Created by Donald P. Bellisario H.H. FLYNN is one of a handful of P.I.s on this site who don't really exist. He was the hero of a script by TV writer Donald P. Bellisario for a pilot for a TV series that was never made. In Bellisario's original script, Flynn was a high-priced Los Angeles … Continue reading H.H. Flynn
Tag: Hawaii
Stryker McBride
Created by Charley Memminger It says something about the ongoing appeal of Travis McGee that so many writers have been inspired to create Travis-like heroes themselves. But Charley Memminger's STRYKER McBRIDE may be one of the most obvious yet. I mean, look at that cover over there! This Hawaiian-bound sleuth, a beer-swigging former crime reporter, … Continue reading Stryker McBride
Rick Bishop
Created by Larry Darter RICK BISHOP is a former cop turned easy-going Honolulu private eye created by Larry Darter. Rick specializes in divorce investigations or anything else that doesn't seem too taxing. Along with his two buddies Joe Rose and Koko Mahelona, he bumbles his way through assorted Magnum-like antics, collecting various bumps, bruises, cracked ribs, … Continue reading Rick Bishop
Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
Created by B. Clay Moore & Steven Griffin "Thank God the Tiki Bar's still open Thank God the Tiki lights still shine Thank God the Tiki Bar's still open Come on in and open up your mind..." --John Hiatt If Raymond Chandler had worn a few more Hawaiian shirts and learned how to chill, maybe … Continue reading Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
Sandy McKane
Created by William Campbell Gault (1910-97) Before he came up with Brock Callahan, William Campbell Gault tinkered with several private eyes in various short stories, including SAUNDERS "SANDY" MCKANE, a member of an old Honolulu family, "now extinct," turned into a hard-boiled Honolulu gumshoe with a warm spot in his heart for women and an … Continue reading Sandy McKane
Let’s Go to Hawaii
Hawaiian Eyes "In Honolulu there's some swinging sights Wild party's going everynight I'm not invited, heard some people say But I dont care, I'm going anyway!" -- "Let's Go to Hawaii" by Teenage Head Alexis Albright by J.M.T. Miller Byrd by B. Clay Moore John Caine by Charles Knief (Oahu) Sandy McKane by William Campbell … Continue reading Let’s Go to Hawaii
Tom Lopaka, Tracy Steele & Greg MacKenzie (Hawaiian Eye)
Created by Roy Huggins "The soft island breeze brings you strange melodies And they tell of exotic mysteries under the tropical spell of Hawaiian Eye. Hawaiian Eye. Hawaiian Eye." -- most irritating TV theme ever? Another piece of product from the Warner Bros. TV Eye factory, picture this as "77 Sunset Strip goes Hawaiian." But … Continue reading Tom Lopaka, Tracy Steele & Greg MacKenzie (Hawaiian Eye)
Kai Cooke
Created by Chip Hughes "Surfing Detective: Confidential Investigations--All Islands" Kai's business card Hawaii's KAI COOKE is no mere detective--he's a surfing detective! And you can tell that right off the bat because he greets his very first client in the very first pages of his very first published adventure, Murder on Moloka'i (2004), in dripping … Continue reading Kai Cooke
Val Lyon
Created by Mark Troy VAL LYON is a Honolulu private eye who gets around. She's an ex-cop, an ex-con and an ex-pro basketball player, and she isn't afraid of a little fun. She participates in ocean canoeing competitions, takes skydiving lessons, and she's still a hotshot on the court. She's also headstrong and competitive, and … Continue reading Val Lyon
T.J. O’Sullivan
Created by Larry Darter A former Detective Constable and ex-member of the Defense Force in her native New Zealand, T.J. O’SULLIVAN is a "sassy Kiwi" female eye, "tough as old boots," who does double duty, starring in her own Honolulu-set thrillers, and appearing occasionally in the author's other P.I. series, alongside LA gumshoe Ben Malone. In fact, … Continue reading T.J. O’Sullivan