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  2. List of fictional detectives - Wikipedia

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    Armed Detective Agency - an organization from the animanga series Bungou Stray Dogs, the most notable of which being Edogawa Ranpo. Kyouko Okitegami - protagonist of Nisio Isin's novel series Bōkyaku Tantei. She is a famous detective who finishes all her cases in one day, because she resets her memory every time she goes to sleep.

  3. List of Holmesian studies - Wikipedia

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    Editor's Note: "Leslie Klinger, a leading authority on the world's most famous detective, reassembles in "The Complete Short Stories" the Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 canonical short stories in the order in which they were anthologized between 1892 and 1927, along with more than 700 period illustrations and some 2,000 footnotes in the margins, on ...

  4. Jerome Caminada - Wikipedia

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    Dubbed 'the Garibaldi of Detectives', Caminada rose to prominence in the mid-1880s, shortly before Doyle's debut Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, and during his time as an investigator is said to have helped imprison 1,225 criminals. The detective died in 1914 aged 69 – the year the last Holmes book was published.

  5. Sherlock Holmes - Wikipedia

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    Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...

  6. List of fictional private investigators - Wikipedia

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    Detective Chimp: John Broome and Carmine Infantino: Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4 (July–August 1952) Emerson Cod: Bryan Fuller: Pushing Daisies (TV) (2007) Elvis Cole: Robert Crais: The Monkey's Raincoat (1987) The Continental Op: Dashiell Hammett: The Tenth Clew [5] (1924) Alexa Crowe: Claire Tonkin: My Life Is Murder (TV) (2019 ...

  7. Detective fiction - Wikipedia

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    Created by famous Bengali novelist Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Byomkesh is one of the most iconic characters in Indian detective fiction. First appearing in the story Pother Kanta in 1932, Byomkesh, who refers to himself as a "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi, is known for his acute observational skills and logical reasoning abilities.

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  9. History of crime fiction - Wikipedia

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    Crime Fiction came to be recognised as a distinct literary genre, with specialist writers and a devoted readership, in the 19th century.Earlier novels and stories were typically devoid of systematic attempts at detection: There was a detective, whether amateur or professional, trying to figure out how and by whom a particular crime was committed; there were no police trying to solve a case ...