Created by Robert Venditti and David Lapham "Just because pizza is round doesn't mean you can cut corners." HANK HOWARD isn't a man you meet every day. No matter how you slice it. Sure, he's a private eye, a hard-boiled and slightly rumpled doofus right out of central casting, complete with the obligatory fedora and … Continue reading Hank Howard (Pizza Detective)
Tag: Florida
Malachi Manatee
Created by William R. Cox Pseudonyms include William J. O’Sullivan, Joel Reeve, David Crewe, John M. Easterly, William Hartley, Lance Kermit, John Parkhill, Mat Rand, Ray P. Shotwell, Roger G. Spellman, Daniel Winters & Willard d’Arcy (1901-1988) MALACHI MANATEE came back from the war with a brand new plan. Wounded in action fighting the Japanese … Continue reading Malachi Manatee
R.J. Decker
Created by Carl Hiaasen(1953—) An ex-con and former news photographer, disillusioned and burned-out R.J. DECKER is a rookie private eye out for what he can get, be it a big juicy case or a roll in the hay with his ex-wife, in Carl Hiaasen's 1988 gonzo noir novel, Double Whammy. He's living in a trailer … Continue reading R.J. Decker
George Clay
Created by Neil Plakcy Pseudonyms include Dirk Strong "I wouldn't kick Warren Beatty out of bed for eating crackers." — George has his preferences Retro seems to be all the rage, as Florida-based rookie private eye GEORGE CLAY sweats it out in the steamy heat of Miami circa 1968. Very hip, very cool, very retro. And … Continue reading George Clay
Noland “Nole” Twice
Created by by Ash Clifton A former University of Florida football star, an ex-cop and an ex-con (for a crime he didn't commit, and for which he was later exonerated —just like Rockford), NOLAND "NOLE" TWICE is now an amiable Central Florida private investigator. He views the cheesy, sleazy Orlando-Tampa corridor as his hunting ground; … Continue reading Noland “Nole” Twice
Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Created by William Orr & Hugh Benson The hook in television's Surfside 6 was that the three hip (and hunky) private eyes, DAVE THORNE, KENNY MADISON and SANDY WINFIELD, worked out of a houseboat moored across the street from the Fountainbleau Hotel on the real-gone locale of Miami Beach. The obligatory babe character quota was … Continue reading Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Kevin Lonnegan
Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh Former cop KEVIN LONNEGAN is wallowing in the troughs of Orlando P.I. biz when we first meet him in Murderland (2005), working workmen's comp and adultery cases, trolling strip joints, hot sheet motels boasting hourly rates and other dens of iniquity that the local chamber of commerce don't mention much. … Continue reading Kevin Lonnegan
Mike Garrity
Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh "I have a tumor in my head. I call it Bob . . ." When we first come across him in the appropriately titled Head Games (2007), things aren't looking so hot for retired Orlando homicide dick MIKE GARRITY. He's in his early forties, twice divorced, and has a teenage … Continue reading Mike Garrity
Sandy Corrigan
Created by Thomas B. Cavanagh SANDY CORRIGAN used to work as a hooker in Orlando, Florida, using the street name "Diamond," but that was a long time ago. She's found peace of a sort at the ripe old age of thirty-one, raising her young son Tyler, and working at Class A Investigators, her older brother … Continue reading Sandy Corrigan
Jean Pearson
Created by Lori Stone Letters, we get letters... So, years ago, I received this. I've no idea who "Big Bill" was. Possible it was Lori Stone's husband, or her best friend or her agent or her publisher or maybe even Lori herself: Dear Mr. Smith, Rumour, which may or may not speak with false tongue, … Continue reading Jean Pearson