Created by Richard Reinsmith Pseudonyms include Richard Rein Smith, Damon Castle, Ann Taylor, Dan Elliott Journeyman writer Richard Reinsmith caught the Men’s Adventure wave with the eight-book Bodyguard series, published by bottom feeder paperback publisher Tower (and starting with book three, Leisure Books). Its hero/narrator was gray-haired RAY MARTIN, a highly regarded bodyguard working out … Continue reading Ray Martin (The Bodyguard)
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Jimmy Devore
Created y W.R. Burnett (1899-1982) Published by retro press Stark House forty-five years after his death, Man With a Thousand Enemies (2025) is a feisty little read. No, it doesn't stand up to the author’s classics (The Asphalt Jungle, Little Caesar), but it is a quick, satisfying blast of hard-boiled pulp: terse, taut and generally … Continue reading Jimmy Devore
Aud Torvingen
Created by Nicola Griffith "An owl screamed in the wood and I wanted to ride behind its eyes when it plunged its talons into living flesh, wanted to tear something warm and soft to pieces while it squealed." AUD TORVINGEN is Nicola Griffith's hard-as-nails and Norwegian-to-the-core lesbian bodyguard/P.I./shit magnet, first introduced in the widely-acclaimed The … Continue reading Aud Torvingen
Justine Poole
Created by Thomas Perry In the 2024 standalone Hero, Thomas Perry, creator of Jane Whitfield, gives us another strong, resourceful female. But JUSTINE POOLE isn't a "guide," shepherding people into a new life under new identities. Nope, Justine—we eventually fid out—has already done that. Not that it matters—it's her present life, as a personal security … Continue reading Justine Poole