Robin Bradford, Author at Criminal Element

Harry Dresden: One Fantastic Detective

By Robin Bradford

July 26, 2011

Since we’re excited for today’s release of Ghost Story, it’s a great day to talk about what makes the private-investigator/wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden, so great. I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold on Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden the first time we met. A co-worker was a fan of the first book, Storm Front, and it sounded like everything…

Byronic and Broken: Faye Kellerman’s Christopher Whitman

By Robin Bradford

April 29, 2011

I was introduced to Christopher Whitman (later Donatti after taking his stepfather’s name) in Faye Kellerman’s 1995 book, Justice. I had picked up a few of her earlier Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus books and found them addictive. She wrote vivid characters and, even though I had absolutely nothing in common with her characters, I had no problems…