Private Eye

You've seen them in the movies. You've read about them in comic books. Now hear from a real private eye, in his own words.

An American invention like no other is the private eye novel. England may have their gentlemen amateur detectives like Holmes and Poirot yet without the private eye the American detective genre would have long since gone away.

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A listing of the five most engaging roughneck sidekick characters in private eye fiction.

I list some of my favorite mystery writers, and say why I like them

A world famous private detective, Jay J. Armes, has offered his services to the family of missing Baby Gabriel Johnson, who has not been seen since December 26. Jay J. Armes usually charges $1 million to take on a case but has offered to search...

Two authors passed on recently whose styles and genres were, to say the least, very different. One of them was Robert Parker, author of the Spenser detective series. The other was Erich Segal, author of the late 60s popular novel "Love Story."

I found out that my husband was cheating on me thanks to the software I had installed on my computer. Read on if you suspect your spouse is looking at pornography, visiting chat rooms or having sexual liaisons over the internet or in person.

I have visited a private eye to console my desperation and despair, within a blink he says you will be mine.

The Easy Rawlins series is where Walter Mosley's genius best expresses itself. This is a genius of ear and eye, of vision and soul.

In the latter half of the 20th century, TV shows had identifiable theme songs. Many of those songs had lyrics which told in abbrviated form the story of the show's characters. Many viewers knew the lyrics and would joyfully sing along.