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Baseball
| L.L. Enger |
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Gun Pedersen: ex-major-league
ballplayer and recluse, mostly in the north woods of Minnesota |
| Alison Gordon |
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Kate Henry: baseball
sportswriter in Toronto, Canada |
| Charlie Huston |
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Henry Thompson: former
high school star baseball player, now a bartender with a drinking problem
in Paul's Place, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City: |
| Richard Rosen |
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Harvey Blissberg:
ex-major league baseball player turned private
eye, in Boston Massachusetts |
| G.S. Rowe |
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Will Beaman: working
in a baseball front office starting in 1897, in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nichelle D. Tramble |
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Maceo Redfield: disillusioned baseball star and college dropout,
in Oakland, California |
| Mark Richard Zubro |
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Scott Carpenter:
gay baseball
player, in Chicago, Illinois, and Tom Mason, a gay teacher |
Basketball
| Harlan Coben |
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Myron Bolitar: injured
basketball player turned sports agent in New York City |
Bicycling
| Earl Emerson |
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Thomas Black:
bicycling-enthusiast private eye in Seattle, Washington |
Boating & Sailing
| Baron R. Birtcher |
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Mike Travis: newly
retired cop building a charter sailing business, in Los Angeles,
California |
| Clive Cussler |
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Mercenaries,
known as the Corporation: headquartered on the ship Oregon,
a seagoing marvel of science and technology disguised as an ancient,
rust-bucket cargo vessel, in the Oregon Chronicles |
| Dorothy Dunnett |
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Johnson Johnson:
British agent and yachtsman on the “Dolly” |
| Bill Eidson |
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Jack Merchant: ex-DEA
agent, living on his retirement plus his photography on the sloop
Lila, and Sarah Ballard, running her father’s business repossessing
boats for banks, in Charlestown (a Boston suburb) Massachusetts |
| Phoebe Atwood Taylor |
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Asey Mayo:
former sailor and auto racer in Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
Boxing
| Cathie John |
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Nick Cavanaugh:
Navy vet and Fleet Boxing Champ, in 1940s Newport,
Kentucky |
| David Liss |
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Benjamin Weaver:
Jewish ex-pugilist hired by gentry to pursue
debtors and thieves, in 18th Century London, England |
| Eddie Muller |
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Billy Nichols: boxing
columnist for the Inquirer newspaper, in late 1940s San Francisco,
California |
| Robert B. Parker |
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Spenser: ex-boxer,
ex-state cop turned private eye, in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Robert J. Randisi |
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Miles
Jacoby: boxer turned private investigator in New York City |
| Tom Schreck |
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Duffy Dombrowski:
Elvis-loving boxer and social worker, and his basset hound, Al,
in a town near New York City |
Climbing/Mountaineering
| Clinton McKinzie |
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Antonio “Ant” Burns:
agent of the Division of Criminal Investigation and amateur rock
climber in Wyoming |
| Gwen Moffat |
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Miss Melinda Pink:
middle-aged magistrate and mountaineer who solves mysteries at
various mountainous locations |
Fishing
| John Galligan |
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Ned “Dog” Oglivie:
traveling the United States in a
1984 RV, trout fishing until his money runs out, in the Fly Fishing
mysteries |
| Victoria Houston |
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Lewellyn Ferris:
fly fishing wonder and the Chief of Police, in Loon Lake, Wisconsin |
| David Leitz |
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Max Addams: fly-fisherman
and owner of Whitefork Lodge, a bed and breakfast in Vermon |
| William G. Tapply |
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Brady Coyne:
sports fisherman and lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts |
Football
| Ace Atkins |
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Nick Travers: ex-football
star, part-time detective, and full-time expert on blues in New
Orleans, Louisiana |
| Robert Irvine |
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Moroni Traveler:
non-Mormon ex-football player and private eye
in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Paul Levine |
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Jake Lassiter:
ex-linebacker turned lawyer in Miami, Florida |
| Mike Lupica |
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Jack “The
Jammer” Molloy: former Las Vegas casino concierge,
now owner of the New York Hawks football team |
| Bob Morris |
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Zack Chasteen: former
Miami Dolphin linebacker, in Florida and the Caribbean |
| W.L. Ripley |
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Wyatt Storme: ex-NFL
star, Vietnam vet, and private investigator, in Branson, Missouri |
Golf
| John Corrigan |
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Jack Austin: golf
player on the PGA circuit |
| Don Dahler |
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Huck Doyle: pro golfer
and non-practicing lawyer working as a private investigator, in
Los Angeles, California |
| Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins |
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Lee Ofsted:
struggling woman golfer, and Graham Sheldon, her cop
boyfriend |
| Keith Miles (Edward Marston) |
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Alan Saxon:
professional golfer |
| Maggie Toussaint |
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Cleopatra Jones:
accountant, golfer, and divorced mother of two, in Hogan’s
Glen, Maryland |
Hockey
| Terry Carroll |
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Carl North: small-town
cop and amateur hockey goalie, in Belleford and then St. Thomas,
Ontario, Canada |
| G.B. Joyce |
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Brad Shade: journeyman pro hockey player for 14 years, now scouting for Los Angeles in the National Hockey League |
| Michael McKinley |
