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Robert Goddard is an English novelist of crime thriller and mystery novels. Goddard grew up in Hampshire, England and attended the University of Cambridge, where he studied history. He went onto careers in journalism and teaching, which didn’t work out, and after working as an educational administrator, he decided to start writing on a full-time […]

Faraday & Winter is a series of crime fiction novels by English novelist Graham Hurley. D.I. Joe Faraday works for the Portsmouth CID. He’s middle aged and has been with the department for a long time. He is a widower who has ended up having to raise his son (who is deaf) by himself. He […]

Graham Hurley is an English author of crime fiction novels as well as non-fiction books. He wrote the Faraday & Winter series (featuring D.I. Joe Faraday) and more recently has started the Jimmy Suttle series. Hurley earned his BA and MA in English from the University of Cambridge. During his career, he has written for […]

John Cardinal and Lise Delorme are the protagonists in a series of crime thriller/mystery novels by Canadian novelist Giles Blunt. The pair of detectives work for the Algonquin Bay Police Department in Northern Ontario. “Algonquin Bay” is a fictional town heavily based on North Bay, Ontario (the city the author grew up in), likely named […]

Giles Blunt is a Canadian author of crime fiction/mystery novels. He writes the John Cardinal series. He grew up in North Bay, Ontario, which he has based the setting of his John Cardinal series on. He also works as a screenwriter and has written for shows such as Law & Order, Street Legal and Night […]

Parnell Hall is an American author of mystery novels. He writes the Stanley Hastings, Steve Winslow (as J.P. Hailey) and Puzzle Lady Mysteries series. He also wrote the screenplay to the 1984 horror film C.H.U.D.

Jane Candiotti is the protagonist in a series of crime/noir thriller novels by American novelist Clyde Phillips. Candiotti is an experienced homicide investigator based in the City of the Bay, San Francisco.

Clyde Phillips is an American author of crime thriller novels. He writes the Detective Jane Candiotti series, but he is best known for his work as a TV and film producer. Phillips has worked on such shows as Dexter, Shout About Movies, Suddenly Susan and much more. In the case of Dexter, he was the […]

Mac McKenzie is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American novelist David Housewright. Mac McKenzie (real name Rushmore McKenzie) is a former cop who makes a career switch to an unlicensed private investigator. The series is set in St. Paul, Minnesota.

David Housewright is an American author of crime fiction. He writes the Mac McKenzie and Holland Taylor series. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. In high school, he edited the high school newspaper, but was fired for an editorial against the Vietnam War. He received his degree in Journalism from the University of St. […]