Created by Stephen Smoke Pseudonyms include Hamilton T. Caine (1949--) "She was the kind of woman who could knock a monk off a celibacy vow at twenty paces." Subtitled "A Detective Story for the New Age," Trick of the Light (1988) introduced "pretty spiritual" San Francisco private eye NICK SANDS who's hired by his client, … Continue reading Nick Sands
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Ace Carpenter
Created by Hamilton T. Caine Pseudonym of Stephen Smoke (1949--) "Her spirits, as well as her tits and ass, were beginning to sag more than a little." -- Caine tries to do Chandler in Hollywood Heroes. ACE CARPENTER is a Southern California P. I. created by Hamilton T. Caine (actually Stephen Smoke, founder and editor … Continue reading Ace Carpenter
Nick Carpenter (Living to Die)
Created by Stephen Smoke (1949--) "I'm not here to borrow trouble, but I can afford it" Why? It's probably a bad sign for a film when there's more entertainment coming from the audience than from the screen. Call it the MST3K effect. But Living to Die is just that kind of film. It wasa 1991 vehicle … Continue reading Nick Carpenter (Living to Die)