Created by Richard Foster Pseudonym of Kendall Foster Crossen Other pseudonyms include Bennett Barlay, M. E. Chaber, Christopher Monig & Clay Richards (1910-81) Short, tubby private eye CHIN KWANG KHAM may be America’s"only Tibetan detective," proud part owner of a detective agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles that specializes in cases involving … Continue reading Chin Kwang Kham
Tag: Detective Agency
Harriet Morrow
Created by Rob Osler Is it just me? Or does there seem to be a surprising number of books and other media in the first few decades of the 21st century inspired by Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Agency's first female operative? Some are endless retellings of the same facts, others offer fictionalized and romanticized … Continue reading Harriet Morrow
John Russo, Charles Rutledge & Arthur Brodsky (They All Laughed)
Created by Peter Bogdanovich Leon: "I don't know what I'm going to do." Russo: "Who does?" A sleepy-eyed Ben Gazzara stars as New York private eye and man about town JOHN RUSSO, working for the decidedly blue collar Odyssey Detective Agency ("We Never Sleep"), in writer/director Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed (1981), a frothy cinematic … Continue reading John Russo, Charles Rutledge & Arthur Brodsky (They All Laughed)
Amy & Steve Wheeler
Created by Richard Osman With his mega-successful Thursday Murder Club series on pause, the best-selling author in 2024 to try out a new detective team, a father and daughter combo, in the frothy We Solve Murders. AMY WHEELER is a hot shot British security specialist working for London-based Maximum Impact Solutions. Amy's married, no kids, … Continue reading Amy & Steve Wheeler
Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Created by William Orr & Hugh Benson The hook in television's Surfside 6 was that the three hip (and hunky) private eyes, DAVE THORNE, KENNY MADISON and SANDY WINFIELD, worked out of a houseboat moored across the street from the Fountainbleau Hotel on the real-gone locale of Miami Beach. The obligatory babe character quota was … Continue reading Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Kevin Brodie, Rob Jones & Jamilah Daly (Angeles Investigations)
Created by Meg Perry Another spin-off from the frighteningly prolific author's popular, long-running series featuring academic librarian Jamie Brodie, the ANGELES INVESTIGATIONS books follow Jamie's brother KEVIN BRODIE and his Los Angeles (well, duh!) detective agency, comprising himself, and partners fellow ex-cops ROB JONES and JAMILAH DALY. But both Kevin and Jamilah had already appeared, … Continue reading Kevin Brodie, Rob Jones & Jamilah Daly (Angeles Investigations)
Sandy Corrigan
Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh SANDY CORRIGAN used to work as a hooker in Orlando, Florida, using the street name "Diamond," but that was a long time ago. She's found peace of a sort at the ripe old age of thirty-one, raising her young son Tyler, and working at Class A Investigators, her older brother … Continue reading Sandy Corrigan
Nameless (Io so che tu sai che io so)
Created by Alberto Sordi, Augusto Caminito, and Rodolfo Sonego Okay, this one's a real stretch... Less a private eye film than a film that uses the private eye as a catalyst, offering a cock-eyed look at the aftermath of a private eye's investigation., the 1982 Italian comedy Io so che tu sai che io so … Continue reading Nameless (Io so che tu sai che io so)
Jake Runyon
Created by Bill Pronzini (1943--) First introduced in Bill Pronzini's 2003 Nameless novel Spook, JAKE RUNYON is one of the more intriguing "minor" characters I've come across lately. In the book, Nameless (who now, if you haven't heard, has a name -- it's "Bill") is going into semi-retirement. He and his young associate Tamara Corbin … Continue reading Jake Runyon
Clara Samples & Iris Hadley
Created by Kim Carter Introduced in Sweet Dreams, Baby Belle (2017), elderly widows CLARA SAMPLES and IRIS HADLEY are nobody's spring chickens (they're both "well into their seventies") when they decide to form a detective agency in a less-than-ideal part of Atlanta--without a lick of investigative experience between them. But they are long-time best friends, … Continue reading Clara Samples & Iris Hadley