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Jake Adams is a fictional character featured in a series of mystery/thriller novels by American novelist Trevor Scott. Jake has worked as an intelligence officer for the Air Force and for the CIA as well.

Trevor Scott is an American author of mystery/thriller novels, including the Jake Adams International Thrillers series, the Tony Caruso series and several standalone novels. He is an avid fisherman, hunter and trapper.

Maisie Dobbs is a fictional character and series of mystery novels by English author Jacqueline Winspear. Maisie starts out a nurse in post-WWI London, but when her mentor retires, the quirky Maisie takes up detective work.

Jacqueline Winspear is an English novelist who writes a mystery series of novels featuring the character Maisie Dobbs. Winspear has been nominated for several Agatha Awards for her Maisie Dobbs books and has won two of them. Winspear now resides in the United States.

Cork O’Connor is a fictional character created by American author William Kent Krueger who is featured in a series of mystery novels. Despite the very Irish name, Cork is only part-Irish; the other part being Ojibwe. The series is set in Northern Minnesota, which is an area of largely mixed heritage.

Inspector Gamache is a series of whodunit mystery novels by Canadian author Louise Penny, featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. The series is set in Quebec and Gamache works for the Sûreté du Québec, where he heads the homicide department. The series features unconventional murders, a long list of suspects, plenty of red herrings and dramatic […]

Louise Penny is a Canadian novelist of mystery novels, featuring Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec. She is a multiple time Agatha Award winner. Her novels are British-styled whodunit mysteries inspired by authors such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Before becoming a published author, Louise worked for CBC as a radio host […]

Sam Holt is a series of mystery novels written by Samuel Holt – one of the many pseudonyms used by American novelist Donald Westlake. The series consists of four novels featuring the Sam Holt character.

Johnson Johnson is a series of mystery novels by Scottish novelist Dorothy Dunnett. The protaganist, Johnson Johnson, is a British secret service agent who works as a portrait painter on the side. The “Dolly” refers to Johnson’s yacht, which is a theme of the series. Each book has its own heroine, who is the one […]

Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) was a Scottish novelist of historical fiction and mystery novels. She is best known for her Lymond Chronicles books and its prequel, The House of Niccolo. Aside from her historical novels, Dunnett also wrote the Johnson Johnson mystery series. Outside of series, she wrote King Hereafter, about the real Macbeth.