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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 […]
Alan Russell is an American author of crime fiction/mystery novels. Alan Russell played basketball at UC San Diego and made the team as a freshman, but had to quit due to a back injury. He ended up writing the student newspaper instead and ended up being the paper’s editor-in-chief. During his tenure, the paper went […]
Simon Kernick is an English author of crime thriller novels. While he was studying at Brighton Polytechnic for a degree in humanities, he was writing crime fiction short stories. It took Simon about ten years, but he finally got a book deal in 2001. Simon lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and two daughters.
Rebecka Martinsson is the central character in a series of crime fiction novels by Swedish novelist Asa Larsson. Rebecka is a tax lawyer working out of Stockholm who must return to her hometown of Kiruna. Kiruna is located north of the Arctic Circle. The first novel in the series, Sunstorm, was adapted to film.
Asa Larsson is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Before she became a full-time writer, Asa worked as a tax lawyer, which is experience she draws upon in her Rebecka Martinsson series. Her novel The Savage Altar (aka Sunstorm) was adapted into the Swedish film Solstorm (its original Swedish title).
Vera Stanhope is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by English novelist Ann Cleeves. Vera works as a detective inspector for the Northumbria & City Police. She is courageous and witty, but has a bad temper. The series has been adapted into the ITV series Vera starring Brenda Blethyn as the title […]