"The Apprentice (Gerritsen novel) The Apprentice is a 2002 novel written by Tess Gerritsen, second book of the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. Both the hardcover and paperback editions reached number 10 in ""The New York Times"" Best Seller lists. When Rizzoli investigates a murder where cutting techniques similar to those of imprisoned Warren Hoyt but involving necrophilia (as determined by medical examiner Maura Isles), she is called by FBI Agent Gabriel Dean to Washington, D.C. Dean shows her a list of similar crimes committed in Bosnia, and terms the suspect ""The Dominator"". Hoyt escapes from prison after reading about ""The"
"Abigail Reynolds Abigail Reynolds is an American author and physician. She is best known as the author of Jane Austen-inspired novels in the Pemberley Variations series as well as modern novels set on Cape Cod. Abigail Reynolds was raised in upstate New York. She studied Russian and theater at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and marine biology at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. After working in performing arts administration, she attended medical school. She took up writing as a hobby during her years as a physician in private practice. She lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, with her husband"
"di Chimici Guido Parola Jacopo the Elder Enrico Poggi Rinaldo di Chimici Francesca di Chimici Aurelio and Raffaella Vivoide Vicky and David Mulholland Alice Greaves Mortimer Goldsmith Ayesha Charlie Evans Stravaganza (series) Stravaganza is a series of novels written by children's author Mary Hoffman. The books are set alternatively between Islington, an area of London, England, and various cities in Talia, an alternate version of Renaissance Italy. The series originally consisted of a trilogy of books: City of Masks, City of Stars, and City of Flowers. The popularity of the trilogy allowed the series to be extended for three more"
"in other Lucarelli series. The novels were adapted for Italian television as Inspector De Luca (TV series) in 2008. Inspector De Luca (novel series) The Inspector De Luca mysteries, also called the De Luca trilogy, consist of three Italian novels, ""Carte Blanche"" (, 1990), ""The Damned Season"" (, 1991), and ""Goose Street"" ( (1996) by Italian crime fiction writer Carlo Lucarelli. The novels have been noted for the setting in the period between the collapse of the Fascist government of Italy in 1943 and installation of the Italian Social Republic puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, and"
"Inspector De Luca (novel series) The Inspector De Luca mysteries, also called the De Luca trilogy, consist of three Italian novels, ""Carte Blanche"" (, 1990), ""The Damned Season"" (, 1991), and ""Goose Street"" ( (1996) by Italian crime fiction writer Carlo Lucarelli. The novels have been noted for the setting in the period between the collapse of the Fascist government of Italy in 1943 and installation of the Italian Social Republic puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, and the immediate postwar period, and also for the tenacious attitude of the protagonist policeman - a feature also found"
"""Imperial Moon"" (2000) and ""Palace of the Red Sun"" (2002). Bulis also wrote the novel ""Tempest"" as part of Virgin's Bernice Summerfield range of novels, and also a short story for Big Finish Productions' ""Short Trips"" series. Christopher Bulis Christopher Bulis is a writer best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. He is one of the most prolific authors to write for the various ranges of spin-offs from the BBC Television series ""Doctor Who"", with twelve novels to his name, and between 1993 and 2000 he had at least one ""Doctor Who"" novel published every year. Bulis'"
"in the same category. It was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1988. Elizabeth George Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain. She is best known for featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley, 20 in number as of 2018. The first eleven were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of ""The Inspector Lynley Mysteries"". Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio, the second child of Robert Edwin and Anne (née Rivelle) George. She has an older brother, author Robert Rivelle George. Her mother was a nurse, and her"
"Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published ""A Study in Scarlet"", the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic"
"Mortdecai Mortdecai is a series of comic thriller novels written by English author Kyril Bonfiglioli. The book series deals with the picaresque adventures of a dissolute aristocratic art dealer named Charlie Mortdecai, accompanied on his adventures by his manservant Jock. The books consisted of ""Don't Point That Thing at Me"", ""After You with the Pistol"", ""Something Nasty in the Woodshed"" and ""The Great Moustache Mystery"". The books have been translated into several languages including Spanish, French, Italian, German and Japanese. First published in the 1970s, the novels have since attained cult status. Bonfiglioli's style and novel structure have often been"
