Created by Gary Raymond Coffin When we first meet him in Ogrodnik (2016), the first in the series, long-time Montreal criminology professor (he teaches a course in "Logical Deduction" at the university) and part-time private eye ELLIOT FORSMAN is at loose ends, growing older and going nowhere. He's living on plastic cheese, packaged salami of … Continue reading Elliot Forsman & Rivka Goldstein
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Duck Darley
Created by Casey Barrett Unlicensed New York P.I. DUCK DARLEY has been around, and has the physical and emotional scars to prove it. A former felon and alcoholic who's currently walking the more-or-less straight-and-narrow, he self-medicates by vaping pot, attending AA meetings and getting beat up at his local dojo. Oh, he's also the estranged … Continue reading Duck Darley
The Eye (The Eye of the Beholder)
Created by Marc Behm An unnamed private detective, known only as "THE EYE," is the aging, lonely hero of Eye of the Beholder (1983), one of those peculiar books written in the genre but not of the genre, if you know what I mean. Hired to tail a young newlywed on her honeymoon, The Eye … Continue reading The Eye (The Eye of the Beholder)
Pulp Fiction Chez Vous: An Introduction to David Montrose’s The Body on Mont-Royal
By Kevin Burton Smith Here we are. David Montrose's The Body on Mont-Royal. The third and final of his books to feature private eye Russell Teed. First published in 1953, by Harlequin. Yes, Harlequin. And now it's finally back in print. Pulp fiction chez nous. As vivid as Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, as Montreal as … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Chez Vous: An Introduction to David Montrose’s The Body on Mont-Royal
Maxwell Dent
Created by Kenneth Orvis Pseudonym of Kenneth Lemieux "God help us, Dent – the thing is, my daughter has become a dope fiend." Montreal private eye MAXWELL DENT studied law at McGill and served in the RCAF and Intelligence M-5 during the Korean War, where he took down a drug ring. He’s got a reputation for … Continue reading Maxwell Dent
Russell Teed
Created by David Montrose Pseudonym of Charles Ross Graham) (1920-68) A Montreal eye! RUSSELL TEED, "Montreal's version of the tough private eye" appeared in three novels set in my hometown back in the early fifties. And Bob and Doug would be proud of this particular hoser. Dow? Molson? Labatt? The pages of these three … Continue reading Russell Teed
Gusse Oualzerre
Created by Daniel Da A delusional P.I. possibly from Montreal? Tabarnacle! Reinventing himself as a private eye, writer and Crohn's Disease sufferer GUSSE OUALZERRE is hired -- or allows himself to be hired) by a bizarre character who calls himself the General, to rescue his kidnapped daughter Mathilda. The case soon takes a weird, surreal turn, … Continue reading Gusse Oualzerre
Murder in a Distinct Society (C’est ma ville, aussi…)
Montréal (and Québec) Eyes "(Montreal is) almost as crooked as we are" -- Philip Marlowe in "The Pencil" "I had to stick my finger in my ear and raise my voice to blot out the jabber from a gang of French-Canadians who had decided to convene near the exit to the Smith terminal. Montréal must … Continue reading Murder in a Distinct Society (C’est ma ville, aussi…)
D’Arcy Kennedy
Created by Ian Truman "I was a bit of an asshole sometimes. Maybe just a little." -- D'Arcy comes clean, in Down with the Underdogs Another eye from the "magnificient city of Montreal" and this one's a corker! Mind you, it takes D'ARCY KENNEDY a while to get his P.I. mojo working -- in his … Continue reading D’Arcy Kennedy