By Stephen D. Rogers Spring 2005 From the very beginning, I wanted to know why the hell my client was paying me to conduct a deep background check on a guy who wanted to be a janitor. It wasn't the money - I knew she was good for it. As the Director of Human Resources for … Continue reading “Validation”
Tag: Thrilling Detective Fiction
“Bourne Again”
By Stephen D. Rogers Winter/Spring 2002 I watched the cars speeding around the rotary, paid special attention to ones that veered off to head over the canal. Despite the "Cape Cod Tunnel" stickers that locals bought to infuriate the tourists, there were only two ways off the Cape. Since I couldn't see him going out … Continue reading “Bourne Again”
“Velda’s First Case”
By Ron Miller Featuring Velda Bellinghausen Summer 2002 It all began (I know, I know, but there's really no other way to start this), with a visit from Maxim Slotsky, of all people. I hadn't seen him in two or three months, since I left Slotsky's Follies. Not that I didn't like the Follies, which I didn't, … Continue reading “Velda’s First Case”
“Blondes, Blondes, Blondes!”
A short story by Jack Bludis Featuring Ken Sligo Winter 2006 "Girls, girls, girls!" I shouted out to the men looking for action on Baltimore's notorious Block. "Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads. Get 'em while they're hot!" It was 1947, two years since the war. The only men in uniform were cops and a few foreign sailors in … Continue reading “Blondes, Blondes, Blondes!”
Thrilling Detective Fiction (Index)
"So you're a private detective? I didn't know they existed, except in books -- or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors." -- Bacall to Bogart in The Big Sleep A NOTE TO READERS For the first ten or so years of its existence, The Thrilling Detective Web Site published online fiction, … Continue reading Thrilling Detective Fiction (Index)
Joseph Angello
Created by Peter Parmantie (1932-2024) JOSEPH ANGELLO describes himself as a "short, overweight investigator with a big nose that I stick in everyone's business." Not bad, actually. I'd go on to say Joe's pretty ugly, too. And also one of the more refreshing eyes to come out of the cyber-pulp explosion of the late nineties. … Continue reading Joseph Angello