Created by John Harvey Pseudonyms include Jonothan White JACK KILEY is a former cop and ex-football hero turned London-based private eye, created by British crime writer John Harvey. You wanna know about the tone of the stories? Gritty as a truckload of sandpaper, harder than a kick in the teeth and determined to set the … Continue reading Jack Kiley
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My Scrapbook: Boston Blackie by N.C. Wyeth
Boston Blackie by N.C. Wyeth July 1914, The American Magazine "Unhurried and without excitement, but quickly, Boston Blackie forced drawer after drawer" . THIS WAS the lead illustration for "The Price of Principle," the first-ever Boston Blackie story and thus the first-ever depiction of one of crime fiction's more enduring characters. It appeared in the … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Boston Blackie by N.C. Wyeth
Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
Based on a book by by James B. Horan and Harold Danforth The D.A.'s Man was a pretty much forgotten Jack Webb television production from back in the late fifties, relating the adventures of SHANNON, a tough private eye (or possibly ex-private eye, according to some other sources, or even not a private eye at … Continue reading Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
Andre Shame (A Low Down Dirty Shame)
Created by Keenen Ivory Wayans "Oh boy!" I thought, when I first heard about A Low Down Dirty Shame. A hilarious, sharp-eyed spoof on Shaft and all those enjoyably cheesy but vital Blaxploitation B-flicks back in the seventies that followed? A tongue-in-cheek action flick look back written, directed and starring Keenan Ivory Wayans, a man who … Continue reading Andre Shame (A Low Down Dirty Shame)
Sugar Returns…
Because We Did Something Bad in a Past Life Hear that dim buzzing? It's the 20th-century pulp giants collectively rolling in their graves. IF YOU’RE an Apple TV user, or you drift around the more movie- and TV-centric regions of the web, you’ve likely picked up that Sugar, starring Colin Farrell, is coming back for a … Continue reading Sugar Returns…
Dave Beauchamp
Created by Michael Mallory "I can't say I'm hard-boiled.. I'm two minutes at best." PERENNIALLY out-of-his-depth (and possibly slightly detached from reality) rookie private eye and old movie buff DAVE BEAUCHAMP at least had the good sense (or good luck?) to make Los Angeles his hometown. Well... not exactly Los Angeles. More like the San … Continue reading Dave Beauchamp
Right As Rain by George Pelecanos
Review by Lily Gardner (March 2013) I'M GOING to say it right off: Right as Rain is a kick-ass book. If you haven't read it, you should kick yourself. First off, it's vivid writing. Consider the first sentence: "What Derek Strange was worried about, looking at Jimmy Simmons sitting there, spilling over a chair on … Continue reading Right As Rain by George Pelecanos
Protected: The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel
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Crime Scenes by Joseph S. Walker
A Review by John Larsen (June 2026) FOR THOSE who have not fallen down the rabbit hole of biographies, histories, and books on authoritarianism as I have, every once in awhile I happen across a work of fiction which just grabs me by the lapels in terms of quality. This book is CRIME SCENES by … Continue reading Crime Scenes by Joseph S. Walker
Protected: The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
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