Created by Eric Wright (1929-2015) JOE BARLEY is a part-time professor teaching English literature at Hambleton, a small community college in Toronto, while also occasionally moonlighting as a "watcher" by a local security company. Subplots involving the college and his sometimes-messy personal life with longtime partner Carole crop up frequently in this smart, light-hearted … Continue reading Joe Barley
Tag: Ernest Hemingway
James Reardon (The Killers)
Created by Ernest Hemingway Adapted by Anthony Veiller It feels like some sort of cheat to credit Ernest Hemingway as the "creator" of hard-working tough guy insurance dick JAMES REARDON here, since Papa's snippet of a short story (originally published in 1927), didn't even have a detective — by any name — in it. It … Continue reading James Reardon (The Killers)
Frankie Drake & Trudy Clarke (Frankie Drake Mysteries)
Created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci World class, my ass. This "frothy" (that's what a friend called it; I won't be that charitable) CBC drama series follows the adventures of 1920s-era motorcycle-riding private detective FRANKIE DRAKE and her associate TRUDY CLARKE. Together they make up Drake Private Detectives, the city’s only all-female detective agency. It's no … Continue reading Frankie Drake & Trudy Clarke (Frankie Drake Mysteries)