The Lineup
The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · November 10, 2009
A great recurring character in a series you love becomes an old friend.
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- Who it’s for
- A look at where beloved detectives came from, told by the writers who know them best.
- Genres
- Mystery & Crime Crit
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, November 10, 2009
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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 Jack Reacher a drifter?
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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.
Behind the Sleuths
A look at where beloved detectives came from, told by the writers who know them best.
Come here for
- The backstories behind familiar mystery sleuths
- Crime writers reflecting on how their characters began
Expect
- Character origins and inspirations, from real-life encounters to imagined histories
- Some creators let their detectives do the talking
Where it sits
| Mystery & Crime Crit | 54% |
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Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- Mystery
- Suspense
- Thrillers
- Authors
- John Allen Nelson, Justine Eyre, John Lee
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- November 10, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies