Are you dying for a detective? Pining for a P.I.? Searching for a shamus? Gagging for a gumshoe? Every day (that we can) we’re going to try to scratch that itch for ya. Why? Because… we care.
| April 4, 2025 | Charles Nieuwendyk by Michael Schur (Man on the Inside) | |
| April 2, 2025 | V. Daniel by David M. Pierce | |
| September 26, 2024 | Christopher Marlowe by Martin Towson (The Wasteland) | |
| June 9, 2024 | Betty Bates, Lady at Law | |
| April 13, 2024 | Steve Bullittt (The Case of the Winking Buddha) by Manning Lee Stokes & Charles Saab | |
| December 5, 2023 | Tom Bethany by Jerome Doolittle | |
| November 3, 2023 | Mike Ehrmantraut by Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) | |
| November 2, 2023 | Jake Spanner by L.A. Morse | |
| October 8, 2023 | Morgan Butler by David Anthony | |
| October 6, 2023 | Joe Dancer by Robert Blake | |
| October 4, 2023 | Pepe Carvalho by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán | |
| September 28, 2023 | Philip Marlow (The Singing Detective) | |
| September 9, 2023 | Zoe Busiek (Wild Card) | |
| September 8, 2023 | Walter Brackett by Derek Marlowe (real name!) | |
| September 7, 2023 | Hack Bohannon by Joseph Hansen | |
| September 6, 2023 | Nick Archer by Eric Skillman & Jhomar Soriano | |
| September 5, 2023 | Mike Garfin by Martin Brett | |
| September 4, 2023 | Roland Ford by T. Jefferson Parker | |
| September 3, 2023 | Boone Daniels by Don Winslow | |
| September 2, 2023 | Madison Kelly by Elizabeth Brock | |
| September 1, 2023 | Harry O by Howard Rodman | |
| August 31, 2023 | Rick and A.J. Simon by Philip DeGuere | |
| August 30, 2023 | Walter James by Wade Miller | |
| August 22, 2023 | Noah Braddock by Jeff Shelby | |
| August 20, 2023 | Kate Myles by Alex Kenna | |
| August 19, 2023 | Click Rush (The Gadget Man) by Lester Dent | |
| August 15, 2023 | Jake Longly by D.P. Lyle | |
| August 13, 2023 | Elmer Fudd (and Batman) by Tex Avery, Tom King, et al | |
| August 12, 2023 | Alack Sinner by Carlos Sampayo & José Munoz | |
| August 9, 2023 | Mariano Mercado by D.L. Champion | |
| August 6, 2023 | Bill Lennox by W.T. Ballard | |
| August 5, 2023 | Freddy Otash by James Ellroy | |
| August 3, 2023 | Domino Harvey (Domino) | |
| July 30, 2023 | Mike Kellerman (Homicide: Life on the Street) | |
| July 29, 2023 | Del Winter by Duane Swierczynski | |
| July 28, 2023 | Picasso Smith by Hugh Lessig | |
| July 27, 2023 | Lola Wicks by Gwen Florio | |
| July 23, 2023 | Romeo Brown by Alfred “Maz” Mazure | |
| July 22, 2023 | Race Williams by Carroll John Daly | |
| July 15, 2023 | Steve Rockfish by Ken Harris | |
| July 13, 2023 | Jon Sable by Mike Grell | |
| July 3, 2023 | Truck Turner (1974, American International) | |
| July 2, 2023 | Gil Vine by Stewart Sterling | |
| July b1, 2023 (Canada Day) | Lew Archer by Ross Macdonald | |
| June 30, 2023 | Wil Hardesty by Richard Barre | |
| June 28, 2023 | Hal Banks by Ed Brubaker & Stewfano Gaudino | |
| June 26, 2023 | “Bookie” Barnes by Robert Reeves | |
| June 23, 2023 | Jasmine Frame by P.R. Ellis | |
| June 22, 2023 | Nick Sharman by Mark Timlin | |
| June 14, 2023 | Dorothy Skelf, Jenny Skelf & Hannah Skelf (The Skelfs) by Doug Johnstone | |
| June 10, 2023 | John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller | |
| June 9, 2023 | Inspector Allhoff by D.L. Champion | |
| June 8, 2023 | Shane Cleary by Gabriel ValJean | |
| June 7, 2023 | Nate Ross by J.R. Sanders | |
| June 6, 2023 | Larry Dean & Chip Bronx by Howard Rodman (Two for the Money) | |
