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V.I. Warshawski is a fictional character featured in a series of crime novels by American author Sara Paretsky. Warshawski is a female investigator who breaks a lot of the taboos created for female PIs. She drinks scotch, will break into an office if need be and can fight. Still, with all her tomboyish traits, she […]

Sara Paretsky is an American novelist of detective fiction, largely featuring female private investigator V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky’s contributions to crime fiction include writing a female character who breaks all of the rules of what a female detective is “supposed” to be and transcending the typical labels.

Ryan Kealey is a fictional character created by the late British-American author Andrew Britton. The character is a CIA agent who appears in all of Britton’s novels.

Andrew Britton (1981-2008) was a British-American novelist of spy thrillers. Britton was born in England, then moved to Northern Ireland and finally moved to the U.S. as a child with his family. He was in the U.S. Army for three years, serving in Korea. Britton seemed to pack a lot into his short life, becoming […]

Alexandra Cooper is a fictional character created by American novelist Linda Fairstein. The series falls into the crime fiction genre and police procedural sub-genre. Alexandra is a prosecutor working out of Manhattan and an expert on sex crimes, much like the author herself.

Linda Fairstein is an American author of crime fiction and police procedural novels. Before becoming an author, Fairstein was the head of the sex crimes unit in Manhattan where she prosecuted some very highly publicized cases. As an expert on sex crimes, she has been interviewed on several media outlets. Her novels are based upon […]

The Heroes of Olympus is the follow-up series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, both of which are written by American author Rick Riordan. The series is a young adult fantasy series with thriller and mystery elements mixed in. The series follows Greek and Roman mythology.

The Kane Chronicles is a series of young adult fantasy novels by American novelist Rick Riordan. The series is set in the same universe as Riordan’s Olympian Demigod series. The series is based on Egyptian mythology and follows the brother and sister team of Carter and Sadie Kane on a quest to save the world.

Percy Jackson is a fictional character created by American author Rick Riordan who is featured in the young adult fantasy adventure series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and also appears in the Heroes of Olympus series. Percy is a 12 year-old (and ages throughout the series) who suffers from ADHD and dyslexia, who is attacked […]

Tres Navarre is a crime fiction series by American author Rick Riordan. It is the only one of Riordan’s series targeted at adults. Tres has spent a decade in the Bay Area and is now returning home to San Antonio to solve the murder of his father, who was the Bexar County sheriff. Tres is […]