G AUTHORS

last updated 12/14/06

GALLAGHER, GALE (pseud. of Will Oursler & Margaret Scott)

Gale Gallagher is a female skip tracer featured in two adventures written in 1947.

Chord in crimson. Collier AS194, 1962p. VG:pb. Gallagher #2. $3.

GAMBLE, M. L. (pseud. of Marsha L. Nuccio)

Alabama is the setting for this romance featuring the female P. I. Teresa Worth.

Dead magnolias. Harlequin Intrigue 226, 1p:5/93. VG:PBO. Worth #1. $5.

GARCIA, ERIC

He’s a detective, and a dinosaur!

Anonymous Rex. Berkley 18888-4, 1p:2/03. F:pb. Rubio #1. $6.

GARCIA-AGUILERA, CAROLINA

The author is a Cuban-born P. I., and so is her series character, Lupe Solano.

Bloody secrets. Berkley Prime Crime 16779-8, 1p:3/99. F:pb. Solano #3. $6.

Bloody secrets. Berkley Prime Crime 16779-8, 1p:3/99. VG:pb. Solano #3. $4.

Bloody shame. Berkley Prime Crime 16140-4, 1p:1/98. F:pb. Solano #2. $6.

Bloody shame. Berkley Prime Crime 16140-4, 1p:1/98. VGF:pb. Solano #2. $5.

Bloody waters. Berkley 15670-2, 1p:2/97. F:review copy pb. Solano #1. $6.

Bloody waters. Berkley 15670-2, 1p:2/97. VGF:pb. Solano #1. $5.

Havana heat. Avon 80740-8, 1p:9/01. N:pb. Solano #5. $7.

Havana heat. Avon 80740-8, 1p:9/01. VG:pb. Solano #5. $4.

GARRISON, CHRISTIAN

Ace Chaney is a cop in #1, and a P. I. for the Paragon Detective Corporation in #2.

Paragon man. Avon 7872-8, 1p:11/81. VGF:PBO. Chaney #2. $6.

Snake doctor. Avon 76232, 1p:10/80. VG:PBO. Chaney #1. $5.

Snake doctor. Avon 76232, 1p:10/80. VG:PBO. Chaney #1. $5.

GARRITY, DAVE J.

Mickey Spillane’s protege writes about Peter Braid, Mike Hammer’s drinking pal.

Dragon hunt. Signet P3203, 1p:12/67. VG:PBO. Braid #1. $5.

Dragon hunt. Signet P3203, 1p:12/67. G:PBO. Braid #1. $4.

GAT, DIMITRI

Yuri Nevsky’s Pittsburg cases were interrupted when #2 was withdrawn after it proved to be a plagerism of John D. MacDonald’s The Dreadful Lemon Sky.

Nevsky’s demon. Avon 82248, 1p:5/83. VG:PBO, plagerism. Nevsky #2. $14.

Nevsky’s demon. Avon 82248, 1p:5/83. R:PBO, plagerism. Nevsky #2. $3.

Nevsky’s return. Avon 79863, 1p:5/80. F:PBO. Nevsky #1. $7.

Nevsky’s return. Avon 79863, 1p:5/82. VG:PBO. Nevsky #1. $5.

Nevsky’s return. Avon 79863, 1p:5/82. G:PBO. Nevsky #1. $3.

GAULT, WILLIAM CAMPBELL (also Roney Scott)

One of the best, Gault created his series about the ex-footballer Brock Callahan and his series about the troubled Joe Puma, all set in Southern California.

The bad Samaritan. Raven House 15, 1p:5/80. VG:PBO. Callahan #8. $15.

The bad Samaritan. Raven House 18, 2p:1/82. F:pb. Callahan #8. $5.

Day of the ram. Bantam 1638, 1p:8/57. G:pb. Callaghan #2. $3.

Dead pigeon. Carroll&Graf 839-5, 1p:1992. N:PBO. Callahan #14. $8.

GELLER, MICHAEL

Slots Resnick is a former baseball play, homicide dick, and now is a New York P. I.

GIELGUD, VAL

Detective Inspector Gregory Pellew gives up his career to go into private practice in England.

Through a glass darkly (orig: The goggle-box affair). Perennial P822, 1986p. F. Pellew #4. $5.

