Created by Dan A. Sproul (1982-2004) Here's a good bet: Dan A. Sproul's race track tales to place. Most of these pleasantly pulpy short stories, published from 1989 to 2004 in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine have to do, in one way or another, with horse racing, or more precisely, betting on horse racing. And most … Continue reading Joe Standard
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George Clay
Created by Neil Plakcy Pseudonyms include Dirk Strong "I wouldn't kick Warren Beatty out of bed for eating crackers." — George has his preferences Retro seems to be all the rage, as Florida-based rookie private eye GEORGE CLAY sweats it out in the steamy heat of Miami circa 1968. Very hip, very cool, very retro. And … Continue reading George Clay
Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Created by William Orr & Hugh Benson The hook in television's Surfside 6 was that the three hip (and hunky) private eyes, DAVE THORNE, KENNY MADISON and SANDY WINFIELD, worked out of a houseboat moored across the street from the Fountainbleau Hotel on the real-gone locale of Miami Beach. The obligatory babe character quota was … Continue reading Dave Thorne, Kenny Madison & Sandy Winfield II (Surfside 6)
Michael Westen (Burn Notice)
Created by Matt Nix When the tough get burned, the burned get going... When spies get fired, they don't get a pink slip or a form letter from human resources. They get a "burn notice" and became untouchable. In the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007-13), Jeffrey Donovan played MICHAEL WESTEN, a handsome, young, yogurt-loving former … Continue reading Michael Westen (Burn Notice)
Brad Dolan
Created by William Fuller "The name's Dolan...I like to eat to live, drink to relax and sleep because I'm a sackhound. Somehow, though, something always seems to go wrong." Hard-boiled adventurer, smuggler and wanderer BRAD DOLAN is a sort of pre-Travis McGee Travis McGee and certainly no stranger to trouble. Or violence. Or babes. He … Continue reading Brad Dolan
Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris
Created by T.T. Flynn Pseudonym of Thomas Theodore Flynn (1902-78) "Pert and sweet, soft and cuddly, harmless as a kitten and luscious-looking to all big strong men—that's Trixie if you don't know her." Nuts about each other, or just nuts? One of those hard-boiled dames from the pulps, cute, gun-toting TRIXIE MEEHAN was, along with her … Continue reading Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris
Miles Standish Rice
Created by Baynard H. Kendrick Pseudonyms include Richard Hayward (1894-1977) Miami-based MILES STANDISH RICE was Baynard Kendrick's other private investigator--you know, the one who wasn't blind. Now completely overshadowed by Captain Duncan Maclain, the sightless insurance investigator of numerous short stories, novels and even film, Rice nonetheless had a good run of his own back in … Continue reading Miles Standish Rice
Maria Magdalena “Maggie” Morales
Created by Carolina García-Aguilera Cuban investigator MARIA MAGDALENA MORALES (call her "Maggie"--everyone else does) has been around, and seen it all. She's been married at least four times (number two was Cuban, number four a Venuzuelan), speaks Spanish fluently and has been working as a private eye (license #C8802651) for Bobby O'Meara, a Miami attorney, … Continue reading Maria Magdalena “Maggie” Morales
Tony Rome
Created by Anthony Rome Pseudonym of Marvin H. Albert Other pseudonyms include Mike Barone, J.D. Christilain, Al Conroy, Albert Conroy, Ian MacAlister & Nick Quarry (1924-1996) The real Tony would have kicked Frankie off the boat. In the novels in which he first appeared, Marvin Albert's TONY ROME was a "hard-loving, hard-loving private detective (who … Continue reading Tony Rome
Walter Tatum & Gwen Cross (Moon Over Miami)
Created by Harley Peyton Oh, those crazy love-struck kids! In the pilot episode from Moon Over Miami, a short-lived romantic comedy from the 1993 fall television schedule, Miami law student-turned-private eye WALTER TATUM is hired to track down runaway bride and poor little rich girl GWEN CROSS. And so it begins. Alternately loved or loathed, … Continue reading Walter Tatum & Gwen Cross (Moon Over Miami)