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David Baxter

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A solid detective despite looking like a model for an upscale men’s fashion designer. - Taken in Death[1]


Introduction[]

Descriptions[]

  • A seasoned cop who’s got some miles on him.[3]
  • Slick, smooth, and cagey; good-looking with an edge.[4]
  • Tall and slick in one of his stylish suits.[5]
  • As was his habit, Baxter wore a very slick suit but there was no smart-ass on his handsome face this morning.[6]
  • Baxter might like to joke, and bitch about damage to his slick wardrobe [from going into the Underground], but he was a solid cop.[7]

Personality[]

  • A flirt and a smartass who enjoys “razzing” his fellow officers.
  • He has “a fondness for a well-cut suit and a well-endowed female.”[8]
    • He flirted with Graciela Ortiz but, to Dallas’s thinking, Baxter would flirt with a hologram of a woman. He said, “You’ve got to love a woman in uniform.”[9]
    • He said he made half a play for (flirted and hit on) Amaryllis Coltraine a few months ago (prior to Spring 2060). Dallas said he made a play for anything female.[10]
  • Plays pretty well with others.[11]
  • Baxter was a solid cop — smart, smart-mouthed, competitive.[12]

History[]

  • Baxter's grandfather was regular army during the Urban Wars.[13]
  • Baxter worked out of the same squad as Jonah MacMasters when he was a rookie; MacMasters was a detective on his way to lieutenant.[14]
  • Transferred to Homicide from AntiCrime because he “got restless.”[15]
  • He becomes Trueheart’s trainer in July 2059 (Purity in Death).
    • Dallas puts them together because she thinks they will complement each other.[16]
    • By July 2060 (Indulgence in Death), Baxter has been “opened” up by working with Trueheart, and the two “were much more partners than trainer and aide.”[17]
    • The two have contrasting looks and dynamics, but work well together as a team.[18]

Nicknames[]

  • Horny Dog[19] or Horndog[20]
  • Detective Pig-Eater because he thoroughly enjoyed the “primo pig” (bacon and ham) at Eve’s house[21]

Epithets[]

  • “Sizzling Jesus”[22]

Interesting Facts[]

  • Baxter won the baby pool after Detective Zeno and his wife’s baby girl was born (six hundred and thirty dollars); he planned to buy a new auto-entertainment system for his vehicle.[23]
  • He snores.[24]
  • Baxter drank his coffee with cream and sugar (two sugars and a splash of cream)[25] and likes chocolate-iced, cream-filled doughnuts.[26]
  • Baxter drives a snazzy two-seater.[27]
  • He has a sister in Toledo, Ohio.[28]
  • He busted Wendall Ledo when he (Ledo) was still a minor, so at least 17 years ago.[29]
  • He dated an architect, thus allowing him to spot the unpermitted safe room Jonathan Harper Ebersole had in his Tribeca loft in Framed in Death, saying “She was fine.”[30]

References[]

  1. ↑ Taken in Death, Chapter 4
  2. ↑ Roberts, N. (November 9, 2004). Stooooopid Questions for Nora, Part XV. A Day Without French Fries Message Board. Retrieved March 2008 from ADWOFF.
  3. ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 290
  4. ↑ Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), p. 310
  5. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 77
  6. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 116
  7. ↑ Eternity in Death, Chapter 8
  8. ↑ Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), p. 310
  9. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 179
  10. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 32
  11. ↑ Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), p. 326
  12. ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 11
  13. ↑ Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 208
  14. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 116
  15. ↑ Purity in Death (ISBN 0-425-18630-X), p. 190; Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 323
  16. ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 11
  17. ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 11
  18. ↑ Taken in Death, Chapter 4
  19. ↑ Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 101
  20. ↑ Echoes in Death, Chapter 5
  21. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 293
  22. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22894-4), p. 223
  23. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 96
  24. ↑ Purity in Death (ISBN 0-425-18630-X), p. 345
  25. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 0-425-19158-3), p. 218
  26. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 77
  27. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 226
  28. ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 21
  29. ↑ Obsession in Death, Chapter 8
  30. ↑ Framed in Death, Chapter 18
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