Created by Lisa Gardner Pseudinyms include Alicia Scott (1972--) "In my line of work — which isn't exactly a real job if you consider I have no training and receive no pay — I normally choose my cases. I can't always explain why this missing person cold case versus that one... I mostly gravitate to … Continue reading Frankie Elkin
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Noland “Nole” Twice
Created by by Ash Clifton A former University of Florida football star, an ex-cop and an ex-con (for a crime he didn't commit, and for which he was later exonerated —just like Rockford), NOLAND "NOLE" TWICE is now an amiable Central Florida private investigator. He views the cheesy, sleazy Orlando-Tampa corridor as his hunting ground; … Continue reading Noland “Nole” Twice
Brighton Doyle
Created by Angela Hynes From the back cover: "BRIGHTON DOYLE has a Los Angeles-based PI business that she's inherited; an office on funky Venice boardwalk; a glamorous movie star sister; and a hole in her life where her late fiancé used to be. Her missing persons business is starting to feel stale now that she … Continue reading Brighton Doyle
Ed Runyon
Created by Steve Goble "My name is Ed Runyon, and I'm a private investigator. I used to be a cop." -- Go Find Daddy When we first meet him in City Problems (2021), country boy turned big city cop ED RUNYON has parted ways with the NYPD, haunted by the missing children he never found, … Continue reading Ed Runyon
Billy Rucker
Created by Adam Baron Here's a new private eye writer I've just discovered who bears watching: his name's Adam Baron, he's British, and he's written a few books about London private eye BILLY RUCKER. There's a nice bittersweetness to them; a world-weary tone and an original voice at work here, tempered with a yearning compassion … Continue reading Billy Rucker
Luke Fischer
Created by Craig Terlson "I ran into Franko Toledo three weeks ago while searching for a delinquent husband in Santa Fe. Truth was, his last name wasn’t Toledo. That’s just where he came from: Toledo, Spain... I never got Franko’s real last name until I saw it on his hospital bracelet." -- the first lines … Continue reading Luke Fischer
Brenna Spector
Created by Alison Gaylin "Honest to God, this whole place could benefit from a good, long liquid nitrogen bath." -- Brenna's evidently not a big fan of Las Vegas ."Hyperthymestic, that's what you are..." Certainly one of the most hyped books to cross my transom in the winter of 2011/12 was Alison Gaylin's And She Was, … Continue reading Brenna Spector
Alex Vega & Max Caplan
Created by Louisa Luna "There was always a worse thing that you couldn't see, and it was closer than you thought." -- a maxim of Alex's old boss in fugitive recovery Wary, thirty-something loner ALEX VEGA has taken her old boss's maxim to heart--she's definitely a gal who sees things as half-empty, and all the yoga in … Continue reading Alex Vega & Max Caplan
Tom Alder (Twenty Plus Two)
Created by Frank Gruber Pseudonyms include Stephen Acre, Charles K. Boston & John K. Vedder (1904-1969) Handsome, clean cut Los Angeles private investigator TOM ALDER has a house in Brentwood, a couple of nice suits, a Purple Heart, and a knack for tracking down missing heirs, in Frank Gruber's 1961 novel, Twenty Plus Two. When the … Continue reading Tom Alder (Twenty Plus Two)
Westrel Keen (Mr. Keen)
Created by Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) Developed for radio by Frank and Anne Hummert Robert W. Chambers was an American author who, over a long career, cranked out over seventy novels in assorted genres, mostly historical and romantic works. But in the beginning he wrote mostly fantasy and horror. In fact, his first successful work was … Continue reading Westrel Keen (Mr. Keen)