GUMSHOE System, a role-playing system designed for investigative scenarios
On September 28, 2012, Nigel Jones in the UK's The Guardian characterized Reiss, the author of "enthralling biographies", as "more a literary gumshoe detective than a conventional biographer".
Appearing considerably younger, the tough-talking gumshoe Trench was located in St. Louis with an office above a repertory theatre, overseen by Box-Office Sadie, that consistently screens Humphrey Bogart films.
His most enduring contribution was the creation of the fictional detective Dixon Hill; a circa 1930s gumshoe portrayed by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a recurring series of Holodeck simulations.