Created by Angela Hynes From the back cover: "BRIGHTON DOYLE has a Los Angeles-based PI business that she's inherited; an office on funky Venice boardwalk; a glamorous movie star sister; and a hole in her life where her late fiancé used to be. Her missing persons business is starting to feel stale now that she … Continue reading Brighton Doyle
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Steve Michaels
Created by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) Perhaps my favourite story (and the most recent) in Killer, Come Back to Me (2020), Hard Case Crime's spiffy 2020 collection of Ray Bradbury's crime and detective stories, was “Where Everything Ends.” Originally published in the 2010 omnibus collection of the author's Death Is a Lonely Business (1985), A Graveyard for … Continue reading Steve Michaels
Steve Ford (Once Upon a Time in Venice)
Created by Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen "Never mess with a man's dog." -- the film's tagline Once Upon a Time in Venice is a pointless slice of straight-to-streaming cheese starring late-period Bruce Willis; the cinematic equivalent of a self-published novel by an enthusiastic wannabe whose only reference point seems to be other straight-to-streaming crime … Continue reading Steve Ford (Once Upon a Time in Venice)
Elmo Crumley
Created by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) "Venice, California, in the old days had much to recommend it to people who liked to be sad." -- from Death is a Lonely Business What? Beloved sci-fi superstar author Ray Bradbury wrote a P.I. novel? Well, sorta. No stranger to the pulps, it wasn't the first time Bradbury had … Continue reading Elmo Crumley
Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung P.I. version developed by Kelly Thompson Original "Hawkeye" created by Stan Lee and Don Heck "Ugh. Barf." -- Kate reacts to a stalker's claim that he's in love with his victim. In the ca-ching-ca-ching world of Marvel and DC superheroes, a character's back story is forever malleable, vulnerable … Continue reading Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)