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Sloan and Crosby (aka the Calleshire Chronicles) is a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by English novelist Catherine Aird. “Sloan” is Detective Inspector Christopher Dennis Sloan (aka “Seedy”). Sloan is married and enjoys growing roses in his spare time. “Crosby” is his hapless sidekick – Detective Constable William Crosby. The series is set in Calleshire, […]
Dr. Felix Hoffmann is the protagonist in a series of medical thriller/mystery novels by German novelist Christoph Spielberg. Dr. Felix Hoffmann is a physician based out of Berlin, Germany who is great at his job, highly respected by his peers, loves watching soccer and drinking beer. Along with his girlfriend Celine, Hoffmann investigates various medical-related […]
Christoph Spielberg is a German author of medical thriller/mystery novels. He writes the Dr. Felix Hoffmann series and has also recently started working on a new series featuring a character named Heinz Buscher. Spielberg is a cardiologist who uses his real-life experiences to writes his fiction. He is an Agatha Award and Friedrich Glauser award-winning […]
Penny Parker is the protagonist in a series of children’s mystery novels by American author Mildred A. Wirt. Penny Parker is an amateur sleuth, high school student and newspaper reporter for her father’s newspaper. After her mother died when she was young, she was raised by the family housekeeper, Mrs. Weems. Mildred A. Wirt was […]
The Kay Tracey series is a series of children’s mystery novels written under the house name of Frances K. Judd. The series was created by Harried Stratemeyer Adams and the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Kay Tracey is a 16 year-old amateur detective. She lives with her mother and cousin Bill in a town called Carmont, where she […]
The Dana Girls is a series of YA mystery novels written under the house name of Carolyn Keene and created by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Jean and Louise Dana are teenage amateur sleuths who are attending a boarding school called the Starhurst School for Girls, where they solve mysteries.
Nancy Drew is the protagonist of several series of children’s mystery novels, written under the house name of Carolyn Keene. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which produced not only Nancy Drew, but also The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys and more series. Nancy […]
Carolyn Keene is the house name of authors who wrote children’s novels, including all of the various the Nancy Drew series as well as the Dana Girls and River Heights series. The house name was created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate (the same group responsible for the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys, the Bobbsey […]
The Swindle Mysteries series is a series of children’s adventure novels by Canadian-American novelist Gordon Korman. The series follows sixth grader Griffin Bing and his group of friends on various heist-related adventures.
Sano Ichiro is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery/detective fiction novels by American novelist Laura Joh Rowland. The series is set in 17th century Edo, Japan (now Tokyo). Sano Ichiro is a samurai who has difficulty following the bushido code. He must balance serving his master as well as his wife, Ueda Reiko. […]