Created by Lynda LaPlante Think Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison is a little too sunshiney? Then try Prime Suspect creator Lynda LaPlante's LORRAINE PAGE, who appears in three novels. Lorraine used to have a husband, two daughters, and a promising career as a hot shot lieutenant in the Pasadena homicide division. But that was long ago … Continue reading Lorraine Page
Tag: Los Angeles
Ester Blanco (The Big Shakedown)
Created by Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley & Scott Koblish There was a whole lotta shaking goin' on... In The Big Shakedown, a 2026 four-issue comic mini-series from Dark Horse, it's the not-so-distant future and the long-promised "Big One" has finally hit, laying waste to most of Los Angeles, crumbling its freeways, leveling its skyscrapers and … Continue reading Ester Blanco (The Big Shakedown)
Jake Styles & J.L McCabe (Jake and the Fatman)
Created by Douglas Stefen Borghi, Dean Hargrove & Joel Steiger William Conrad was no stranger to playing detectives and lawmen on radio and television by the time he starred as JASON LOCHINVAR "FATMAN" McCABE in Jakes & The Fatman (1987-92, CBS). He'd already played Nero Wolfe and Frank Cannon on television, and Sheriff Matt Dillion on … Continue reading Jake Styles & J.L McCabe (Jake and the Fatman)
Chachu
Created by Iman Vellani (2002--) It's 1979, and Hollywood-obsessed Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian college student, is a long way from home. She's in Tinsel Town, hoping to hook up with with her estranged uncle — her "Chachu," the brother of her late father. I have no idea what his real name is — Leila simply … Continue reading Chachu
Andy Barker (Andy Barker, P.I.)
Created by Conan O'Brien & Jonathan Groff "Andy Barker. Accountant by day, private eye by accident." THE BEST P.I. show in years? Probably not, but it says a lot about the shaky state and even shakier confidence of modern American television (and the growing pervasiveness of technology) in 2007 that NBC only produced six episodes … Continue reading Andy Barker (Andy Barker, P.I.)
Sugar Returns…
Because We Did Something Bad in a Past Life Hear that dim buzzing? It's the 20th-century pulp giants collectively rolling in their graves. IF YOU’RE an Apple TV user, or you drift around the more movie- and TV-centric regions of the web, you’ve likely picked up that Sugar, starring Colin Farrell, is coming back for a … Continue reading Sugar Returns…
Dave Beauchamp
Created by Michael Mallory "I can't say I'm hard-boiled.. I'm two minutes at best." PERENNIALLY out-of-his-depth (and possibly slightly detached from reality) rookie private eye and old movie buff DAVE BEAUCHAMP at least had the good sense (or good luck?) to make Los Angeles his hometown. Well... not exactly Los Angeles. More like the San … Continue reading Dave Beauchamp
Jack Packard, Doc Long & Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
Created by Carlton E. Morse (1901-93) "No job too tough, no mystery too baffling." — The Triple A-1 Detective Agency Motto AN EXTREMELY popular radio show in there 1940s, I Love Mystery followed the adventures of three men who met while fighting with the Chinese against the Japanese in World War II. Upon their return … Continue reading Jack Packard, Doc Long & Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
Elizabeth Bentley & Nick Peyton (Love Can Be Murder)
Created by Rob Gilmer According to the TV Times, this 1992 made-for- tv flick relates what happens when "an unearthly romance blossoms between a female detective and the ghost of a murdered, 1940's private eye." The female P.I. in question is one ELIZABETH BENTLEY, a perfect little miss, an up-and- coming eager beaver partner in … Continue reading Elizabeth Bentley & Nick Peyton (Love Can Be Murder)
Pete Brass
Created by Robert Donald Locke Pseudonyms include Roger Arcot (1919-2010) Introducing Pete Brass... Violence is his business. Girls are his pleasure. Mixing them is his trouble. And this time he's done it once too often. Uh-huh... It was a fine introduction, printed right there on the very first page of this 1957 Dell paperback original … Continue reading Pete Brass