last updated 12/14/06

JACKS, JEFF

Shep Stone is an ex-cop, and an unlicensed private detective.

Find the Don’s daughter. Fawcett Gold Medal M2912, 1p:1/74. VG:PBO. Stone #2. $5.

Find the Don’s daughter. Fawcett Gold Medal M2912, 1p:1/74. G:PBO. Stone #2. $4.

Murder on the wild side. Fawcett Gold Medal T3515, 1/72p. G:PBO. Stone #1. $4.

Murder on the wild side. Fawcett Gold Medal T3515, 1/72p. G:PBO. Stone #1. $4.

Murder on the wild side. Fawcett Gold Medal T3515, 1/72p. R:PBO. Stone #1. $3.

JACKSON, MARIAN J. A.

Female Sherlock Holmes, Abigail Patience Danforth, is a consulting detective.

The Arabian pearl. Pinnacle 401-X, 1p:9/90. VGF:PBO. Danforth #2. $6.

The cat’s eye. Pinnacle 513-X, 1p:8/91. VG:PBO. Danforth #3. $5.

JACOBS, NANCY BAKER

Twin Cities P. I. Devon MacDonald has three cases in his cannon.

A slash of scarlet. Pocket 86504-8, 1p:6/93. VG:pb. MacDonald #2. $4.

The turquoise tattoo. Pocket 75535-8, 1p:4/92. VGF:pb. MacDonald #1. $5.

JAMES, P. D.

One of the Queens of Mystery Fiction should get credit for creating the modern female P. I. when she created Cordelia Gray, a woman who inherits her agency when her mentor dies.

The skull beneath the skin. Warner 30-606, 1p:10/83. VG: pb. Gray #2. $4.

The skull beneath the skin. Warner 30-606, 1p:10/83. VG: pb. Gray #2. $4.

The skull beneath the skin. Warner 35372-8, 21p:2/96. VGF: pb. Gray #2. $4.

An unsuitable job for a woman. Popular Library 297-2, 6p:nd. VG: pb. Gray #1. $3.

An unsuitable job for a woman. Popular Library 297-2, npi. G:pb. Gray #1. $2.

An unsuitable job for a woman. Popular Library 297-2, 11p:nd. VG:pb. Gray #1. $3.

An unsuitable job for a woman. Warner 31008-5, 3p:nd. G:pb. Gray #1. $2.

JASPERSOHN, WILLIAM

A former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, P. I. Peter Boone is now a working the streets.

Lake effect. Bantam 56993-7, 1p:11/96. F:PBO. Boone #2. $7.

Lake effect. Bantam 56993-7, 1p:11/96. VGF:PBO. Boone #2. $6.

Native angels. Bantam 56994-5, 1p:7/95. VG:PBO. Boone #1. $5.

JEFFERS, H. PAUL

Harry MacNeil is a New York P. I. with three cases in his canon, all historicals.

Murder on mike. Ballantine 34675, 1p:2/88. VGF:pb. MacNeil #2. $5.

Murder on mike. Ballantine 34675, 1p:2/88. VGF:pb. MacNeil #2. $5.

Murder on mike. Ballantine 343675, 1p:2/88. VG:pb. MacNeil #2. $4.

Murder on mike. Ballantine 343675, 1p:2/88. VG:pb. MacNeil #2. $4.

The rag doll murder. Ballantine 34550, 1p:9/87. F:PBO. MacNeil #3. $7.

Rubout at the Onyx. Ballantine 34676, 1p:11/87. F:pb. MacNeil #1. $6.

Rubout at the Onyx. Ballantine 34676, 1p:11/87. VG:pb. MacNeil #1. $4.

JERINA, CAROL

The books say this is like MOONLIGHTING, with Jillian Fletcher working for P. I. Jackson Fury.

The tall dark alibi. Charter 35-0. 1p:4/88. G:PBO. Fury #1. $4.

JOHNNY DYNAMITE (Comic Book)

Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty (the same team who brought you Ms. Tree) create this series.

Johnny Dynamite. Dark Horse 1, 9/94. N: comic book. $3.

JOHNSTON, PAUL

The Quint Dalrymple P. I. tales are set in a futuristic England where social control is the key. Alex Mavros is a half-Greek, half-Scot P. I.

Body politic. New English Library 69491-2, 5p:nd. F:Brit reprint. Dalrymple #1. $10.

The last red death. New English Library 82562-6, 1p:2004. N:pb. Mavros #2. $15.

JONES, JAMES

Yes, the famous novelist’s one effort about the tough American P. I. Lobo Davies in Greece.

A touch of danger. Popular Library 8255, npi. G:pb. Davies #1. $2.

JUDSON, D. DANIEL

MacManus is a expert at self-defense and a master of self-destruction when he tries to stay away from crime.

The bone orchard. Bantam 58416-2, 1p:4/02. N:PBO. MacManus #1. $8.

The bone orchard. Bantam 58416-2, 1p:4/02. N:PBO. MacManus #1. $8.

The poisoned rose. Bantam 58419-7, 1p:10/02. N:PBO. MacManus #2. $8.