"Carlo Mazzoni Carlo Mazzoni (born 9 July 1979) is an Italian novelist. Carlo Mazzoni was born and lives in Milan. In 2003 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at University of Milan. Carlo Mazzoni studied music and graduated at Conservatorio Vivaldi, Alessandria. Determined to be a professional writer, he started working at the Italian ""Vogue"". Carlo Mazzoni found himself with diabetes when he was ten. Dietetic supports, insulin injections, lifetime rules have been strengthening his character: an issue that would be later the focus for the novel Due Amici - ""Two friends"" ""Due amici"". In 2007, Mazzoni’s first novel ""The"
"Sasha Alexander. Gerritsen also made an appearance in the series' final season as a writer who helps Isles establish herself in the literary field. Although most of her recent books have been in the Rizzoli/Isles series, in 2007 Gerritsen wrote a stand-alone historical thriller titled ""The Bone Garden"". A tale of gruesome murders, the book is set primarily in 1830s Boston and includes a character based on Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Gerritsen's books have been published in 40 countries and have sold 25 million copies. Gerritsen co-wrote the story and screenplay for ""Adrift"", which aired on CBS as Movie of"
"series. The omnibus's constituent collections were not published separately. Deadly Things: A Collection of Mysterious Tales by Darrell Schweitzer consists of nine stories originally published from 1990-2007 in various mystery anthologies and two magazines. Four stories are set in imperial Rome and Byzantium (the first two with Pliny the Younger as the detective), two have Shakespearian settings, and three feature Sherlock Holmes in the Victorian era. The Judgment of the Gods and Other Verdicts of History by Robert Reginald consists of four stories, three originally published from 1998-2005 in various mystery anthologies and one published for the first time in"
"Stravaganza (series) Stravaganza is a series of novels written by children's author Mary Hoffman. The books are set alternatively between Islington, an area of London, England, and various cities in Talia, an alternate version of Renaissance Italy. The series originally consisted of a trilogy of books: City of Masks, City of Stars, and City of Flowers. The popularity of the trilogy allowed the series to be extended for three more books: City of Secrets, City of Ships, and City of Swords. Mary Hoffman was originally inspired to write the ""Stravaganza"" series after a family trip to Venice and an incident"
"The Exploding Detective The Exploding Detective () is a comedic novel written by John Swartzwelder, a writer most famous for his work on ""The Simpsons"" television series. The main character is a klutzy private detective named Frank Burly. This is Swartzwelder's fourth novel (and third to feature Frank Burly) and was published on 12 March 2007. The genre of the book is a cross between science fiction and comedy. The preceding books in the series are: ""The Time Machine Did It"" (2004, ) ""Double Wonderful"" (2005) ""How I Conquered Your Planet"" (2006, ) The succeeding books in the series are:"
"Richard Preston Richard Preston (born August 5, 1954) is a ""New Yorker"" writer and bestselling author who has written books about infectious disease, bioterrorism, redwoods and other subjects, as well as fiction. Whether journalistic or fictional, his writings are based on extensive background research and interviews. Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated Wellesley High School in Massachusetts in 1972 and attended Pomona College in Claremont, California. His 1992 ""New Yorker"" article ""Crisis in the Hot Zone"" was expanded into his breakout book, ""The Hot Zone"" (1994). It is classified as a ""non-fiction thriller"" about the Ebola virus. He"
"The Adventure of the Dying Detective ""The Adventure of the Dying Detective"", in some editions simply titled ""The Dying Detective"" (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as ""His Last Bow"" (published 1917). Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having heard about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything"
"Christmas on a Rational Planet Christmas on a Rational Planet is an original novel written by Lawrence Miles and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the Seventh Doctor, Chris and Roz. It also contains the first casual reference to the Faction Paradox, which become an important element in the BBC books Eighth Doctor Adventures and subsequent spin-off series, and an explicit explanation that the mark carried by the Third Doctor during his exile on Earth was a branding used to distinguish criminals by the Time Lords (in reality, this mark was a tattoo"
