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The greatest fictional detectives
Do great recurring characters in mystery novels you love become old friends? You learn so much about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. In his new book “The Lineup,” author Otto Penzler writes about where some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from.
Do great recurring characters in mystery novels you love become old friends? You learn so much about their strange quirks and their haunted pasts and root for them every time they face danger. In his new book “The Lineup,” author Otto Penzler writes about where some of the most fascinating sleuths in the mystery and thriller world really come from.
Guest:
Otto Penzler, Editor of “The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell The Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives,” proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, and the editor of many mystery anthologies, including The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, for which he won an Edgar Award.