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
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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
David Weather
Created by Tricia Allen Author Tricia Allen assured me her series character, DAVID WEATHER, was going to become a private eye eventually—he's was just taking a while to get there. His debut, Texas Weather (2000), finds him a prosecutor for the DA's office in post-Second World War Dallas, Texas, a town still trying to balance … Continue reading David Weather
Declan Shaw
Created by M.E. Proctor Pseudonym of Martine Proctor in Love You Till Tuesday (2024), a promising series debut, we meet Houston private eye DECLAN SHAW, who's blessed (or is it cursed?) with movie star good looks and a solid rep. He doesn't like guns, but he doesn't have to. He's dogged, determined and good at … Continue reading Declan Shaw
Mike Segretto
Created by Scott Morrison Pseudonym of Jim Doherty Other pseudonyms include Kenneth Thornton Samuels Add MIKE SEGRETTO to the growing list of Old West eyes. He's a frontier-era Pinkerton op, loosely modeled on Charlie Siringo, who calls Texas home. He made his debut, the first in a proposed series of so-called western/mystery hybrids, in the … Continue reading Mike Segretto
Annie McIntyre
Created by Samantha Jayne Allen "Life is long. Hard to see a shape or any kind of arc while you're living it." --Next of Kin A newly minted college grad finds herself back in her small hardscrabble hometown of Garnett, Texas, ANNIE McINTYRE is tired of waitressing and a life seemingly going nowhere (career opportunities … Continue reading Annie McIntyre
E.J. Kane
Created by Michael E. Jimerson A thirty-year vet of the Texas Rangers, E.J. KANE now works as an "independent sleuth" and freelance security consultant in the East Texas badlands where "the bland, khaki shades of drought punished the landscape." He's the hero in this top notch, action-packed series that digs way deeper (and darker) than … Continue reading E.J. Kane
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)
Samuel Craddock
Created by Terry Shames The former police chief of the small town of Jarrett Creek, Texas, SAMUEL CRADDOCK, finds out retirement isn't going to be quite as peaceful as he'd hoped. Seems his replacement is a hopeless drunk who couldn't "investigate his way out of an outhouse with two doors," according to a local attorney. … Continue reading Samuel Craddock
Maya Laster
Created by Noreen Cedeño Here's an eye of a different color. Noreen Cedeño's raspy-voiced MAYA LASTER does plenty of the regular private investigator things, albeit reluctantly, because--although she has the required license and all that--what she really is is a genetic genealogy investigator, running a one-woman agency in Dallas with the catchy title of Laster … Continue reading Maya Laster