Created by Robert Garland & George Yanok If it wasn't for the fact that there's an IMDB page for this made-for-TV movie, I might think I just imagined that I watched Last Hours Before Morning back in 1975. There are no clips from it on YouTube, no images that a Google search came up with. But I recall … Continue reading Bud Delaney (Last Hours Before Morning)
Tag: James M. Reasoner
Nicholas Lake
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) James M. Reasoner, of course, has written private eye stuff before. Besides the thirty-six Mike Shayne stories he wrote as "Brett Holliday" for Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, he's highly regarded among fans of the genre for Texas Wind, a much beloved P.I. novel, and the Markham short stories, featuring … Continue reading Nicholas Lake
Allen Garver
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) ALLEN GARVER was Texas writer James M. Reasoner's attempt to create a more realistic detective than, for example, the white suit and fedora-sporting Nicholas Lake. Alas, he only appeared in one 1981 short story. SHORT STORIES "Outback" (April 1981, MSMM) COLLECTIONS Old Times' Sake (2007) | Buy this book! Includes … Continue reading Allen Garver
Dan Boyd
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) James M. Reasoner has written tons of private eye stuff, in between about a zillion Westerns. Besides the thirty-six Mike Shayne stories he wrote as "Brett Holliday" for Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, he's highly regarded among fans of the genre for Texas Wind, a much beloved P.I. novel, and … Continue reading Dan Boyd
Delaney
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) DELANEY is, as Ed Gorman puts it in the intro to the Reasoner collection Old Times' Sake (2007), "one of working class heroes, modest men who work diligently at finding truths large and small." Which works out just fine, given that the cases he works tend to be classic fair … Continue reading Delaney
Markham
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) James M. Reasoner wrote four stories for Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (and another for Skullduggery) about dour West Hollywood private detective MARKHAM, and he says that "Death and the Dancing Shadows" is probably his favorite. Very much in the Chandler vein, with a good twist and a snappy ending … Continue reading Markham
Skeeter Barlow
Created by James M. Reasoner & Livia J. Washburn At a shade over six feet, and a tad under 150 pounds, CASSANDRA "SKEETER" BARLOW's a cowgirl who knows how to take care of herself. By night, she bounces rowdy cowboys and keeps the peace at the Horsehead Bar and Grill in Fort Worth, Texas, and … Continue reading Skeeter Barlow
Cody
Created by James M. Reasoner (1953--) Fort Worth private eye CODY, for those of you who haven't had the pleasure, is a sort of Texan Lew Archer with a little Spenser -- and a lot of brooding -- tossed in. He's in his early forties, well-educated, and prone to contemplation and often poetic turns of … Continue reading Cody
Lucas Hallam
Created by L.J. Washburn (1957 --) Shucks. LUCAS HALLAM is an ex-Texas Ranger and honest-to-god cowboy trying to make a living as a stuntman in the Hollywood of the 1920's. But times are tough and business practices can get a mite rough in the fledgling movie industry, so ol' Luke ends up tossing his Stetson … Continue reading Lucas Hallam