"(2010), and ""The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line"" (2011). By 2010, Yancey had completed the first book in ""The Monstrumologist"" series. The tetralogy tells the tale of a 19th-century doctor and his young apprentice, who race around the world chasing—and being chased by—monsters. This highly acclaimed series, published by Simon and Schuster Children’s Books in the U.S. and the U.K, and in eight foreign language editions, comprised four books: ""The Monstrumologist"" (2009), ""The Curse of the Wendigo"" (2010), ""The Isle of Blood"" (2011), and ""The Final Descent"" (2013). Rick Yancey Richard ""Rick"" Yancey (born November 4, 1962) is an"
"include ""Il gioco degli immortali"", ""Tette e pistole"", ""Memorie di un cuoco di un bordello spaziale"", ""Cronache non ufficiali di due spie italiane"", ""Il Fascio sulle stelle di Benito Mussolini"" and ""Alienati"", a novel about an inter-planetary convention of psychoanalysts. He also works on the Italian magazine ""Il Falcone Maltese"", dedicated to crime fiction, known in Italy as giallo. Massimo Mongai Massimo Mongai (3 November 1950 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian author of science fiction. Born in Rome, by the age of 12 Massimo Mongai was a dedicated reader of science fiction. He graduated in law. According to"
"The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe. The title story of the collection is ""The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories"", which recounts the fantasies of a dreamy young boy who is reading a lurid pulp science fiction novel modeled after ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"". The collection also includes ""The Death of Dr. Island"" and ""The Doctor of Death Island"". Also included are ""The Eyeflash Miracles"" and ""Seven American Nights"", two"
"horse care and veterinary medicine which appeared on national and regional magazines. She wrote three scripts for the TV cartoon ""Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders"", including the aired episode ""Song of the Rainbow."" Mary Stanton Mary Stanton (born 1947 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American author most famous for her eight-volume children's fantasy series ""Unicorns of Balinor"". Writing under the pseudonym Claudia Bishop, she is also the author of 14 mystery novels in the ""Hemlock Falls"" series published by Berkley Prime Crime, three novels in the ""Casebooks of Dr. Mckenzie"" mystery series, and the senior editor of three"
"Douglas Preston Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the ""Agent Pendergast"" series and ""Gideon Crew"" series), he has also written six solo novels, including the ""Wyman Ford"" series and a novel entitled ""Jennie"", which was made into a movie by Disney. He has authored a half-dozen non-fiction books on science and exploration and writes occasionally for ""The New Yorker"", ""Smithsonian"", and other magazines. Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. A graduate of the"
"5. Streets on Fire, 2002 6. City of Strangers, 2003 7. Terminal Island, 2004 8. Dangerous Games, 2005 9. The Dark Streets, 2007 10. The Devils of Bakersfield, 2008 11. Palos Verdes Blue, 2009 12. On the Nickel, 2010 13. A Little Too Much, 2011 14. The Chinese Beverly Hills, 2013 John Shannon (novelist) John Shannon (born 1943) is a contemporary American author, lately of detective fiction. He began his career with four well-reviewed novels in the 1970s and 1980s, then in 1996 launched the Jack Liffey mystery series. He cites as his literary influences Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Graham"
"The Gallifrey Chronicles (Parkin novel) The Gallifrey Chronicles is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It was the last of the Eighth Doctor Adventures range and features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, and Trix MacMillan. The Eighth Doctor, accompanied by Fitz Kreiner and Trix MacMillan, overthrows the tyrant Mondova on an alien world, prevents a time-travelling alien from interfering in Ancient Roman history, and stops a Dalek (never named as such, but heavily implied) invasion of Mars. Against this backdrop, Fitz and Trix have begun"
"that discovery in his 2017 nonfiction book, ""The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story"", which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. Preston was one of many on the expedition who contracted an aggressive parasitic disease, called mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, in the lost city. Douglas Preston Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the ""Agent Pendergast"" series and ""Gideon Crew"" series), he has also written six solo novels, including the ""Wyman Ford"" series and a novel entitled ""Jennie"","
