Pseudonyms include Lesley Andress, Mark Upton (1920-98) In his time, LAWRENCE SANDERS ranked right up there in popularity with Stephen King, Danielle Steele and only a handful of other newsstand, airport and bus station superstars, so much so that his name was more prominent on the covers of his books than their titles, and this … Continue reading Lawrence Sanders
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Samuel Todd
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "The upper echelons of scientific research are as snaky a pit. The competition for private and federal funding is ruthless. Research scientists rush to publication, sometimes on the strength of palsied evidence. There’s no substitute for being first. Either you’re a discoverer, and your name goes into textbooks, or you’re … Continue reading Samuel Todd
Mary Lou “Dunk” Bateson
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) Nope. Not a private eye at all, though she sure ends up making like one, trying to clear her name, six-foot two MARY LOU "DUNK" BATESON is a NYC rare coin specialist stuck in a jam. She's been accused of swiping the valuable Greek coin she's been hired to appraise … Continue reading Mary Lou “Dunk” Bateson
Dora Conti
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) DORA CONTI's a likable, methodical (and happily married) insurance investigator working out of Hartford, Conneticutt, with a soft spot for food and flirtation, who gets more than she bargained for in Lawrence Sander's The Seventh Commandment (1991) when she's dispatched to Manhattan to investigate a $3 million death claim. following … Continue reading Dora Conti
Joshua Bigg
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "My name is Joshua Bigg: a joke life played on me, as I am quite small. Five feet, three and three-eighths inches, to be precise. In a world of giants, those eighths are precious to a midget." I'm not sure if we're allowed to use "midget" anymore, but JOSHUA BIGG … Continue reading Joshua Bigg
Timothy Cone
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "Listen, I just don't like people who think they own the world." — Timothy Cone, in Timothy's Game TIMOTHY CONE's a big, tall, scrawny kinda guy, eccentric and obsessive as all get out; a loner with stooped shoulders, a shambling gait, and big ears, prowling the boardrooms and the bedrooms … Continue reading Timothy Cone
Wolf Lannihan
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "She was a little thing but well-machined with everything in abundance and in the right place" "She was all over me like a wet sheet" Before he struck it big with The Anderson Tapes, Lawrence Sanders was just another ink-stained wretch, pumping out blood-and-cum-soaked pulp for Swank Magazine, which may … Continue reading Wolf Lannihan
Archy McNally
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) The one-man publishing industry that was Lawrence Sanders (No, really! in the 70s and 80s, he was everywhere!), created more than one interesting private eye. Laidback bon vivant ARCHIBALD "ARCHY" MCNALLY was the last, but he was also probably the most fun. Droll, detached upper class twit Archy works as a … Continue reading Archy McNally