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List of fictional detectives
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<h2 id="types">Types</h2> <p>Fictional detectives generally fit one of four archetypes:[<i>according to whom?</i>] </p> <ul><li><i>The amateur detective</i> (Miss Marple, Jessica Fletcher, Lord Peter Wimsey); From outside the field of criminal investigation, but gifted with knowledge, curiosity, desire for justice, etc.</li> <li><i>The private investigator</i> (Cordelia, Holmes, Marlowe, Spade, Poirot, Magnum, Millhone); Works professionally in criminal and civic investigations, but outside the criminal justice system.</li> <li><i>The police detective</i> (Dalgliesh, Kojak, Morse, Columbo, Alleyn, Maigret); Part of an official investigative body, charged with solving crimes.</li> <li><i>The forensic specialist</i> (Scarpetta, Quincy, Cracker, CSI teams, Thorndyke); Affiliated with investigative body, officially tasked with specialized scientific results rather than solving the crime as a whole.</li></ul> <p>Notable fictional detectives and their creators include: </p> <h3>Amateur detectives</h3> <p class="note">See also: Category:Fictional amateur detectives</p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Misir_Ali/d5LVwVqv">Misir Ali</a> – part-time professor of psychology and academic author at <a href="/facts/University_of_Dhaka/VPGHfPUI">University of Dhaka</a>, created by <a href="/facts/Humayun_Ahmed/oFwucyNs">Humayun Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arjun_(character)/JVHKR35o">Arjun</a> – young detective from <a href="/facts/Jalpaiguri/7dcm6DTR">Jalpaiguri</a> in West Bengal, created by <a href="/facts/Samaresh_Majumdar/tHhYUaTg">Samaresh Majumdar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/P._K._Basu/A9t7cM14">P. K. Basu</a> – criminal lawyer, created by <a href="/facts/Narayan_Sanyal/4EfkCvdP">Narayan Sanyal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Trixie_Belden/P42SFLDY">Trixie Belden</a> – teen detective, created by Julie Campbell Tatham</li> <li><a href="/facts/Boston_Blackie/l3l6EGxs">Boston Blackie</a> – reformed jewel thief, created by Jack Boyle</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosemary_%2526_Thyme/GT5YuMGr">Rosemary Boxer</a> – with Laura Thyme, gardening detective, created by <a href="/facts/Brian_Eastman/P3bxTPnj">Brian Eastman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mrs_Bradley/7BK2kagM">Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley</a> – widowed socialite, created by <a href="/facts/Gladys_Mitchell/8guKQ7dA">Gladys Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Father_Brown/uy5QBXQP">Father Brown</a> – Catholic priest, created by English novelist <a href="/facts/G._K._Chesterton/LedSfaLh">G. K. Chesterton</a>. Features in 51 detective short stories.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Encyclopedia_Brown/mofzwTb9">Encyclopedia Brown</a> – boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed "Encyclopedia" for his intelligence and range of knowledge.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cadfael/w0wGpL4K">Cadfael</a> – early 12th-century monk solves murders and social problems, created by <a href="/facts/Ellis_Peters/1XSjCcn2">Ellis Peters</a>, also known as <a href="/facts/Edith_Pargeter/1XSjCcn2">Edith Pargeter</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Creek/CgNYK5Q5">Jonathan Creek</a> – creative consultant to a magician, in a British TV series by the same name, written by <a href="/facts/David_Renwick/Vx33P2FT">David Renwick</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_Drew/GmocFP8H">Nancy Drew</a> – High school sleuth, created by <a href="/facts/Edward_Stratemeyer/5rW4HeUD">Edward Stratemeyer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/C._Auguste_Dupin/VHgfl049">C. Auguste Dupin</a> – upper class character created by <a href="/facts/Edgar_Allan_Poe/BwBzd1sG">Edgar Allan Poe</a>. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's "<a href="/facts/The_Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue/Bu2hAYQY">The Murders in the Rue Morgue</a>" (1841), widely considered the first <a href="/facts/Detective_fiction/yL6DFnqd">detective fiction</a> story.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gideon_Fell/51NC3xyN">Dr Gideon Fell</a> – "lexicographer" and drinker, created by <a href="/facts/John_Dickson_Carr/pfUg8dAE">John Dickson Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sister_Fidelma_mysteries/tAW2hhXq">Sister Fidelma</a> – A Celtic nun in the 7th century who solves mysteries, by <a href="/facts/Peter_Berresford_Ellis/p1JnQ0B8">Peter Berresford Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Famous_Five_(novel_series)/Quj1IRvX">The Famous Five (novel series)</a> - Child detectives and their pet dog created by <a href="/facts/Enid_Blyton/fRosTCuk">Enid Blyton</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Fletcher/zB80q4X2">Jessica Fletcher</a> – writer, created by <a href="/facts/William_Link/yMLHS2DH">William Link</a> and <a href="/facts/Richard_Levinson/Huq3948k">Richard Levinson</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Murder%2c_She_Wrote/l98gzD5g">Murder, She Wrote</a></i> TV series (1984–1996)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pandab_Goenda/2rX9sJPn">Pandab Goenda</a> – team of five child detectives, created by <a href="/facts/Sasthipada_Chattopadhyay/gYKEkXF5">Sasthipada Chattopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gogol_(Samaresh_Basu)/SEh1T3fH">Gogol</a> – teenage detective, created by <a href="/facts/Samaresh_Basu/s8eJIhk0">Samaresh Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Beverly_Gray/jqumhy0x">Beverly