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“Trueheart has a kind of ‘Officer Friendly’ way about him.” - Eve Dallas to Commander Whitney, Survivor in Death[1]


Introduction[]

Introduced in Conspiracy in Death, working Homicide-Lite with Ellen Bowers.

Descriptions[]

  • Described as very young, with guileless eyes; All-American looking with long legs; about as grim as a cocker spaniel puppy
  • Caucasian with pale skin
  • “Very cute”
  • An All-American boy, cute as a button in his summer blues.[2]
  • Young and studly[3] with a young hero face.[4] He is sweet and hunky.[5]
  • Trueheart hadn’t shaken off all the green, but he was dependable as sunrise.[6]
  • Lieutenant Dallas described Trueheart like this, when he receives promotion to detective: “He’s smart, and he’s observant, and has a way of working through a problem thoughtfully. His looks don’t hurt. He looks handsome and homespun, and some people mistake that for him being a soft touch, easy to dupe. He’s not. And he’s got a shiny code of honor.”[7]

Personality[]

History[]

  • Mother is Pauline Trueheart, single parent, tall and slim.
  • Trueheart’s father abandoned his family when Troy was a child.[18]
  • Trueheart wanted to be a police officer since he was a child.[7]

On the Job[]

  • In January 2059, Trueheart states he has been out of the academy for three months,[19] placing his graduation as October or November of 2058 (if the Academy runs a two-year program – Conspiracy in Death). Trueheart would have joined at about age 20/21 as he is 22 years old in Witness in Death (late March 2059).[20]
  • In Witness in Death (late March, 2059), Trueheart thanked Dallas for her assistance in having him transferred from stiff-scooping detail to Central.[21]
    • He was shot and wounded in Witness in Death.[22] Injuries included a gash along the thigh and spinal injuries. He recovered fully.
    • He was given the game Super Street Fighter by Peabody and Dallas while he was in the hospital.[23]
  • Baxter became Trueheart’s trainer in July 2059 (Purity in Death).
  • He is tranq’d and kidnapped by Gerald Stevenson (aka Steve Audrey) in Portrait in Death, August 14, 2059, and is located when he engages his communicator; police get his location based on his clues, as well as the street sounds they hear (airjack, tourist blimp).[24]
  • By March 2060, he’d lost a lot of the green he’d had on him when Eve had first seen him on scooper detail.[11]
  • As of June 2060, he was described as young and slightly seasoned.[25]
  • In July 2060 (Indulgence in Death) Baxter judged that Trueheart was almost ready to take the detective exam, although this was fast track. Baxter told Dallas that Trueheart “needs a little more time.”[13]
  • His trainer, Baxter, believes that Trueheart will “make a good detective.”[13]
    • Baxter says Trueheart will be a good detective because he’s “quick,” has “good instincts,” and “thinks things through.”[13]
    • Baxter believes Trueheart is “made for Homicide” because he sees that every homicide victim was a person, and that he will never lose that, even with time: “he’s wired that way.”[13]
  • In autumn of 2060, Trueheart shows “good, creative work”[26] in building a color-coded spreadsheet of victims and witnesses during the search for the Red Horse murderer (Delusion in Death).[27]
  • He takes and passes the exam for Detective, third grade, in January 2061.[28][29]
    • After receiving his badge at the promotion ceremony, he “sent Eve a grin that was Christmas morning, the Fourth of July, and New Year’s Eve all in one.”[29]

Nicknames[]

  • Baby Face[30]
  • Officer Danish (to go along with Baxter as “Detective Pig-Eater” as they enjoyed a breakfast buffet at Eve’s house)[31]
  • Officer Friendly[32]

Interesting Facts[]

  • When he was included in the pursuit of Kenneth Stiles, he was in heaven since he was after a murder suspect with Dallas (he thought she was amazing).[33]
  • Trueheart liked to come to work a little early, so he could “look over yesterday’s work.”[11]
  • Right handed
  • Lived thirty-six blocks from Roarke’s mansion.
  • In Vegas, he won over five thousand dollars on a slot called Pirate Quest.[34]
  • In Fantasy in Death (July, 2060), Baxter told Roarke that Trueheart finally worked up enough courage “to ask out the little redheaded cutie in Records” - he had been seeing somebody else but it fizzled.[35]
  • In Indulgence in Death (July, 2060), he asked Eve if he could bring a date to her barbecue, and said “Casey’s going to be really excited about Saturday.”[36]
  • In Possession in Death (the day after Indulgence), Trueheart brought his “pretty, shy-eyed girlfriend” to Eve and Roarke’s barbecue,[37] but she was now named Cassie.[38] They were still dating in December 2060, and Dallas thought “they must be serious.”[39]
  • In Desperation in Death (late June, 2061), Peabody said he just split from his girlfriend - she moved to East Washington for a job.[40]

References[]

  1. Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 61
  2. Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), p. 310
  3. Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 42
  4. Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 292
  5. Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 243
  6. Eternity in Death, Chapter 8
  7. 7.0 7.1 Brotherhood in Death (ISBN 978-0425279006), p. 73
  8. Imitation in Death Chapter 11
  9. Remember When (ISBN 0-425-19547-3), pp. 324, 425
  10. Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), p. 169
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 146
  12. Strangers in Death, Chapter 22
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Indulgence in Death, Chapter 11
  14. Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 247
  15. Strangers in Death, Chapter 20
  16. Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 291
  17. Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 176
  18. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 298
  19. Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 16
  20. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 248
  21. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 191
  22. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 245
  23. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 295
  24. Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1) pp. 328, 331, 334-335
  25. Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 116
  26. Delusion in Death, Chapter 11
  27. Delusion in Death, Chapter 10
  28. In Calculated in Death, which takes place in December 2060, Dallas says “when Trueheart takes his detective’s exam next month.” Calculated in Death, Chapter 10
  29. 29.0 29.1 Brotherhood in Death (ISBN 978-0425279006), p. 71
  30. Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 101
  31. Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 293
  32. Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 61
  33. Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 241
  34. Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 291
  35. Fantasy in Death, Chapter 12
  36. Indulgence in Death, Chapter 14
  37. Possession in Death, Chapter 1
  38. Possession in Death, Chapter 2; Taken in Death, Chapter 4
  39. Festive in Death (ISBN 978-0515154156), p. 164
  40. Desperation in Death, Chapter 13
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