Created by Tony Dunbar "Never screw a client and never lie to a judge... That's all of the so-called legal ethics that make sense to me. The rest of it is just so many little rules you can twist around to suit whatever you want to do." — Tubby on the legal profession in Crooked … Continue reading Tubby Dubonnet
Tag: New Orleans
Biff Basham (Help! My Gumshoe’s an Idiot!)
Created by Michael Webb Clueless young New Orleans private eye BIFF BASHAM stumbles into a dumpster fire of a case in Help! My Gumshoe’s an Idiot!, a low-budget 2018 turkey that attempts to do to the Shamus Game what Airplane! did to air travel. Nope. Not even close. With so many absurd sight gags, wisecracks, … Continue reading Biff Basham (Help! My Gumshoe’s an Idiot!)
Micky Knight
Created by J.M. Redmann Pseudonym of Jean Redmann Other pseudonyms include R. Jean Reid (1955--) One of the toughest (and most popular) female eyes of the nineties was J.M. Redmann's MICHELE "MICKY" KNIGHT, a gay New Orleans private eye. Micky has taken more than one on the chin over this long-running series, and she's not … Continue reading Micky Knight
Joe Gee
Created by Wyatt Blassingame Pseudonyms include Van Cort & William B. Rainey (1909-85) New Orleans private eye JOE GEE was one of those creepy but fascinating "defective detectives" from the gloriously incorrect weird menace pulps of the thirties and forties, such as Strange Detective Mysteries, Detective Mystery Magazine and especially Dime Mystery. Unlike many of his … Continue reading Joe Gee
Nathan Ford, Eliot Spencer, Alec Hardison, Parker, Sophie Devereaux, Harry Wilson & Breanna Casey (Leverage)
Created by Chris Downey and John Rogers "Get ready to get even" "Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys." "The rich and powerful take what they want -- we steal it back for you." — assorted promo taglines Mission Impossible goes downscale? Vengeance Unlimited plays nice? Search for hire? However you want to spin … Continue reading Nathan Ford, Eliot Spencer, Alec Hardison, Parker, Sophie Devereaux, Harry Wilson & Breanna Casey (Leverage)
Sister Holiday Walsh
Created by Margot Douaihy In her debut, 2023's Scorched Grace, SISTER HOLIDAY, a young nun with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood order in New Orleans, proved herself to be a particularly effective amateur sleuth. Seems she has a thing about unanswered questions. And isn't that what faith is, really? The unsolvable mystery? But this … Continue reading Sister Holiday Walsh
Valentin St. Cyr
Created by David Fulmer Creole detective VALENTIN ST. CYR works the carnival world of 1907 Storyville, New Orleans. In this notorious red-light district, "sporting" girls ply the trade in mansion parlors and dime-a-trick cribs, cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, rye whiskey flows like an amber river, and the nights echo with a … Continue reading Valentin St. Cyr
“Piece by Piece”
By Paul Sundeson Featuring Gil Barntree Holiday 2007 New Orleans March 1962 “Thirty cents a gallon for ethyl?” my partner Frank Whitney said. We were parked in his Mercury just up Burgundy Street from the garage. “No wonder they're not pulling in the customers.” Hyams Auto Repair was a long white barn with a tin roof … Continue reading “Piece by Piece”
Terry Manion
Created by Dick Lochte Quiet and bookish, recovering alcoholic TERRY MANION is a private eye who's just been sprung from a New Orleans rehab joint when he discovers that his best friend and mentor J.J. Legendre, a fellow investigator, has committed suicide, in the pulpy, zippy Blue Bayou (1992). But J.J's not the only one--seems … Continue reading Terry Manion
Nick Travers
Created by Ace Atkins (1970--) Maybe no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell, but Ace Atkins certainly gives it a shot. Former New Orleans Saint NICK TRAVERS blew his pro football career when he punched out his coach out (LIVE! ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!). Not the greatest career move... So now he's a … Continue reading Nick Travers