Gray</a> – protagonist of the Beverly Gray Mystery series by <a href="/facts/Beverly_Gray/jqumhy0x">Clair Blank</a></li> <li>Myrtle Hardcastle – Victorian girl detective, main character in the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery novels, created by <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_C._Bunce/A76zpkCM">Elizabeth C. Bunce</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Hardy_Boys/M1AhKgfE">The Hardy Boys</a> – Sibling high school sleuths, (Frank & Joe) created by <a href="/facts/Edward_Stratemeyer/5rW4HeUD">Edward Stratemeyer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hart_to_Hart/PhGnNeBn">Jonathan & Jennifer Hart</a> – millionaire couple, created by <a href="/facts/Sidney_Sheldon/RIbCm7na">Sidney Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Patrick_Jane/jTYYNolv">Patrick Jane</a> – con artist, created by <a href="/facts/Bruno_Heller/z1w5MCXN">Bruno Heller</a> for <i><a href="/facts/The_Mentalist/nbPgVeXR">The Mentalist</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jagga_Jasoos/t2W7DMxv">Jagga Jasoos</a> – young detective, created by <a href="/facts/Anurag_Basu/NHYeMFAh">Anurag Basu</a> for the eponymous film</li> <li><a href="/facts/Al_Moghameron_Al_Khamsa/a3gCSMmN">Al Moghameron Al Khamsa</a> (The Five Adventurers or The Adventurous Five) - kid detectives created by <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egyptian</a> writer <a href="/facts/Mahmoud_Salem/9rBMbvW5">Mahmoud Salem</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jayanta-Manik/69sI5Xlm">Jayanta & Manik</a> – amateur detective duo created by <a href="/facts/Bengali_language/twpKobqA">Bengali</a> novelist <a href="/facts/Hemendra_Kumar_Roy/t2FAgggV">Hemendra Kumar Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kakababu/ywhnlTJ8">Kakababu</a> – former director of the <a href="/facts/Archaeological_Survey_of_India/aVeou2RT">Archaeological Survey of India</a>, created by <a href="/facts/Sunil_Gangopadhyay/M8HMheN9">Sunil Gangopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sally_Lockhart/AArguLLf">Sally Lockhart</a> – teenage girl, created by <a href="/facts/Philip_Pullman/hBzM5ngk">Philip Pullman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miss_Marple/IBlMru4S">Miss Marple</a> – a small town old spinster who solves a number of crimes using common sense, created by <a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Veronica_Mars/InkgTFGA">Veronica Mars</a> – school girl whose father is a private detective, created by <a href="/facts/Rob_Thomas_(writer)/UTaflTTD">Rob Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amelia_Peabody/kN0M1jv3">Amelia Peabody</a> – Egyptologist who solves a variety of dastardly crimes in turn-of-the-century Egypt, created by <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Peters/BaQzH6JH">Elizabeth Peters</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellery_Queen/rgGUIsTn">Ellery Queen</a> – author and editor of a magazine, created by two writers, using the pseudonym <a href="/facts/Ellery_Queen/rgGUIsTn">Ellery Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Easy_Rawlins/bgJw4zfg">Easy Rawlins</a> – black WWII veteran from Houston. All stories take place in Los Angeles during the 50s & 60s. Created by <a href="/facts/Walter_Mosley/PKCeGyQt">Walter Mosley</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Rouletabille/kwSQad92">Joseph Rouletabille</a> – journalist created by French writer <a href="/facts/Gaston_Leroux/UoEcYcuu">Gaston Leroux</a>. Main character in <i><a href="/facts/The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room/fIT33GRE">The Mystery of the Yellow Room</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Niladri_Sarkar/n920F9CS">Niladri Sarkar</a> – retired colonel, naturist and amateur investigator, created by Bengali writer <a href="/facts/Syed_Mustafa_Siraj/5YsmI1do">Syed Mustafa Siraj</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosemary_%2526_Thyme/GT5YuMGr">Laura Thyme</a> – with Rosemary Boxer, gardening detective, created by <a href="/facts/Brian_Eastman/P3bxTPnj">Brian Eastman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dr._Thorndyke/qWoPga9s">Dr. John Thorndyke</a> – medical doctor who trained to become a forensic specialist, created by <a href="/facts/R._Austin_Freeman/7Y355fEz">R. Austin Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Trent%2527s_Last_Case_(novel)/oMYUnhHW">Philip Trent</a> – gentleman sleuth, created by <a href="/facts/Edmund_Clerihew_Bentley/wknjlfea">E. C. Bentley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Augustus_S._F._X._Van_Dusen/cf0nNBBv">Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Jacques_Futrelle/TF9tDKWq">Jacques Futrelle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hetty_Wainthropp/HtXlhQdo">Hetty Wainthropp</a> – retired working-class woman, created by <a href="/facts/David_Cook_(writer)/rMUruPM2">David Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lord_Peter_Wimsey/oTmkfV0M">Lord Peter Wimsey</a> – wealthy English gentleman, created by <a href="/facts/Dorothy_L._Sayers/aJXw62W9">Dorothy L. Sayers</a>, assisted by his valet (and batman from WW1) Bunter and later also Harriet Vane</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kyoko_Kirigiri/Hu2Kr6HR">Kyoko Kirigiri</a> - a former detective from the game <a href="/facts/Danganronpa%3a_Trigger_Happy_Havoc/rLlHQBaU">Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shuichi_Saihara/fKyH9Adg">Shuichi Saihara</a> - main detective and second <a href="/facts/Protagonist/LD8eN0Pr">protagonist</a> in <a href="/facts/Danganronpa_V3%3a_Killing_Harmony/Glt3SLYu">Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Three_Investigators/e5S5Aoo8">Three Investigators</a> - An American juvenile detective book series created by <a href="/facts/Robert_Arthur_Jr./0T0Kb1la">Robert Arthur Jr.