Leo Bloodworth
& Serendipity Dahlquist
Created by Dick Lochte
Southern California P.I. LEO BLOODWORTH talks tough and drinks hard, and the last thing in the world he thinks he wants is some precocious (okay, smartass), roller-skating 14-year old girl for a partner. But when SERENDIPITY DAHLQUIST hires Leo to find her missing pitbull Groucho, that's exactly what he gets. And it turns out Leo may not be quite as jaded as he thinks he is.
The first book in the series, which features both Leo's and Serendipity's versions of the same events was nominated for an Edgar and actually won the Nero Wolfe award.
Author Lochte also writes about New Orleans private eye Terry Manion, who appeared with Leo in Laughing Dog (he actually hires Leo), as well as in 1997's short story "A Tough Case to Figure." His Lucky Dog and Other Tales of Murder (2000), published by Five Star, includes stories featuring Leo and Serendipity, Manion and D.A.'s investigator J.J. Legendre (New Orleans in the Sixties). It also includes a reprint of "Sad-Eyed Blonde," his excellent entry in the Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe collection from a few years back.
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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Janice Long for the heads up!
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