Terry Keefe is Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University, UK. He holds degrees in French, philosophy, and French philosophy. For over 30 years, he taught and researched French literature and philosophy at Leicester University (serving as Dean of Arts) and Lancaster. He has published books on existentialist fiction, Simone de Beauvoir, Zola, and autobiography. After early retirement, he engaged in conservation work, edited an environmentalist journal, and lectured on mysteries and mystery novels. In 2021, he published a book on premonitions of the Titanic disaster.

• INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Robert B. Parker’s (Spenser and) ‘Hawk’; CHAPTER 2 James Lee Burke’s (Dave Robicheaux and) ‘Clete’; CHAPTER 3 Robert Crais’s (Elvis Cole and) ‘Pike’; CHAPTER 4 Walter Mosley’s (Easy Rawlins and) ‘Mouse’; CHAPTER 5 Dennis Lehane’s (Patrick Kenzie and) ‘Bubba’; CHAPTER 6 Harlan Coben’s (Myron Bolitar and) ‘Win’; CHAPTER 7 Comparisons and Contrasts; CHAPTER 8 Sidekicks and Violence; CONCLUSION

Terry Keefe is Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University, UK. He holds degrees in French, philosophy, and French philosophy. For over 30 years, he taught and researched French literature and philosophy at Leicester University (serving as Dean of Arts) and Lancaster. He has published books on existentialist fiction, Simone de Beauvoir, Zola, and autobiography. After early retirement, he engaged in conservation work, edited an environmentalist journal, and lectured on mysteries and mystery novels. In 2021, he published a book on premonitions of the Titanic disaster.

• INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Robert B. Parker’s (Spenser and) ‘Hawk’; CHAPTER 2 James Lee Burke’s (Dave Robicheaux and) ‘Clete’; CHAPTER 3 Robert Crais’s (Elvis Cole and) ‘Pike’; CHAPTER 4 Walter Mosley’s (Easy Rawlins and) ‘Mouse’; CHAPTER 5 Dennis Lehane’s (Patrick Kenzie and) ‘Bubba’; CHAPTER 6 Harlan Coben’s (Myron Bolitar and) ‘Win’; CHAPTER 7 Comparisons and Contrasts; CHAPTER 8 Sidekicks and Violence; CONCLUSION

Terry Keefe is Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University, UK. He holds degrees in French, philosophy, and French philosophy. For over 30 years, he taught and researched French literature and philosophy at Leicester University (serving as Dean of Arts) and Lancaster. He has published books on existentialist fiction, Simone de Beauvoir, Zola, and autobiography. After early retirement, he engaged in conservation work, edited an environmentalist journal, and lectured on mysteries and mystery novels. In 2021, he published a book on premonitions of the Titanic disaster.

• INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Robert B. Parker’s (Spenser and) ‘Hawk’; CHAPTER 2 James Lee Burke’s (Dave Robicheaux and) ‘Clete’; CHAPTER 3 Robert Crais’s (Elvis Cole and) ‘Pike’; CHAPTER 4 Walter Mosley’s (Easy Rawlins and) ‘Mouse’; CHAPTER 5 Dennis Lehane’s (Patrick Kenzie and) ‘Bubba’; CHAPTER 6 Harlan Coben’s (Myron Bolitar and) ‘Win’; CHAPTER 7 Comparisons and Contrasts; CHAPTER 8 Sidekicks and Violence; CONCLUSION