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: NYPD
Necessary Smith & Jason Jones
Created by Ken CrossenPseudonym of Kendall Foster CrossenOther pseudonyms include Bennett Barlay, M. E. Chaber, Richard Foster, Christopher Monig & Clay Richards(1910-81) NECESSARY SMITH was a New York City-based private investigator who partners with his buddy JASON JONES, a NYPD Homicide Dick, to solve impossible crimes. Or is that the other way around? In a … Continue reading Necessary Smith & Jason Jones
Elsbeth Tascioni (Elspeth)
Created by Michelle King and Robert King "I don't think anyone's expecting me." -- Elspeth introduces herself to the NYPD in the first episode. Understatement of the year? A spin-off of sorts from The Good Wife (and its sequel, The Good Fight) finds weirdo (but successful) defense lawyer ELSBETH TASCIONI (played with Emmy-winning WTF? charm … Continue reading Elsbeth Tascioni (Elspeth)
Nick Ryan (Coleman)
Created by Reed Farrel Coleman He’s a cop, he’s not a cop. Or he is a cop, but don’t tell anyone... But when you’re one of the NYPD’s  boys in blue, and the shit hits the fan, NICK RYAN may be your only hope. When we meet him in his series launch, Sleepless City (2023), … Continue reading Nick Ryan (Coleman)
Inspector Allhoff
Created by D.L. Champion Pseudonyms include Tom Champion, Jack D’Arcy, G. Wayman Jones, C. K. M. Scanlon & Robert Wallace (1903-68) "... the unpleasantest detective who ever cracked a homicide case" --from a July 1938 Dime Detective blurb  Not quite a P.I., not quite a cop, Dime Detective favourite INSPECTOR ALLHOFF is under contract, albeit unofficially, … Continue reading Inspector Allhoff
Kat Stone
Created by Erica Wright Poet Erica Wright's first novel.The Red Chameleon (2014), introduced us to twenty-something private investigator KAT STONE, a former undercover superstar for the NYPD. She's young, she's hip and she has a thing about wigs. It was while she was working for New York's finest she mastered the fine art of disguise of … Continue reading Kat Stone