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Private Detective

Touch and Go Is Not Up to Gardner's Standards

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 04.03.2013 | Books
Jackie K. Cooper

Lisa Gardner is a very talented writer of mystery thrillers. Each of her previous novels have shown growth in her writing skills. However her latest novel, Touch and Go, is a slight step backwards.

Imprisoned Hollywood Detective Means Trouble For Star Clients

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 12.25.2012 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Four years after a private eye went to prison for wiretapping phones of the rich and famous on behalf of celebrities and Hollywood...

Jonathan Ames' Trouble (and Hit TV Series) Began When He Was Bored

Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Lila Shapiro

Where does Ames end and his character begin? He says, "Jonathan the character is wonderfully more brave and delusional than I am, which enables him to take on things that he shouldn't."

Noir Fiction Is About Losers, Not Private Eyes

Otto Penzler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Otto Penzler

I am constantly baffled by the fact that a huge number of readers of noir don't seem to know what noir fiction is.