| June 3, 2023 | Jeff Regan by Jack Webbserved with the English during World War II. Born in Melbourne, Australia; died in New York City. | |
| June 2, 2023 | Vinnie Altobelli by Milton Bass | |
| June 1, 2023 | Violet McDade by Cleve F. Adams | |
| May 31, 2023 | Pete Fortunato by Charles Salzberg | |
| May 30, 2023 | Martin Wade by Libby Cudmore | |
| May 28, 2023 | Jughead Jones (from Archie Comics) | |
| May 26, 2023 | Mike Callahan (World for Ransom) | |
| May 25, 2023 | Holly Gibney by Stephen King | |
| May 23, 2023 | Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore | |
| May 22, 2023 | Tom Doran by Mike Moran (William Ard) | |
| May 21, 2023 | Richard & Grace Duvall by Arnold Fredericks | |
| May 20, 2023 | Eli Donovan by James Rubel | |
| May 19, 2023 | Spike Bludgeon by Marion Mainwaring | |
| May 18, 2023 | Jenny Gordon & C.J. Gunn by Jan Grape | |
| May 17, 2023 | Red “Rusty” Nales by Chris Mills & Joe Staton | |
| May 16, 2023 | “Baddle Ax Baddalach” by Norman Partridge | |
| May 15, 2023 | Jack Bone by Iain Blair | |
| May 14, 2023 | Gil Disbro by James E. Martin | |
| May 13, 2023 | Eddie Bianco (Love Walked In) | |
| May 12, 2023 | Jerry Devery (The Tiger Woman) | |
| May 11, 2023 | Carrie Blue by Bethany Campbell | |
| May 10, 2023 | Slam Bradley by Tom King (et al) | |
| May 9, 2023 | Mister Dynamite by Dashiell Hammett | |
| May 8, 2023 | John Easy by Ron Goulart | |
| May 7, 2023 | Billie Levine by Kimberly G. Giarratano | |
| May 6, 2023 | Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf) by Louis Joseph Vance | |
| May 4, 2023 | Katie Hassworth by Dorothy Francis | |
| May 2, 2023 | Archy McNally by Lawrence Sanders | |
| May 1, 2023 | Mike Valentine (Florida Man) | |
| April 30, 2023 | Regan by Ian Rankin | |
| April 27, 2023 | Nathan Waymaker by S.A. Waymaker | |
| April 26, 2023 | Andy Brice by Lee Roberts | |
| April 25, 2023 | Claire McCarron (Leg Work) | |
| April 24, 2023 | Ash McKenna by Rob Hart | |
| April 23, 2023 | Carmen Valdez by Alex Segura | |
| April 22, 2023 | Ronnie Jackson (My Favorite Brunette) | |
| April 21, 2023 | Charlie Alexander by Nigel Williams (Charlie) | |
| April 20, 2023 | Katie “the Duchess” Blayne by Whitman Chambers | |
| April 19, 2023 | Mike Danger (Danger and Adventure) | |
| April 18, 2023 | Lackland Ask by Colin Deerwood | |
| April 17, 2023 | Mavis Seidlitz by Carter Brown | |
| April 16, 2023 | James “Whit” Whitney by David Dodge | |
| April 15, 2023 | David Barton (Catalina Interlude) | |
| April 14, 2023 | Tecumseh Fox by Rex Stout | |
| April 13, 2023 | Amanda Pharrell & Ted Conkaffey by Canadace Fox (Troppo) | |
| April 12, 2023 | Joe Coogan by Steve Niles & Bernie Wrightson | |
| April 11, 2023 | Gillian Baltic by Dale Clark | |
| April 10, 2023 | Jack Andrews (KIll Me Again) | |
| April 9, 2023 | Bugs Bunny, Private Eye (Happy Easter) | |
| April 8, 2023 | Joe Hannibal by Wayne D. Dundee | |
| April 7, 2023 | Doan & Carstairs by Norbert Davis | |
| April 6, 2023 | Butch Patterson (Butch Patterson, Private Dick) | |
| April 5, 2023 | Lena Padget by Lynn S. Hightower | |
| April 4, 2023 | Glenn Bowman by Hartley Howard | |
| April 3, 2023 | HBO’s Perry Mason | |
| April 2, 2023 | Lou Peckinpaugh by Neil Simon | |
| April 1, 2023 | Jackson Donne by Dave White | |
| March 2022-March 2o23 | Sorry, stuff happened. | |
| March 25, 2022 | Joe Boone in Where’s Marlowe? | |
| February 23, 2022 | Charlie Waldo by Howard Michael Gould | |
| January 16, 2022 | Rex Howard by Ferguson Findley | |
