Chip Harrison and Leo Haig
Created by Chip Harrison (pseudonym of Lawrence Block)

CHIP HARRISON, running on the twin engines of lust and curiousity, originally appeared in two funny, non-mystery novels which revolved around seventeen year old Chip's obsessive quest to lose his virginty, No Score and Chip Harrison Scores Again.

Realizing the series didn't have much of a future once Chip got his ashes hauled, Block puts Chip to work as an assistant to a Nero Wolfe-ish private eye, LEO HAIG, who raises tropical fish. They appeared in two subsequent, decidedly tongue-in-cheek mystery novels, Make Out With Murder and The Topless Tulip Caper.

Author Lawrence Block is a fan favorite and a writer's writer. As well as Scudder, he's been responsible for the Matt Scudder, Evan Tanner and Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery series.

NOVELS

• No Score (1970)
• Chip Harrison Scores Again (1971)
• Five Little Rich Girls (aka "Make Out with Murder") (1974)
• The Topless Tulip Caper (1975)

SHORT STORIES

• "Death of the Mallory Queen" (1984, Like a Lamb to the Slaughter; also 1999, First Cases 3)
• "As Dark As Christmas Gets" (1997, Mysterious Press Christmas Card; also December 1998, EQMM)

RELATED LINKS

• Lawrence Block.com
  The official site, maintained for loyal Blockhead Maggie Griffin, irreverent as all hell, and fun as all git out, full of vital info about the author, his books, his short stories, his newsletter, his upcoming projects, his seemingly endless book tour and everything else. And you can also buy autographed copies here (credit cards gleefully accepted). Although, you know what they say -- the rare Block is the unsigned copy.