"Mary Stanton Mary Stanton (born 1947 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American author most famous for her eight-volume children's fantasy series ""Unicorns of Balinor"". Writing under the pseudonym Claudia Bishop, she is also the author of 14 mystery novels in the ""Hemlock Falls"" series published by Berkley Prime Crime, three novels in the ""Casebooks of Dr. Mckenzie"" mystery series, and the senior editor of three mystery story anthologies: ""Death Dines At Eight-Thirty"", ""Death Dines In"", and ""A Merry Band of Murderers"". Stanton is the eldest daughter of William Bishop Whitaker and Carole Whitaker who were both college professors for"
"Reynolds signed a new deal, worth £1 million, with his British publishers for ten books to be published over the next ten years. Between 2012 and 2015 Reynolds released three novels set in a new universe called ""Poseidon's Children"": Blue Remembered Earth (2012), On the Steel Breeze (2014), and Poseidon's Wake (2015). The novels comprise a hard science fiction trilogy dealing with the expansion of the human species into the solar system and beyond, and the emergence of Africa as a spacefaring, technological super-state. His ""Doctor Who"" novel ""Harvest of Time"" was published in June 2013. In early 2018 Reynolds"
"Lance Parkin Lance Parkin is a British author, best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular ""Doctor Who"" (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and ""Emmerdale"". He also worked on the ""Emmerdale"" television series as a production assistant. Parkin first became known in ""Doctor Who"" fan circles, writing both criticism and fan fiction. His most notable work was for Seventh Door Fanzines, including the novella ""Snare"" in the ""Odyssey"" series (which he edited for a period) and 1994's ""The Doctor Who Chronology"", a detailed timeline of events in the ""Doctor Who"""
"and tights and fly through the city in the name of justice and goodness. However, he soon finds he has bitten off more than he can chew when Napoleon turns out to be a robot and the real mastermind behind the crime wave unleashes his assassin robots against The Flying Detective. The Exploding Detective The Exploding Detective () is a comedic novel written by John Swartzwelder, a writer most famous for his work on ""The Simpsons"" television series. The main character is a klutzy private detective named Frank Burly. This is Swartzwelder's fourth novel (and third to feature Frank Burly)"
"Kreizler series The Kreizler series is a series of historical mystery novels by Caleb Carr set primarily in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The series' main character is the psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, who is assisted in his adventures by reporter John Schuyler Moore, policewoman Sara Howard and Stevie 'Stevepipe' Taggart. He is a child psychologist who is an early criminal profiler who tracks down serial killers. He works with Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt and encounters many other real-life people in the novels. ""The Alienist"" and its sequel ""The Angel of Darkness"" are set at the end"
"Giuseppe Ferrandino Giuseppe Ferrandino (born 24 January 1958 on the island of Ischia, Italy) is an Italian comic book author and novelist. Ferrandino studied Medicine at the University of Naples without completing his degree, but following instead his passion of working as a comic strip scriptwriter. At the end of the seventies, he produced a series of renowned scripts, for publications such as Nero, Lanciostory, Dylan Dog, and Mickey Mouse, reaching the peak of his scriptwriting popularity in the 1980s. In 1993, his novel ""Pericle il nero (Pericles the Black Man)"" was published by Granata Press, hardly noticed by the"
"Liz Williams Liz Williams (born 1965) is a British science fiction writer. ""The Ghost Sister,"" her first novel, was published in 2001. Both this novel and her next, ""Empire of Bones"" (2002) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. She is also the author of the Inspector Chen series. Williams is the daughter of a stage magician and a Gothic novelist. She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge (for which her supervisor was Peter Lipton). She has had short stories published in ""Asimov's"", ""Interzone"", ""The Third Alternative ""and ""Visionary Tongue"". From the mid-nineties until 2000, she"
"Elizabeth George Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain. She is best known for featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley, 20 in number as of 2018. The first eleven were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of ""The Inspector Lynley Mysteries"". Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio, the second child of Robert Edwin and Anne (née Rivelle) George. She has an older brother, author Robert Rivelle George. Her mother was a nurse, and her father a manager for a conveyor company. The family moved to the San"