</a></li> <li>Kiyoshi Shimada - a Buddhist priest who excels at solving mysteries, created by <a href="/facts/Yukito_Ayatsuji/KplcLpgx">Yukito Ayatsuji</a>. Shimada first appeared in Ayatsuji's debut novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Decagon_House_Murders/o15YCX6d">The Decagon House Murders</a></i> (1987). The book belongs to his Bizarre House/Mansion Murders series. The first two volumes of the series have been translated into English by Locked Room International.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hildegarde_Withers/Sa9L5JcB">Hildegarde Withers</a>- a New York City schoolteacher turned amateur sleuth created by <a href="/facts/Stuart_Palmer_(author)/BWr9xXV4">Stuart Palmer</a></li></ul> <h3>Private investigators</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/List_of_fictional_private_investigators/zkVckLFG">List of fictional private investigators</a></p> <ul><li>David Addison in <a href="/facts/Moonlighting_(TV_series)/k3ACNSUE"><i>Moonlighting</i></a> – created by <a href="/facts/Glenn_Gordon_Caron/1UDUDU8V">Glenn Gordon Caron</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Angel_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)/U0Fk3wF2">Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)</a> – Vampire with a soul and private investigator in Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="/facts/Byomkesh_Bakshi/cWS6cG7B">Byomkesh Bakshi</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Sharadindu_Bandyopadhyay/jgPbLNvl">Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Goenda_Baradacharan/nr3C7YhU">Goenda Baradacharan</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Shirshendu_Mukhopadhyay/Nqo82Cuc">Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Parashor_Barma/VB8lQE7f">Parashor Barma</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Premendra_Mitra/yzYFlh9m">Premendra Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Batman/6ybzEQsH">Batman</a> – World's Greatest Detective in the <a href="/facts/DC_Universe/J97wlIsz">DC Universe</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Bob_Kane/0jqbxq1l">Bob Kane</a> and <a href="/facts/Bill_Finger/uA711ds2">Bill Finger</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tommy_Beresford/jC7ASbgJ">Tommy and Tuppence Beresford</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sexton_Blake/C4pQPxrb">Sexton Blake</a> - created by <a href="/facts/Harry_Blyth/K5yMuXfN">Harry Blyth</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Benoit_Blanc/lX0dKono">Benoit Blanc</a> - created by <a href="/facts/Rian_Johnson/TNK9A7Ay">Rian Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Case_Histories_(TV_series)/UlQB5bM9">Jackson Brodie</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Kate_Atkinson_(writer)/Q2PlvGv0">Kate Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nestor_Burma/gy35nFgl">Nestor Burma</a> – created by <a href="/facts/L%25C3%25A9o_Malet/zGuQ7af2">Léo Malet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert_Campion/kdIABqKR">Albert Campion</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Margery_Allingham/NTsa8XEY">Margery Allingham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pepe_Carvalho/Vy1Ct3BK">Pepe Carvalho</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Manuel_V%25C3%25A1zquez_Montalb%25C3%25A1n/Q47Q7eXk">Manuel Vázquez Montalbán</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Castle/tLm7EMHQ">Richard Castle</a> – Very successful novelist and private investigator from the ABC television series <i>Castle</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Thin_Man/BhV5Rwbd">Nick & Nora Charles</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Dashiell_Hammett/j2LYYBWb">Dashiell Hammett</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dipak_Chatterjee/JUH0Vf9B">Dipak Chatterjee</a> – created by Swapan Kumar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elvis_Cole/w9xAg8cw">Elvis Cole</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Robert_Crais/w9xAg8cw">Robert Crais</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bulldog_Drummond/s44gFzWs">Bulldog Drummond</a> – created by <a href="/facts/H._C._McNeile/RIF3YT2r">H. C. McNeile</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Feluda/YUATvWxt">Feluda</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Satyajit_Ray/abnSNsWF">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phryne_Fisher/8CfqVq3E">Phryne Fisher</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Kerry_Greenwood/fFkP9s0z">Kerry Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ganesh_(lawyer)/uA0zbakb">Ganesh</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Sujatha_(writer)/AEKMQQK5">Sujatha</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Garrett_P.I./HoodY6pl">Garrett</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Glen_Cook/JcqI9jpP">Glen Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dirk_Gently/DgbxVcgQ">Dirk Gently</a> (Svlad Cjelli) - created by <a href="/facts/Douglas_Adams/XA184SfE">Douglas Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cordelia_Gray/WR5ek9pP">Cordelia Gray</a> – private detective in London, created by <a href="/facts/P._D._James/TonLdM0A">P. D. James</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Gunn/GhocpPej">Peter Gunn</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Blake_Edwards/rvdHL0rv">Blake Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mike_Hammer_(character)/y8SK73vY">Mike