Selected Authors, Novels, Characters

          This posting will not please many (most?) of my viewers. It may even irritate you. The subject matter is selective; it is highly subjective. I started with a group of my favorite authors. Next I chose from the novels of these authors a significant character who appears in a series of works by this writer. I then selected one of the most familiar in the series of novels by this author featuring this character. To this list I added a number of other popular authors, characters, and novels of the same genre (crime, espionage) of an older, more “classical” vintage, to lend substance and relevance to this presentation. It would be only by pure chance that you, my viewer, share with me my interest in all (most, many?) of these (newer, but even those older) authors, characters, and novels, but, if you do I would welcome the opportunity to communicate with you to engage in a discussion relating to our common interest. To all of my viewers, however, I say: just enjoy the challenge and see how many of these entries with which you are familiar, and be pleased with that degree of participation.

Match the Characters, with the correct Authors, and the appropriate Novels.

Character Author Novel Gabriel Allon Alex Berenson Along Came a Spider Kenneth Aubrey Dale Brown A Pocket Full of Rye Martin Beck Dan Brown Berlin Game James Bond Raymond Chandler Dr. No Jason Bourne G. K. Chesterton Firefox Father Brown Agatha Christie Gorky Park Penn Cage Tom Clancy Last Bus to Woodstock Alex Cross Jeffery Deaver Murder on the Orient Express Alex Delaware Len Deighton Natchez Burning Sherlock Holmes Colin Dexter Sky Masters Robert Langdon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Big Sleep Joe Leaphorn Ian Fleming The Blessing Way Inspector Maigret Dashell Hammett The Blue Cross Philip Marlowe Tony Hillerman The Bone Collector Miss Jane Marple Stephen Hunter The Bourne Identity Patrick McLanahan Greg Iles The Crime at Lock 14 Morse John le Carré The Da Vinci Code Hercule Poirot Jonathan Kellerman The Faithful Spy Arkady Renko Robert Ludlam The Hound of the Baskervilles Lincoln Rhyme James Patterson The Hunt for Red October Jack Ryan Dorothy Sayers The Kill Artist Bernard Samson Daniel Silva The Laughing Policeman George Smiley Georges Simenon The Maltese Falcon Sam Spade Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö The Nine Tailors Bob Lee Swagger Martin Cruz Smith The Point of Impact John Wells Rex Stout Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lord Peter Whimsey Craig Thomas Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe When the Bough Breaks

ANSWERS   Character Author Novel Gabriel Allon Daniel Silva The Kill Artist Kenneth Aubrey Craig Thomas Firefox Martin Beck Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö The Laughing Policeman James Bond Ian Fleming Dr. No Jason Bourne Robert Ludlam The Bourne Identity Father Brown G. K. Chesterton The Blue Cross Penn Cage Greg Iles Natchez Burning Alex Cross James Patterson Along Came a Spider Alex Delaware Jonathan Kellerman When the Bough Breaks Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles Robert Langdon Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code Joe Leaphorn Tony Hillerman The Blessing Way Inspector Maigret Georges Simenon The Crime at Lock 14 Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep Miss Jane Marple Agatha Christie A Pocket Full of Rye Patrick McLanahan Dale Brown Sky Masters Morse Colin Dexter Last Bus to Woodstock Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express Arkady Renko Martin Cruz Smith Gorky Park Lincoln Rhyme Jeffery Deaver The Bone Collector Jack Ryan Tom Clancy The Hunt for Red October Bernard Samson Len Deighton Berlin Game George Smiley John le Carré Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Sam Spade Dashell Hammett The Maltese Falcon Bob Lee Swagger Stephen Hunter The Point of Impact John Wells Alex Berenson The Faithful Spy Lord Peter Whimsey Dorothy Sayers The Nine Tailors Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Too Many Cooks