The Lineup
โ Scribed by Penzler, Otto (editor)
- Book ID
- 108614289
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780316071826
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โฆ Synopsis
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
SUMMARY: A great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend. You learn about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. But where do some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from?What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a Vietnam vet tunnel rat? Why is Jack Reacher a drifter? How did a brief encounter in Botswana inspire Alexander McCall Smith to create Precious Ramotswe? In THE LINEUP, some of the top mystery writers in the world tell about the genesis of their most beloved characters--or, in some cases, let their creations do the talking.
HIERONYMUS BOSCHby Michael Connelly
CHARLIE PARKERby John Connolly
ELVIS COLE AND JOE PIKEby Robert Crais
LINCOLN RHYMEby Jeffery Deaver
INSPECTOR MORSEby Colin Dexter
BOB LEE SWAGGERby Stephen Hunter
PETER DECKER AND RINA LAZARUSby Faye Kellerman
ALEX DELAWAREby Jonathan Kellerman
CHARLOTTE AND THOMAS PITTby Anne Perry
DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD
ALOYSIUS X. L. PENDERGASTby Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
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