Created by Rick Dewhurst "Since I'm going to die, do you mind if I lead you to the Lord?" -- Joe faces off against a gunman According to author Rick Dewhurst, his private eye JOE LaFLAM and I have something in common. But here, let's let Joe tell it: "I was born in Vancouver, Canada, but … Continue reading Joe LaFlam
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Stefan Kopriva
Created by Frank Zafiro STEFAN KOPRIVA is yet another disgraced ex-cop (pills, booze and a "terrible mistake" that ended with a dead six-year-old) turned low-rent private peeper, guilt-ridden and seeking redemption. Stef's been at it for ten years when we first hook up with him in the series debut, Waist Deep (2011), and he's still at … Continue reading Stefan Kopriva
Jonathan Marks
Created by Glenn M. Barns (1915-97) Washington State attorney Glenn M. Barns wrote three medium-boiled and now largely forgotten novels about private detective JONATHAN "JONNY" MARKS, an operative for a large detective agency. I don't know much about the series, except that there first book, Murder is a Gamble (1952), was published by the lowly … Continue reading Jonathan Marks
An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
Eyes of the Northwest OREGON Cal Claxon by Warren C. Easley (Portland) Lennox Cooper by Lily Gardner (Portland) Conan Flagg by M.K. Wren (Oregon) Garrison Gage by Jack Nolte (Barnacle Bluffs) Dex Parios by Greg Rucka (Portland, aka "Stumptown") Myron Vale by Scott William Carter (Portland) WASHINGTON Thomas Black by Earl Emerson (Seattle) Frank Corso … Continue reading An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
Thomas Black
Created by Earl Emerson What were they smoking in Seattle in the eighties? Another 1980's Seattle P.I. who may have once inhaled is Earl Emerson's THOMAS BLACK. While not quite the flake that Richard Hoyt's John Denson is, he certainly has his moments. Especially when he teams up with his best bud, Kathy Birchfield who, … Continue reading Thomas Black
John Denson
Created by Richard Hoyt "I'm a gentleman and a scholar; would you care for some screw-top?" -- Denson greets a client in Decoys Consider him Gonzo-lite. Or maybe a New Age Northwest reincarnation of Shell Scott. Or just a hippy-dippy eye who has certainly inhaled. But there's no denying that Pacific Northwest private eye JOHN … Continue reading John Denson
Leo Waterman
Created by G.M. Ford (1945-2021) Should you judge a private eye by the company he keeps? A hapless, rumpled, heart-on-his-sleeve, middle-aged, grumpy smart-ass, Seattle private eye LEO WATERMAN stumbles from one quixotic case to another, in this highly-entertaining, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, critically-acclaimed series, by G.M. Ford. Aiding him in his escapades are "the boys," a … Continue reading Leo Waterman
Frank Corso (G.M. Ford)
Created by G.M. Ford FRANK CORSO is a reclusive renegade newshawk with a conscience. As an up-and-coming journalist in New York City, he became involved in a nasty libel suit which cost him his reputation and almost his career. Tail between his legs, he ended up on the west coast working for the third-rate Seattle … Continue reading Frank Corso (G.M. Ford)
Ginger Mitchell
Created by Eric Ugland Drawn back to her hometown of Portland by her mom's apparent suicide, GINGER MITCHELL chucks her gig as a Vegas "dancer." But I guess nobody told Ginger you can't go back home again. Sure, Portland's all hip and cool, but there's an underside to the city that's dark and nasty, and … Continue reading Ginger Mitchell
Harry Nile
Created by Jim French (1928-2017) Not all radio detectives are available only in re-runs from sometimes dubious old-time radio outlets. Here's one radio detective still very much on the case. HARRY NILE, a fictional private detective in Los Angeles and Seattle during the 1940's and 50's, is the title character of a long-running and much … Continue reading Harry Nile