Created by James Patterson & Brian Sitts Coming from the House of Patterson, it almost seems awfully pre-fabricated. Three sleuths with major name recognition among mystery fans come together to form a New York City detective agency? Under the auspices of an author with a little name recognition himself? Full of short chapters and concurrent … Continue reading Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple & Auguste Poe
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Anne Fitzgerald
Created by James Patterson "Kathleen Beavier was a virgin. She'd never had sexual intercourse. But she was pregnant." This ex-sister is doing it for herself. ANNE FITZGERALD earned her masters in psychology from Harvard. She spent three and a half years with the Boston Police Department while paying her way through school, and discovered she … Continue reading Anne Fitzgerald
Jane “Effing” Smith
Created by James Patterson & Mike Lupica James Patterson, of course, is the best selling author in the solar system, unleashing a tsunami of books on an almost weekly basis, with the help of an impressive rogue’s gallery of co-authors, while Mike Lupica has filled a bookshelf or so himself with his YA sports books … Continue reading Jane “Effing” Smith
Veena Lion & Cooper Lamb
Created by James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski “Why don’t you try Veena? She’s the best. Well, second best...”— Cooper asks why his clients didn’t consider Veena In Patterson and Swierczynski’s first novel-length P.I. yarn, Lion & Lamb (2023), VEENA LION and COOPER LAMB are (mostly) friendly rival private eyes in Philadelphia, well aware of each other—if not exactly fans. … Continue reading Veena Lion & Cooper Lamb
Jack Morgan, Peter Knight, Dan Carter, Chris Schneider, Craig Gisto, Santosh Wagh, Joey Montague, Matteo Ricci, et al (Private)
Created by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Mark Sullivan, Mark Pearson, Michael White, Ashwin Sanghi, Rees Jones, Jassy Mackenzie, Adam Hamdy, et al I've heard so many bad and even cruel things from writers and readers whom I generally respect about James Patterson's writing--tempered by equally effusive but vague praise by diehard fans--that I really had … Continue reading Jack Morgan, Peter Knight, Dan Carter, Chris Schneider, Craig Gisto, Santosh Wagh, Joey Montague, Matteo Ricci, et al (Private)