Archives
Karin Schaeffer is the central character in a series of crime thriller/suspense novels by American novelist Katia Lief. Karin Schaeffer is a New York City detective who was living the American dream in New Jersey when everything changed for her. Her family – husband and daughter – were murdered by a brutal serial killer.
Katia Lief is an American author of crime fiction, psychological thriller novels and literary fiction. She was born in France to American parents, but quickly moved back home to the East Coast of the United States where she grew up. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she would return to Paris. Months later, she returned […]
Commissaire Adamsberg is a series of crime thriller novels by French author Fred Vargas. Commissaire (or Chief Inspector) Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a police chief who travels around a lot as part of the job, but is based out of Paris, France. Adrien Danglard is Adamsberg’s deputy who is more methodical, as opposed to Adamsberg (who […]
Fred Vargas is a French author of crime thriller novels. She is the author of the Commissaire Adamsberg series, which has won the International Dagger Award twice. She has also won the award for her novel The Three Evangelists. Vargas is also a Medieval historian and this interest often comes out into her novels. She […]
Kerry Greenwood is an Australian author of crime fiction, historical mysteries, science fiction and children’s books. She was born near Melbourne, Australia and after some travelling, ended up settling back home. She has a degree in English and Law from Melbourne University. She has worked as a folk singer, fractory hand, director, producer, translator, costume […]
David Thurlo is an American author of mystery novels with Native American themes. He co-authors all of his novels with his wife, Aimee Thurlo. He became interested in writing when he was working as a teacher and his wife would be at home writing. Soon, he found himself watching her write and they soon realize […]
Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by British novelist Kerry Wilkinson. Jessica Daniel has been referred to as the most compelling female detective since Lynda La Plante‘s Jane Tennison character. Although the character is a female and the author has a unisex name, Kerry is most assuredly […]
Kerry Wilkinson is a British author of crime fiction and YA fantasy novels. Kerry started out as a self-published author, becoming one of the most successful in the UK. He has since been picked up by Pan Macmillan. He writes the D.S. Jessica Daniel series and is coming out with a YA fantasy trilogy called […]
Minette Walters is a British author of crime fiction and mystery novels. Minette studied at Trevelyan College, University of Durham. She graduated in 1971 with a BA in French. Several of her novels have been adapted to television by the BBC, including The Sculptress, The Ice House, The Scold’s Bridle, The Echo and The Dark […]
Thora Gudmundsdottir is the central character in a series of Scandinavian crime fiction novels by Icelandic novelist Yrsa Sigurdardottir. The series is set in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik and a follows single mother Thora Gudmundsdottir’s career working as a lawyer.