What happened to private eye shows? (1 Viewer)

[Stan]

I've noticed that many of the cop shows tend to treat Private Investigators as dilettantes, failed cops, and obstructionists. Homicide and NCIS for instance.
Patricia Cornwell has been quoted as saying she doesn't write "mysteries", she writes "crime novels." Personally, I think Cornwall's a hack, but I still enjoy Reginald Hill's "Dalziel and Pascoe" police procedurals more than most "detective stories"-- and those are fast becoming ensemble stories...

Wow, responding to a nine year old post

Patricia Cornwell did some pretty good stuff, but she also had some major duds. The stories about the French hairy wolfman guy were just plain weird. And her take on solving the "Jack the Ripper" mystery was ridiculously arrogant, as if she were "the expert".

And the lesbian aspect of certain characters, rather than being a side-note, she just shoves it right in your face.

Subtle, but she's very anti-male.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Jessica Jones is a PI.