GILDEN, MEL

P. I. Zoot is a four foot alien with a two foot nose in these fantasy adventures.

Hawaiian U. F. O. aliens. ROC LE5075, 1p:4/91. VGF:PBO. Zoot #2. $6.

Hawaiian U. F. O. aliens. ROC LE5075, 1p:4/91. VG:PBO. Zoot #2. $5.

Surfing Samurai robots. Lynx Omeiga 1-2, 1p:8/88. N:PBO. Zoot #1. $8.

Surfing Samurai robots. Lynx Omeiga 1-2, 1p:8/88. VGF:PBO. Zoot #1. $6.

Surfing Samurai robots. ROC LE5100, 1p:8/91. VGF:pb. Zoot #1. $4.

Tubular android superheroes. ROC 45116-3, 1p:10/91. VGF:PBO. Zoot #3. $6.

GILES, GUY ELWYN

Brice Kent is a New York P. I. with two adventures to his credit.

3 died variously. Black Cat 1, 1p:1943. VG: trade size pb. Kent #1. $10.

GILES, KENNETH

Prion is a famous U. S., or possibly notorious, P. I. written by an Englishman.

A murderous journey. Walker 3152-2, 1p:1975. VG:pb. Piron #1. $4.

GILLIS, JACKSON

Jonas Duncan is the P. I. created by this Hollywood screenwriter.

Chain saw. St. Martins 92217-5, 1p:8/90. VG:pb. Duncan #2. $4.

GOLDBERG, ED

There’s a leftist lean to the publications featuring Lenny Schneider, NY P. I. with a nostalgic feel for the days when men were hippies.

Dead air. Berkley Prime Crime 16297-4, 1p:5/98. F:PBO. Schneider #2. $7.

Dead air. Berkley Prime Crime 16297-4, 1p:5/98. VGF:PBO. Schneider #2. $6.

Served cold. Berkley 15943-4, 1p:8/97. F:pb. Schneider #1. $5.

Served cold. Berkley 15943-4, 1p:8/97. VGF:pb. Schneider #1. $4.

GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT

Whether you agree with it or not, Goldsborough is continuing the Wolfe and Goodwin saga.

The bloodied ivy. Bantam 27816-9, 1p:11/89. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #3. $6.

Death on deadline. Bantam 27024-9, 1p:8/88. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #2. $5.

Death on deadline. Bantam 27024-9, 1p:8/88. VG:pb. Wolfe pastiche #2. $4.

Death on deadline. Bantam 27024-9, 1p:8/88. G:pb. Wolfe pastiche #2. $3.

Fade to black. Bantam 29264-1, 1p:9/91. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #5. $6.

The last coincidence. Bantam 28616-1, 1p:9/90. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #4. $6.

The missing chapter. Bantam 56874-4, 1p:12/94. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #7. $6.

Murder in E minor. Bantam 26120-7, 1p:3/87. VG:pb. Wolfe pastiche #1. $4.

Murder in E minor. Bantam 26120-7, 1p:3/87. G:pb. Wolfe pastiche #1. $3.

Silver spire. Bantam 56387-4, 1p:1/94. F:pb. Wolfe pastiche #6. $6.

GORDON, LAURA (pseud. of Laura Lee DeVries)

Female P. I. Kelsey St. James fights a serial killer in the serial romance series.

Dominoes. Harlequin Intrigue 282, npi{1994}. VGF:PBO. St. James #1. $6.

Dominoes. Harlequin Intrigue 282, npi{1994}. VG:PBO. St. James #1. $5.

GORES, JOE

The Daniel Kearney Agency is one of the only composite P. I. worlds, but don’t forget Gores’s other contributions including a book about Hammet or the Neil Fargo novel Interface.

Dead skip. Ballantine 24129, 1p:8/74. VG:pb. DKA #1. $4.

Dead skip. Ballantine 24129, 1p:8/74. G:pb. DKA #1. $3.

Dead skip. Ballantine 29206, 2p:3/81. VG:pb. DKA #1. $3.

Final notice. Ballantine 24258-0, 1p:11/74. G:pb. DKA#2. $3.

Gone, no forwarding. Ballantine 29208, 1p:11/81. VGF:pb. DKA #3. $5.

Gone, no forwarding. Ballantine 29208, 1p:11/81. VG:pb. DKA #3. $4.

Hammett. Ballantine 25170, 1p:10/76. VGF:pb. Hammett #1. $5.

Hammett. Ballantine 25170, 1p:10/76. VG:pb. Hammett #1. $4.

Hammett. Harper Perennial P631, 1p:1982. VG:pb. Hammett #1. $3.

Hammett. Harper Perennial P631, 3p:nd. VG:pb. Hammett #1. $3.

32 Cadillacs. Mysterious 40360-1, 1p:12/93. VGF:pb. DKA#4. $5.

32 Cadillacs. Mysterious 40360-1, 1p:12/93. VG:pb. DKA#4. $4.

GORMAN, ED

The editor of Mystery Scene is also a fine writer with a series about P. I. Jack Dwyer, criminal profiler Robert Payne, L.A. P. I. William James Puckett and P. I. Jack Walsh.

The autumn dead. Ballantine 35632-2, 1p:3/89. VGF:pb. Dwyer #4. $5.

The day the music died. Berkley Prime Crime 17411-5, 1p:4/00. F:pb. McCain #1. $6.

Everybody’s somebody’s fool. Worldwide 26494-1, 1p:6/04, F:pb. McCain #5. $6.

Hawk moon. St. Martins 96418-8, 1p:2/98. F:pb. Payne #2. $6.

Murder in the wings. Ballantine 34313, 1p:12/87. F:pb. Dwyer #3. $6.

Murder straight up. Ballantine 33892, 1p:7/87. VG: pb. Dwyer #2. $4.

Murder straight up. Ballantine 33892, 1p:7/87. G: pb. Dwyer #2. $3.

New, improved murder. Ballantine 33378-0, 1p:12/86. G:pb. Dwyer #1. $3.

Shadow games. Blake 31-2, 1p:1993. N: Brit PBO. Puckett #1. $11.

Wake up Little Susie. Berkley 17855-2, 1p:2/01. F:pb. McCain #2. $6.

GOULART, RON

Goulart, besides being heavily involved in Shatner’s Tek series, has regular P. I. series in Johnny Easy and Rudy Navarro, as well as science fiction detectives in Jim Haley, Ben Jolson, Jared Smith, and the Paces.

After things fell apart. Berkley 7647-4, 1p:4/85. F:SIGNED, pb. Haley #1. $10.

Brainz, inc. DAW 629, 1p:5/85. VG:SIGNED, PBO. Pace #5. $10.

Brainz, inc. DAW 629, 1p:5/85. VG:PBO. Pace #5. $5.

Calling Dr. Patchwork. DAW 283, 1p:3/78. G:SIGNED, PBO. Pace #1. $9.00.

Hail Hibbler. DAW 399, 1p:8/80. VGF:PBO. Pace #2. $6.

One grave too many. Ace 40591, 1p:12/74. VG:PBO. Easy #4. $5.

The same lie twice. Ace 75945, 1p:1/73. VG:PBO. Easy #3. $5.

GRAAF, PETER (pseud. of (Christopher) Samuel Youd)

Joe Dust is an American P. I. working the mean streets of London.

The sapphire conference. Pan G440, 1p:1961. VG:pb. Dust #3. $4.

GRADY, JAMES

Political report Grady writes about Washington, D. C. P. I. Rankin.

Hard bargain. Pocket 62990-5, 1p:4/87. VGF:pb. Rankin #2. $5.

Hard bargain. Pocket 62990-5, 1p:4/87. VG:pb. Rankin #2. $4.

Runner in the street. Pocket 55174-4, 1p:5/86. VG:pb. Rankin #1. $4.

Runner in the street. Pocket 55174-4, 1p:5/86. G:pb. Rankin #1. $3.

GRAFTON, SUE

Kinsey Millhone’s alphabetical adventures is a great series from a great lady.

“A” is for alibi. Signet 2862, 1p:4/84. G:pb. Millhone #1. $3.

“B” is for burglar. Bantam 26061-8, 1p:10/86. VGF:pb. Millhone #2. $5.

“C” is for corpse. Bantam 26468-0, 1p:5/87. G:pb. Millhone #3. $3.

“D” is for deadbeat. Bantam 27163-6, 1p:6/88. F:pb. Millhone #4. $6.

“D” is for deadbeat. Bantam 27163-6, 1p:6/88. G:pb. Millhone #4. $2.

