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The Commandment is a series of crime fiction novels by American author Lawrence Sanders. The main characters of the series are Dora Conti (an insurance investigator), Samuel Todd (a field investigator) and Joshua Bigg (a 5’3″ law firm investigator). The series is set in New York City.
Lawrence Sanders (1920-1998) was an American author of crime fiction and mystery novels. He worked as an editorial writer for a magazine and then switched to writing fiction. His series include the Archy McNally, Edward X. Delaney, The Commandment and others.
Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are the protagonists in a series of crime fiction novels by British author Stephen Booth. The pair are detectives in Derbyshire, England, where they attempt to solve various murders.
Stephen Booth is an English novelist of crime fiction. He worked as a journalist of newspapers and magazines such as the Wilmslow Advertiser, Huddersfield Examiner and the Worksop Guardian. Booth retired from journalism in 2001 to put his energy into becoming a full-time novelist. His series features Ben Cooper and Diane Fry and is set […]
Department Q is a series of crime thriller novels by Danish novelist Jussi Adler-Olsen. The series follows Carl Morck, one of the best homicide detectives in Copenhagen who has been promoted to the cold case department.
Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author of Scandinavian crime fiction. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his Department Q series. His novels have been sold in 36 countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Russia, The Netherlands, Japan, Germany and China. He was the most popular author in […]
Charlie Resnick is the central character in a series of police procedural/mystery novels by British author John Harvey. Charlie is a detective inspector based in Nottingham. He is of Polish descent, loves jazz and eats lots of sandwiches. The series has been adapted into two TV movies for the BBC, starring Tom Wilkinson and written […]
John Harvey is a British novelist of crime fiction and the creator of the Charlie Resnick series. Harvey began his career writing Western novels with co-authors such as Angus Wells, Laurence James and Terry Harknett – usually using the collective pen name. He has won the Silver Dagger award from the Crime Writers’ Association for […]
Jack Caffery is the central character in a series of crime thrillers by British novelist Mo Hayder. Jack is a detective inspector based in Bristol, England. The series is also known as The Walking Man series.
Mo Hayder is an English author of crime thriller novels. Mo quit school when she was 15 to work at various jobs, including as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, club hostess, school administrator and second language English teacher. She is now a full-time writer. She lives outside Bath, UK with her significant other Bob and […]