Created by John Weagly "... the Heart O’ Chicago motel... was the perfect spot for a not-quite romantic rendezvous or if you wanted a seedy place to try heroin for the first time."— Casper sets a mood in “Ferocious Infidelity” CASPER BARNETT is a P. I. in Chicago whose stories, the author admits, he likes to … Continue reading Casper Barnett
Tag: Illinois
Cooper MacLeish
Created by Sam Reaves Pseudonyms include Dominic Martell "It was a long way to fall, a very long fall through the cold night air, and she fell the whole way without making a sound. At the end there was a sound, a sudden sick sound, but after a minute of stillness no one had come … Continue reading Cooper MacLeish
Harry Garnish & Sister Bridget O’Toole
Created by Frank McConnell (1942-99) A sort of at times cozyish spin on A.A. Fair's Donald Lam and Bertha Cool. Or is it Nero Wolfe and Archie? Hard-drinking, chain-smoking, slow-thinking Skokie, Illinois private eye HARRY GARNISH has a big problem in life. And it isn't his alcohol intake, his tobacco habit or his lack of … Continue reading Harry Garnish & Sister Bridget O’Toole
Harriet Morrow
Created by Rob Osler Is it just me? Or does there seem to be a surprising number of books and other media in the first few decades of the 21st century inspired by Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Agency's first female operative? Some are endless retellings of the same facts, others offer fictionalized and romanticized … Continue reading Harriet Morrow
Robert Miles
Created by David Everson (1941-99) "My name is Robert Miles and I'm a private eye with a difference. My mean streets are the corridors of power in the Illinois capitol. Call what I do for the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives opposition research." Whatever you call it, author David Everson's political savvy makes … Continue reading Robert Miles
Their Kind of Town
Chicago Eyes Nick Acropolis by Jack Clark Casper Barnett by John Weagly Mark Brandon by Vernon Warren Barr Breed by Bill S. Ballinger Barney Burgess by Ellery Queen Bill Crane by Jonathan Latimer Ray Dudgeon by Sean Chercover Rusty Forbes by Milton K. Ozaki Carl Good by Robert O. Saber Carl Guard by Milton Ozaki … Continue reading Their Kind of Town
Eddie Miles
Created by Jack Clark Oh, what a difference a blurb makes... Originally, author Jack Clark, already a Shamus finalist for his first novel, was flogging his self-published novel Nobody's Angel for five bucks apiece to passengers in his Chicago cab. Hard Case Crime took note, and published the book for real in 2010, with … Continue reading Eddie Miles
Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife)
Created by Michelle King and Richard King Alicia: Are you gay? Kalinda: I'm private. The Good Wife was NOT a P.I. show. One of the 2009 television season's most acclaimed new dramas, this CBS drama starred Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florric, the feisty, principled wife of Peter, Illinois' prominent state's attorney (Chris Noth), and the mother … Continue reading Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife)
Nick Stihl
Created by Richard A. Olson In the 1930s, Peoria, Illinois was a Big Bad Place, a Sin City stuffed to the gills with mobsters, gamblers, hookers, and enough crooked cops and politicians to start their own baseball league. And a tough guy, name of NICK STIHL. Used to be a boxer. Now he ain’t. Now … Continue reading Nick Stihl
Nikki & Nora Sullivan: Sister Sleuths
Created by Marcy Holland After the previous week’s disappointing premiere of Francesca Quinn, P.I., the Girl Detective and I warily turned into the premiere of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ "Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths” with more than a little trepidation. Another pilot (I think) for a proposed string of TV movies, it starred Hunter King and Rhiannon … Continue reading Nikki & Nora Sullivan: Sister Sleuths