Created by Peter M. Lenkov "Here. Hold my weiner." -- Parker displays some of his cutting-edge wit. Somebody somewhere must have made a checklist of every annoying, dumb-ass cliche and stereotype about American TV private eyes of the previous decade that was ever driven into the ground, and then put them all together in this … Continue reading Parker Kane
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Leland Chase
Created by Daniel Pease Pseudonym of Daniel Pearse In 2023's Careless, Tampico Bay detective LELAND CHASE takes on the case of a Percy Glaus, as a favor to a friend of a friend of his twenty-something son Ian. Percy's a student at Kessler Academy, an exclusive college in Waring, a few miles up the road, … Continue reading Leland Chase
Eddie Mazada (Trenchcoat in Paradise)
Created by Tom Dempsey After incurring the wrath of Dom Gellatti, a local mob boss, who makes him an offer he dare not refuse, cigar-chomping Jersey City P.I. EDDIE MAZADA strikes out for safer and definitely greener pastures, in the 1989 made-for-TV movie Trenchcoat in Paradise. Namely Hawaii. And who could blame him? As played … Continue reading Eddie Mazada (Trenchcoat in Paradise)
Zachary Goldman
Created by P.D. Workman Sad songs say so much? ZACHARY GOLDMAN is a private investigator."Flawed with a capital F," as the blurbs proudly proclaim. Then again, they go on to say that "Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves cases that … Continue reading Zachary Goldman
Harry Tolland
Created by by Russell Dupont A former pro football player who bounced around the NFL for a dozen years, HARRY TOLLAND had his career tackled for good thanks to bad knees. Now he's in his mid-forties, back in Southie, with a brief stint in the Army, a wife (Rose) and a few years hiding out … Continue reading Harry Tolland
Robert Miles
Created by David Everson (1941-99) "My name is Robert Miles and I'm a private eye with a difference. My mean streets are the corridors of power in the Illinois capitol. Call what I do for the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives opposition research." Whatever you call it, author David Everson's political savvy makes … Continue reading Robert Miles
Deets Shanahan
Created by Ronald Tierney (1944-2017) DIETRICH "DEETS" SHANAHAN is no happy camper. Especially when we first meet him. He's a cranky, semi-retired Indianapolis gumshoe within spitting distance of seventy, with a penchant for J.W. Dant bourbon, the Chicago Cubs, Delaney's Bar and horticulture. He lives in a small house with a rude overgrown mutt named … Continue reading Deets Shanahan
Mike Garrity
Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh "I have a tumor in my head. I call it Bob . . ." When we first come across him in the appropriately titled Head Games (2007), things aren't looking so hot for retired Orlando homicide dick MIKE GARRITY. He's in his early forties, twice divorced, and has a teenage … Continue reading Mike Garrity
E.J. Kane
Created by Michael E. Jimerson A thirty-year vet of the Texas Rangers, E.J. KANE now works as an "independent sleuth" and freelance security consultant in the East Texas badlands where "the bland, khaki shades of drought punished the landscape." He's the hero in this top notch, action-packed series that digs way deeper (and darker) than … Continue reading E.J. Kane
Eddie Miles
Created by Jack Clark Oh, what a difference a blurb makes... Originally, author Jack Clark, already a Shamus finalist for his first novel, was flogging his self-published novel Nobody's Angel for five bucks apiece to passengers in his Chicago cab. Hard Case Crime took note, and published the book for real in 2010, with … Continue reading Eddie Miles