Created by Jo NesbøScreenplay by Matt Charman and Roberto Bentivegna "Sometimes you use a carrot. Sometimes you use a stick. Sometimes you just lie your ass off." Sorry, but the 2024 Amazon Original Killer Heat is about as generic as its title. Even more disappointing? Its lead is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an actor whose Shamus Game … Continue reading Nick Bali (Killer Heat)
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Nicolaos
Created by Gary Corby Why should the Romans get all the fun? Have you consumed all the Gordianus the Finder and Marcus Didius Falco books? Still craving something ancient-y? But you're tired of of all those damn togas? May I suggest Gary Corby's cheeky historical novels about NICOLAOS, “the only private investigator in ancient Greece"? Or, … Continue reading Nicolaos
Alex Mavros
Created by Paul Johnston Half-Greek, half-Scots ALEX MAVROS is a private eye who hails from Athens, in this well-regarded but hard-to-track-down (at least on this side of the pond) series by Paul Johnston. Local colour? You're soaking in it. Mavros specializes in locating the missing, although many of his cases seems to have international connections, … Continue reading Alex Mavros