“E” is for evidence. Bantam 27955-6, 1p:5/89. F:pb. Millhone #5. $6.

“E” is for evidence. Bantam 27955-6, 1p:5/89. VG:pb. Millhone #5. $4.

“F” is for fugitive. Bantam 28478-9, 1p:5/90. G:pb. Millhone #6. $3.

“G” is for gumshoe. Fawcett Crest 21936-4, 1p:6/91. F:pb. Millhone #7. $6.

“G” is for gumshoe. Fawcett Crest 21936-4, 1p:6/91. VGF:pb. Millhone #7. $5.

“G” is for gumshoe. Fawcett Crest 21936-4, 1p:6/91. VG:pb. Millhone #7. $4.

“G” is for gumshoe. Fawcett Crest 21936-4, 1p:6/91. VG:pb. Nillhone #7. $4.

“G” is for gumshoe. Fawcett Crest 21936-4, 1p:6/91. G:pb. Nillhone #7. $3.

“H” is for homicide. Fawcett Crest 21946-1, 1p:5/92. F:pb. Millhone #8. $6.

“H” is for homicide. Fawcett Crest 21946-1, 1p:5/92. VGF:pb. Millhone #8. $5.

“H” is for homicide. Fawcett Crest 21946-1, 1p:5/92. VG:pb. Millhone #8. $4.

“H” is for homicide. Fawcett Crest 21946-1, 1p:5/92. G:pb. Millhone #8. $3.

“I” is for innocent. Fawcett Crest 22151-2, 1p:5/93. F:pb. Millhone #9. $6.

“I” is for innocent. Fawcett Crest 22151-2, 1p:5/93. VGF:pb. Millhone #9. $5.

“I” is for innocent. Fawcett Crest 22151-2, 1p:5/93. VG:pb. Millhone #9. $4.

“I” is for innocent. Fawcett Crest 22151-2, 1p:5/93. G:pb. Millhone #9. $3.

“J” is for judgement. Fawcett Crest 22148-2, 1p:5/94. VGF:pb. Millhone #10. $5.

“J” is for judgement. Fawcett Crest 22148-2, 1p:5/94. VG:pb. Millhone #10. $4.

“K” is for killer. Fawcett Crest 22150-4, 1p:5/95. VGF:pb. Millhone #11. $5.

“K” is for killer. Fawcett Crest 22150-4, 1p:5/95. VG:pb. Millhone #11. $4.

“K” is for killer. Fawcett Crest 22150-4, 1p:5/95. G:pb. Millhone #11. $3.

“M” is for malice. Ballantine 22360-4, 1p:1/98. VGF:pb. Millhone #13. $5.

“M” is for malice. Ballantine 22360-4, 1p:1/98. VG:pb. Millhone #13. $4.

“M” is for malice. Bantam 22360-4, 1p:1/98. G:pb. Millhone #13. $3.

“N” is for noose. Fawcett Crest 22361-2, 1p:4/99. VGF:pb. Millhone #14. $5.

“N” is for noose. Fawcett Crest 22361-2, 1p:4/99. VG:pb. Millhone #14. $4.

“P” is for peril. Ballantine 379-5, 1p:2/02. F:pb. Millhone #16. $6.

“P” is for peril. Ballantine 379-5, 1p:2/02. VG:pb. Millhone #16. $4.

“Q” is for quarry. Berkley 19272-5, 1p:10/03. VGF:pb. Millhone #17. $5.

GRANT, LINDA

Computers and big business are the business of Catherine Sayler, Northern California P. I.

Blind trust. Ivy 791-2, 1p:6/91. F:pb. Sayler #2. $6.

Blind trust. Ivy 791-2, 1p:6/91. VG:pb. Sayler #2. $4.

Lethal genes. Ivy 1558-3, 1p:11/97. VGF:pb. Sayler #5. $5.

Love nor money. Ivy 947-8, 1p:1/93. F:pb. Sayler #3. $6.

Random access murder. Avon 75534-3, 1p:8/88. VGF:PBO. Sayler #1. $15.

Random access murder. Avon 75534-3, 1p:8/88. VG:PBO. Sayler #1. $10.

Random access murder. Avon 75534-3, 1p:8/88. G:PBO. Sayler #1. $4.

Vampire bytes. Ivy 1862-0, 1p:5/99. F:pb. Sayler #6. $6.