| December 23, 2021 | Sam Donovan (Cover Up) | |
| December 17, 2021 | Ed and Am Hunter by Fredric Brown | |
| December 9, 2021 | Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris by T.T. Flynn | |
| December 3, 2021 | Dortmunder by Donald Westlake | |
| December 2, 2021 | Christopher Chance (The Human Target) | |
| December 1, 2021 | Daffy Dill by Richard Sale | |
| November 30, 2021 | Le poulpe by Patrick Raynal, Patrick Raynal & Serge Quadruppani | |
| November 29, 2021 | Ed Rivers by Talmage Powell | |
| November 2, 2021 | Russ Andrews, Steve Banks & Bill Davis (The Investigators) | |
| October 30, 2021 | Erica Jensen by Debbi Mack | |
| October 27, 2021 | Sian Holt by Daniel José Older and David Wachter | |
| October 25, 2021 | Old Red & Big Red Amlingmeyer by by Steve Hockensmith | |
| October 24, 2021 | “Mac” Robinson by Thomas B. Dewey | |
| September 19, 2021 | Marty Quade by Emile C. Tepperman | |
| September 18, 2021 | Sharon McCone by Marcia Muller | |
| September 17, 2021 | Eddie Race by Doug Wildey | |
| September 7, 2021 | Harry Kilmer (The Yakuza) | |
| September 6, 2021 | Harold “Shill” Shillman (One Shoe Makes It Murder) | |
| September 5 2021 | Cassie Holland (Cassie & Co.) | |
| September 4, 2021 | Jake Barrow by Nick Quarry | |
| September 3, 2021 | Nebraska by William J. Reynolds | |
| September 1, 2021 | John Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido | |
| August 31, 2021 | T.H.E. Cat by Harry Julian Fink | |
| August 30, 2021 | Mickey Haller by Michael Connelly | |
| August 24, 2021 | Inch High, Private Eye by Hanna-Barbera | |
| August 23, 2021 | Harry James Denton by Steven Womack | |
| August 22, 2021 | Stanley Melvin by Frank Zafiro | |
| August 21, 2021 | “Moe Ron” Boyette by Michael Bracken | |
| August 20, 2021 | John Francis Cuddy by Jeremiah Healy | |
| August 19, 2021 | Milo March by M.E. Chaber (Kendell Foster Crossen) | |
| August 18, 2021 | Peter Scratch by Elliot Caplin & Lou Fine | |
| August 17, 2021 | Snoops by David Kelley | |
| August 15, 2021 | Clyde Umney by Stephen King | |
| August 14, 2021 | Mitch Roberts by Gaylord Dold | |
| August 13, 2021 | Donald J. Trump, Private Eye by River Clegg | |
| August 12, 2021 | Johnny Buchanan by K.T. McCall | |
| August 11, 2021 | Jinx Alameda by Brian Michael Bendis | |
| August 10, 2021 | Dennis Chase (21 Beacon Street) | |
| August 9, 2021 | John Klute by Andy & Dave Lewis | |
| August 8, 2021 | Nameless by Dan Leissner | |
| August 7, 2021 | Johnny Aloha by Day Keene | |
| August 6, 2021 | Thomas Magnum by by Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson | |
| August 5, 2021 | Val Lyon by Mark Troy | |
| August 4, 2021 | Byrd by B. Clay Moore & Steven Griffin | |
| August 3, 2021 | Tom Lopaka, Tracy Steele & Greg MacKenzie (Hawaiian Eye) | |
| August 2, 2021 | Percy Hand by Fletcher Flora | |
| August 1, 2021 | Harry Dickinson by David Black | |
| July 31, 2021 | Albert Samson by Michael Z. Lewin | |
| July 30, 2021 | Thomas Langford by John M. Floyd | |
| July 29, 2021 | Rick Cahill by Matt Coyle | |
| July 28, 2021 | Emma Djan by Kwei Quartey | |
| July 27, 2021 | Eamon Gold by Richard Helms | |
| July 26, 2021 | The 2021 Shamus Award Winners | |
| July 25, 2021 | Manville Moon by Richard Deming | |
| July 24, 2021 | Len Buonfiglio by Brian Silverman | |
| July 23, 2021 | Sam Space by William F. Nolan | |
| July 22, 2021 | Vince Slader by Ovid DeMaris | |
| July 21, 2021 | A.Y. Jalisco by Carlos Trillo & Eduardo Risso | |
