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Which Crime Solver / Protagonist Am I?
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Oct 23, 2010 10:08AM

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I believe there's a separate thread for sidekicks. Correct me if I'm wrong.

1. I’m a former LAPD cop who lost my job because of alcoholism.
2. I also lost my husband and my kids.
3. Now I’m fighting my way back to sobriety and as a private detective.
4. I’m not very likeable, I’m short-tempered and gruff, with no patience.
5. I was such a mess because I fell in love with my partner who was killed in the line of duty.

1. I’m a former LAPD cop who lost my job because of alcoholism.
2. I also lost my husband and my kids.
3. Now I’m fighting my way back to sobriety and as a private detective.
4. I’m not very likeable, I’m short-tempered and gruff, with no patience.
5. I was such a mess because I fell in love with my partner who was killed in the line of duty.
6, Oh, and I also killed a suspect while drunk -- that got me fired.
7. My author wrote a TV series about a British police officer very much like me.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing (last clue possibly referring to "Prime Suspect") but could not find any character she wrote about in books that fit the clues.

You are both close. Lynda La Plante wrote a 3-book series starring former LAPD Lorraine Page. The series is very dark, but unputdownable.
Cold Shoulder
Cold Blood
Cold Heart
Charlotte, want to go?

1. I'm an elderly coroner.
2. I was educated in Paris.
3. I have ties to the supernatural.
Could it be the one in Asia? Read about it, not the books - if it is these. Sound a bit spooky. Don't remember the name though.

I'm going to back Laura up with the guess of a name... is it Dr. Siri Paiboun? The first in this series by Colin Coterill is
The Coroner's Lunch

I will defer to Laura for the next protagonist, since she clearly knew it except for the name.

4. My previous significant other has died and I am caring for his teen aged son.

How about Kate Shugak?
I recently received a good reads giveaway from Dana Stabenow.


2. I am a writer.
3. My roommate is a photographer.
4. Both my fiance and my brother were killed in WWI.
5. My brother's best friend was always asking me to marry him - he felt responsible after my brother died.
6. My future husband is a Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard.

2. I am a writer.
3. My roommate is a photographer.
4. Both my fiance and my brother were killed in WWI.
5. My brother's best friend was always asking me to marry him - he felt responsible after my brother died.
6. My future husband is a Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard.
7. My mother can't stand that I work for a living.
8. My future husband can't stand that I just keep falling over bodies.

2. I am a writer.
3. My roommate is a photographer.
4. Both my fiance and my brother were killed in WWI.
5. My brother's best friend was always asking me to marry him - he felt responsible after my brother died.
6. My future husband is a Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard.
7. My mother can't stand that I work for a living.
8. My future husband can't stand that I just keep falling over bodies.
9. But, truth be told, I frequently help the Chief Inspector solve some of his crimes.


This character is the star of her own books. It is a fairly lengthy series. 14 volumes as of 1999 (the publishing date of the last one I finished. )

2. I am a freelance writer for magazines.
3. My roommate is a photographer.
4. Both my fiance and my brother were killed in WWI.
5. My brother's best friend was always asking me to marry him - he felt responsible after my brother died.
6. My future husband is a Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard.
7. My mother can't stand that I work for a living, because although I am not a Lady, I am a Hon.
8. My future husband can't stand that I just keep falling over bodies.
9. But, truth be told, I frequently help the Chief Inspector solve some of his crimes.
10. I (as well as my sister) am named for a flower.

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
Virgil Flowers
Jonathan Stride
Maggie O'Dell
Thorn
Carlotta Carlyle
Agent Pendergast
Kinsey Milhone
Guido Brunetti
Lorraine Page
Dr Siri Paiboun
Kate Shugak
Daisy Dalrymple


I think I must have used something like this:
mystery ww1 magazine writer scotland yard chief inspector
And then the clincher was seeing "Daisy", which matched clue #10 about a name being a flower.




2. My wife works for me.
3. I drive Porsches, at least one was blown up.
4. My father-in-law is a California judge.
Books mentioned in this topic
Want To Play? (other topics)The Coroner's Lunch (other topics)
Cold Shoulder (other topics)
Cold Blood (other topics)
Cold Heart (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Patricia Wentworth (other topics)John Sandford (other topics)