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Martin Carter:
former star Canadian hockey player, now retired due to a head injury
and working with the New York St. Patricks team in community relations |
Martial Arts
| Victoria Blake |
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Samantha (Sam) Falconer:
world judo champion turned private investigator at the Gentle Way
investigation agency in London, working in Oxford, England |
| George C. Chesbro |
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John “Chant” Sinclair:
Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam and martial arts master turned
artist |
| John Donohue |
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Connor Burke: university
professor and martial-arts student in New York City |
| Nicola Griffith |
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Aud Torvingen: half-American, half-Norwegian lesbian ex-Atlanta cop and self-defense teacher |
| Marc Olden |
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Frank DiPalma martial
arts thrillers |
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Robert Sand: the Black
Samurai, trained for seven years by a Japanese samurai master,
fighting to save the world from sinister threats |
| Philip Singerman |
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Roland Troy: martial arts expert and ex-cop |
Running
| Jamie Freveletti |
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Emma Caldridge:
chemist and international ultramarathon runner, and Edward Banner
of the security company Darkview |
| Ami Elizabeth Reeves |
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Sally Brown:
marathoner in Delight, Arkansa |
Soccer
| David Stukas |
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Monette O’Reilley:
star player of
the Leaping Lesbians soccer team and graphic artist, Robert Wilsop,
a recovered Catholic and copywriter for feminine hygiene products,
and Michael Stark, the oversexed heir-apparent to a herpes ointment
fortune, in New York |
Surfing
| John DeCure |
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J. Shepard: lawyer
who surfs in Christianitos, California |
| Jeff Shelby |
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Noah Braddock: surfer
and private investigator in San Diego, California |
| Don Winslow |
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Boone Daniels: private
investigator who would rather be surfing, in San Diego, California |
Wrestling
| Michael Blair |
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Joe “Shoe” Schumacher:
ex-cop, professional wrestler, and bodyguard, in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Liza Cody |
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Eva Wylie: wrestler
and security guard in London, England |
| Jerome Doolittle |
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Tom Bethany:
former political consultant and wrestler working
as a private investigator in Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Sports
| Rudolfo Anaya |
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Sonny Baca: part-time
rodeo rider private eye in Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Shannon Baker |
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Nora Abbot: operator of a ski resort in northern Arizona |
| Joan Bartlett |
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Berrien Gamble:
co-owner of the Nice Skates Ice Arena and an amateur sleuth, in
the fictitious costal town of Portugal, 40 miles south of San Francisco,
California |
| Jack Bickham |
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Brad Smith: championship
tennis player and part-time CIA agent, in the United States |
| Leo Bruce |
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Sergeant Beef: beer-and-darts-loving
common man in England |
| Joelle Charbonneau |
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Rebecca Robbins:
Chicago mortgage broker inheriting a roller skating rink from her
mother, in fictional Indian Falls, Illinois |
| John A. Flanagan |
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Jesse Parker: ex-Denver police detective, returning to his hometown to work on the ski patrol, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Sue Henry |
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Jessie Arnold: dog
sled racer, and Sergeant Alex Jensen, a state trooper, in Anchorage,
Alaska |
| Gillian Linscott |
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Birdie Linnet:
ex-cop fitness trainer in London, England |
| Carolyn Morwood |
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Marlo Shaw: professional
female cricketer and amateur sleuth, in Melbourne, Australia |
| Martin O’Brien |
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Daniel Jacquot:
former rugby player, now a homicide chief inspector,
in Marseilles, France |
Sports Media
| Alina Adams |
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Rebecca “Bex” Levy:
figure skating researcher for the 24/7 network, in the Figure Skating
mysteries |
| John Billheimer |
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Lloyd Keaton: local sportswriter with a gambling addiction, in fictional Menkenburg, a city in east-central Ohio |
| Jon Breen |
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Jerry Brogan: track
announcer at Surfside Meadows, in California |
| Steve Brewer |
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Drew Gavin: Albuquerque
Gazette sports columnist in Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Richard Curtis |
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Dave “The Pro” Bolt: professional
athletic agent, former star with the Dallas Cowboys |
| Jen Estes |
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Cat McDaniel: rookie baseball sportswriter starting with the Las Vegas Chips baseball team, and moving on to the Buffalo Soldiers |
| Crabbe Evers |
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Duffy House: ex-sportswriter
turned investigator in Chicago, Illinois |
| Alison Gordon |
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Kate Henry: baseball
sportswriter in Toronto, Canada |
| Jody Jaffe |
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Natalie Gold: reporter
on the horse show circuit in Charlotte, North Carolina |
| John Logue |
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John Morris: Associated
Press sportswriter focusing on golf and football, and his love
interest Julia Sullivan, based in 1970s Atlanta, Georgia |
| Eddie Muller |
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Billy Nichols: boxing
columnist for the Inquirer newspaper, in late 1940s San Francisco,
California |
| Shannon O’Cork |
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T.T. Baldwin:
sports photographer in New York City |
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