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1. Moscow's chief inspector of homicides, Arkady Renko first appeared in "Gorky Park". Who is the author of this character's series, which includes "Polar Star", "Havana Bay", and "Red Square"?
2. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn figure prominently in several mysteries set on Navajo lands in Arizona. Who is the author of such novels as "The Blessing Way", "Dance Hall of the Dead", and "Coyote Waits"?
3. Kate Shugak is an Aleut and Alaska native who once worked for the District Attorney's office, but found a career as a private investigator who was not tied down to the city. Moving into her own cabin in the bush with Mutt, a husky that is also half-wolf, as her only roommate, she finds plenty of business solving mysteries in the 49th state. Who is the native Alaskan who is the author of 20 Kate Shugak novels, including "A Fatal Thaw" and "Bad Blood"?
4. Now we have a Harvard professor who solves the murders of a Swiss priest named Leonardo Vetra and the curator of the Louvre, Jacques Saunière. Later he prevents an outbreak of the Bubonic plague in Venice. Plus, he is lucky enough to be helped by beautiful women like Vittoria Vetra, Sophie Neveu, and Sienna Brooks. Name this symbologist and his creator.
5. I'm not a kid anymore, but I do admit to having read and enjoyed an entire series of children's "mysteries", so to speak. So who is the protagonist who solved the mysteries of "The Lightning Thief" and "The Titan's Curse"?
6. Created by Daniel Silva, this Israeli agent works throughout Europe as an art restorer when he is not occupied in the service of the State of Israel. First seen in "The Kill Artist" in 2000, I most recently enjoyed his exploits in "A Death in Vienna" (2004), and "Moscow Rules" (2008). What's the name of this agent?
7. Edith Pargeter, writing under the nom de plume of Ellis Peters, penned 20 excellent mysteries set in 12th Century England and featuring a monk from the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Shrewsbury. Who is this healer and mystery solver?
8. Speaking of mystery solvers, who solved the mysteries of "The Five Orange Pips" and "The Man with the Twisted Lip"?
9. Whenever there is a mystery in Ankh-Morpork, such as (in "Feet of Clay") who murdered the priest and baker who created the newly made golem king, in addition to who poisoned the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, to whom do all Ankh-Morporkians (not to mention the Patrician himself) look for a solution?
10. The first mysteries I remember reading involved a boy whose father was a small town police chief and whose sister helped solve the mysteries and sometimes figured them out first. Among the cases he solved were "the Case of the Dead Eagles", "the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers", and "the Case of the Slippery Salamander." Who was this "Boy Detective"?
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