Imagined crossover · Private eyes
What if Spenser met Patrick Kenzie?
Boston’s private eyes. Both are sharp-tongued Boston PIs with fierce loyalty to friends and a code of their own.
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The pair
Patrick KenzieBoston private investigatorBy Dennis Lehane · Kenzie and Gennaro · first in A Drink Before the War
Chemistry8/10
Friction6/10
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Where and when
Boston
The 1990s to the 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A missing persons case pulls two Boston private investigators onto the same trail through Dorchester and Back Bay.
- Why they would work
- Both are sharp-tongued Boston PIs with fierce loyalty to friends and a code of their own.
- What each brings
- Spenser brings wit, cooking and the formidable Hawk. Kenzie brings neighbourhood roots, Angie Gennaro’s nerve and Bubba Rogowski.
- Where they would clash
- Two big personalities who both like to be the smartest man in the room, and two very different views of the city they love.
Strengths compared
Spenser Patrick Kenzie
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
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 Godwulf ManuscriptRobert B. Parker · 1973 · Spenser's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- A Drink Before the WarDennis Lehane · 1994 · Patrick Kenzie's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
