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Title:

The lineup : the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives / edited by Otto Penzler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, American--Sources.
Detective and mystery stories, English--Sources.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Detective and mystery stories--Authorship.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.

Other Authors:

Penzler, Otto.

Contents:

Precious Ramotswe / by Alexander McCall Smith. 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.

Summary:

Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.

ISBN:

0316031933
9780316031936

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318879241

LCCN:

2009015540

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)