Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Reference sources:
The Hard-boiled Detective - ed. by Herbert Rhum
The Great American Detective - ed. by William Kitteridge and Steven M. Krauzer, EDS.

Further reading (featuring only series or characters that I've read and not a comprehensive list):
Joe Kurtz series by Dan Simmons
Jack Taylor series by Ken Bruen
Kenzie and Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
Johnny Liddell series by Frank Kane
Alo Nudger series and the Fred Carver series by John Lutz
Harry Bosch series (specifically "The Wrong Side of Goodbye") by Michael Connelly
Streeter trilogy by Michael Stone
Albert Samson series by Michael Z. Lewin
Miles Jacoby series by Robert J. Randisi
C.W. Sughrue by James Crumley
Burke series by Andrew Vachss
Nameless Detective by Bill Pronzini
John Marshall Tanner series by Stephen Greenleaf
DKA series by Joe Gores
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
Whistler series by Robert Campbell
Benny Cooperman series by Howard Engel
Dave Brandstetter series by Joseph Hansen ...
(also see honourable mentions in the video).

Anthologies:
The Shamus Game ed. by Robert J. Randisi
Mystery Street ed. by Robert J. Randisi
Most Wanted ed. by Robert J. Randisi
Deadly Allies ed. by Robert J. Randisi
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories ed. by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg ...
etc.

Writing reference:
Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook by The Private Eye Writers of America ed. by Robert J. Randisi

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