Trenchcoat Cousins
Freelance spies, former spies, retired spies, undercover spies posing as private eyes, private eyes posing as spies, freelance spies… it’s hard to keep track of them, especially since they seem to bounce all over the world. But all of the following gumshoes have—or had—some deep connections to the spy game.
And that’s not even counting the shared fondness for trench coats…
- Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett
- Donald Free by Raoul Whitfield
- Chester Drum by Stephen Marlowe
- Hart Muldoon by John Flagg
- Morocco Jones by Jack Baynes
- John Smith by Jimmy Sangster
- David Danning by Don Von Elsner
- John Steel (Special Agent)
- Tiffany Sinn by Gary Friedrich, Charles Wojtkowski and Vince Alascia
- McHugh by Jay Flynn
- Robert McCall by Michael Sloan & Richard Lindheim (The Equalizer)
- Jonathan Quinn by Brett Battles
- Paul Kilgerrin by Charles L. Leonard
- Michael Westen by Matt Nix (Burn Notice)
- Robyn McCall by Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim, Andrew W. Marlowe & Terri Edda Miller (The Equalizer)
- Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht
List respectfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. Suggestions welcome.
