First Books in a Long Running Series

1. James Bond – Casino Royale – 1950 – Ian Fleming

2. Nero Wolfe – Fer-De-Lance – 1934 – Rex Stout

3. Travis McGee – The Deep Blue Goodbye – 1964 – John D. MacDonald

4. Kay Scarpetta – Postmortem – 1990- Patricia Cornwell

5. Kent Family Chronicles – The Bastard – 1974 – John Jakes

6. Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlet – 1887 – Arthur Conan Doyle

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