Philip Marlowe might not have had a secretary, but Sam Spade knew better. Who else do you trust to bring you the dingus but your loyal secretary? Who else can you depend on to fend off inconvenient lovers or nasty cops, and deal with dead ship captains? Dashiell Hammett’s Effine Perrine is just one of…
Welcome to the place where forgotten, neglected, and lost mystery fictions of all kinds are welcomed. We do not judge here. Many here have been forgotten unjustly, while others deserved their fate. But who is to decide which is which? Every mystery is someone’s favorite, even if why is the biggest mystery of all. Today…
One of the most important facts to know in life is that Martin Kane is remembered as the first PI to be featured in a weekly television series. On the historic day of September 1, 1949, NBC took its popular radio series Martin Kane, Private Eye and adapted it for television. William Gargan was the…
