Created by Stewart Sterling Pseudonym of Prentice Winchell Other pseudonyms include Spencer Dean, Jay de Bekker, Giles Norcroft, Robert Wallace (1895-1976) DON MARKO was an apparent predecessor of the author's series character Don Cadee, whom he wrote about under the pen name of Spencer Dean. MNarko appeared in five  short stories near the end of … Continue reading Don Marko
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Don Cadee
Created by Spencer Dean Pseudonym of Prentice Winchell Other pseudonyms include Jay de Bekker, Giles Norcroft, Stewart Sterling, Robert Wallace (1895-1976) Okay, he's not really a private eye, but DON CADEE doesn't seem to know that. He's chief of security for Amblett's, a swankier-than-swank Fifth Avenue department store in New York City. He's tall, lean, … Continue reading Don Cadee
Mary Carner
Created by Zelda F. Popkin Pseudonym of Jenny Feinberg (1898-1983) "Mary looked like year before last's debutante, last June's bride, this year's young matron. Prospective shoplifters, hesitating before a haul, never guessed that the pretty, well-groomed young woman in the oxford gray suit and kolinsky scarf, standing beside them at the counter, was far more … Continue reading Mary Carner
Marion Marlowe
Created by Grace Shirley House pseudonym, used by Lurana Sheldon (first 30 novellas) and others “Why, I am beginning to think that I am a born detective.” Although occasionally cited as an early girl detective, a predecessor of Nancy Drew, or even an early female private eye, MARION MARLOWE was just an annoyingly perfect young … Continue reading Marion Marlowe