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Goldy Schulz is a fictional character who is featured in a series of mystery novels by American author Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy is a small-town caterer who spends her spare time solving murder mysteries. Goldy starts out as a newly divorced mother trying to provide for her son in Aspen Meadows, Colorado.
The Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series is a series of mystery novels by American novelist S.J. Rozan. The series is set in New York City and follows Chinese-American private investigator Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith.
S.J. Rozan is an American author whose real name is Shira Judith Rosan. She writes mystery novels set in New York City, mostly featuring private investigators Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. She has won several awards for Best P.I. Novel, Excellence in Mystery Genre, Best Mystery Novel and the Maltese Falcon Award for Best Hardboiled […]
The Hollows is a series of urban fantasy/mystery novels featuring the protagonist Rachel Morgan by American author Kim Harrison (Dawn Cook). The series is set in Cincinnati, where the existence of supernatural beings including witches, vampires and werewolves has recently been revealed. Rachel is a detective who works both run-of-the-mill and supernatural cases and deals […]
Inspector Kurt Wallander is a character featured in a series of mystery novels by Swedish novelist Henning Mankell. Wallander has a limited number of friends, drinks too much and eats too much junk food. He gets very involved with the cases he works on and will disobey orders in order to solve a case. Mankell’s […]
Henning Mankell was a Swedish author of crime fiction and children’s books. He was best known for his mystery series of novels featuring Kurt Wallander. Aside from being an author, Mankell was well-known for his left-wing political activism. His grandfather, who he shares a name with, was a piano composer. He is married to Eva […]
Karen White is an American novelist of romance novels. She fell in love with writing after reading Gone With the Wind. Her novels are romance novels set in the South. She has one mystery series called the Tradd Street books that begun with The House on Tradd Street. Karen is very much a Southerner, but […]
Leaphorn and Chee (also known as the Navajo Mysteries) is a series of detective fiction books by American author Tony Hillerman, which has been taken over by his daughter, Anne Hillerman. “Leaphorn and Chee” refers to the series protagonists Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. The two characters work together, but […]
Kate Shugak is a fictional character who is featured in a series of mystery novels by American author Dana Stabenow. As Stabenow is a native of Alaska, her series is set there. Kate largely interacts with the Aleuts (indigenous people to the area) and sometimes with the Eskimos of Alaska. Kate is an Aleut herself […]
Dana Stabenow is an American author of mystery, suspense/thriller and sci-fi novels. Stabenow is from Alaska, where her books are often set. Her series include the Star Svensdotter sci-fi series and the mystery series Kate Shugak and Liam Campbell. She has also written standalone thriller novels.