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Thomas Pitt is a fictional character created by English novelist Anne Perry and the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels set in Victorian London. He is a police inspector. Charlotte Pitt is his wife, who is from an upper-class family with connections that often help her husband out in his investigations.

Anne Perry is an English author of historical detective fiction and mystery novels. When she was a teenager living in New Zealand, Anne Perry assisted in a brutal murder of her friend’s mother, which became the basis for the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. As an adult, Perry joined the Mormon church and moved to Scotland. […]

Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by British author Ruth Rendell. The character has appeared in a television series where he was played by George Baker.

Jane Whitefield is a fictional character who appears in a series of mystery/suspense novels by American novelist Thomas Perry. Jane is a Native American guide who helps people whose lives are threatened find new lives elsewhere.

Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) was a British author of historical romance and detective fiction. She is best known for the creation of the Regency romance subgenre. Heyer is often compared to Jane Austen (whose novels are set in similar time periods), although Austen wrote her romances in contemporary times, whereas Heyer would have to detail the […]

Richard Jury is a fictional character created by American novelist Martha Grimes. The books fall into the cozy mystery genre. Jury starts out as a chief inspector at Scotland Yard. He works with an aristocrat named Melrose Plant and Alfred Wiggins, a sergeant. Jury grew up an orphan after his parents died in World War […]

Martha Grimes is an American novelist of detective fiction. She is best known for her Richard Jury character, a chief inspector at Scotland Yard. Her other series feature the characters the Emma Graham and Andi Olivier. She is a self-described Anglophile who sets most of her novels in England.

Margaret Coel is an American author of detective fiction and mystery novels. She writes two different series – the Wind River Reservation series featuring Father John O’Malley and Vicky Holden and her newer Catherine McLeod series.

George P. Pelecanos is an American novelist of detective fiction. His novels usually take place in Washington D.C. (his hometown). His characters include Nick Stefanos, D.C. Quartet and Derek Strange. Aside from being an author, Pelecanos also works as a TV writer, TV producer and as a film producer.

Anna Travis is a character featured in a series of novels by English author Lynda La Plante. Anna works as a Detective Inspector in London. The series was adapted into a television series titled Above Suspicion, starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis.