Created by Pat Dobie (1963--) A tough, cynical lesbian private eye, down on her luck, CHRIS PRIOR lives over a Vancouver escort agency, in love with its owner. And then she gets roped into looking into a murder that somehow connects the murder of one of the agency's young escorts and a chess-playing professor, and … Continue reading Chris Prior
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Mel Tillman
Created by Tess Sharpe Down in the boondocks , trailer trash teen turned twenty-something private eye MELANIE "MEL" TILLMAN goes about her business, plying her trade, and keeping her past where it belongs — in the past. Until it's all dragged back into the light by her boss, Nat Parker, the P.I. who taught her … Continue reading Mel Tillman
Jane Sunday
Created by Rick Dewhurst Pastor and author Rick Dewhurst descends from the pulpit once more to give us a new private eye: Hummer-driving wiseass JANE SUNDAY Her Sunday Detective Agency in Vancouver, British Columbia is strictly a one-woman show, occupying a small cluttered office. Jane's currenty "between" secretaries, and things aren't going exactly to plan. … Continue reading Jane Sunday
Leo Falloon (No Clue)
Created by Brent Butt "Whoa! Where are all the guns coming from? This is Canada!" Lovably schlubby Canadian actor/comedian Brent Butt writes and stars in No Clue, a 2014 comedy in which mild-mannered, middle-aged Vancouver novelty salesman LEO FALLOON with offices on Pender Street. Nope, he's not a private eye at all, but is mistaken … Continue reading Leo Falloon (No Clue)
Meg Lacey
Created by Elisabeth Bowers "No matter how paranoid and cautious I am, I'm never quite paranoid or cautious enough." Vancouver, British Columbia's MEG LACEY was a refreshing addition to the growing ranks of female eyes in the late-eighties. She may not have been as tough or independent as Kinsey Millhone or V.I. Warshawski, but she … Continue reading Meg Lacey
Fitch Henry Haut
Created by Dietrich Kalteis FITCH HENRY HAUT isn’t a P.I., but he should be. And maybe he would be, if he could hang around for more than one book. But that doesn’t seem likely. The prognosis for Fitch is grim. When we meet him in his one and likely only appearance, 2022’s noirish action thriller Nobody from … Continue reading Fitch Henry Haut
Gene Castle
Created by Jim Christy (1945 --) GENE CASTLE is a private eye working the mean streets of Vancouver, British Columbia in the years leading up to World War II, when we first hook up with him in Shanghai Alley (1997), a slick, entertaining (and appropriately-presented) paperback original that takes place in that city's teeming Chinatown--at … Continue reading Gene Castle
Arthur Beauchamp
Created by William Deverell Vancouver lawyer ARTHUR BEAUCHAMP has lots of personailty. He's alternately cranky, crafty and sly, an Quixotic idealist and a battle-hardened shrewd legal strategist, a lover of poetry and gardening, prone to spouting Latin even as he navigates a seemingly never-ending mid-life crisis, the Canadian equivalent of a certain Old Bailey hack. … Continue reading Arthur Beauchamp
Karl Morgen
Created by Dietrich Kalteis Seattle bounty hunter KARL MORGEN got his licence yanked for being a little too enthusiastic about bringing in a skipped bond, so he's now eking out a living as a process server across the border in Vancouver in Ride the Lightning (2014), Dietrich Kalteis' headsnapping (and promising) debut. Lark figures it'll … Continue reading Karl Morgen
Vancouver & Beautiful British Columbia
Private Eyes of Canada's West Coast Arthur Beauchamp by William Deverall (Garibaldi Island) Gene Castle by Jim Christy (1930's-era Vancouver) Donegal Dawn by Guy Morton (Vancouver) Charity Deacon by P.A. Wilson (Vancouver) Sloane Donovan by J.T. Sieman (West Vancouver) Michael Drayton by Sam Wiebe (Vancouver) Helen Keremos by Eve Zaremba (Vancouver) John Collins by Zale … Continue reading Vancouver & Beautiful British Columbia