Hammer</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Mickey_Spillane/68B7l9Xl">Mickey Spillane</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dixon_Hawke/vLcoGrUs">Dixon Hawke</a> - created for D. C. Thomson</li> <li>Madelyn "Maddie" Hayes in <a href="/facts/Moonlighting_(TV_series)/k3ACNSUE"><i>Moonlighting</i></a> – created by <a href="/facts/Glenn_Gordon_Caron/1UDUDU8V">Glenn Gordon Caron</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sherlock_Holmes/fhN0w3Jv">Sherlock Holmes</a> – created by Sir <a href="/facts/Arthur_Conan_Doyle/52dvrHvc">Arthur Conan Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Matt_Houston/qrgUH7qM">Matt Houston</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Gordon_(producer)/1rzWyAuP">Lawrence Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jack_Irish/EzB5tms4">Jack Irish</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Peter_Temple/DPLpcJsI">Peter Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_T._Ironside/nIoXuqDk">Robert T. Ironside</a> Created by <a href="/facts/Collier_Young/9M8JCbG3">Collier Young</a> Handicapped police consultant, former police detective. Played by <a href="/facts/Raymond_Burr/l6UfQnEV">Raymond Burr</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Jones/MSE5JNLs">Jessica Jones</a> - created by <a href="/facts/Brian_Michael_Bendis/XsbJux9p">Brian Michael Bendis</a> and <a href="/facts/Michael_Gaydos/3HPKjB9s">Michael Gaydos</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jake_Lassiter/BFWITtAw">Jake Lassiter</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Paul_Levine/BFWITtAw">Paul Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nelson_Lee_(detective)/c18FUgop">Nelson Lee</a> - created by <a href="/facts/John_William_Staniforth/R8rNX19J">John William Staniforth</a></li> <li>Bernie Little – in the Chet and Bernie Mystery Series, created by <a href="/facts/Spencer_Quinn/tYcCgzMP">Spencer Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/L_(Death_Note)/oFqdDbLI">L. Lawliet</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Tsugumi_Ohba/lkNEJ06S">Tsugumi Ohba</a> and <a href="/facts/Takeshi_Obata/eafDBd59">Takeshi Obata</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Magnum/5yMrLkH1">Thomas Magnum</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Donald_P._Bellisario/pup4Abh6">Donald P. Bellisario</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Magnum%2c_P.I./r2w09twq">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joe_Mannix/fQwhh7cy">Joe Mannix</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Richard_Levinson/Huq3948k">Richard Levinson</a> and <a href="/facts/William_Link/yMLHS2DH">William Link</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Mannix/fQwhh7cy">Mannix</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Marlowe/nVKJJgRH">Philip Marlowe</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Raymond_Chandler/n1X1tgx1">Raymond Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mitin_Masi/yxYBtrM4">Mitin Masi</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Suchitra_Bhattacharya/WSTVewx7">Suchitra Bhattacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kinsey_Millhone/vhzNMp14">Kinsey Millhone</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Sue_Grafton/K34rNlSb">Sue Grafton</a> for her "alphabet mysteries" series of novels.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laura_Lippman/lR5z3Kem">Tess Monaghan</a>, created by <a href="/facts/Laura_Lippman/lR5z3Kem">Laura Lippman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adrian_Monk/KvJkL2bp">Adrian Monk</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Andy_Breckman/yKavXqV0">Andy Breckman</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Monk_(TV_series)/lBo4y5HM">Monk</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Case_Closed_characters/Itg7EF8y">Kogoro Mori</a>, created by <a href="/facts/Gosho_Aoyama/qt4AcSr3">Gosho Aoyama</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bhaduri_Moshai/e33Pnp1x">Bhaduri Moshai</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Nirendranath_Chakraborty/I9XwaVNp">Nirendranath Chakraborty</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hercule_Poirot/D2bwUuo7">Hercule Poirot</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Precious_Ramotswe/nH7WeKgU">Precious Ramotswe</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Alexander_McCall_Smith/M5HuCP7r">Alexander McCall Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Randall_and_Hopkirk_(Deceased)/zwaM3k6h">Jeff Randall</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Dennis_Spooner/TLdJdyzk">Dennis Spooner</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Randall_and_Hopkirk_(Deceased)/zwaM3k6h">Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Rockford_(television_character)/kH5k5Swc">Jim Rockford</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Roy_Huggins/LgFhCC3a">Roy Huggins</a> and <a href="/facts/Stephen_J._Cannell/GN15u4GY">Stephen J. Cannell</a> for <i><a href="/facts/The_Rockford_Files/VQuCn4vw">The Rockford Files</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kiriti_Roy/0GcjStUk">Kiriti Roy</a> – created by Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist <a href="/facts/Nihar_Ranjan_Gupta/w4rrrLcP">Nihar Ranjan Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Shaft/x4NWzgxd">John Shaft</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Ernest_Tidyman/Pr8C58Y3">Ernest Tidyman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sam_Spade/xVxrE6GY">Sam Spade</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Dashiell_Hammett/j2LYYBWb">Dashiell Hammett</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shawn_Spencer/qPTgIyLn">Shawn Spencer</a> and <a href="/facts/Burton_Guster/yXqmuqKd">Burton Guster</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Steve_Franks/9pFx7IR4">Steve Franks</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Psych_(TV_series)/IH6k1IyN">Psych</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spenser_(character)/QV8TNfMv">Spenser</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Robert_B._Parker/qWxe9SWJ">Robert B. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Remington_Steele/GsxtwU8V">Remington Steele</a> – created by Robert Butler, Michael Gleason for <i>Remington Steele</i> TV series</li> <li>Jake Styles – created by <a href="/facts/Dean_Hargrove/bL3dPGyu">Dean Hargrove</a> and <a href="/facts/Joel_Steiger/XDGXfpse">Joel Steiger</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Jake_and_the_Fatman/xlKRVegd">Jake and the Fatman</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cormoran_Strike/WcIdRqXE">Cormoran Strike</a> – created by Robert Galbraith (a pen name of <a href="/facts/J.K._Rowling/hdgs1Nv3">J.K. Rowling</a>)</li> <li>Jack Taylor - based on <a href="/facts/Ken_Bruen/4hfncBQW">Ken Bruen's</a> crime-drama books an Irish ex-cop as a maverick private investigator</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Continental_Op/MAetlwny">The Continental Op</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Dashiell_Hammett/j2LYYBWb">Dashiell Hammett</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Philo_Vance/FK1dm1ng">Philo Vance</a> – created by <a href="/facts/S._S._Van_Dine/FjUgeUud">S. S. Van Dine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/V._I._Warshawski/cNIp6GEK">V. I. Warshawski</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Sara_Paretsky/31lncVMo">Sara Paretsky</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nero_Wolfe/93cADs9o">Nero Wolfe</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Rex_Stout/EEl0pWwf">Rex Stout</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ace_Ventura/cgk8KxJj">Ace Ventura</a> - created by Jack Bernstein</li></ul> <h3>Police detectives</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/List_of_fictional_police_detectives/k3kWHQwb">List of fictional police detectives</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Roderick_Alleyn/K6X2sHgA">Inspector Roderick Alleyn</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Ngaio_Marsh/p99YM5ds">Ngaio Marsh</a></li> <li>Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson – from the television series <i><a href="/facts/Police_Woman_(TV_series)/ABsrFu0o">Police Woman</a></i>, created by <a href="/facts/Robert_L._Collins/0TaoLzKT">Robert L. Collins</a>, played by Angie Dickinson</li> <li><a href="/facts/87th_Precinct/JWlJJozj">87th Precinct</a> detectives – created by <a href="/facts/Ed_McBain/wXaTXgVY">Ed McBain</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Alan_Banks/9Rtoaqa2">Inspector Alan Banks</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Peter_Robinson_(novelist)/5YrtcWTv">Peter Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Superintendent_Battle/rJvzcDw2">Superintendent Battle</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bony_(character)/FEpDR6eg">Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Arthur_Upfield/PKmhhD4k">Arthur Upfield</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harry_Bosch/rByGNdrY">Harry Bosch</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Michael_Connelly/kecLjxBg">Michael Connelly</a></li> <li>Inspector Nash Bridges from <a href="/facts/Nash_Bridges/vTdmulMv">Nash Bridges</a> (1996 to 2001), played by <a href="/facts/Don_Johnson/fxvbTc76">Don Johnson</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Carlton_Cuse/WKgquwoE">Carlton Cuse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlie_Chan/D5WhH7su">Charlie Chan</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Earl_Derr_Biggers/F79LbpSx">Earl Derr Biggers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Clouseau/Q3gEzPm7">Inspector Clouseau</a> – from the <i><a href="/facts/The_Pink_Panther_(film_series)/YIbS8SVV">Pink Panther</a></i> franchise</li> <li><a href="/facts/Columbo_(character)/hedbryzo">Columbo</a> – from the American TV series <i><a href="/facts/Columbo/h2sNyBj5">Columbo</a></i>, created by <a href="/facts/William_Link/yMLHS2DH">William Link</a> and <a href="/facts/Richard_Levinson/Huq3948k">Richard Levinson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sergeant_Cork/EpVKdy3X">Sergeant Cork</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Ted_Willis/ucW3qBDK">Ted Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/James_%2522Sonny%2522_Crockett/SWrKJtCR">James "Sonny" Crockett</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Yerkovich/s8GQYYql">Anthony Yerkovich</a>, played by <a href="/facts/Don_Johnson/fxvbTc76">Don Johnson</a> (1984 to 1990) and <a href="/facts/Colin_Farrell/S8XjTH1B">Colin Farrell</a> (2006) in <a href="/facts/Miami_Vice/lJPQfQET">Miami Vice</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Dalgliesh/JxJGyj3P">Inspector Adam Dalgliesh</a> – created by <a href="/facts/P._D._James/TonLdM0A">P. D. James</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shabor_Dasgupta/7EDDPGhA">Shabor Dasgupta</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Shirshendu_Mukhopadhyay/Nqo82Cuc">Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judge_Dee/um55WyUu">Judge Dee</a> – 8th century Chinese fictionalized magistrate with later editions by <a href="/facts/Robert_van_Gulik/9jVSkNMw">Robert van Gulik</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jimmy_%2522Popeye%2522_Doyle/YeS6Ee9C">Popeye Doyle</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Robin_Moore/Tu1XolVl">Robin Moore</a>, based on the real Detective <a href="/facts/Eddie_Egan/hx4VuMQc">Eddie Egan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Disco_Elysium/vUu7kUjg">Harrier "Harry" Du Bois</a> - created by <a href="/facts/Robert_Kurvitz/3ohAArRh">Robert Kurvitz</a> for the video game Disco Elysium. Chosen name may vary depending on the player's choices.