| July 20, 2021 | Ingmar Andersson & Axel Kruse by Stormare, Lund, Settman & Lowery | |
| July 19, 2021 | Jack Levine by Andrew Bergman | |
| July 18, 2021 | Dan Hammer by Martin Rackin | |
| July 17, 2021 | Hollywood Harry by Curt Allen | |
| July 16, 2021 | Jim Sader by Dolores Hitchens | |
| July 15, 2021 | Duncan Ames by Kirby Farrell | |
| July 14, 2021 | Slam Bradley by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel | |
| July 13, 2021 | Richie Brockelman by Stephen J. Cannell & Steven Bochco | |
| July 12, 2021 | Gus Slavin (Loophole) by Dwight V. Babcock & George Bricker | |
| July 11, 2021 | Owen McKenna by Todd Borg | |
| July 10, 2021 | Amy Gray by Amy Gray | |
| July 9, 2021 | Snooper and Blabber by Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera | |
| July 8, 2021 | Vic Malloy by James Hadley Chase | |
| July 7, 2021 | Rocky Jorden (creator unknown) | |
| July 6, 2021 | Dave Garrett by Neil Albert | |
| July 3-5, 2021 | AT&T (blame them) | |
| July 2, 2021 | Bud Cooper by Joel & Ethan Coen | |
| July 1, 2021 | Sam Klein by Allan Levine | |
| June 30, 2021 | Kimitsuka Kimihi & Siesta (The Detective is Already Dead) by Nigojū & Umibōzu | |
| June 28, 2021 | Stone (and Stine) by Cy Coleman, David Zippel and Larry Gelbart | |
| June 27, 2021 | Liz Stonestreet by Leslie Stevens | |
| June 26, 2021 | Lucien Caye by O’Neil De Noux | |
| June 25, 2021 | Junior Bender by Timothy Hallinan | |
| June 24, 2021 | Al Delaney by Thomas B. Black | |
| June 23, 2021 | Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond | |
| June 22, 2021 | Mike & Bob Brannagan (The Brothers Brannagan) by Wilbur Stark and Jerry Layton | |
| June 21, 2021 | John J. Shannon by Cleve F. Adams | |
| June 20, 2021 | Special Father’s Day Edition Private Eyes and Their Dads | |
| June 19, 2021 | Dan Roman by Edward Mathis | |
| June 18, 2021 | Adrian Monk by Andy Breckmann & David Hoberman | |
| June 17, 2021 | Gus Monk by Blake Edwards | |
| June 16, 2021 | Minky Woodcock by Cynthia von Buhler | |
| June 15, 2021 | Johann Friedrich von Allmen by Martin Suter | |
| June 14, 2021 | Cardula by Jack Ritchie | |
| June 13, 2021 | Horace Rumpole by John Mortimer | |
| June 12, 2021 | Mary Carner by Zelda Popkin | |
| June 11, 2021 | Joe Rogers by Kenneth Millar | |
| June 10, 2021 | Guy Johnson by Herman J. Mankiewicz (with an assist by Ben Hecht) | |
| June 9, 2021 | Sally the Sleuth by Adolphe Barreaux | |
| June 8, 2021 | Hank Brackett & Johnny Reach (Bearcats!) by Douglas Heyes | |
| June 7, 2021 | Bill Lance by J. Donald Wilson | |
| June 6, 2021 | Mallory by Raymond Chandler | |
| June 5, 2021 | Alma Rosales by Katrina Carrasco | |
| June 4, 2021 | “Slot Machine” Kelly by Dennis Lynds | |
| June 3, 2021 | Max Thursday by Wade Miller | |
| June 2, 2021 | Tiffany Sinn by Gary Friedrich, Charles Wojtkowski & Vince Alascia | |
| June 1, 2021 | Jack Shannon by John Sayles | |
| May 31, 2021 | Al Colby by David Dodge | |
| May 30, 2021 | Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson | |
| May 29, 2021 | Nestor Burma by Léo Malet | |
| May 28, 2021 | Brock Devlin by Scott Mitchell | |
| May 27, 2021 | Sydney Kells by Michael J, Wilson & Douglas Wyman | |
| May 26, 2021 | Ethan Reckless by Ed Brukaker & Sean Phillips | |
| May 25, 2021 | Bridgett Logan by Greg Rucka | |
| May 24, 2021 | Bob Dylan, Private Eye? by Robert Zimmerman | |
| May 23, 2021 | Gene Castle by Jim Christy | |
| May 22, 2021 | Joe Grundy by Marc Strange | |
| May 21, 2021 | Tom O’Toole by Arthur Miller | |
