Created by Randy Wayne White HANNAH SMITH is no shrinking violet -- she's a big,strong, kickass woman, descended from a long line of strong Florida women, who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. Or bloody. She makes her living as a southwest Florida fishing guide, but she knows her way around more than good … Continue reading Hannah Smith
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Lori Andersen
Created by Steph Broadribb Pseudonyms include Stephanie Marland My guess? These books will not form the basis for any Hallmark movies any time soon. Originally published by Orenda Books, Steph Broadribb's action-packed LORI ANDERSON series features ex-stripper and single mom working hard to keep it all together as a bounty hunter in Florida. Lori's as … Continue reading Lori Andersen
Doc Ford
Created by Randy Wayne White Pseudonyms include Randy Stryker and Carl Ramm MARION "DOC" FORD is the protagonist of several novels by Fort Meyers fishing guide, Outside magazine columnist and former cheezoid potboiler author (under the names Randy Stryker and Carl Ramm) Randy Wayne White. Ford is a former government agent/triggerman who currently runs a … Continue reading Doc Ford
B.L. Stryker
Created by Christopher Crowe Smirk Alert! Burt Reynolds played B.L. (BUDDY LEE) STRYKER, a retired New Orleans cop turned slacker Miami P.I. living on his beat-up old houseboat and tooling around town in his equally beat-up Caddy, operating on the fringes of Florida's hoity-toity Palm Beach, sniffing out work, in a series of made-for-TV movies … Continue reading B.L. Stryker
Bill Death
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) Yet another of pulpmeister Gil Brewer's poor saps driven to crime by some hot, steamy wench, BILL DEATH is a Florida private eye who … Continue reading Bill Death
Lee Baron
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) Yet another P.I. PBO from the fertile pen of Gil Brewer. In this one, private peeper LEE BARON gets blindsided by an old flame, … Continue reading Lee Baron
Sam and Tate Morgan
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) From the back cover: "What I can't stand is knowing she's out right now playing around." The tall, heavy-set man stared at me, his … Continue reading Sam and Tate Morgan
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
Lupe Solano
Created by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera “I became a PI so I could write the books.” -- Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Cuban-born private eye LUPE SOLANO claims Miami's Little Havana as her turf, as does her creator, former real-life gumshoe Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. Lupe runs her own agency, assisted by her health-conscious cousin Leonardo and a motley crew of colourful … Continue reading Lupe Solano
Dirk Wallace
Created by James Hadley Chase Pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond Other pseudonyms include Raymond Marshall, Ambrose Grant, James L. Doherty (1906-85) "My name is Dirk Wallace: unmarried, pushing 40 years of age, tall, dark, with a face that, so far, doesn’t frighten the kiddies." -- beginning lines of Hit Them Where It Hurts When a … Continue reading Dirk Wallace