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    Warren Murphy 
[1933-2015] | 
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    Ed Razoni and William 
“Tough” Jackson, white and black cops, respectively, in New York
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    One Night Stand
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      Dead End Street (1973) 
      City in Heat (1973)  | 
    Down and Dirty (1974) 
      Lynch Town (1974) 
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    Julian “Digger” 
Burroughs, a freelance insurance investigator, in Las Vegas, Nevada: | 
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    Smoked Out (1982) 
         
      Fool’s Flight (1982)  | 
    Dead Letter (1982) 
      Lucifer’s Weekend (1982) 
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    Devlin “Trace” 
Tracy, a freelance insurance investigator, in Las Vegas, Nevada: | 
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    Trace (1983) 
         
         
      And 47 Miles of Rope (1984) 
         
      When Elephants Forget (1984) 
      Pigs Get Fat (1985) 
         
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    Once a Mutt (1985) 
      Too Old a Cat1        (1986) 
         
       
      Getting Up with Fleas (1987)  | 
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    Leonardo’s Law (1978) 
      Atlantic City (1979) 
         
      The Red Moon (1982) 
      Inside Sinanju (1985) 
         
      The Ceiling of Hell (1985) 
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    The Sure Thing (1989) 
      Jericho Day (1990) 
      Scorpion’s Dance (1990) 
      Destiny’s Carnival (1991) 
         
      Honor Among Thieves (1992) 
      Bloodline (2015)  | 
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    Warren Murphy wrote many books in the Destroyer
      Series 
      Remo Williams, an ex-cop and Vietnam veteran,
      trained in the ancient (and fictional) Korean martial art “Sinanju” by
      venerable Master Chiun, and agent of CURE, an organization outside the
      law serving to protect the law. | 
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    Written with Molly
        Cochran (wife) 
Grandmaster, world champion chess and spy “two-part trilogy”: | 
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    Grandmaster (1984) 
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    High Priest (1987)  | 
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    Written with Molly Cochran 
Forever King, a Holy Grail duo: | 
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    The Forever King (1991)  | 
    The Broken Sword (1997)  | 
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    Written with Molly Cochran 
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    The Temple Dogs (1989) 
      The Hand of Lazarus (1990)  | 
    World Without End (1996)  | 
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    Written as Dev Stryker (joint pseudonym
      with wife Molly Cochran) 
Amelia Pierce, daughter of a US intelligence agent: | 
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    Deathright (1993)  | 
    A Wilderness of Mirrors (2000)  | 
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    Written as Dev Stryker (joint
      pseudonym with wife Molly Cochran) 
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    End Game (1994)  | 
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