Which Crime Solver / Protagonist Am I?

[Jan C]

V. I. Warshawski?

[Scout]

Good guess, Jan, considering that I didn't give you much to go on. I'll give a couple more clues.

I'm a crime solver, but I'm not a detective.
I love to cook.

[T]

Kay Scarpetta?

[Scout]

Right you are with Scarpetta. I like it when she cooks:)

Your turn, T.

[T]

Okeydoke....

Harry Bosch
Jason Bourne (David Webb)
Lucas Davenport
Johnny Dollar
Nancy Drew
Thorpe Hazell
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Moto
Harry Potter
Easy Rawkins
Spenser
Nero Wolf
Elvis Cole
Miss Silver
Detective McNally
Cordelia Gray
Bill Smith
Tess Monaghan
Myron Bolitar
Lou Boldt
Dr. Alan Gregory
Butch Karp
Barbara Havers
Kathy Mallory
Stephanie Plum
Sara Linton Tolliver
Lucy Farinelli
Grace McBride
Milo Sturgis
Jesse Stone
Kay Scarpetta


Next up:
1. I have a t-shirt collection of alternative rock bands.
2. I love to fish.

[Scout]

Thanks for the list, T.

I'd guess Elvis, but he's been done. I'll wait for more clues.

[T]

Hmmm...I have to read me some Elvis.... :-)

[Scout]

I think you'd like Elvis Cole.

Another clue?

[T]

1. I have a t-shirt collection of alternative rock bands.
2. I love to fish
3. My gun spends more time under the car seat that on me.

[T]

1. I have a t-shirt collection of alternative rock bands.
2. I love to fish
3. My gun spends more time under the car seat that on me.
4. I'm quite the ladies' man.

[Jan C]

Alex Rutledge

[Jan C]

Alex Rutledge

[T]

Nope, sorry Jan!

1. I have a t-shirt collection of alternative rock bands.
2. I love to fish
3. My gun spends more time under the car seat than on me.
4. I'm quite the ladies' man.
5. My coworkers often refer to me with an expletive in front of my last name.

[Carol/Bonadie]

Virgil Flowers!!! My man!!!

[T]

Bingo! Back to you!

[Carol/Bonadie]

(sigh!) I knew it. Give me a couple minutes.....

[T]

LOL...I know what you mean, I hesitate to answer in case I might be right and need to come up with a new set of clues!

[Carol/Bonadie]

Okay, someone better get this soon because I'm not sure I can come up with ten clues...

1. I’m a cop in a midwestern state.
2. I met my significant other on the job; when I met her she was a cop too.

[T]

Another clue please!

[Carol/Bonadie]

T wrote: "Another clue please!"

You got it, T!

1. I’m a cop in a midwestern state.
2. I met my significant other on the job; when I met her she was a cop too.
3. She’s a raven-haired knockout often mistaken for a Vegas showgirl; sparks flew from the moment I met her.

[T]

I'm comin' up empty on this one...

[Scout]

I'm stumped, too, Carol. The Vegas showgirl look-alike clue just doesn't ring a bell. I do wish I could guess it and save you from having to come up with more clues:)

[T]

Carol: Google isn't even helping me on this one!

[Jan C]

I'm blank too

Got any more hints?

[Carol/Bonadie]

Jan C wrote: "I'm blank too

Got any more hints?"

Of course!

1. I’m a cop in a midwestern state.
2. I met my significant other on the job; when I met her she was a cop too.
3. She’s a raven-haired knockout often mistaken for a Vegas showgirl; sparks flew from the moment I met her.
4. After I met my SO we relocated to her home town of Las Vegas, but I missed home.
5. I’m the rugged type; well-respected by most and resented by some.

[Carol/Bonadie]

Okay, I seem to have ground everything to a screeching halt. Let's keep going and see if anyone shakes loose a name.


1. I’m a cop in a midwestern state.
2. I met my significant other on the job; when I met her she was a cop too.
3. She’s a raven-haired knockout often mistaken for a Vegas showgirl; sparks flew from the moment I met her.
4. After I met my SO we relocated to her home town of Las Vegas, but I missed home.
5. I’m the rugged type; well-respected by most and resented by some.
6. My partner is harboring a serious crush on me.
7. She’s Chinese-American and a pistol.

[T]

Carol - I don't know who this is, but I want to read the books!

