Created by Frank Spotnitz (1960--) Award-winning writer and producer Frank Spotnitz (one of the headwaiters for The X-Files) was behind this eight-part suspense thriller from 2012 that I just stumbled across, more than a decade later. with an international espionage story line. Melissa George starred as SAM HUNTER, a kick-ass (and gorgeous) operative for Byzantium, … Continue reading Sam Hunter (Hunted)
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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
Humphrey Campbell
Created by Geoffrey HomesPseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring(1902-77) Got milk? HUMPHREY CAMPBELL was an operative for the Morgan Missing Persons Bureau ("Missing Persons Located, Heirs Found") in Los Angeles, who appeared in a handful of novels right, who made his debut before the private eye genre was practically codified by the success of a certain Mr. Chandler. … Continue reading Humphrey Campbell
John Thomas Ross
Created by Thomas Bunn (1944--) The copy on the dust jacket of Closet Bones (1977) mentions Sam Spade in referring to private detective JOHN THOMAS ROSS, but the resemblance is closer to Hammett’s other detective, the nameless Continental Op. Ross is paunchy, losing his hair and not getting any younger, but yet not easily waylaid … Continue reading John Thomas Ross