Created by George Harmon Coxe
(1901-84)
New York City private eye SAM CROMBIE is a man of “considerable bulk”, fiftyish and often sports a panama hat. He heads The Crombie Agency, situated “on the fourth floor of a non-descript office building on Seventh Avenue in the forties” which gives “no clue to the type of business pursued inside.” By all accounts he’s a plodding, methodical detective with a single-mindedness verging on stubborn. He’s appeared in two novels back in the fifties, although to be honest he’s more of a supporting character in both The Frightened Fiancée (1950) and The Impetuous Mistress (1958).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Coxe created a slew of other private eye and private eye-adjacent detectives, including Max Hale, Paul Baron, Jack Fenner, and Leon Morley, but he’s best known for his two crime photographers/amateur sleuths, Flashgun Casey and Kent Murdock, who are basically private eyes with cameras.
NOVELS
- The Frightened Fiancée (1950) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
- The Impetuous Mistress (1958) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
