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Collin Wilcox


USA flag (1924 - 1996)

aka Carter Wick

Collin Wilcox was an American mystery writer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, his first book was The Black Door, featuring a sleuth possessing extrasensory perception. His major series of novels was about Lieutenant Frank Hastings of the San Francisco Police Department. Two of his last books, Full Circle and Find Her a Grave, featured a new hero-sleuth, Alan Bernhardt, an eccentric theater director. Wilcox also published under the pseudonym "Carter Wick".

Wilcox's most famous series-detective was the television character Sam McCloud, a New Mexico deputy solving New York crime. The "urban cowboy" was played by Dennis Weaver in the 1970-1977 TV series McCloud.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Series
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Frank Hastings
   The Lonely Hunter (1969)
   The Disappearance (1970)
   Dead Aim (1971)
   Hiding Place (1973)
   Long Way Down (1975)
   Aftershock (1975)
   Doctor, Lawyer.... (1976)
   The Third Victim (1977)
   The Watcher (1978)
   Power Plays (1979)
   Mankiller (1980)
   Stalking Horse (1982)
   Victims (1985)
   Night Games (1986)
   The Pariah (1988)
   A Death Before Dying (1990)
   Hire a Hangman (1991)
   Dead Center (1992)
   Switchback (1993)
   Calculated Risk (1995)
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McCloud
   1. McCloud (1973)
   2. The New Mexico Connection (1974)
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Alan Bernhardt
   1. Bernhardt's Edge (1988)
   2. Silent Witness (1990)
   3. Except for the Bones (1991)
   4. Find Her a Grave (1993)
   5. Full Circle (1994)
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Novels
   The Faceless Man (1975) (as by Carter Wick)
   Spellbinder (1981)
   Dark House, Dark Road (1982) (as by Carter Wick)
   Swallow's Fall (1987)
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