Created by G. Wells Taylor Who is this bozo? WILDCLOWN sure ain't your granddad's private eye. Sure, he's suitably tough, suitably cynical, and suitably partial to a good swig of Canadian Club now and then. aren't they all? But this dude lives and works in Greasetown, a hellhole where, following "The Change," the living never … Continue reading Wildclown
Tag: Short Stories
Bill Mercer
Created by Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) WILLIAM "BILL" MERCER was a Detective Chief Inspector (and something of a rogue) when he first appeared in The Body Of A Girl (1972), a novel by acclaimed British writer Michael Gilbert. It's not a private eye novel — it's more of a hard-boiled police procedural, but Mercer is definitely … Continue reading Bill Mercer
My Favourite Short Story Series Eyes
A Short List of "New" Series When I first began working my way into the Shamus Game sometime in the late seventies/early eighties (Okay, boomer?), I read everything I could get my hands on. I prowled newsstands, spinner racks, libraries, garage sales and used bookstores, living on old and new paperback novels ("the kind the … Continue reading My Favourite Short Story Series Eyes
Jack Kiley
Created by John Harvey Pseudonyms include Jonothan White JACK KILEY is a former cop and ex-football hero turned London-based private eye, created by British crime writer John Harvey. You wanna know about the tone of the stories? Gritty as a truckload of sandpaper, harder than a kick in the teeth and determined to set the … Continue reading Jack Kiley
Harry McLean
Created by M.E. Proctor HARRY McLEAN is a middle-aged private eye, an easy-going ex-cop and Army vet toiling for the Houston-based DG Investigative, a small, Houston-based detective agency owned and operated by Diana Galindo. So far, he's only appeared in short stories, but then again, maybe that's the way he likes it. The way the … Continue reading Harry McLean
Tim Chadwick
Created by Joseph S. Walker "Heston says you used to be a cop." — the opening line in every story Yep. TIM CHADWICK used to be a cop. A detective in Major Crimes. But he drank. And now he's no longer a cop. When asked by a concerned waitress at his why he's no longer … Continue reading Tim Chadwick
Joe Standard
Created by Dan A. Sproul (1982-2004) Here's a good bet: Dan A. Sproul's race track tales to place. Most of these pleasantly pulpy short stories, published from 1989 to 2004 in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine have to do, in one way or another, with horse racing, or more precisely, betting on horse racing. And most … Continue reading Joe Standard
The Dean (aka “Dean Wardlow Rock”)
Created by Merle Constiner(1902-79) "Fortunes Devined from the Soles of Your Feet... Learn the Secrets of Love, Hate, Riches."— one of The Dean's many business cards Only in the pulps! One of the more entertaining sleuths of the detective pulps of the forties was DEAN WARDLOW ROCK (better known as "THE DEAN"), a quite likable … Continue reading The Dean (aka “Dean Wardlow Rock”)
Kaiser Lupowitz
Created by Woody Allen Pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg (1935--) I was sitting in my office, cleaning the debris out of my thirty-eight and wondering where my next case was coming from... KAISER LUPOWITZ is the gumshoe in a couple of Woody Allen's apparently affectionate parodies/tributes of/to the hardboiled private eye tale. Yes, that Woody … Continue reading Kaiser Lupowitz
Oke Oakley and Secrets. Inc.
Created by Frederick C. Davis Pseudonyms include Clark Aiken, Garry Grant & Stephen Ransome (1902-77) Just in case anyone thought Joe Gores was the first to relate the adventures of a large, fictional detective agency with his justifiably acclaimed Dan Kearney & Associates series, they ought to check out pulpster Frederick C. Davis' tales of … Continue reading Oke Oakley and Secrets. Inc.