Created by Morgan Shy Pseudonym of Gordon Brown Flag down some Tartan Noir, lads! Thirty years a Glasgow constable, BLAKE GLOVER has retired and returned to his hometown of Fraserburgh on the north-east coast of Scotland with his tail between his legs — dour, disgraced and not at all sure where his life is heading, … Continue reading Blake Glover
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Daniel Pike (The View from Daniel Pike)
Created by Edward Boyd (1916-89) Forget Scotland the Brave -- this is Scotland the Hard... DANIEL PIKE is a Glasgow-based private investigator and debt collector who was featured in a fondly remembered but short-lived Scottish television series in the early 70's. He's a hard man who decorates his office with pictures of riots, violence and … Continue reading Daniel Pike (The View from Daniel Pike)
Jack Bone
Created by Iain Blair Pseudonyms include Emma Blair (1942-2011) Glasgow's own JACK BONE is a hard-drinking, hard-smokin' kinda lad. He claims he isn't really a detective, that he just helps out folks if the price is right. As long as the job doesn't take him out of Scotland. As far as I know, he's only … Continue reading Jack Bone
Jasmine Sharp
Created by Christopher Brookmyre JASMINE SHARP is a young private eye, a former actress, who co-stars in a series of books by Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre, alongside Detective Superintendent Catherine MacLeod. In a refreshing change of pace, though, Jasmine and Catherine aren't BFFs--fact is, they barely tolerate each other. Catherine consider's Jasmine "a sneaky, duplicitous … Continue reading Jasmine Sharp
Sam Ireland
Created by Jay Stringer SAM IRELAND, no stranger to booze or cigarettes, is a private investigator who keeps the wolves from the door by doing a little part-time work as bike messenger, peddling her ass up and down the mean streets of Glasgow. She's trying to keep her elderly father's one-man detective agency, Ireland Investigations, … Continue reading Sam Ireland