Created by Jason Manor Pseudonym of Oakley M. Hall Other pseudonyms include O.M. Hall (1920-2008) Divorced (although he still has a thing for his ex) and retired private eye and former Peninsula City cop STEVE SUMMERS came into some real money, and decided he didn't need the grief. So he chucked it all, and … Continue reading Steve Summers
Year: 2024
Best P.I. Novels Of This Millennium?
The Preliminary List Okay, so in January 2024, a discussion broke out on Rara-Avis about how, essentially, they don't write 'em like they used to. Of course they were talking about the whole hard-boiled/noir universe, but I jumped in and asked them what they consider the best P.I. novels of THIS millennium. I got enough … Continue reading Best P.I. Novels Of This Millennium?
Fina Ludlow
Created by Ingrid Thoft Boston private eye FINA LUDLOW is the black sheep daughter of--and the in-house investigator for--the powerful Ludlow clan of high-priced shysters, both family and firm lorded over by her father (and boss), Carl Ludlow. There are a few unnecessary lapses into Evanovich territory in an attempt to make Fina "quirky" in … Continue reading Fina Ludlow
Private Eye Writers Of America Accepting Submissions for 2025 Shamus Awards
For Works First Published in the U.S. in 2024 Following are the categories for the Private Eye Writers of America 2025 Shamus Awards for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2024. DEADLINE Submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2025. No extensions can be given. Shamus Committees will … Continue reading Private Eye Writers Of America Accepting Submissions for 2025 Shamus Awards
Down These Mean Streets A Gay Man Must Also Go
By Drewey Wayne Gunn Though there have occasionally been speculation about the sexuality of such private investigators as Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe and even Philip Marlowe, the first indisputably, openly gay detective was Francis "Frank" Morley, the hero of Lou Rand’s appropriately named 1960 novel The Gay Detective. Newly arrived in “Bay City” (i.e., … Continue reading Down These Mean Streets A Gay Man Must Also Go
Duffy
Created by Dan Kavanagh Pseudonym of Julian Barnes And now, we proudly present the cheeky bi-eye... DUFFY is an ex-cop who runs a one-man detective agency. Oh yeah, and he's a swinging bi-sexual too. In the self-titled series opener from 1980 he's hired to find out who is blackmailing a man whose wife was recently … Continue reading Duffy
Jake Lieberman
Created by Stephen Lewis Pseudonym of Teri White (1946 --) JAKE LIEBERMAN is the entire staff of Confidential Investigations, Unlimited, located for your convenience on the third floor, right beside Madame Magna, the Jewish-gypsy fortune teller, of an rundown office building on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. In his first, and so far only recorded … Continue reading Jake Lieberman
A Queer Eye for the New Eyes
A 2013 Essay by Josh Lanyon Josh Lanyon, award-winning author of the Adrien English mysteries series, turned a queer eye on the P.I. back in 2013: the old, the new, and the up-and-coming in gay crime fiction. Dated? Yes, but still worth reading. Maybe one day Josh will give us an update... The gay mystery … Continue reading A Queer Eye for the New Eyes
Jim Halden (aka Jim Holden)
Created by Jack Ricardo In 1991, author and gay activist Jack Ricardo published a private eye novel, Death With Dignity, featuring a gay gumshoe from Florida named JIM HALDEN. In 2014, fifteen years later, he published another novel, Desperate Innocence, featuring a a gay gumshoe from Florida named JIM HOLDEN. But it's the same guy! … Continue reading Jim Halden (aka Jim Holden)
Archie Cain
Created by Jack Ricardo Out of the closet and out of a job, what's a poor ex-cop to do? New York City police officer ARCHIE CAIN finds himself in just that predicament in The Night G.A.A. Died, a 1992 novel that takes a hard and unapologetic look at the rise of the gay lib movement … Continue reading Archie Cain