Neal Fargo

Created by Joe Gores (1931-2011) NEAL FARGO's a hard-nosed San Francisco private eye, and non-practising attorney. He's also as cold and ruthless as they come, very much in the Hammett mold. He's also well-dressed, well-built, and, well, shady. As he puts it, "Clients pay me, but I work for myself." Before making a living as … Continue reading Neal Fargo

Pierce Duncan

Created by Joe Gores (1931-2011) PIERCE DUNCAN is the hero of Joe Gores' Cases (1999), a sprawling vaguely autobiographical, picaresque standalone about a young man on the road in the fifties. Freshly sprung from Notre Dame, Pierce has big plans to write his way across the States, on his way to his inevitable destiny as a … Continue reading Pierce Duncan

Dan Kearney, O.B., Larry Ballard, Bart Heslip, Gisele Marc, etc. (Dan Kearney & Associates)

Created by Joe Gores (1931-2011)   The DAN KEARNEY & ASSOCIATES novels and short stories by Joe Gores are one of the all-time great private eye series; the closest anyone has ever come to a private eye version of Ed McBain's famed 87th Precinct procedural novels. A motley crew of San Francisco detectives, repo men … Continue reading Dan Kearney, O.B., Larry Ballard, Bart Heslip, Gisele Marc, etc. (Dan Kearney & Associates)