Created by Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) Now here's something you rarely hear crime writing legend Elmore Leonard credited with.... Cindy Fazzi, author of a series of novels about Domingo, a modern day bounty hunter, suggests that that "pop culture has long mythologized and even romanticized" the occupation, and suggests that Leonard  himself helped popularize the profession … Continue reading Dave Flynn
Tag: Old West
Mike Segretto
Created by Scott Morrison Pseudonym of Jim Doherty Other pseudonyms include Kenneth Thornton Samuels Add MIKE SEGRETTO to the growing list of Old West eyes. He's a frontier-era Pinkerton op, loosely modeled on Charlie Siringo, who calls Texas home. He made his debut, the first in a proposed series of so-called western/mystery hybrids, in the … Continue reading Mike Segretto
Jefferson Birch
Created by W.W. Lee Laconic former Texas Ranger JEFFERSON BIRCH is a sort of Old West private eye who works sometimes for Tisdale Investigations. He's got a dark past that troubles him some, and a pal, Swede, who lends a hand now and then, in this 1990s series of hardcover westerns (later reprinted in large … Continue reading Jefferson Birch
Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel)
Created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow "A knight without armor in a savage land." -- from the theme song Perhaps the only genre more popular than private eyes in television's early years was the western, so it's probably not that surprising that someone soon came up with the idea of combining the two. In … Continue reading Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel)