.By Duane Swierczynski A John MacNeil Novella Winter 2006 Chuck Underhill put the time of the break-in between 2 and 4 p.m. Jonesy told him she left just before 2, and didn't return home until after a dinner of Chinese food at Kum Lin's with her mother. By that time, Chuck was already there, and he'd … Continue reading “The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part Two)
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“The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part One)
.By Duane Swierczynski A John MacNeil Novella Winter 2006 "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.” — Ezekiel 25:17 By the end of move-in day, I needed only two things. A six-pack of Yuengling. And to get the hell out … Continue reading “The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part One)
Eddie Cero & Sal Giambroni
Created by David Fulmer Eddie rubbed his knuckles. “You better get him out of here.” -- from The Blue Door A good deed sucker punches Philly welterweight EDDIE CERO's life. There he is, just minding his own, taking a short cut through an alley on a fine Philly night in 1962, when he stumbles upon … Continue reading Eddie Cero & Sal Giambroni
Mike Olshansky (Hack)
Created by David Koepp "Could we just leave my soul out of this... for once?" -- Mike warns Grizz in "Domestic Disturbance" Get the angst-meter a-running... In Hack, possibly the most downbeat new drama of the Fall 2002 TV season, David Morse starred as MIKE OLSHANSKY, a disgraced ex-cop from Philadelphia ("I took a bullet … Continue reading Mike Olshansky (Hack)
Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand!
The Eyes of the Keystone State Pittsburgh Casey Carmichael by John Nicholas Datesh Yuri Nevsky by Dimitri Gat All in All, I'd Rather Be in Philadlphia Mike Dime by Barry Fantoni Dave Garrett by Neil Albert Lou Klein by Keith Gilman Mike Olshansky by David Koepp (Hack) Carney Wilde by Bart Spicer Respectfully compiled by … Continue reading Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand!
Lou Klein
Created by Keith Gilman Who says you can't go home again? Apparently, nobody told former Philly cop LOU KLEIN, who makes a U-turn and heads back, in Keith Gilman's promising (and contest-winning) 2009 debut, Father's Day. After his widowed mother's murder, he moves into her old house in West Philadelphia--the house he grew up in--but … Continue reading Lou Klein
Veena Lion & Cooper Lamb
Created by James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski “Why don’t you try Veena? She’s the best. Well, second best...”— Cooper asks why his clients didn’t consider Veena In Patterson and Swierczynski’s first novel-length P.I. yarn, Lion & Lamb (2023), VEENA LION and COOPER LAMB are (mostly) friendly rival private eyes in Philadelphia, well aware of each other—if not exactly fans. … Continue reading Veena Lion & Cooper Lamb
Del Farmer (aka Del Winter)
Created by Duane Swierczynski He's hot, he's hip, he's dead. Meet DEL WINTER, hard-boiled dick. But Winter isn't like the other shamuses you may find on this site. For one thing, he's shuffled off this mortal coil and assumed permanent room temperature. Really. He's dead, Jim. Or at least, he was. For a while. And … Continue reading Del Farmer (aka Del Winter)
Mike Valentine (Florida Man)
Created by Donald Todd “For a state shaped like a limp dick, it can sure fuck a person over." The idea among many Americans that Florida is the Great Wrong Place, filled with eccentrics and dumb-as-dirt yahoos, is not new, and the phrase “Florida Man” has been an internet meme for years. So it’s no … Continue reading Mike Valentine (Florida Man)
Clifford Waterman
Created by Richard Stevenson Pseudonym of Richard Lipez (1938-2022) The good news? Richard Stevenson, the creator of the acclaimed Don Strachey mysteries has started a new P.I. series with the publication of Knock Off the Hat in 2022, which introduced CLIFFORD WATERMAN, a gay private eye trying to keep it together in post-war Philadelphia. It's … Continue reading Clifford Waterman