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Imagined crossover · Forensics and profilers

What if Terry McCaleb met Moe Reed?

The retired profiler and the young detective. An experienced investigator who cannot quite retire, and a young detective learning how to read a case.

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Artwork: Terry McCaleb meets Moe Reed

The pair

Terry McCalebRetired FBI profilerBy Michael Connelly · Terry McCaleb · first in Blood Work
Moe ReedYoung LAPD detective working under MiloBy Jonathan Kellerman · Alex Delaware · first in Bones
Chemistry8/10
Friction4/10
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Where and when

Avalon, Catalina Island
The 2000s

The story

How they might meet
A missing woman’s car is found at the ferry terminal in Long Beach, and young Detective Moe Reed takes the boat to Catalina to ask the former FBI profiler who lives there for help.
Why they would work
An experienced investigator who cannot quite retire, and a young detective learning how to read a case.
What each brings
McCaleb brings a profiler’s insight and the patience of a man who lives by the sea. Reed brings energy, discipline and Milo Sturgis’s training.
Where they would clash
Reed follows procedure; McCaleb follows instinct, and has nothing to lose by bending the rules.

Strengths compared

Terry McCaleb Moe Reed

DeductionMuscleRule-bendingWitHeartResourcesTerry McCaleb: Deduction 9 out of 10Terry McCaleb: Muscle 4 out of 10Terry McCaleb: Rule-bending 6 out of 10Terry McCaleb: Wit 5 out of 10Terry McCaleb: Heart 8 out of 10Terry McCaleb: Resources 6 out of 10Moe Reed: Deduction 7 out of 10Moe Reed: Muscle 8 out of 10Moe Reed: Rule-bending 3 out of 10Moe Reed: Wit 4 out of 10Moe Reed: Heart 7 out of 10Moe Reed: Resources 5 out of 10

Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.

On the page together

Never in print at the same timeTerry McCaleb · 1998–2004Moe Reed · 2008–2014200020052010

The years in which each character's books were published.

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Start with each character's first appearance.

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