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The Enzo Files is a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by Scottish author Peter May. Enzo Macleod is a half-Scottish, half-Italian biologist who is teaching in the southwest part of France. He makes a bet that he can solve seven notorious French cold cases that are written about by a Parisian journalist named Roger Raffin. […]

Also known as the China Thrillers, the Beijing series is a series of crime fiction novels by Scottish novelist Peter May. The series teams up an American pathologist, Margaret Campbell, who is down on her luck and a Chinese detective, Li Yan. In order to research these novels, Peter May made several trips to China […]

Peter May is a Scottish author of crime fiction, mystery and thriller novels, in addition to writing television and being a former journalist. Growing up in Glasgow, Peter’s goal was to become a novelist from an early age. Before he was able to achieve that goal, he became a journalist in order to pay the […]

Lew Fonesca is the main character in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American novelist Stuart M. Kaminsky. Down and out on his luck, Lew Fonesca is a process server who quits his job in Illinois in order to move to Key West, but ends up in Sarasota, Florida.

Abe Lieberman is the featured character in a series of mystery novels by American author Stuart M. Kaminsky. Abe Lieberman is a veteran Chicago cop in his sixties.

Inspector Rostnikov is a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American novelist Stuart Kaminsky. Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov is a police investigator who plies his trade in Moscow, Russia.

Toby Peters is the central character in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Stuart M. Kaminsky. Set in the 1940s, Toby Peters is a private investigator who works in Hollywood. Naturally, his cases involve the Hollywood stars at the time, such as The Marx Brothers, Judy Garland, Errol Flynn, Howard Hughes, Bela […]

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was an American author of mystery novels, crime fiction and non-fiction books, as well as a film professor. His series characters are Toby Peters, Inspector Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca. He was awarded the title of Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Kaminsky grew up in Chicago, where […]

John Birmingham is a British-Australian author of science fiction, alternate history, crime fiction and non-fiction. His first taste of being published was in a student newspaper at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, where he wrote stories. He then began writing articles for Rolling Stone and the Australian edition of Penthouse. However, he would gain […]

The Avalon series is a series of fantasy novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and later by Diana L. Paxson. The series is set on a legendary island known as Avalon and the women behind its history as well as the history of Britain, re-telling the tales from the womens’ viewpoints.