Taxi-Driving Eyes (and Limos Too!)
Amateur sleuths are amateur sleuths, be they poodle groomers, pastry chefs or feisty spinsters, but some occupations seem to favour trouble-magnet sleuths who somehow can’t keep out of trouble. Not all of the following are actually private detectives, but they all act like they are.
- Smooth Kyle by Borden Chase (New York City)
- Fitzroy Maclean Angel by Mike Ripley (London)
- Walker Devereaux by James W. Nichol (Toronto)
- Ben Henry by Mike Weiss
- Jigger Moran by John Roeburt (New York City)
- Red Diamond by Mark Schorr (Long Island/New York City)
- Gascoyne by Stanley Crawford
- Blake Glover by Morgan Cry
- Alphabet Hicks by Rex Stout (New York City)
- Cooper MacLeish by Sam Reaves (Chicago)
- Joe LaFlam by Rick Dewhurst (Seattle)
- Scott Moody by Steve Oliver (Spokane)
- Mike Olshansky by David Koepp (Philadelphia, Hack)
- Carlotta Carlyle by Linda Barnes (Boston)
- Michael Skellig by Jeff Johnson (Limo driver, Los Angeles)
- Eddie Miles by Jack Clark (Chicago)
- Jo & Steve by Wayne Wang & Terrel Seltzer (San Francisco; Chan is Missing)
- Adam Zantz by Daniel Weizmann (Lyft driver, Los Angeles)
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- Hazard, Robert, Hacking New York 1930) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Storytelling grabs a cab! Long overdue reprint of fascinating book relating the misadventures and tall tales of a Big Apple cabbie and all the various scams, rackets, weirdos and traffic he had to plough through in the “good old days.” New intro by Jeff Vorzimmer.
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Paul Bergin and Dale Stoyer for their help on this one. Can you think of any others? Don’t be shy!
