Created by Tedd Steele Other pseudonyms include Ted Stelle, T.A. Steele, Theodore Steele, David Benedict, Jack Benedict, David Forrest, Gerald Laing, Jack Romaine (1922-??) SPEED SAVAGE, who appeared regularly in the Canadian-published Triumph Comics in the 1940s, was many things. A "brilliant young criminologist." A private detective. But mostly he saw duty as the … Continue reading Speed Savage (aka “White Mask”)
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Reid Bennett
Created by Ted Wood Pseudonyms include Jack Barn (1931-2019) "Reid Bennett is one of the most interesting series whodunit heroes of the decade." — Chicago Sun-Times Not really a private eye, but like James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux or Chester Himes' Grave Coffin Ed Johnson & Digger Jones, Ted Wood's two-fisted REID BENNETT is a police … Continue reading Reid Bennett
Mike Cobb & Adam Cullen
Created by David A. Poulsen MIKE COBB is a former cop. ADAM CULLEN is a former crime reporter for the Calgary Herald. Now they both freelance: Mike as a private investigator, and Adam as a journalist-for-hire. They became friends when Cullen hired Cobb to investigate the burning down of his home which had resulted in … Continue reading Mike Cobb & Adam Cullen
Joe Grundy
Created by Marc Strange So there I am, feeling homesick. And then Marc Strange's Sucker Punch (2007) arrived at my door. As the editor of this site, and a sometime-reviewer, my mailbox is often full of treasures, and nothing delights this Canadien errant more than a package from home, and this one was from Toronto's … Continue reading Joe Grundy
Jed “Hammerhead” Ounstead
Created by A.J. Devlin Got gonzo? Fed up with the pro wrestling circuit and too many chairs to the head, JED "HAMMERHEAD" OUNSTEAD hangs up his tights and goes to work as a bouncer, and helping out with "some of the leg work from time to time" at his dad Frank's Vancouver, B.C. detective agency in … Continue reading Jed “Hammerhead” Ounstead
Gord Stewart
Created by John McFetridge "Why not, as a location scout I spend my life finding things that people believe are something else; a bar in Toronto is in New York, the front of a house propped up on an empty lot in Oshawa is a haunted house in Maine in 1955, half of downtown is … Continue reading Gord Stewart
Hard, Tough and More Than a Little Nasty
Martin Brett's Mike Garfin Novels An Overview by Kevin Burton Smith For a homesick Montréaler like me, Stark House's 2006 reprinting of The Deadly Dames (originally published in 1956) and A Dum-Dum for the President (1961), the third and fourth books to feature ma ville's greatest private eye, Martin Brett's Michel "Mike" Garfin, provides an embarrassment … Continue reading Hard, Tough and More Than a Little Nasty
Tom Aragon
Created by Margaret Millar (1915-94) A young Chicano lawyer who values his independence and often ends up doing his own investigating, TOM ARAGON, was one of Margaret Millar's's few P.I characters, but she must have liked him -- he was the hero of three novels. A junior partner in a swank southern California law firm, … Continue reading Tom Aragon
Johnny Canuck
Created by James Moffatt Pseudonyms include Richard Allen, J. J. More, Etienne Aubin, Trudi Maxwell, Leslie McManus, James Taylor, Ray Ferrier, Johnny Douglas, Ron Cunningham, Ray Court, Johnny Douglas, Francis Duke Also used house pseudonyms Hilary Brand & Hank Janson (1922-93) Over the years, Canadians have been in turn greatly bemused and painfully embarrassed at other nation's … Continue reading Johnny Canuck
Squire Adams
Created by Horace Brown Pseudonyms include Leslie Allen (1908-96) SQUIRE ADAMS only appeared in just one story, The Penthouse Killings (1950), but it was a doozy — an action-packed cheesiest with plenty of pulpy, clever twists. The entire book takes place in a single day, and Squire only has until 5 pm to solve a … Continue reading Squire Adams