter, he’s worked for the BBC, Channel 4 and ZDF (in Germany). […]
John Francis Cuddy is the protagonist in a series of detective/crime fiction novels by American novelist Jeremiah Healy. When a case falls through the cracks of a judicial system, John Cuddy is the man for the job. He is a Boston-based private investigator and considered to be moral, honest and violent when necessary. Prior to […]
Jeremiah Healy (1948-2014) was an American author of detective fiction and legal thriller novels. He wrote the John Francis Cuddy series, as well as the Mairead O’Clare series (as Terry Devane). Healy had worked as a sheriff’s officer and a military police captain. He also practiced and taught law (at the New England School of […]
Inspector O is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by American novelist James Church. Inspector O is an elusive and mysterious detective based in North Korea, where he finds himself mixed in with various conspiracies and cover-ups. The series has been referred to as “an unusually nuanced and detailed portrait” of North […]
James Church is the pen name for an American author of detective fiction/spy thriller novels. He writes the Inspector O series. Although his true identity is not revealed, what is known about him is that he grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley and that he was born in the 1940s. During Church’s career as […]
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author and poet. He is best known for his mystery and horror tales and poems, as well as helping to create the genre of detective fiction as well as science fiction. Poe’s work was very macabre and often explored death, such as what happens to a body when […]