Created by Paula Milne (1947--) Sorry, folks. Die Kinder is not yet another Bruce Willis movie — it's German for "the children." Instead, it's perhaps the most noir-ish thing PBS' MYSTERY! ever aired, a fondly-remembered (by the few who saw it) six-part BBC/PBS co-production that aired in 1990. Although the political thriller received zip attention … Continue reading Lomax (Die Kinder)
Tag: Germany
Ferdinand Zanki (Ein Krimi aus Passau/Dark Rivers)
Created by Michael Vershinin Not the star of the show, but the seemingly hapless private eye and security specialist FERDINAND ZANKI sure plays a pivotal part in the 2020 German TV mini-series Ein Krimi aus Passau, originally presented as a series of made-for-television movies, with the first four films subsequently aired in the U.K. and … Continue reading Ferdinand Zanki (Ein Krimi aus Passau/Dark Rivers)
Jack Morgan, Peter Knight, Dan Carter, Chris Schneider, Craig Gisto, Santosh Wagh, Joey Montague, Matteo Ricci, et al (Private)
Created by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Mark Sullivan, Mark Pearson, Michael White, Ashwin Sanghi, Rees Jones, Jassy Mackenzie, Adam Hamdy, et al I've heard so many bad and even cruel things from writers and readers whom I generally respect about James Patterson's writing--tempered by equally effusive but vague praise by diehard fans--that I really had … Continue reading Jack Morgan, Peter Knight, Dan Carter, Chris Schneider, Craig Gisto, Santosh Wagh, Joey Montague, Matteo Ricci, et al (Private)
Georg Wilsberg
Created by Jürgen Kehrer (1956--) As popular and influential as the series of novels by German author Jürgen Kehrer about Münster private eye GEORG WILSBERG may be (the author consciously tried to avoid most of the tropes of American detective fiction, presenting an unassuming, decidedly German small town private eye who was neither heroic nor particularly tough), Wilsberg's biggest … Continue reading Georg Wilsberg
Count Heinrich von Alternberg/Henry Altern
Created by Brian Clemens Now here's a name you don't hear everyday: COUNT HEINRICH von ALTERNBERG. No wonder he changed it. It seems Heinrich was the prodigal son, returned home to England to discover that the vast wealth and estate his German father had left him was toast, and that he was virtually penniless. A … Continue reading Count Heinrich von Alternberg/Henry Altern
Bernie Gunther
Created by Philip Kerr (1956-2018) "Murders were a lot easier to catch before Hitler came to power... for one thing, they weren't so thick on the ground as they are now." -- Bernie in The One from the Other When we first meet him, in March Violets (1989), BERNIE GUNTHER is a former German soldier … Continue reading Bernie Gunther
Gerhard Maier
Created by Tom Vater Born and raised in East Germany before the wall came down, GERHARD MAIER was an international war correspondent stationed in Southeast Asia, and is now a private investigator working the same region for a Hamburg-based agency in a trilogy of books by journalist Tom Vater. He's forty-something, a big-shouldered, green-eyed guy who speaks … Continue reading Gerhard Maier