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_French/2BNwI8QJ">Inspector French</a> (Joseph French) – created by <a href="/facts/Freeman_Wills_Crofts/2BNwI8QJ">Freeman Wills Crofts</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Frost/pcFePxVX">Inspector Frost</a> – created by <a href="/facts/R._D._Wingfield/cncwC1Qw">R. D. Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Foyle%2527s_War/Qvkg2s52">D.C.S. Christopher Foyle</a> – from the British TV series <i><a href="/facts/Foyle%2527s_War/Qvkg2s52">Foyle's War</a></i>, created by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Horowitz/nooqmUJ6">Anthony Horowitz</a></li> <li>Chief Inspector <a href="/facts/Armand_Gamache/g46MSV80">Armand Gamache</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Louise_Penny/lgHKDv7B">Louise Penny</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Alan_Grant/S3IIaD3R">Inspector Alan Grant</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Josephine_Tey/zH96nqvs">Josephine Tey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Japp/D3x8mr9d">Inspector Japp</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Agatha_Christie/KHLx14IY">Agatha Christie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Jury/n3IcYU9j">Richard Jury</a> – created by mystery author <a href="/facts/Martha_Grimes/rcERAzmw">Martha Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kojak/JNPqsH2p">Lt. Theo Kojak</a> – TV series (played by <a href="/facts/Telly_Savalas/4EbbAv96">Telly Savalas</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Duca_Lamberti/7db6pbWm">Duca Lamberti</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Giorgio_Scerbanenco/QymfaWrU">Giorgio Scerbanenco</a>, becomes a police in the second novel of the Milano Quartet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christie_Love/XDJaQD31">Christie Love</a> - fictional New York City police detective from TV movie and series <i><a href="/facts/Get_Christie_Love!/XDJaQD31">Get Christie Love!</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Lestrade/vhEvRS7P">Inspector Lestrade</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Arthur_Conan_Doyle/52dvrHvc">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judge_Bao_fiction/kBAukT9j">Judge Bao</a> – Chinese judge and investigator</li> <li>Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald – created by <a href="/facts/E.C.R._Lorac/joChd8mL">E.C.R. Lorac</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jules_Maigret/Chb9N6qC">Jules Maigret</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Georges_Simenon/seqw63yY">Georges Simenon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_McGarrett/9kftc2KP">Steve McGarrett</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)/oHvMkojV">Hawaii Five-O</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adrian_Monk/KvJkL2bp">Adrian Monk</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Andy_Breckman/yKavXqV0">Andy Breckman</a> and <a href="/facts/David_Hoberman/fm5p9LGx">David Hoberman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Salvo_Montalbano/sMkY0WwS">Salvo Montalbano</a> – Italian police commissioner created by <a href="/facts/Andrea_Camilleri/dKlsdb00">Andrea Camilleri</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Morse/XQcpYgPu">Inspector Morse</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Colin_Dexter/25Trabsv">Colin Dexter</a></li> <li>Detective Chief Inspector <a href="/facts/Endeavour_Morse/XQcpYgPu">Endeavour Morse</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Colin_Dexter/25Trabsv">Colin Dexter</a>, played by <a href="/facts/John_Thaw/oIArJHKn">John Thaw</a> in <i><a href="/facts/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)/EKHaSTU4">Inspector Morse</a></i> (1987 to 2000, original series), and by <a href="/facts/Shaun_Evans/LMW4X90B">Shaun Evans</a> in <i><a href="/facts/Endeavour_(TV_series)/n0J0su4I">Endeavour</a></i> (2012 to 2023, prequel series)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Murdoch_Mysteries/fk7zBdSe">Detective William Murdoch</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Maureen_Jennings/bKld7bNk">Maureen Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Furuhata_Ninzabur%25C5%258D/1919mB8N">Furuhata Ninzaburō</a> – created by <a href="/facts/K%25C5%258Dki_Mitani/06VFqNVq">Kōki Mitani</a>, a Japanese version of Columbo</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Palmu/1zu2E8Rf">Inspector Palmu</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Mika_Waltari/bEnIm6k1">Mika Waltari</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jake_Peralta/NKXB3dNR">Jake Peralta</a> (from <i><a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine/VBgJz12Q">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a></i>) – created by <a href="/facts/Dan_Goor/Py2RgkP9">Dan Goor</a> and <a href="/facts/Michael_Schur/sTy35YJT">Michael Schur</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Colin_Watson_(writer)/w9Rn6khX">Inspector Walter Purbright</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Colin_Watson_(writer)/w9Rn6khX">Colin Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Detective_Inspector_John_Rebus/zJT7FfV7">Inspector