Created by Dick Lochte Only you know and I know just how good Dick Lochte can be... In Blues in the Night (2012), Lochte, one of the most reliable--if hardly the most prolific--writers in the Shamus Game, ditches the weatherman (at least for a while) and delivers a first rate new character: ex-con DAVE "MACE" … Continue reading Dave “Mace” Mason
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Terry Manion
Created by Dick Lochte Quiet and bookish, recovering alcoholic TERRY MANION is a private eye who's just been sprung from a New Orleans rehab joint when he discovers that his best friend and mentor J.J. Legendre, a fellow investigator, has committed suicide, in the pulpy, zippy Blue Bayou (1992). But J.J's not the only one--seems … Continue reading Terry Manion
Leo Bloodworth & Serendipity Dahlquist
Created by Dick Lochte Call it tongue-in-cheek noir, I guess. SoCa gumshoe LEO BLOODWORTH talks tough and drinks hard, and the last thing in the world he thinks he wants is some smartass, roller-blading 14-year old girl for a partner. But when SERENDIPITY DAHLQUIST hires Leo to find her missing pitbull Groucho, that's exactly what … Continue reading Leo Bloodworth & Serendipity Dahlquist
Dick Lochte’s Top 20 Private Eye Novels
From Ed Gorman's Blog (2010; revised 2017) This list originally appeared on Ed Gorman's Blog on August 31, 2010. At the time, Ed wrote: "In addition to being both a fine novelist and short story writer as well as a very perceptive critic, Dick's list is especially interesting to me because he includes novels I've … Continue reading Dick Lochte’s Top 20 Private Eye Novels
Joe Goodey
Created by Charles E. Alverson (1935-2020) They're now nearly forgotten, but Alverson's two novels starring ex-homicide dick-turned-San Francisco P.I. JOE GOODEY are, like Howard Browne's Paul Pine books, as close as any writer has come to capturing the style and spirit of Raymond Chandler. Here's the opener from Not Sleeping, Just Dead: "I was stretching … Continue reading Joe Goodey