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Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These individuals have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction , particularly in detective novels and short stories . Much of early detective fiction was written during the " Golden Age of Detective Fiction " (1920s–1930s).
Monk (TV) (2002) Bhaduri Moshai: Nirendranath Chakravarty: Tex Murphy: Chris Jones: Mean Streets (Video Game) (2004) Mr. Nadgett: Charles Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit. He was the first fictional private investigator [18] Nameless Detective: Bill Pronzini: The Snatch [19] (1971) Harry Orwell: Howard Rodman: Harry O (TV) (1974) Hercule Poirot ...
This list includes pairs or groups of characters who appear in a series of novels or short stories, not characters who are teamed only for a single story. Where two detectives work together, they are listed as A and B; where a single detective is regularly accompanied by a non-detecting sidekick or chronicler they are listed as A with B. The ...
Max Carrados – a blind detective in a series of mystery stories by Ernest Bramah; Detective Inspector Jack Caffery – Mo Hayder; Detective Christine Cagney – Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday (played by Loretta Swit 1981, Meg Foster 1982 and Sharon Gless 1983 to 1988 in Cagney and Lacey)
Melanie Travis is a school teacher and amateur dog-show detective in a series of books by American crime novelist Laurien Berenson (debuted 1995). Anna Travis is a Detective Inspector in a series of books 2004–2009 by English writer Lynda La Plante adapted for television as Above Suspicion which screened from 2009 with Kelly Reilly playing ...
Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between 9 January 2006 and 10 April 2007. It follows Sam Tyler (), a Manchester policeman in 2006 who wakes up after a car accident to discover that he has time-travelled to 1973, where he works the same job in the same location under the command of Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) while attempting to solve ...
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 ...
This list consists of fictional medical examiners from various works of literature, films, video game, and television series, in order of their show/book debut. Character Actor