Created by Floyd Mahannah (1911-76) In The Yellow Hearse (1950; aka "No Luck for a Lady"), redhead CASSIE GIBSON is just trying to keep her father's detective agency from falling apart when she stops to pick up a hitchhiker named Nap Lincoln. Later she realizes that there is a dead woman in the trunk of … Continue reading Cassie Gibson
Tag: Dale Stoyer
Riley Waddell
Created by Floyd Mahannah (1911-76) In The Golden Goose (1951; later retitled The Broken Body), private eye RILEY WADDELL has just about had it. Perpetually broke P.I. who's thinking of getting out of the shamus racket for good. But on the day he's planning to pull there plug, this dame walks in, waving a stack … Continue reading Riley Waddell
Jim Makin
Created by Floyd Mahannah (1911-76) A bleak, mean little slice of noir, Floyd Mahannah's "Prognosis Negative" first appeared in the March 1953 issue of Manhunt, and is well worth tracking down. Fortunately, it's also included more recently in the Mahannah collection, The Broken Angel/Backfire and Other Stories, put out by Stark House in 2018. JIM … Continue reading Jim Makin
Anne Fitzgerald
Created by James Patterson "Kathleen Beavier was a virgin. She'd never had sexual intercourse. But she was pregnant." This ex-sister is doing it for herself. ANNE FITZGERALD earned her masters in psychology from Harvard. She spent three and a half years with the Boston Police Department while paying her way through school, and discovered she … Continue reading Anne Fitzgerald
Philip Macadam
Created by Hillary Waugh Pseudonyms include Elissa Grandower, H. Baldwin Taylor, Harry Walker. (1920-2008) Best known for his police procedurals, Hillary Waugh also found the time to create a handful of memorable private eyes, including PHILIP MACADAM, a traditional NYC gumshoe who only makes one appearance, in 1958's The Girl Who Cried Wolf. In this … Continue reading Philip Macadam
Tom Donovan
Created by David Coleman TOM DONOVAN used to be a cop, working on the historic East Side of Buffalo, NY, until the night he was involved in the deaths of an unarmed man and a Federal agent. The first book in the series, Rust Belt Redemption (2013), picks up two years later when Donovan is … Continue reading Tom Donovan