Created by Nick Quarry Pseudonym of Marvin H. Albert Other pseudonyms include Mike Barone, J.D. Christilain, Al Conroy, Albert Conroy, Ian MacAlister, Anthony Rome 1924-96 A tough, no-nonsense private eye from New york City, JAKE BARROW slugged his way through six solid Gold Medal paperback originals in the late fifties/early sixties. The series kicks off with … Continue reading Jake Barrow
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Jerry (and Danny) Nelson
Created by Howard Schoenfeld (1915-2004) Double your pleasure, double your fun.... Let Them Eat Bullets, besides offering some rather peculiar dietary advice, is a rock 'em, sock 'em, paperback original from the folks at Fawcett Gold Medal about JERRY NELSON, your typical tough guy New York eye, who has an ace up his sleeve--an identical … Continue reading Jerry (and Danny) Nelson
Johnny Maguire
Created by Richard Himmel (1920-2000) Although he's almost forgotten today, author Richard Himmel was tagged as one of the greatest hard-boiled crime writers of the Fawcett Gold Medal era, starting things off with his first book, I'll Find You in 1950, only the second book GM ever published. But the book, which introduced his series … Continue reading Johnny Maguire
Johnny Church
Created by Vechel Howard Pseudonym of Howard Rigsby (1909-75) A medium-boiled P I who works for the Gerard Agency, which has offices in New York, Kansas City and San Francisco, thirty-something JOHNNY CHURCH has short hair, carries a Magnum and speaks fluent Spanish. And he's a widower--his wife Laura was murdered when she was run down by … Continue reading Johnny Church
William “Bill” Maddern
Created by Gil Brewer Pseudonyms include Bailey Morgan, Eric Fitzgerald, Frank Sebastian, Jack Holland, Roy Carroll, Elaine Evans and Barry Miles, as well as the house name of Ellery Queen (1922-83) Pulpmeister Gil Brewer, he of the steamy, twitchy, Gold Medals full of damaged men and femme fatales back in the fifties, rarely made his … Continue reading William “Bill” Maddern