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
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Jean Pearson
Created by Lori Stone Letters, we get letters... So, years ago, I received this. I've no idea who "Big Bill" was. Possible it was Lori Stone's husband, or her best friend or her agent or her publisher or maybe even Lori herself: Dear Mr. Smith, Rumour, which may or may not speak with false tongue, … Continue reading Jean Pearson
Raimo Jarvi
Created by Robert White Pseudonyms include Terry White, Robb White Finnish-American small town private eye RAIMO "RAY" JARVI would probably be happy plying his trade in Northtown, Ohio, a relatively quiet rust-belt town on the shores of Lake Erie, dealing with his usual "unfaithful wives and petty personal disputes." He owns the two-story building on … Continue reading Raimo Jarvi
“The Riding Boy”
By Terry White A Thomas Haftmann Investigation She looked sane. Sometimes you just never know. In private investigation work, you tend to get people at the ends of their tethers. But I also had fifteen years in homicide and that taught me to control my face, so she had no idea what I was thinking. … Continue reading “The Riding Boy”
Thomas Haftmann
Created by Robb White Pseudonyms include Terry White, Robb White Brooding Ohio gumshoe THOMAS HAFTMANN, hangs out his private investigator shingle in the allegedly sleepy resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake in Ohio, while trying to keep his various issues (alcohol, gambling, mental health, etc.) in check. Â Like his creator, he's a full-time Catholic and a part-time … Continue reading Thomas Haftmann
Ohio Players: How Many More?
Private Eyes of the Buckeye State Cincinnati (Whatever Became of Me?) Patricia Delaney by Sharon Gwyn Short Eli Paxton by Mike Resnick Harry Stoner by Jonathan Valin Cleveland Rocks! Jinx Alameda by Brian Michael Bendis Jim Bennett by Robert Martin Gil Disbro by James E. Martin Milan Jacovich by Les Roberts Nick Kepler by James … Continue reading Ohio Players: How Many More?
Gil Disbro
Created by James E. Martin (1936 --) TAKE ONE (Stickney) James E Martin's was a retired police detective, who had previously worked as a high school teacher in Ohio. His creation GIL DISBRO was a Cleveland-based PI, a young laid off cop who earned his way through P.I./bounty work. Disbro was also a part-time college … Continue reading Gil Disbro
Milan Jacovich
Created by Les Roberts Cleveland? You’re soaking in it. It’s the stomping ground for tough, likable, Kolbasa-loving blue collar private eye MILAN JACOVICH (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) an ordinary joe kinda guy, in this solid series. He's an ex-football player, well-educated, and fiercely proud of his Slovenian heritage, his working class roots and—make no mistake—his hometown. … Continue reading Milan Jacovich
Tom Sipowicz (The Polish Dragon)
Created by Steve Zimcosky TOM SIPOWICZ grew up in Cleveland, attending St. Stanislaus Elementary, Albert Bushnell Hart Junior High and South High School before being drafted into the Army, where he served as an MP. After being discharged, he joined the Cleveland cops, retired after thirty years to set up his own Polish Dragon Investigations, in … Continue reading Tom Sipowicz (The Polish Dragon)
Cricket West
Created by Fred Zackel Former federal agent and current Las Vegas private eye Cricket West, a "broken nose blonde on the dark side of thirty," is reeling with "euphoria" after getting her second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, in 2021's Drunk in Blood. "Lockdown was a bitch," is the way she puts it. But that feeling … Continue reading Cricket West