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D.I. Jack Dylan is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels written under the pseudonym of R.C. Bridgestock (Bob & Carol Bridgestock). The Jack Dylan character is based on Bob Bridgestock’s career working as an officer, where he made Detective Superintendent. D.I. Jack Dylan operates in the fictional town of Harrowfield, Yorkshire.
R.C. Bridgestock is the collective pen name of the husband-and-wife writing team consisting of British novelists Bob and Carol Bridgestock. Together, they write the D.I. Jack Dylan crime fiction series. Combined, Bob and Carol have nearly half a century worth of real-life police experience and have taken real-life cases and turned them into fictional stories. […]
Peter Grant is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/urban fantasy novels by British author Ben Aaronovitch. Peter Grant is a young constable who works at the Metropolitan Police of London. His goal is to end up as a detective there, but instead he ends up meeting a ghost and joining the supernatural division […]
Ben Aaronovitch is a British author of science fiction, urban fantasy and crime fiction novels in addition to being a television writer. He writes the Peter Grant series. Ben is the son of Sam Aaronovitch, a well-known economist/academic who was one of the senior members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He is also […]
The Blanco County Mysteries is a series of satiric mystery novels by American novelist Ben Rehder. The series features a Texas game warden named John Marlin, who is often brought into homicide investigations – and not by choice. He works with Blanco County sheriff Herbert Mackey.
Ben Rehder is an American novelist of comic crime fiction and mystery novels. He writes the Blanco County Mysteries featuring John Marlin. Rehder always wanted to write, and as he grew older, the desire to become a novelist only grew. He ended up working in advertising instead, but got bored with it and decided to […]
Sydney Fitzpatrick is the protagonist in a series of suspense novels by American author Robin Burcell. Sydney is an FBI Special Agent who is also trained as a forensic artist.
Robin Burcell is an American novelist of crime fiction/suspense novels. She writes the Sydney Fitzpatrick and Kate Gillespie series. Before becoming an author, Robin worked in law enforcement as a police officer, hostage negotiator and a detective as well as being trained as a forensic artist. She has testified as an expert in forensic arts, […]
Deon Meyer is a South African author of crime thriller novels. He earned his B.A. degree majoring in English and History from the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, and his honours degree from the University of the Free State. Meyer worked for the South African print company Die Volksblad as a journalist and for […]
Ellery Queen is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction/mystery novels written under the pen name of Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee). The character is an author who writes the books he appears in, and later on, writes screenplays. He ends up working as an amateur detective, having to help out […]