Imagined crossover · Police detectives
What if Jack McEvoy met Milo Sturgis?
The reporter and the detective who hates reporters. Both are stubborn investigators who smell a pattern long before anyone else will admit it.
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The pair
Milo SturgisLAPD homicide detective, later lieutenant; Alex’s closest friendBy Jonathan Kellerman · Alex Delaware · first in When the Bough Breaks
Chemistry6/10
Friction8/10
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Where and when
West Los Angeles
The 2000s and 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- Jack McEvoy is chasing a story about a string of deaths that the police say are unrelated, and the detective on the latest case is Milo Sturgis, who would rather talk to anyone than a journalist.
- Why they would work
- Both are stubborn investigators who smell a pattern long before anyone else will admit it.
- What each brings
- Jack has sources, persistence and the power of the press. Milo has the badge, the files and the authority to act.
- Where they would clash
- Milo distrusts the press on principle, and Jack has a habit of printing things before the police are ready.
Strengths compared
Jack McEvoy Milo Sturgis
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The PoetMichael Connelly · 1996 · Jack McEvoy's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- When the Bough BreaksJonathan Kellerman · 1985 · Milo Sturgis's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
