Created by Bryan Fuller "In Cod We Trust." — advertising slogan on a billboard Hoo-boy. This one's a stretch, even on a site whose parameters are as elastic as this one. Sure, television's Pushing Daisies (2007-09, ABC) had a private eye as a regular character, but it was never really a PI show. What it … Continue reading Emerson Cod (Pushing Daisies)
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Rose Gallagher
Created by Erin Lindsey If Disney had done The X-Files, it may have gone something like this... Plucky, sassy housemaid ROSE GALLAGHER, an Irish girl from rough and tumble Five Points in New York City is content sweeping the floors and performing other household chores in a swank Fifth Avenue brownstone, and she'd probably still … Continue reading Rose Gallagher
Sonny Baca
Created by Rudolfo Anaya (1937-2020) They call SONNY BACA the seeker (he's been searching low and high), not just for the meaning of his own dreams, but for the cultural roots of crime, in this exceptional quartet of novels Albuquerque, New Mexico private investigator has a background you don't see often in the Shamus Game … Continue reading Sonny Baca
Juan Calavera (Calavera P.I.)
Created by Marco Finnegan "I don't know what I am." And neither do we. Rest in peace? If only... it's Dia de los Muertos, 1930, and Los Angeles private eye JUAN CALAVERA is summoned to help an Maria Valdez, a lady reporter and an old friend, rescue her  kidnapped son; a case that may (or … Continue reading Juan Calavera (Calavera P.I.)
Garth Frederickson
Created by George C. Chesbro (1940-2008) A series of short stories featuring GARTH FREDERICKSON, a former NYPD lieutenant now pounding the pavement as a private investigator in Cairn, New York, a Big Apple suburb. If Garth's last name, or his creator's identity ring a bell, it's because Garth's "weird little brother" is world-renown criminalogist/private eye … Continue reading Garth Frederickson
Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo the Magnificent)
Created by George C. Chesbro (1940-2008) "I was born with a low profile." -- Mongo in Shadow of a Broken Man Definitely the shortest eye this side of Inch High, DR. ROBERT "MONGO" FREDERICKSON is probably the world's only dwarf ex-circus star turned college professor turned New York private eye. But he's much more than … Continue reading Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo the Magnificent)
Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
Created by B. Clay Moore & Steven Griffin "Thank God the Tiki Bar's still open Thank God the Tiki lights still shine Thank God the Tiki Bar's still open Come on in and open up your mind..." --John Hiatt If Raymond Chandler had worn a few more Hawaiian shirts and learned how to chill, maybe … Continue reading Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
Cricket West
Created by Fred Zackel Former federal agent and current Las Vegas private eye Cricket West, a "broken nose blonde on the dark side of thirty," is reeling with "euphoria" after getting her second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, in 2021's Drunk in Blood. "Lockdown was a bitch," is the way she puts it. But that feeling … Continue reading Cricket West
Janie ‘Strummer’ Jones (Black’s Myth)
Created by Eric Palicki (text) and Wendell Cavalcanti (art) Come out of the closets, you boys and you girls, and meet JANIE "STRUMMER" JONES, yet another comic book werewolf P.I. Naturally it's a "punk rock urban fantasy noir horror" comic--so my guess is that the P.I. end of the hybrid schtick gets the usual short shrift, but I'll have … Continue reading Janie ‘Strummer’ Jones (Black’s Myth)
Miles Paladon
Created by Robert J. Randisi & Kevin D. Randle 1939 Chicago shamus MILES PALADON is gunned down in a back alley but comes to on a bloody medieval battlefield, with an arrow sticking out of his chest and a bunch of Prince Valiant lookalikes calling him Prince Paladon. Yep, it's another of those "how the hell … Continue reading Miles Paladon