Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, JAMES HALLORAN appears in, as far as I can tell, only one short story, "Murder for Rent," narrated in the first person, in the … Continue reading James Halloran
Tag: Roger Torrey
Terrance McGowan
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Another one-shot private eye from the pen of pulpster Roger Torrey, TERRANCE McGOWAN first popped up in the longish novella "Please Locate Murder" in the February 1944 issue of Super-Detective. It was the cover story, in fact. Formerly a cop, McGowan … Continue reading Terrance McGowan
Pete Halloran
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, PETE HALLORAN appears in, as far as I can tell, only one short story, narrated in first person. Hmmmm.... I wonder if he's any … Continue reading Pete Halloran
Shean Connell
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) First published in 1938 (and reprinted by Dennis McMillan in 1988, and numerous times since), 42 Days For Murderwas the only novel by Black Mask regular Roger Torrey. It featured SHEAN CONNELL, who fits the classic mold of the hard-drinking, … Continue reading Shean Connell
Pat McCarthy & Margie Chalmers
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms: Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Hot-headed, irritable and hard to get along with, PAT McCARTHY, he of the "long, sad Irish face" and the thick black beard, is a private detective who's bounced around from detective agency to detective agency (Chicago! St. Louis!). He's settled down, … Continue reading Pat McCarthy & Margie Chalmers
George Killeen
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Los Angeles private eye GEORGE KILLEEN was yet another hard-boiled gumshoe created by pulpmeister Roger Torrey. Surprise, surprise.. he's Irish! According to Jess Nevins, he "gets along well with Lieutenant McFee of the Homicide Squad" whom Killeen admits is “one … Continue reading George Killeen
Johnny Cass (aka “Johnny Carr”)
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) One of the earliest of what would soon become a long string of hard-boiled private eyes created by pulpster Torrey, JOHNNY CARR (sometimes called "Johnny Cass") was your typically tough, cynical shamus, quick to dish out either the rough stuff or … Continue reading Johnny Cass (aka “Johnny Carr”)
Roger Torrey
Pseudonyms: Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Most readers of private detective fiction have probably never heard of pulp writer ROGER DENZEL TORREY. It‘s understandable, I guess. He wrote only one novel, 42 Days of Murder, and almost everything else he ever wrote has never been reprinted. Yet he was one … Continue reading Roger Torrey
Mike O’Dell
Created by Roger Torrey (1901-46) MIKE O'DELL was a former wrestler turned bodyguard in four short stories written by pulpmeister Roger Torrey. SHORT STORIES "Beginner's Luck" (January 1935, Black Mask) "Win - Place - and Show" (May 1935, Black Mask) "Nose Trouble" (July 1935, Black Mask) "Too Much Action" (July 1936, Black Mask) FURTHER INVESTIGATION … Continue reading Mike O’Dell
My Bookshelf: The Hard-Boiled Omnibus by Joseph T. “Cap” Shaw
My Bookshelf The Hard-Boiled Omnibus: Early Stories from Black Mask, edited by Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw Is there a more pivotal collection of stories from Black Mask than The Hard-Boiled Omnibus? Published by Simon and Schuster in 1946, this almost mythical hardcover featured fifteen stories selected by editor Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874-1952), who had … Continue reading My Bookshelf: The Hard-Boiled Omnibus by Joseph T. “Cap” Shaw