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Who's New in Whodunnits
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May 1998
Compiled by Merle Jacob
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Adult Materials Selection Specialist,
Chicago Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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AMATEUR DETECTIVES
AUTHOR -- DETECTIVE (occupation, place)
Susan Albert -- China Bayles, an herbalist in Texas
Sarah Andrews -- Emily Hansen, geologist in Wyoming
Nan Atherton -- Lori Shephard, a rare book dealer and Aunt Dimity Westwood, a ghost, England
Nevada Barr -- Ann Pigeon, a Park Service ranger, in various national parks
Carol Lea Benjamin -- Rachel Alexander, a dog trainer, and pit bull Dashiell
Edna Buchanan -- Britt Montero, Cuban American reporter, in Miami
Margaret Chittenden -- Charlie Plato, female owner of a country western dance hall, in San Francisco
Harlan Coben -- Myron Bolitar, sports agent
Beverly Connor -- Lindsay Chamberlain, forensic archeologist at Georgia University
Carole Nelson Douglas -- public relations freelander Temple Barr and her cat Midnight Louie in Las Vegas
Tony Dunbar -- Tubby Dubonnet, New Orleans lawyer
Carole Epstein -- Barbara Simons, public relations expert in Montreal
Dale Furutani -- Ken Tanaka, Japanese-American computer programmer
John Gano -- George Sinclair, opera impresario in London
Anne George -- Patricia Anne Hollowell and Mary Alice Crane, retired school teacher and her sister in Alabama
Charlene Harris -- Lily Bard, cleaning lady, in Shakespeare, Arkansas
Lee Harris -- Chris Bennett, wife and new mother, and her New York City detective husband Jack
Sparkle Hayter -- Robin Hudson, network news producer in New York
Susan Holtzer -- Anneke Haagen, computer consultant, and Karl Genesko, Ann Arbor police detective
Jonnie Jacobs -- Kail OâBrien, lawyer in California
Julie Kaewert -- Alex Plumtree, rare book collector in London
Nicholas Kilmer -- Fred Taylor, art expert in Boston
Virginia Lanier -- Jo Beth Siddon, bloodhound dog trainer and feminist in Georgia
Lindsay Maracotta -- Lucy Freer, animator in Hollywood
Margaret Maron -- Deborah Knott, judge in North Carolina
Stefanie Matteson -- Charlotte Graham, older actress
Mark Miano -- Michael Carpo, newswriter in New York
Bill Moody -- Evan Horne, jazz pianist in Los Angeles
Lynne Murray -- Josephine Fuller, troubleshooter for a philanthropist
Janet Neel -- Francesca Wilson, runs local women's shelter
Elizabeth Quinn -- Dr. Lauren Maxwell, investigator for the Wild America Society in Alaska
Manuel Ramos -- Luis Montz, Chicano lawyer in Denver
Sarah Shaber -- Simon Show, college history teacher in Raleigh, North Carolina
Sarah Shankman -- Samantha Adams, ex-reporter and writer in the South
Keith Snyder -- Jason Keltner, musician in Los Angeles
Dana Stabenow -- Kate Shugak, Aleut investigator in Alaska
Jane Waterhouse -- Garner Quinn, true-crime writer in New Jersey
Ellen White -- Dana Coakley, actress and part time super in New York
Kate Wilhelm -- Barbara Holloway, lawyer in Oregon
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE
D. B. Borton -- Cat Caliban, a widow with children in Cincinnati
John Dunning -- Cliff Janeway, ex-cop and Denver book dealer
Grace Edwards -- Mali Anderson, African American ex-cop now private investigator
Janet Evanovich -- Stephanie Plum bounty hunter in New Jersey
Terence Faherty -- Scott Eliott, security agent in Hollywood
Terence Faherty -- Own Keane, Atlantic city copy editor and part time private investigator
G. M. Ford -- Leo Waterman, Seattle
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera -- Lupe Solano, Cuban American private investigator in Miami
Robert Greer -- C. J. Floyd, bondsman in Denver
Laurell Hamilton -- Anita Blake, veteran vampire hunter (mix of fantasy and mystery)
Gar Anthony Haywood -- Aaron Gunner, African American private investigator in Los Angeles
Dennis Lehane -- Patrick Kenzie and Angleo Gennaro in Boston
Larry Maness -- Jake Eaton in Cambridge Mass.
