Imagined crossover · Police detectives
What if Kiz Rider met Milo Sturgis?
Two survivors of LAPD politics. Both have learned to work a department that has not always welcomed them, and both put the case first.
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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
Chemistry8/10
Friction5/10
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Where and when
LAPD headquarters, downtown Los Angeles
The 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- The chief’s office wants the case split up, and the only people who can stop it are a former Hollywood detective who rose through the ranks and the West LA lieutenant who knows where the bodies are buried.
- Why they would work
- Both have learned to work a department that has not always welcomed them, and both put the case first.
- What each brings
- Kiz has rank, polish and the ear of the chief. Milo has decades of results and a reputation nobody wants to test.
- Where they would clash
- Kiz plays the long game; Milo prefers to lean on a door until it opens.
Strengths compared
Kiz Rider 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.
- Trunk MusicMichael Connelly · 1997 · Kiz Rider's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- When the Bough BreaksJonathan Kellerman · 1985 · Milo Sturgis's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