Rebus</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Ian_Rankin/bbdXHp5H">Ian Rankin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dave_Robicheaux/FHb7Sj67">Dave Robicheaux</a> – created by <a href="/facts/James_Lee_Burke/AR5ULm8d">James Lee Burke</a></li> <li>Inspector Simon Serrailler – created by <a href="/facts/Susan_Hill/I5Jg48Wz">Susan Hill</a></li> <li>Detective Inspector Luke Thanet – created by <a href="/facts/Dorothy_Simpson/cAakbDWS">Dorothy Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomson_and_Thompson/6Y0gRoJ3">Thomson and Thompson</a> – from <i><a href="/facts/The_Adventures_of_Tintin/tUyWnLfH">The Adventures of Tintin</a></i>, created by <a href="/facts/Herg%25C3%25A9/1feMb9Rg">Hergé</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dick_Tracy/sh7wkEpS">Dick Tracy</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Chester_Gould/7CBQVMNU">Chester Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_Wallander/ENURSlXb">Inspector Wallander</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Henning_Mankell/A9zSugJQ">Henning Mankell</a></li></ul> <h3>Forensic specialists</h3> <p class="note">Main page: Category:Fictional forensic scientists</p> <ul><li>Siri Paiboun - <i>Dr. Siri Paiboun Mysteries</i> - novels created by <a href="/facts/Colin_Cotterill/mSuH20Ba">Colin Cotterill</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Temperance_Brennan/TWJ4k0Ip">Temperance Brennan</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Bones_(TV_series)/sLyDVL6c">Bones</a></i> TV series based on the books by <a href="/facts/Kathy_Reichs/oYwMRh1W">Kathy Reichs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_%2522Ducky%2522_Mallard/4dsj3nkR">Donald "Ducky" Mallard</a> – <i><a href="/facts/NCIS_(TV_series)/CqUcYngd">NCIS</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dexter_Morgan/sqVmBLUS">Dexter Morgan</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Dexter_(TV_series)/GWxHn2bw">Dexter</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Morgan/HDsjdka4">Henry Morgan</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Forever_(2014_TV_series)/suXE4610">Forever</a></i> TV series immortal medical examiner and private investigator</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Rhode/KerjgU8c">Dr. Lancelot Priestly</a> – created by <a href="/facts/John_Rhode/KerjgU8c">John Rhode</a></li> <li>Dr. R. Quincy – <i><a href="/facts/Quincy%2c_M.E./bTcVnhS2">Quincy, M.E.</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lincoln_Rhyme/cqMxHKcp">Lincoln Rhyme</a> and <a href="/facts/Amelia_Sachs/93SPB6C6">Amelia Sachs</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Jeffery_Deaver/cqMxHKcp">Jeffery Deaver</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Rodgers/spSUTeW4">Elizabeth Rodgers</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Law_%2526_Order/AVLVjFnb">Law & Order</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kay_Scarpetta/kax9NLWf">Dr. Kay Scarpetta</a> – created by <a href="/facts/Patricia_Cornwell/lFvKyyU8">Patricia Cornwell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Abby_Sciuto/EYP6565N">Abby Sciuto</a> – <i><a href="/facts/NCIS_(TV_series)/CqUcYngd">NCIS</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dr._Thorndyke/qWoPga9s">Dr. John Thorndyke</a> – created by <a href="/facts/R._Austin_Freeman/7Y355fEz">R. Austin Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruce_Wayne/6ybzEQsH">Bruce Wayne</a> – <i><a href="/facts/Batman_comics/8U9ANLoA">Batman comics</a></i> and adaptions</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flash_(Barry_Allen)/YB4nQJFH">Barry Allen</a> – <i>Flash comics</i> and adaptions</li></ul> <h4>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV shows</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stella_Bonasera/wFBsxFRI">Stella Bonasera</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_NY/D1sHpMaR">CSI: NY</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Horatio_Caine/llq6Ucb1">Horatio Caine</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Miami/N2QWqFeu">CSI: Miami</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jo_Danville/Am9Cl24T">Jo Danville</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_NY/D1sHpMaR">CSI: NY</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Calleigh_Duquesne/yC3WFFkh">Calleigh Duquesne</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Miami/N2QWqFeu">CSI: Miami</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gil_Grissom/wHHLkqCS">Gil Grissom</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Crime_Scene_Investigation/U3q52GDI">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raymond_Langston/AcwVU8Df">Raymond Langston</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Crime_Scene_Investigation/U3q52GDI">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/D.B._Russell/LkQLa0Pk">D. B. Russell</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Crime_Scene_Investigation/U3q52GDI">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mac_Taylor/uha2sp8w">Mac Taylor</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_NY/D1sHpMaR">CSI: NY</a></i> TV series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Catherine_Willows/5LlXvGN2">Catherine Willows</a> – <i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Crime_Scene_Investigation/U3q52GDI">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i> TV series</li></ul> <h2 id="anime-and-manga">Anime and manga</h2> <p class="note">Main page: Category:Detective anime and manga</p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Koichi_Zenigata/nHgjYXaW">Koichi