Created by Daniel Depp "The Nice-Cannes airport is about as architecturally exciting as a VD clinic." -- from Babylon Nights Should a writer's personal life be fair comment in a review? My first instinct is to go all Nancy Reagan and just say "No." But how about if that said writer has used his or … Continue reading David Spandau
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Carole Trevor (The Old Towne Detective Agency)
Created by Judson P. Philips Other peuedonyms include Philip Owen, Hugh Pentecost (1903 – 1989)  Feisty, headstrong socialite CAROLE TREVOR  runs the Old Towne Detective Agency, given to her by her goofy but affable man-about-town ex-husband, wealthy New York socialite Maxwell Blythe. It was a parting gift after their divorce that he fully expected her to sell off—he gave … Continue reading Carole Trevor (The Old Towne Detective Agency)
Kate Myles
Created by Alex Kenna When we first meet her, in her Shamus-nominated debut, What Meets the Eye (2022), KATE MYLES is really up the junction. Two years ago, she was a happily married, a dedicated artist and a hot-shot detective for the LAPD, married to fellow detective John Bennett. Â Then her police car, part of … Continue reading Kate Myles
Nick Ryan (Hutson)
Created by Shaun Hutson London gumshoe NICK RYAN is your average loser private eye. His wife and daughter have gone off to live with some rich bloke, he smokes too much, drinks too much, entertains rather violent thoughts, has terrible taste in music and he's a very sick man. When his daughter is kidnapped by … Continue reading Nick Ryan (Hutson)
Nick Sharman
Created by Mark Timlin Pseudonyms include Jim Ballantyne, Tony Williams, Brian Ritterspak (1950—) Hard-boiled South London private eye NICK SHARMAN became something of a sensation in England. He and his creator, Mark Timlin, a little sand in the Vaseline of the cozy-loving tea and crumpet mysteries of the late 1980s, both on paper and in real … Continue reading Nick Sharman
Mike Valentine (Florida Man)
Created by Donald Todd “For a state shaped like a limp dick, it can sure fuck a person over." The idea among many Americans that Florida is the Great Wrong Place, filled with eccentrics and dumb-as-dirt yahoos, is not new, and the phrase “Florida Man” has been an internet meme for years. So it’s no … Continue reading Mike Valentine (Florida Man)
Shinoda Ryota (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)
Created by Hirokazu Kore-eda "I expected a better ending" -- Ryoto] In the 2017 Japanese film Umi yori mo mada fukaku (After the Storm), acclaimed novelist SHINODA RYOTO's life is going nowhere. His long-suffering wife Kyoko has left him, he and his eleven year-old son Shingo are drifting apart, his mother is aging, and the words just … Continue reading Shinoda Ryota (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)
Cassie Holland (Cassie & Co.)
Created by Nigel McKeand, Abram S. Ginnes & Howard Berk By the early eighties, most of the Rat Pack and its various hanger-ons were starting to show their age, but they still had enough industrial clout and retro cool to have various projects green-lit on their names alone. That seems to be the case with … Continue reading Cassie Holland (Cassie & Co.)
Harry James Denton
Created by Steven Womack "That's 'Doctor Babe' to you." - Marsha advises Harry on the proper way to address her Former newspaperman HARRY JAMES DENTON is a Nashville cat who now makes his daily bread as a low-rent Nashville P.I., picking up whatever crumbs he can, be it repo work, workmen's comp fraud cases or other … Continue reading Harry James Denton
J.T. Spanner
Created by Thomas Chastain  High-flying New York private eye J. T. SPANNER drives a T-Bird, and has two ex-wives on the payroll. The dude must have charm to burn. He stars in two suspense-filled novels, Pandora's Box (1974) and Vital Statistics (1977), that spotlighted his private investigative skills and what John Conquest in Trouble is Their Business calls "bizarre … Continue reading J.T. Spanner