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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).
This is a list of fictional male detective characters from novels, short stories, radio, television, and films. A. Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn ...
Below is an alphabetical list of fictional police detectives and their creators (with, in many cases, the actor/actress most known for playing the character in a dramatisation). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee: The Roman Hat Mystery (1929) Agatha Raisin: M.C. Beaton
Sarge Steel is a detective/spy character published by Charlton Comics during the 1960s. As he was published during the time of Charlton's Action Heroes line of superheroes, and had loose ties to some, he is sometimes included with that group.
The character of Sam Spade is based on the detective featured in Dashiell Hammett's famous 1930 crime mystery novel, The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appears in several other lesser known Hammett ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Lists of fictional detectives" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of female detective characters; H.