Created by Niklas Three It's 1999 and "hard-boiled" Windy City dicks TYRONE GABLE and RINTY "THE GAFFER" MCLAREN are the cash-strapped stars of the action-packed, wise-cracking Roll (2023), venturing  deep into Dick Francis territory, travelling to Louisiana to track down a prized thoroughbred that has disappeared. It's all narrated by the surpisingly chatty Gable, a … Continue reading Tyrone Gable & Rinty “The Gaffer” McLaren
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Jake Runyon
Created by Bill Pronzini (1943--) First introduced in Bill Pronzini's 2003 Nameless novel Spook, JAKE RUNYON is one of the more intriguing "minor" characters I've come across lately. In the book, Â Nameless (who now, if you haven't heard, has a name -- it's "Bill") is going into semi-retirement. He and his young associate Tamara Corbin … Continue reading Jake Runyon
Nameless (by Bill Pronzini)
Created by Bill Pronzini Pseudonyms include Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon, Brett Halliday, William Jeffrey, Romer Zane Grey, and Robert Hart Davis (1943--) In a master stroke (or maybe just a happy accident), it took Bill Pronzini years to get around to naming his private eye protagonist. But by then he had made him such a … Continue reading Nameless (by Bill Pronzini)