Based on a book by by James B. Horan and Harold Danforth The D.A.'s Man was a pretty much forgotten Jack Webb television production from back in the late fifties, relating the adventures of SHANNON, a tough private eye (or possibly ex-private eye, according to some other sources, or even not a private eye at … Continue reading Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
Tag: New York City
Tom Welles (8MM)
Created by Andrew Kevin Walker Everyone take a shower. Happily-married, and boasting a new-born daughter, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania surveillance expert and private eye TOM WELLES is hired by a wealthy widow to track down the origins of a reel of 8mm film that seems to depict the murder of a young girl. Tom's soon in way … Continue reading Tom Welles (8MM)
Errol Black
Created by Simon Swift It's the thirties (and the forties and the fifties), and New York City gumshoe ERROL BLACK talks the talk and walks the expected walk, in a proposed trilogy of "indie" books by Simon Swift. I say "proposed," because the third book, the "much anticipated" The Gold Gate Goodbye, never surfaced, although … Continue reading Errol Black
Mark St. John
Created by Bob Reiss Well, this Reiss guy has chutzpah, anyway. He's all over the place in the convoluted but engaging The Impossible Detective (2026), trying to link MARK ST. JOHN, his celebrity NYC private eye and supposedly a master of impossible mysteries, to both the past (he's the grandson of legendary sleuth The Falcon, lives … Continue reading Mark St. John
Henry Archer (The Other/Half)
Created by Jim McCann and Joe Eisma Released on National Coming Out Day in March 2026 was The Other/Half, a rom-com/mystery mini-series featuring rough-and-tumble NYC private eye and backstreets rambler (he needs a shave and wears a rumpled trench coat) HENRY ARCHER and his fiancée Ethan Herbst, a suave, sophisticated man-about-town socialite currently on the … Continue reading Henry Archer (The Other/Half)
Kaiser Lupowitz
Created by Woody Allen Pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg (1935--) I was sitting in my office, cleaning the debris out of my thirty-eight and wondering where my next case was coming from... KAISER LUPOWITZ is the gumshoe in a couple of Woody Allen's apparently affectionate parodies/tributes of/to the hardboiled private eye tale. Yes, that Woody … Continue reading Kaiser Lupowitz
Sam Dakkers
Created by Mike Brett(aka Michael Brett)(1921-2000) New York City's chrome-domed SAM DAKKERS was no private eye hero. As he matter-of-factly points out right off the bat, "I'm a bookie: horses, baseball, fights, anything. As long as there's action, I'm ready to take it." But all bets are off Sam, a schlub not exactly blessed with … Continue reading Sam Dakkers
Pete McGrath
Created by Michael Brett (1921-2000) He's a big, handsome lug of a guy with black hair and blue eyes. He's appropriately cynical, and he has a habit of talking to himself. He likes Scotch, good cigars and Samantha Conners, a tour guide at the UN. He tools around town in a three-year old Chevy and … Continue reading Pete McGrath
Adam McAnnis
Created by Dann McDorman "Of course there is a detective. There must be a detective."— just in case you were wondering. Cozy? Hard-boiled? Meta-fiction? A sly update on Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game? A rip on John Dickson Carr's locked room mysteries? A edible-fueled game of Clue? Postmodernism run amuck? It's hard to tell. … Continue reading Adam McAnnis
R.J. Brooks
Created by Stephen Humphrey Bogart (1949--) "Sam Spade, my ass." R.J. BROOKS is a Big Apple "matrimonial detective" (ie: a private eye who specializes in catching wayward spouses) and the son of a couple of famous movie stars. Professionally, he's got a solid rep for honesty and integrity, even if he doesn't always approve of … Continue reading R.J. Brooks