Created by Hugh Pentecost Pseudonym of Judson Phillips Other pseudonyms include Philip Owen (1903 – 1989) "You don't hate a weapon--a gun, or a knife, or a meat cleaver. You hate the man who uses the weapon against you." -- "The Dark Plan" Sort of like a cross between Dick Francis' Sid Halley and the … Continue reading Jason Dark
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Jim Beely
Created by Chris Harding Thornton "Can't be fixed... a kid-diddler's a mad dog. You want him fixed, cut off his head. Airmail it to Chicago." -- Jim has very definite ideas on justice (Little Underworld) All of author Chris Harding Thornton's novels take place in in Nebraska. All two of them. The first, the powerful … Continue reading Jim Beely
Steve Summers
Created by Jason Manor Pseudonym of Oakley M. Hall Other pseudonyms include O.M. Hall (1920-2008) Divorced (although he still has a thing for his ex) and retired private eye and former Peninsula City cop STEVE SUMMERS came into some real money, and decided he didn't need the grief. So he chucked it all, and … Continue reading Steve Summers
Archie Cain
Created by Jack Ricardo Out of the closet and out of a job, what's a poor ex-cop to do? New York City police officer ARCHIE CAIN finds himself in just that predicament in The Night G.A.A. Died, a 1992 novel that takes a hard and unapologetic look at the rise of the gay lib movement … Continue reading Archie Cain
Jack Walsh
Created by Ed Gorman Pseudonyms include Richard Driscoll, Chris Shea McCarrick, Daniel Ransom, E.J. Gorman, Edward Gorman Jr. & Robert David Chase (1941-2016) Heartache spoken here. Sixty-four years old, recently retired from the Sheriff's Office, JACK WALSH is an apartment house manager in Cedar Rapids, Iowa who does a little private eying on the side. … Continue reading Jack Walsh
Billy Rucker
Created by Adam Baron Here's a new private eye writer I've just discovered who bears watching: his name's Adam Baron, he's British, and he's written a few books about London private eye BILLY RUCKER. There's a nice bittersweetness to them; a world-weary tone and an original voice at work here, tempered with a yearning compassion … Continue reading Billy Rucker
Rowena Grant
Created by Maurice Gagnon (1912-99) "That wily redhead, private investigator ROWENA GRANT, formerly of the MUC" is called back by her former employees, the Montreal police, to help them crack the case of a serial killer who seems to be targeting newly-promoted women on the Montreal police force, in her one appearance to date, 1990's … Continue reading Rowena Grant
Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
Created by Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan "Shut the fuck up, and let me die in peace." —Mike in the final season of Breaking Bad Yeah, yeah. I know. Neither AMC's acclaimed Breaking Bad (2008-13), nor its subsequent spinoff/prequel Better Call Saul (2015-22) is a private eye show. But a private eye character proves to be … Continue reading Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
Hack Bohannon
Created by Joseph Hansen Pseudonyms include include Rose Brock & James Colton (1923-2004) Tall, lean, with a "shock of Indian-black hair," usually clad in jeans, cowboy boots and a plaid shirt, HACK BOHANNON looks more like a cowboy than a private detective. And, if he had his druthers, that's probably the way he'd prefer it. … Continue reading Hack Bohannon
Skylar Drake
Created by Janet Elizabeth Lynn & Will Zeilinger SoCal in the mid-1950s, and everyone’s having fun fun fun, even if nobody’s even heard of The Beach Boys. Yet. It’s not all fun, fun, fun, though, and that's what keeps former LAPD detective and Korean war vet SKYLAR DRAKE going. When we first meet him, in Slivers of … Continue reading Skylar Drake