

He'll never be rich or have a fancy office he often is just a step ahead of the bill collectors. Here's a detective who is a real human being. He seldom uses his gun or gets into a fight, but he's no wimp. Harry is definitely not a hard-boiled P.I. He manages not to do the deed and ends up staying on the West Coast, working as a private eye, first in Los Angeles, and later, in Seattle. The "little favor" involves the murder of a rival crime boss. to do a "little favor" for the holder of his markers, a Windy City crime boss. After piling up substantial gambling debts, he hits rock-bottom and agrees to travel to L.A.

He resigns from the police force after exposing corruption at a Chicago precinct. When his beautiful blues-singer wife is killed in a nightclub shooting, Harry goes into a major tailspin. We find out that Harry's real last name is actually Niletti he changed it before he joined the force to protect his family from potential coercion or retaliation by the Mob. As a rookie on the Chicago police force, Harry was recruited by the department's Internal Affairs. Like many private eyes, Harry started out as a cop. Since 1996 it has also been syndicated nationally and now, internationally. It has aired on three different radio stations in the Seattle area. The show is a survivor - not even a 12-year hiatus (1978-1990) could stop it. This series started on Januand is still going strong - it's now heard internationally. HARRY NILE, a fictional private detective in Los Angeles and Seattle during the 1940's and 50's, is the title character of a new-time radio detective series, The Adventures of Harry Nile.

Not all radio detectives are only available in re-runs here's one radio detective who is still on the case.
