The most recent isue of Lire, a French magazine on books, is
a special on crime/mystery fiction.
An article, "Heroes Are Back" gives factsheets on a number of
fictional heroes. I'll sum up the main facts below (original
title where given). The other headings are distinguishing
features, qualities, defects, police record, world view, and
brief review of current novel.
author: Andrea Camilleri (Italian), hero: Commissioner
Montalbano, best investigation: La forme de l'eau, most
recent novel: La prima indagine di Montalbano
author: James Patterson (American), hero: Alex Cross, best
investigation: Jack & Jill, most recent novel: Violets
are Blue
author: Donna Leon (American), hero: Guido Brunetti, best
investigation: Un v鮩tien anonyme, most recent novel: Uniform
Justice
author: James Crumley (American), hero: C. W. Shugrue, best
investigation: Un v鮩tien anonyme, most recent novel: The
Right Madness
author: Tony Hillerman (American), heroes: Joe Leaphorn and
Jim Chee, best investigation: Là ¯ù ¤¡®sait les morts, most recent
novel: Skeleton Man
author: Dominque Sylvain (French), heroes: Lola Jost and
Ingrid Diesel, best investigation: Passage du d鳩r, most
recent novel: Manta Corridor
author: Donald Westlake (American), hero: John Dortmunder,
best investigation: Le paquet, most recent novel: The Road to
Ruin
author: Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) (American), hero:
Parker, best investigation: Backflash, most recent novel:
Firebreak
author: Ruth Rendell (British), hero: Chief Inspector
Reginald Wexford, best investigation: All good, but most
recent worth special mention, most recent novel: The Babes in
the Wood
author: Ken Bruen (Irish), hero: Jack Taylor, best
investigation: Delirium Tremens, most recent novel: The
Killing of the Tinkers (French title: Toxic Blues)
author: Ed McBain (American), hero: Steve Carella, best
investigation: hard to choose from over 50 titles, let's say,
A la bonne heure, most recent novel: Hark!
author: Ian Rankin (Scottish), hero: John Rebus, best
investigation: Le jardin des pendus, most recent novel:
Resurrection Men
author: Arnaldur Indridason (Icelandic), hero: Commissioner
Erlendur, best investigation: La cité ¤es jarres, most recent
novel: La femme en vert (original title not given)
author: Henning Mankell (Swedish), hero: Kurt Wallander, best
investigation: Les morts de la Saint-Jean, most recent novel:
Le retour du professeur de danse
author: Robert Crais (American), hero: Elvis Cole, best
investigation: The Forgotten Man, most recent novel: The
Forgotten Man
author: Jo Nesbø ›´¨at's O with a stroke through it] (Norwegian),
hero: Harry Hole, best investigation: Les cafards, most
recent novel: L'é´¯ile du diable
Karin
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