This character first appeared in Dividend in Death and had a radio show where he was described as "that reckless, red-headed Irishman.
This character was married to a woman named Phyllis, who dies in the book Blood on the Black Market. He is not Ellery Queen, but he had a self-titled Mystery Magazine that ran for almost three decades. This character first appeared in Dividend in Death and had a radio show where he was described as "that reckless, red-headed Irishman." FTP, name this Brett Halliday creation, a hard-boiled detective whose name is pronounced the same as your question writer.
This character was married to a woman named Phyllis, who dies in the book Blood on the Black Market.
Michael Shayne (accept either)