Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.

The Detective
1968
5.9/10

No One Would Tell
1996
7.0/10

The Seven-Ups
1973
6.3/10

The Organization
1971
6.3/10

The Perfect Weapon
1991
6.2/10

TalhotBlond
2012
6.3/10

Marlowe
1969
6.1/10

Thick as Thieves
2009
6.0/10

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
2015
6.7/10

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017
6.9/10

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017
6.9/10

Insomnia
2002
7.0/10

F.I.S.T.
1978
6.5/10

Starving in Suburbia
2014
6.5/10

Normal
2003
6.7/10

The Stranger
2022
6.2/10

The Limits of Control
2009
6.0/10

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
2020
7.2/10

The Pelican Brief
1993
6.6/10

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016
6.7/10
Policewoman
2000
6.769/10