[Scout]

Same here, Carol. Sounds interesting.

[Carol/Bonadie]

Okay, folks, this is your last shot...


1. I’m a cop in a midwestern state.
2. I met my significant other on the job; when I met her she was a cop too.
3. She’s a raven-haired knockout often mistaken for a Vegas showgirl; sparks flew from the moment I met her.
4. After I met my SO we relocated to her home town for awhile, but I missed home.
5. I’m the rugged type; well-respected by most and resented by some.
6. My partner is nursing a serious crush on me.
7. She’s Chinese-American and a pistol.
8. I married my high school sweetheart, but she died of cancer.
9. I was married to my second wife when I met my SO.
10. The cases I work on always seem to involve immoral, sex-laden acts, with people stripped of their dignity, and stalked, until they are sent to that final burying place.

[Scout]

I could make a guess, except for the Chinese-American partner. Hope someone else can get it.

[Carol/Bonadie]

number 10 gives some serious clues, I'll post answer tomorrow.

[T]

Number 8 sounds slightly familiar, but I'm still at a loss....

[T]

Okay, compliments of Google, kinda cheating, I know....

Is it Jonathan Stride from Brian Freeman's series?

[Carol/Bonadie]

T wrote: "Okay, compliments of Google, kinda cheating, I know....

Is it Jonathan Stride from Brian Freeman's series?"

Kudos, T, you did it!! I really was despairing that anyone would get it. How'd you finally figure it out?

[T]

GOOGLE! Had to cheat....multiple combinations of fiction, cop, vegas, chinese, cancer....I think "cancer" was the one that cleared it up 'cause I Google'd before and saw Freeman, but it wasn't real definitive...

Okay, gotta round up a few more clues and then I think I've got a candidate in mind for the next one....I just jotted some notes down only to find that I was mixing two different characters up....:-(

[T]

Let's try this:

1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.

[T]

1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

I don't know, but I like the sound of it.

[T]

1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.
4. My current partner is a single dad with a daughter named Emma and had to help solve the bio-terrorism case while I was quarantined for exposure.

[Carol/Bonadie]

T wrote: "1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.
4. My current partner is a single dad with a daughter na..."

That clue number 4 sounds like a dead giveaway. Since it doesn't ring any bells whatsoever I know I haven't read this series.

Off to google "fictional FBI profiler"......

[T]

1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.
4. My current partner is a single dad with a daughter named Emma and had to help solve the bio-terrorism case while I was quarantined for exposure.
5. My mother was a member of a church group whose leader was under investigation.

[T]

1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.
4. My current partner is a single dad with a daughter named Emma and had to help solve the bio-terrorism case while I was quarantined for exposure.
5. My mother was a member of a church group whose leader was under investigation.
6. One of my newer friends is a female cop that worked a case with me and made an unaccepted pass at me.

[Gatorman]

T wrote: "1. I am an FBI profiler.
2. My best friend is a female psychologist that keeps me sane.
3. My last boss was killed in a bio-terrorism case.
4. My current partner is a single dad with a daughter nam..."

Maggie O'Dell from the Alex Kava series?

[T]

You got it, Gatorman! Your turn!

[Scout]

Go, Gatorman! I had no idea. When you're inspired, we're ready for another:)

[Gatorman]

1) I do my investigating in the southeastern part of the country.
2) Most would say I'm rather stubborn and difficult and consider myself a rebel.

[Gatorman]

1) I do my investigating in the southeastern part of the country.
2) Most would say I'm rather stubborn and difficult and consider myself a rebel.
3) I go by my last name only

[Carol/Bonadie]

Gatorman wrote: "1) I do my investigating in the southeastern part of the country.
2) Most would say I'm rather stubborn and difficult and consider myself a rebel.
3) I go by my last name only"

This is a wild guess, but is it Thorn, the James W. Hall character?

[Gatorman]

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Gatorman wrote: "1) I do my investigating in the southeastern part of the country.
2) Most would say I'm rather stubborn and difficult and consider myself a rebel.
3) I go by my last name only"

..."

Correct! Nice job.

[Gatorman]

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Gatorman wrote: "1) I do my investigating in the southeastern part of the country.
2) Most would say I'm rather stubborn and difficult and consider myself a rebel.
3) I go by my last name only"

..."

I guess it's your turn now. We are ready when you are.