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The Lineup

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

by Otto Penzler
Justine Eyre
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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

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  • Release date

    January 25, 2010

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400193608
      • File size: 343067 KB
      • Duration: 11:54:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Male English, Irish, and Scottish writers have their essays read in the rich, liquid tones of John Lee, while Justine Eyre impersonates female scribes from both sides of the Atlantic. Blessedly, she's a talented mimic, so her Anne Perry sounds like a cheery Brit, while her Carol O'Connell is definitely from New York. Eyre's husband, John Nelson, is stuck with standard-issue Americans, which is another way of saying English with the music washed out. It's still a thrill, though, to get behind the curtain. We learn that Michael Connelly is afraid of tunnels. And that hero Jack Reacher got his name after Lee Child's wife suggested that if writing didn't pan out, the author's height might win him a job in a supermarket, reaching for boxes on high shelves. B.H.C. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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