

And he doesn’t have a stock cast of associates or friends that he can fall back on whenever a particular problem comes Understandable once you’ve read The Wrong Man.

In fact, he’s got a particular dislike of cops in general, which is kind of Nor is he someone with a history in law enforcement. Q: What makes James Bishop different from other hardboiled characters?įor a start, he’s not a private investigator. Jason Dean is one of these writers with his cool James Bishop series.

They still come from the Sam Spade tradition, being hardboiled loners fighting for justice. With the success of Lee Child, more and more writers gives us protagonists who are just a bit more military than most PI's (like my own Mike Dalmas).
