The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
by Robert B. Parker and Jeffery Deaver and Alexander McCall Smith and Lee Child and Anne Perry and Ridley Pearson and Michael Connelly and Robert Crais and Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman and Stephen Hunter and Ian Rankin and John Lescroart and Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston and Laura Lippman and David Morrell and John Harvey and John Connolly and Ken Bruen and Colin Dexter and Carol O'Connell
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.
Release Date:
November 9, 2009