A woman’s place. Ivy 1327-0, 1p:5/95. F:pb. Sayler #4. $6.

GRANT-ADAMSON, LESLEY

England sends us a female private eye, Laura Flynn.

Too many questions (orig: Flynn). Fawcett Crest 22104-0, 1p:8/93. VG:pb. $4.

GREEN, CHRISTINE

Kate Kinsella is the owner and sole operative of the Medical and Nursing Investigation Agency.

Deadly admirer. Worldwide Library 26223, 1p:12/96. F:pb. Kinsella #2. $6.

Deadly admirer. Worldwide Library 26223, 1p:12/96. VG:pb. Kinsella #2. $4.

Deadly partners. Worldwide 26274-4, 1p:5/98. VGF:pb. $5.

Deadly practice. Worldwide 26232-9, 1p:3/97. VGF:pb. Kinsella #3. $5.

GREEN, KATE

Harmon E. Bohland is a former FBI accountant turned P. I in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Shooting star. Harper 109099-9, 1p:8/93. VGF:pb. Bohland #1. $5.

GREENLEAF, STEPHEN

John Marshall Tanner, former lawyer-now P. I., runs his office from San Francisco.

Beyond blame. Ballantine 33670, 1p:1/87. VG:pb. Tanner #5. $4.

Beyond blame. Ballantine 33670, 2p:5/88. G:pb. Tanner #5. $3.

Blood type. Bantam 56106-5, 1p:10/93. F:pb. Tanner #8. $6.

Blood type. Bantam 56106-5, 1p:10/93. VGF:pb. Tanner #8. $5.

Book case. Bantam 29061-4, 1p:1/92. VGF:pb. Tanner #7. $5.

Death bed. Ballantine 30189, 1p:6/82. VGF:pb. Tanner #2. $5.

Death bed. Ballantine 30189, 2p:10/83. G:pb. Tanner #2. $3.

False conception. Pocket 794-7, 1p:3/97. VGF:pb. Tanner #10. $4.

Fatal obsession. Ballantine 31485, 1p:5/84. VGF:pb. Tanner #4. $5.

Flesh wounds. Pocket 795-5, 1p:3/97. F:pb. Tanner #11. $6.

Flesh wounds. Pocket 795-5, 1p:3/97. VGF:pb. Tanner #11. $5.

Grave error. Ballantine 30188-9, 1p:2/82. VGF:pb. Tanner #1. $5.

Grave error. Ballantine 30188-9, 1p:2/82. G:pb. Tanner #1. $3.

Southern cross. Bantam 56817-5, 1p:3/95. VGF:pb. Tanner #9. $5.

Southern cross. Bantam 56817-5, 1p:3/95. VG:pb. Tanner #9. $4.

State’s evidence. Ballantine 30869, 1p:6/83. F:pb. Tanner #3. $6.

State’s evidence. Ballantine 30869, 1p:6/83. VG:pb. Tanner #3. $4.

Toll call. Ballantine 35349, 1p:10/88. F:pb. Tanner #6. $6.

Toll call. Ballantine 35349, 1p:10/88. VGF:pb. Tanner #6. $5.

Toll call. Ballantine 35349, 3p:1/94. VGF:pb. Tanner #6. $4.

GREGORY, BARBARA

Chicago P. I. Frank Dragovic is the star of only one book.

Dirty proof. Pageant 632-4, 1p:9/88. VGF:PBO. Dragovic #1. $6.

GRESCOE, PAUL

Dan Rudnicki is a Ukrainian/Canadian P. I.

Blood vessel. McClelland & Stewart, 3554-3, 1p:4/94. VGF:pb. Rudnicki #2. $5.

GUSTAV (Comic Book Character)

Jackie McBride, London Police Commissioner, has a self-appointed paranormal investigator named Gustav, who also happens to be her lover.

Gustav P. I. paranormal investigator. Nantier Beall Minoustchine 205-8, 1p:1998. N:PBO(thus). Gustav #1. $10.

GUTHRIE, AL

Retired P. I. McKenzie tries to stay away from crime, but it hunts down and haunts him.

Grave murder. Zebra 3072-X, 1p:7/90. VG:PBO. McKenzie #2. $4.

Grave murder. Zebra 3072-X, 1p:7/90. G:PBO. McKenzie #2. $3.