Created by Ernest Hemingway Adapted by Anthony Veiller It feels like some sort of cheat to credit Ernest Hemingway as the "creator" of hard-working tough guy insurance dick JAMES REARDON here, since Papa's snippet of a short story (originally published in 1927), didn't even have a detective — by any name — in it. It … Continue reading James Reardon (The Killers)
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Morgan Butler
Created by David Anthony Pseudonym of William Dale Smith (1929-86) In his first book appearance, 1969's The Midnight Lady and the Mourning Man, David Anthony's hard-boiled sleuth MORGAN BUTLER is a Korean War vet, a former cop and an ex-farmer who reluctantly takes on a gig as a campus security officer at Jordan College in … Continue reading Morgan Butler