Created by John F. Parker When Mounties go off the track, they go really off the track... KEVIN J. PORTER was a middle-aged family man with a wife and kids, a well-respected Chief Inspector for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a real law-and-order type, about as straight as you could get. And then, thanks to … Continue reading Kevin J. Porter
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Charity Deacon
Created by P.A. Wilson "I'm a P.I. I know that sounds cool and dangerous, but mostly it's just seedy. Every now and then I feel like just chucking it all in, but then someone asks me for my help and I get back in the groove. When I'm in the groove, I follow wandering spouses, … Continue reading Charity Deacon
Dennis Booker
Created by Stephen J. Cannell & Erik Blakeney "No badge. No back-up. No problem." God help me. Although it was pretty much universally dismissed at the time as "Mannix for the MTV generation," I sort of enjoyed the absolutely preposterous late-eighties TV show Booker. For some reason, I didn't find it all that bad.]. Sure, it … Continue reading Dennis Booker
Sally Sullivan & Bernie Fox (Mom P.I.)
Created by Chris Haddock Save your snark! Mom P.I. (1990-92) was a sly little gem from Canada's CBC-TV, an offbeat family show that managed to be smarter and more clever than it looked, without sacrificing one bit of heart -- or scaring anyone away. SALLY SULLIVAN was a recently-widowed mother with two kids to feed, struggling … Continue reading Sally Sullivan & Bernie Fox (Mom P.I.)
Nora Watts
Created by Sheena Kamal NORA WATTS is a rookie private investigator, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, who reveals a healthy amount of skepticism and a dark, bitter wit as she goes through her paces. She's also more than a little unstable, thanks to a troubled childhood being raised as a unwanted, biracial ward of the … Continue reading Nora Watts
Kieran Yeats
Created by Linda J. Wright Pseudonyms include Lauren Wright Douglas Last I heard of the author, she was Lauren Wright Douglas, and she had just written a series of books featuring Victoria, British Columbia lesbian private eye Caitlin Reece, who used to work for the Crown Attorney office, and carries a .357 Magnum. But now, almost … Continue reading Kieran Yeats
Caitlin Reece
Created by Lauren Wright Douglas Pseudonym of Linda J. Wright Fortyish feminist and lesbian CAITLIN REECE used to be with the Crown Attorney office, but when we meet her in her debut, The Always Anonymous Beast (1987), she's squeezing out a living as a private peeper, working the rain-drenched but oh-so-clean and touristy streets of … Continue reading Caitlin Reece
Michael Drayton
Created by Sam Wiebe "There's no real polite way to say this, Mr. Drayton. Someone's fucking our corpses and we'd like it to stop." -- Michael meets a new client. Twenty-nine year old Vancouver dick MICHAEL DRAYTON isn't your usual hard-boiled gumshoe -- in fact, he gives off something of a slacker vibe. He drinks tea, … Continue reading Michael Drayton
Dave Wakeland
Created by Sam Wiebe Sam Wiebe, author of the raw, bruising (and Shamus-nominated) P.I. novel Last of the Independents (2014) returns with another damaged young Vancouver private eye, DAVE WAKELAND, in Invisible Dead (2016). Don't be a chump and ignore this new one, thinking you've read it all before. Wakeland may not even be thirty … Continue reading Dave Wakeland