Created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford & Jennifer Hoppe-House "I'm ninety-nine per cent sure that this guru bastard murdered his wife." If you want to mine the vein of modern day gonzo noir, as popularized by St. Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and others, you have to go big. And if you’re gonna go big, you should go … Continue reading Peggy Newman (High Desert)
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China Smith
Created by Robert C. Dennis B-film tough-guy movie actor Dan Duryea played two-fisted part-time scam artist/private eye CHINA SMITH who operated out of a bar in Singapore, in the eponymous syndicated TV show from the fifties. China’s cases often took him throughout the Orient, which him plenty of swash-buckling action in this early, as China … Continue reading China Smith