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A citizen detective, also known as an amateur detective, is an individual who devotes his or her time and expertise to aid in the solving of crime, without compensation or expectation of reward. [8] Citizen detectives are private citizens that have no real professional relationship with law enforcement and lack any rational-legal authority ...
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 BÅkyaku 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.
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes examines a suspect's boots in an illustration to the 1891 story "The Boscombe Valley Mystery". Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.
Also "Kiwara" in Austrian German slang for a police officer, in Vienna denomination for a police detective, "Kiberei" or "Kiwarei" for the police. Slightly derogatory. King's / Queen's Cowboys Canadian slang term for members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Sherlock Holmes (foreground) oversees the arrest of a criminal; this hero of crime fiction popularized the genre.. Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. [1]
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) Nancy Drew... Detective (1938) The Saint in New York (1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939) The Cat and the Canary (1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
This category is for mystery and detective novels written for children and young adults. Also see: Category:Junior spy novels; Category:Young adult mystery fiction; Category:Children's mystery short story collections. Also of interest: List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel winners
The Three Investigators is an American juvenile detective book series first published as "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators".It was created by Robert Arthur Jr., who believed involving a famous person such as movie director Alfred Hitchcock would attract attention.