Created by Alice Loweecy Okay, so this ex-nun and a private dick walk into a bar... Ooops, sorry, that's actually just one person: GUILA FALCONE, who left the convent at the age of 29, taking a string of small jobs before landing a gig as an assistant at Pittsburgh's Driscoll Investigations. She's still getting used … Continue reading Guila Falcone & Frank Driscoll
Tag: Romance
Delvina Salvastano Kline
Created by Rachel Scott McDaniel Good girl DELVINA SALVASTANO KLINE wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but she sure grew up with one, adopted into a wealthy and influential New York City family in the 1920s. Only problem was that her birth father was a notorious gangster, and so in a way … Continue reading Delvina Salvastano Kline
John Russo, Charles Rutledge & Arthur Brodsky (They All Laughed)
Created by Peter Bogdanovich Leon: "I don't know what I'm going to do." Russo: "Who does?" A sleepy-eyed Ben Gazzara stars as New York private eye and man about town  JOHN RUSSO, working for the decidedly blue collar Odyssey Detective Agency ("We Never Sleep"), in writer/director Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed (1981), a frothy cinematic … Continue reading John Russo, Charles Rutledge & Arthur Brodsky (They All Laughed)
Helen Walsh
Created by Marian Keyes (1963--) Okay, so if you're looking for the Second Coming of Chandler or Hammett or Spillane or even Grafton, The Mystery of Mercy Close (1998) ain't it. It's merely another frothy installment of the seven book Walsh Sister rom-com series by Marian Keyes, focussed around fun-loving, twenty-nine year-old single mom Claire … Continue reading Helen Walsh
Atticus Cameron, Nathan Locke, Calvin Cruz & Jade Jax (Dynamis Security)
Created by  Liliana Hart Billed as the "Dynamis Security" books, the series spotlights the adventures of various operatives of the Dallas-based company, which offers international private security to various governments around the world. The firm was founded by the enigmatic, recently widowed veteran ATTICUS CAMERON, he of the "hair black as pitch" and "eyes like … Continue reading Atticus Cameron, Nathan Locke, Calvin Cruz & Jade Jax (Dynamis Security)