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The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
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The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives

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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 Lee Child's 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. The following characters (and their creators) are featured in this collection:

Jack Taylor by Ken Bruen

Jack Reacher by Lee Child

Hieronymus Bosch by Michael Connelly

Charlie Parker by John Connolly

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike by Robert Crais

Lincoln Rhyme by Jeffery Deaver

Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter

Charlie Resnick by John Harvey

Bob Lee Swagger by Stephen Hunter

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus by Faye Kellerman

Alex Delaware by Jonathan Kellerman

Dismas Hardy by John Lescroart

Tess Monaghan by Laura Lippman

Rambo by David Morrell

Mallory by Carol O'Connell

Spenser by Robert B. Parker

Lou Boldt by Ridley Pearson

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt by Anne Perry

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

John Rebus by Ian Rankin

Precious Ramotswe by Alexander McCall Smith
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 25, 2010
ISBN9781400183609
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
Author

Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, series editor, is the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975), Mysterious Press.com (2011) and New York City's Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about crime fiction.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not so impressive. Reading works from those authors are far more interesting.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    This book for me was a introduction for me to some writers I have not read. It was good to get some insight into the creative process and fun to compare. Many of the writers are boomers like me so the dream of getting published someday still lives. This book underscored for me that I will never be able to read all the books I would like to read in my lifetime. This is a blow to the kid who wanted to read every book in the library. I started this book being guilty that I was not familiar with a lot of this authors, but I finished the book with renewed respect for the writing process and the sacrifices writers make for their art. I walk away with a list of books and authors I want to read, which is all any editor wants. Like any group of creative people each author's approach was different and some were more successful than others, but overall it was interesting. Three stars.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Loved this! Was fun hearing authors I already knew discussing their characters, and I discovered so many authors who weren't on my radar. First heard of Ken Bruen and Jack Taylor here and have since read everything I've been able to find.