Chris Rogers -- Dixie Flannigan, bounty hunter in Texas
Michael Stone -- Streeter, skip tracer in Denver
John Straley -- Cecil Younger in Sitka Alaska
POLICE DETECTIVE
Alan Beechey -- Detective Superintendent Timothy Mallard, London
Peter Bowen -- Gabriel du Pre, Montana cattle brand inspector
Deborah Crombie -- Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, London
James Doss -- Charlie Moon, Ute tribal policeman in Colorado and Scott Parris of Granite City, Colorado
Marine Kellog --Lilly Bennett, US Marshall in Wyoming
Donna Leon -- Guido Brunetti, Venice, Italy Vice-Commissaire
Carol OâConnell -- Kathleen Malory, New York police investigator
Aimee Thurlo -- Ella Clah, tribal policewoman on the Navajo reservation
Charlene Weir -- Susan Wren, police chief in Hampstead Kansas
Thomas Zigal -- Kurt Muller, hippie sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado
POLICE PROCEDURAL
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles -- Inspector Bill Slider in London
Ian Rankin -- John Rebus of the Edinburgh police
Anna Salter -- Michael Stone, forensic psychologist
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE NOVEL
Patricia Carlon -- mysteries set in Australia
James Preston Girard -- set in Kansas
Joseph Glass -- Susn Shader, psychiatrist with gift of second sight
Abigail Padgett -- Bo Bradley, San Diego Child Protective caseworker
HISTORICAL MYSTERY
Ancient Egpyt:
Lynda Robinson -- Lord Meren, minister to Tutankhamen
Lauren Haney -- Lieutenant Bak in 18th dynasty Egypt
Middle Ages:
P. F. Chisholm -- Sir Robert Carey, Deputy Warden of the English West March in 1592
Q. L. Grace -- Kathryn Swinbrooke, Canterbury city physician in 15th century
Susan Gregory -- Matthew Bartholomew, physician, and University Provost Brother Michael in Cambridge in 1352
Sharon Newman -- Catherine LeVendeur, married woman and scholar in Scotland in 12th century
Candace Robb -- Owen Archer, Welsh soldier now working with his wife in the apothecary in York in the 14th century
Kate Sedley -- Roger the Chapman, itinerant peddler in England in 1475
Peter Tremayne -- Sister Fidelma of Celtic Church in Ireland in 7th century
Early 1800s:
Stephanie Barron -- Jane Austen in Regency England
Barbara Hambly -- Benjamin January, free man of color in 1830 New Orleans
Margaret Lawrence -- Hannah Trevor, midwife in 1790 Maine
Mardi Oakley Medawar -- Tay-bodal, Kiowa Indian in 1860 western America
Miriam Grace Monfredo -- Glynis Tryon, librarian in 1850 Seneca Falls, NY
Kate Ross -- Julian Kestrell, English dandy in Regency England
Victorian Period:
Caleb Carr -- Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, psychologist; Sara Howard, private investigator; John Moore, reporter; Stevie Taggert, side kick; all in 1890 New York City
Dianne Day -- Freemont Jones, typist in 1900 San Francisco
Laurie King -- Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell in 1900 England
Gillian Linscott -- Nell Bray, suffragette in 1910 England
Michael Pearce -- Captain Gareth Owen, head of Cairo's secret police in 1908 Egypt
1920s and 1930s:
Carola Dunn -- Daisy Dalrymple, writer in 1920s England
Robert Skinner -- Wesley Farrell, African American passing as white in 1936 New Orleans
Troy Soos -- Mickey Rawlings, infielder for American baseball team in 1920
Charles Todd -- Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge in 1920s England
Many Time Periods:
Ann Dukthas -- Nicholas Segalla, time-traveling scholar whose life spans centuries
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