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Rick Walker, Private Investigator
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"Backlot Requiem: A Rick Walker Mystery" [iUniverse March 2005] by G.E. Nordell When a long-buried body is discovered at National Pictures Studios, private investigator Rick Walker is called in to identify it. His investigation leads to a thirty-year-old murder case, a dying film director and his wild daughters, a legendary film star of the Silent Era, local gangsters, and a very discreet love affair. 9x6 hardcover [3/2005] for $22.95 at Amazon 9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.95 at Amazon Adobe Reader ebook [3/2005] for $5.40 at Amazon 9x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.95 thru Barnes & Noble 9x6 hardcover [3/2005] for $22.95 thru Barnes & Noble also on sale at Amazon Canada, U.K., France, Germany & Japan Croatian-language edition click here for excerpt |
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Delano Ames [1906-87]
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David Baldacci
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E.C. Bentley [1875-1956]
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Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933]
+ Honolulu police detective Charlie Chan
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Gavin Black
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Nicholas Blake [real name Cecil Day-Lewis; 1904-72]
+ Nigel Strangeways series
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Lawrence Block
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John Bonett [real name John Hubert Arthur Coulson]
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Anthony Boucher [1911-68]
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Christianna Brand [real name Mary Christianna Milne; 1907-88]
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Lilian Jackson Braun
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+ The Cat Who... series: series books
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Anthony Bruno
+ FBI agents Gibbons & Tozzi series + Loretta Kovacs series
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James Byrom of South Africa
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Marjorie Carleton
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John Dickson Carr [1906-77] {aka Carter Dickson & Carr Dickson}
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George C. Chesbro + dwarf/P.I. Mongo
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Lee Child
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+ Jack Reacher series: series books
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Harlan Coben
+ sports agent & P.I. Myron Bolitar series
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Max Allan Collins
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+ Nathan Heller series: series books & audio
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Michael Collins [real name Dennis Lynds; 1924-2005]
+ one-armed P.I. Dan Fortune in New York City
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Michael Connelly + Harry Bosch, etc Page
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George Harmon Coxe [1901-84]
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Robert Crais
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Jeffery Deaver
+ quadriplegic N.Y.P.D. detective Lincoln Rhyme & Det. Amelia Sachs
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P.T. Deutermann
+ Manceford County, NC Sheriff's Lt. Cam Richter
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Franklin W. Dixon [aka Edward Stratemeyer; 1862-1930]
+ The Hardy Boys series [est. 1927]
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Aaron J. Elkins
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Stanley Ellin [1916-86]
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Richard Ellington [1914-1980]
+ Steve Drake novels
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Loren D. Estleman Mysteries Page
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Terence Faherty
+ Owen Keane series + Scott Elliott series
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Linda Fairstein
+ New York City Assistant D.A Alex Cooper series
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[blacklistee] Howard Fast [1914-2003]
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Robert Ferrigno
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Dan Fesperman
+ Bosnian former detective Vlado Petric, etc.
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G.M. Ford
+ Leo Waterman series + Frank Corso series
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Dale Furutani
+ Ken Tanaka series + Samurai Trilogy
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Erle Stanley Gardner [1889-1970] Page
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Dorothy Gilman + Mrs. Pollifax, etc.
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Lee Goldberg
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Sue Grafton
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Stephen Greenleaf + John Marshall Tanner series
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Denise Hamilton + reporter Eve Diamond series
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Joseph Hansen [1923-2004] + Dave Brandstetter series
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Fred R. Harris + Oklahoma Sheriff Okie Dunn series
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Carl Hiaasen
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Patricia Highsmith [1921-95]
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Chester B. Himes [1909-84] + Harlem procedurals
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Naomi Hirahara + Los Angeles gardener Mas Arai series
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"Summer of The Big Bachi" [2004] by Naomi Hirahara
San Gabriel Valley gardener Mas Arai's carefully constructed existence is upended when Shuji Nakane, a private investigator from Hiroshima, turns up at Tanaka's lawnmower shop in Altadena. Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $11.05 the second Mas Arai novel "Gasa-Gasa Girl" Delta 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2005] for $9.60 the third Mas Arai novel "Snakeskin Shamisen" Delta 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $9.96 |
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Jon A. Jackson + Det. Sgt. Mulheisen series
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Henry Kane + N.Y.C. P.I. Peter Chambers
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Marshall Karp + funny L.A. cops Lomax & Biggs
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"Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew & The Women Who Created Her" [2005] by Melanie Rehak Harvest Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.20 Harcourt 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $18.25 |
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"Nancy Drew: The Mystery In Hollywood Hills" [Weintraub/Warner June 2007]
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Faye Kellerman
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Judith Kelman + Sarah Spooner series
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Harry Kemelman [1908-96]
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Shirley Kennett + psychologist P.J. Gray series
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Laurie R. King
+ Kate Martinelli series & Mary Russell series
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William Kent Krueger
+ Sheriff 'Cork' O'Connor series
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Dennis Lehane
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Elmore Leonard
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Michael Z. Lewin + Albert Samson of Indiana
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Elizabeth Linington [1921-88]
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Harold Q. Masur [1909-2005]
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Christine Matthews
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Ed McBain [real name Evan Hunter; 1926-2005]
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Margaret Millar [1915-94]
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Geoffrey Miller + P.I. Terry Travern
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Marlys Millhiser
+ Hollywood agent Ms. Charlie Greene series
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Walter Mosley
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Helen Nielsen [1918-2002]
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Carol O'Connell
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