French Eyes
- Francis Bayard by Jean des Marcenelles
- Jerome K. Jerome Bloche by Pierre Makyo, Serge Le Tendre & Alain Dodier (Paris)
- Nestor Burma by Leo Malet (Paris)
- B.F. Cage by Peter Israel
- Philippe Clerc by Patrick Raynal
- Félix by Maurice Tillieux
- Robert Flécheux by Alain Demouzon
- René Griffon by Didier Daeninckx
- Griffu by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jacques Tardi
- Gil Jourdan by Maurice Tillieux
- Aimée Leduc by Cara Black (Paris)
- Léo Loden by Scotch Arleston and Serge Carrère (Marseilles)
- Johnny Métal by Frank Harding (Léo Malet)
- Louise Morvan by Dominique Sylvain (Paris)
- Joseph Pinto by A.D.G.
- Nicolas Placard by Alain Demouzon (Paris)
- Frankie “Pat” Puntacavello by Jean Mazarin (Nice)
- Philippe Roche, Maxime Roche & Nora Abadie by Marc Eisenchteter & Stéphane Kazandjian (Paris)
- Joseph Rouletabille by Gaston LeRoux (Paris)
- Simon Rose by Max Geneve (Paris)
- Pete Sawyer by Marvin Albert (Paris, the Riviera)
- Eugène Tarpon by Jean-Patrick Manchette
- Sam Witchner by Clarence Weff
- Le poulpe (Gabriel Lecouvreur) by Patrick Raynal, Jean-Gérard Imbar; Marc Villard and others
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- “France and the Crime Novel”
Even now, Brad Spurgeon 1997 essay remains one of the most definitive, online English-language guides to the subject, complete with transcribed interviews with many of France’s best hardboiled writers, and other movers and shakers of the scene. “For me,” he said, “…never having read anything more recent than Simenon or Malet, I saw this as a great learning opportunity. I passed a year of explosive discovery!”
Respectfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. A gros merci to Marcel Bernadac for his invaluable assistance.
