Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "The upper echelons of scientific research are as snaky a pit. The competition for private and federal funding is ruthless. Research scientists rush to publication, sometimes on the strength of palsied evidence. There’s no substitute for being first. Either you’re a discoverer, and your name goes into textbooks, or you’re … Continue reading Samuel Todd
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Mary Lou “Dunk” Bateson
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) Nope. Not a private eye at all, though she sure ends up making like one, trying to clear her name, six-foot two MARY LOU "DUNK" BATESON is a NYC rare coin specialist stuck in a jam. She's been accused of swiping the valuable Greek coin she's been hired to appraise … Continue reading Mary Lou “Dunk” Bateson
Dora Conti
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) DORA CONTI's a likable, methodical (and happily married) insurance investigator working out of Hartford, Conneticutt, with a soft spot for food and flirtation, who gets more than she bargained for in Lawrence Sander's The Seventh Commandment (1991) when she's dispatched to Manhattan to investigate a $3 million death claim. following … Continue reading Dora Conti
Joshua Bigg
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "My name is Joshua Bigg: a joke life played on me, as I am quite small. Five feet, three and three-eighths inches, to be precise. In a world of giants, those eighths are precious to a midget." I'm not sure if we're allowed to use "midget" anymore, but JOSHUA BIGG … Continue reading Joshua Bigg
Wolf Lannihan
Created by Lawrence Sanders (1920-98) "She was a little thing but well-machined with everything in abundance and in the right place" "She was all over me like a wet sheet" Before he struck it big with The Anderson Tapes, Lawrence Sanders was just another ink-stained wretch, pumping out blood-and-cum-soaked pulp for Swank Magazine, which may … Continue reading Wolf Lannihan
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Big Apple Eyes Mike Hammer by Mickey Spillane Matt Scudder by Lawrence Block Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson by Lawrence Sanders Joshua Bigg by Lawrence Sanders R.J. Brooks by Stephen Bogart Burke by Andrew Vachss Curt Cannon by Curt Cannon (The Bowery) Pete Chambers by Henry Kane Timothy Cone by Lawrence Sanders Timothy Dane by William … Continue reading Start Spreading the News…
Bob Signorelli (Face Down)
Created by Thom Eberhardt In the noirish, albeit too brightly-lit, made-for-TV flick Face Down (1997, Showtime), disgraced Big Apple cop turned dapper-dan Manhattan private eye BOB SIGNORELLI (played by a pre-Spenser Joe Mantegna) is no knight. He's more like a randy middle-aged goat, hitting on a young, attractive and heart-broken client to whom he's just … Continue reading Bob Signorelli (Face Down)
C.W. Briggs (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
Created by Woody Allen "You're a nerdy little meglamaniac who's frightened by women." — Fritz puts the Woodster in his place.Woody Allen wrote, directed and starred in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, a banter-heavy crime farce/romantic comedy set in 1940's Manhattan (where else?), that revolves around hypnotism, a jewel heist and Allen himself as … Continue reading C.W. Briggs (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
Archie Cain
Created by Jack Ricardo Out of the closet and out of a job, what's a poor ex-cop to do? New York City police officer ARCHIE CAIN finds himself in just that predicament in The Night G.A.A. Died, a 1992 novel that takes a hard and unapologetic look at the rise of the gay lib movement … Continue reading Archie Cain
John Klute (Klute)
Created by Andy and Dave Lewis "Tell me, Klute, did we get you a little? Huh? Just a little bit? Us city folk? The sin, the glitter, the wickedness? Huh?" "Ah - that's so pathetic." -- Klute responds to Bree's taunts with his typical brevity. Donald Sutherland plays tight-lipped small-town sleuth JOHN KLUTE in Klute, … Continue reading John Klute (Klute)