The Gumshoes of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont (but not Massachusetts) Yeah, New England actually consists of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts, but let's face it: Massachusetts is big enough and populous enough to justify having its own pageon this site … Continue reading New England Eyes
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Zach Barnes
Created by Steve Liskow Hartford, Connecticut private eye ZACH BARNES and his super-smart (and super-sexy, of course) girlfriend Beth Shepherd, a superstar romance author known as "Taliesyn Holroyd," who writes over-the-top bodice-ripper romance novels. Except that the real writer is a dude--and Beth makes a good living posing as him at signings and other book … Continue reading Zach Barnes
Tom O’Toole (Everybody Wins)
Created by Arthur Miller Everybody hated this film, except maybe me. In his first original screenplay since The Misfits way back in 1961, Arthur Miller (The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, etc.) tackled the private eye genre in 1990's moody, cynical Everybody Wins, starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. Nolte plays TOM O'TOOLE with a … Continue reading Tom O’Toole (Everybody Wins)
Jack Hennessey
Created by Vy Kava JACK HENNESSEY is a private eye in Eastbrook, Connecticut, with a brand new office (the last one having been torched by an ungrateful client), a 10-year-old green Ford truck, and an assistant named Rena with cornrows, who manages things for him. He made his debut in the 2020 novella "Seeing the Truth", … Continue reading Jack Hennessey
Charlie Floyd
Created by Charles Salzberg At the ripe old age of forty-nine, CHARLIE FLOYD retired from the Connecticut attorney general's office, tired of the politics and the bullshit. He left with a solid rep as an excellent, if occasionally pig-headed, investigator, but for now, he's content, sitting in his recliner, pondering what to do with the … Continue reading Charlie Floyd
Ben Abbott
Created by Justin Scott Pseudonyms include Paul Garrison, J.S. Blazer Bill Bryson was telling us something about small town America at the start of The Lost Continent when he wrote "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." Justin Scott, in placing his BEN ABBOTT P.I. series in Newbury, Conneticutt, is probably trying to tell us … Continue reading Ben Abbott