#fred durkin

[slate-cactus]

guess who got their hands on way too many character meme templates

[slate-cactus]

I grieve the stupid edits I know this series would have if it was popular

Guess I just have to make my own

[milkywaywoman-blog]

The trio was no great treat to look at. Saul Panzer, with his big nose lording it over his narrow face, in his brown suit that should have been pressed after he got caught in the rain, could have been a hackie or a street sweeper, but he wasn't. He was the smartest operative in the metropolitan area, and his talent for tailing, which Wolfe had praised to Pete Drossos, was only one little part of him. Any agency in town would pay him three times the market. In bulk Fred Durkin would have made nearly two Sauls, but not in ability. He could tail all right, and you could count on him for any ordinary chore, but if he ran into something fancy he was apt to get twisted. You could trust him to hell and back. As for Orrie Cather, when he confronted you with his confident dark brown eyes and a satisfied smile on his wavy lips, you had no doubt that his main concern was whether you realized how handsome he was. Of course that irritated any costumer he tackled, but it also gave the impression that it wasn't necessary to watch your step, which might be dangerous, since his real concern was his reputation as a working detective.

-Archie Goodwin, The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout