Created by Thomas Perry (1947-2025) Ever hide something, and then you can't find it? Much like his series hero Jane Whitefield, Thomas Perry's JACK TILL has a knack for helping people disappear. Jack is a retired LAPD homicide detective turned private eye who's boiled his life down to the basics: his job (he has an … Continue reading Jack Till
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Chris Blanchard
Created by Robert S. Levinson (1936-2018) It's 1938, and the world is tottering slowly but helplessly towards World War II, but former LAPD detective-turned-MGM fixer CHRIS BLANCHARD has other things on his mind. Namely, how to clear actress Marie McDaniels of murdering her husband in the noirish, Chandleresque A Rhumba in Waltz Time (2011). Along … Continue reading Chris Blanchard
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
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. Then her police car, part of … Continue reading Kate Myles
Mike Land (Land’s End)
Created by Fred Dryer & Victor A. Schiro and Peter Gethers & David Handler For your consideration, I humbly submit to your list of TV eyes the name MIKE LAND of the syndicated series Land's End which ran during the 1995-96 season. Mike, played by Fred Dryer, of Hunter fame, is a retired L.A.P.D. detective … Continue reading Mike Land (Land’s End)
Ben Malone
Created by Larry Darter "I was reading "Portrait of a Lady" (by T.S. Eliot) when the phone rang." -- of course. From Foul Play. Considered a tad too trigger happy by his LAPD superiors after a serious of unfortunate shootings, veteran detective BEN MALONE is put on the bench, assigned to Robbery-Homicide Division's Cold Case Section … Continue reading Ben Malone