| May 20, 2021 | Aristotle “Soc” Socarides by Paul Kemprecos | |
| May 19, 2021 | Chandler by Jim Steranko | |
| May 18, 2021 | Miss Madelyn Mack by Hugh C. Weir | |
| May 17, 2021 | Jo Gar by Ramon DeColta | |
| May 16, 2021 | B.T. Brady by Avedon, Corday, Rozenweig, Fisher, Brown, Hoelscher & Hoelscher | |
| May 15, 2021 | Bradford Galt by Leo Rosten | |
| May 14, 2021 | David Ross (The Outsider) by Roy Huggins | |
| May 13, 2021 | Vicki Anderson/Catherine Banning by Alan Trustman | |
| May 12, 2021 | Ace Crawford by Ron Clark & Tim Conway | |
| May 11, 2021 | Luke Fischer by Craig Terlson | |
| May 10, 2021 | John Kenneth Galbraith Jantarro by Simon Ritchie | |
| May 9, 2021 | Ms. Tree by Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty | |
| May 8, 2021 | Steve Bentley by Robert Dietrich | |
| May 7, 2021 | Mary Kelly by D.L. Browne | |
| May 6, 2021 | “Peanuts” Brann by Benton Braden | |
| May 5, 2021 | Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone | |
| May 4, 2021 | Robyn McCall (The Equalizer) by Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim, et al | |
| May 3, 2021 | Ace Mifflin by Ted Slampyak | |
| May 2, 2021 | Tommy Akhtar by Patrick Neate | |
| May 1, 2021 | Wolf J. Flywheel by Hal Fineberg, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller & Nat Perrin | |
| April 30, 2021 | Mike Blair by Hank Searls | |
| April 29, 2021 | Humphrey Campbell by Geoffrey Homes | |
| April 28, 2021 | Ralph Henderson by Charles Felix | |
| April 27, 2021 | Marîd Audran by George Alec Effinger | |
| April 26, 2021 | Vincent Calvino by Christopher G. Moore | |
| April 25, 2021 | Brenna Spector by Alison Gaylin | |
| April 24, 2021 | Timothy Trench by Dennis O’Neil | |
| April 23, 2021 | Anna Lee by Liza Cody | |
| April 22, 2021 | Al Roach by Obie Scott Wade, Michael Maler & Jordan Beswick | |
| April 21, 2021 | Clayton Guthrie & Rachel Vasquez by Alaric Hunt | |
| April 20, 2021 | Leslie “The Ferret” Lenrow by Irwin Hasen & Stockridge Winslow | |
| April 19, 2021 | James Hazell by P.B. Yuill | |
| April 18, 2021 | Max Latin by Norbert Davis | |
| April 17, 2021 | Toussaint Marcus Moore by Ed Lacy | |
| April 16, 2021 | Wilson by Mike Knowles | |
| April 15, 2021 | Webster Dodge by Jay Faerber | |
| April 14, 2021 | Beth Moore by Margie Harris | |
| April 13, 2021 | Danny Danger by Leonard Starr & Richard Hughes | |
| April 12, 2021 | Danny Getchell by James Ellroy | |
| April 11, 2021 | Nick Polo by Jerry Kennealy | |
| April 10, 2021 | Mike Trye by Alan Farley | |
| April 9, 2021 | Wilbur Peddie by Howard Browne | |
| April 8, 2021 | Chet Gecko by Bruce Hale | |
| April 7, 2021 | Nat Lawson by John McFetridge | |
| April 6, 2021 | Betty Blake by H.L. Parkhurst | |
| April 5, 2021 | Steve Silk by J.B. O’Sullivan | |
| April 4, 2021 | Lori Andersen by Steph Broadribb | |
| April 3, 2021 | Alphabet Hicks by Rex Stout | |
| April 2, 2021 | Ezell “Easy” Barnes by Richard Hilary | |
| April 1, 2021 | Speed Walker by Cris Hammond |
Ooops! Ideally, in a perfect world, I’d post a dick every day, but…
if you look around, this ain’t a perfect world. My original plan of daily postings seems to have bellyflopped. Like Travis McGee, I’m taking my retirement in installments. Or, to paraphrase the tile of a certain beloved collection of short stories that helped set me on this road, “Sometimes you get the dick; sometimes the dick gets you…” I’ll try to resume regularly scheduled programming as soon as I can…
But if you’ve got a suggestion for Dick of the Day, don’t be shy…