Zenigata</a> – character in <i><a href="/facts/Lupin_III/2STRulp1">Lupin III</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Monkey_Punch/a4I0KX2K">Monkey Punch</a>. Arch rival to the main protagonist <a href="/facts/Lupin_III_(character)/e94dA6aX">Lupin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Kindaichi_Case_Files_characters/IQ0wJHgj">Hajime Kindaichi</a> – character from the <a href="/facts/Manga/DPkkyHos">manga</a> and <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Kindaichi_Case_Files/IQ0wJHgj">Kindaichi Case Files</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jimmy_Kudo/sG8VArXV">Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa</a> – <a href="/facts/Protagonist/LD8eN0Pr">protagonist</a> of <a href="/facts/Gosho_Aoyama/qt4AcSr3">Gosho Aoyama</a>'s series <i><a href="/facts/Case_Closed_(manga)/sExsnDs0">Case Closed</a></i>, which is known in Japan as Meitantei Conan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/L_(Death_Note)/oFqdDbLI">L</a> – a detective featured in the Death Note series created by <a href="/facts/Tsugumi_Ohba/lkNEJ06S">Tsugumi Ohba</a> and <a href="/facts/Takeshi_Obata/eafDBd59">Takeshi Obata</a></li> <li>Alice – <a href="/facts/Protagonist/LD8eN0Pr">protagonist</a> of <i><a href="/facts/Kamisama_no_memochou/X8YqPn58">Kamisama no memochou</a></i>, a NEET Detective.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Q.E.D._(manga)/V66LuUwu">Sou Touma</a> – main character of the <i><a href="/facts/Q.E.D._(manga)/V66LuUwu">Q.E.D.</a></i> series created and produced by <a href="/facts/Motohiro_Katou/WLAuBLgp">Motohiro Katou</a>.</li> <li>Kyoko Kirigiri – character in <i><a href="/facts/Danganronpa%3a_Trigger_Happy_Havoc/rLlHQBaU">Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc</a></i> started off as "Ultimate ???" revealed as the "Ultimate Detective".</li> <li>Shuichi Saihara – character in <i><a href="/facts/Danganronpa_V3%3a_Killing_Harmony/Glt3SLYu">Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony</a></i> known as the 'Ultimate Detective".</li> <li><a href="/facts/Naoto_Shirogane/PvRNLUn4">Naoto Shirogane</a> – character in <i><a href="/facts/Persona_4/Ro7QL2RW">Persona 4</a></i> who is lonely, has a 200 level IQ, has insecurities on her age and her gender, and is the Detective Prince. Her weapon of choice is a handgun, mostly a revolver. She is currently voiced by <a href="/facts/Mary_Elizabeth_McGlynn/ccGxGPAo">Mary Elizabeth McGlynn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Goro_Akechi/2YxYBbj0">Goro Akechi</a> – character in <i><a href="/facts/Persona_5/b4hSRJMy">Persona 5</a></i> who is the charismatic, lonely and wanting to be at the centre of attention at all times, pancake loving, black mask wearing, Second Advent of the Detective Prince. His Metaverse weapons of choice are: a chainsaw sword, a laser sabre, a serrated blade, and a ray gun. He is currently voiced by <a href="/facts/Robbie_Daymond/D2Utrgmj">Robbie Daymond</a>.</li> <li>Dick Gumshoe – character from the manga and video game series <a href="/facts/Ace_Attorney/NEJrNH5y">Ace Attorney</a>.</li> <li>Grévil de Blois - inspector working in Sauville's police department. Featured in the novel series Gosick created by <a href="/facts/Kazuki_Sakuraba/JdnJPJ30">Kazuki Sakuraba</a>.</li> <li>Siesta - character from the <a href="/facts/Light_Novel/cFCd55HW">Light Novel</a> and <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> series <i><a href="/facts/The_Detective_Is_Already_Dead/Y0Nt6fPn">The Detective Is Already Dead</a></i>.</li> <li>Sakaido - character from the original <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Id_%25E2%2580%2593_Invaded/gJntBulv">Id – Invaded</a></i> directed by <a href="/facts/Ei_Aoki/n6NzGRHw">Ei Aoki</a> and written by <a href="/facts/%25C5%258Ctar%25C5%258D_Maij%25C5%258D/JpJAPGRp">Ōtarō Maijō</a>. The anime has also received a <a href="/facts/Manga/DPkkyHos">manga</a> sequel.</li> <li>Armed Detective Agency - an organization from the animanga series <a href="/facts/Bungo_Stray_Dogs/fuseFwll">Bungou Stray Dogs</a>, the most notable of which being Edogawa Ranpo.</li> <li>Kyouko Okitegami - <a href="/facts/Protagonist/LD8eN0Pr">protagonist</a> of <a href="/facts/Nisio_Isin/2QT5792k">Nisio Isin</a>'s novel series <i><a href="/facts/B%25C5%258Dkyaku_Tantei/mqt9hD9r">Bōkyaku Tantei</a></i>. She is a famous detective who finishes all her cases in one day, because she resets her memory every time she goes to sleep.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Crime_fiction/90QN5FtE">Crime fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_male_detective_characters/BsXczAXS">List of male detective characters</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_female_detective_characters/3LdmrIGm">List of female detective characters</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_fictional_historical_detectives/qJ7HMVPe">List of fictional historical detectives</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_fictional_detective_teams/CVsquKuE">List of fictional detective teams</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_fictional_science_fiction_and_fantasy_detectives/zW5ncew5">List of fictional science fiction and fantasy detectives</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spy_film/wDJdxEyG">Spy film</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Julian Symons. <i>The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigation</i>，1981，<a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0810909782</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/CharacterCats/A_Characters.html"><i>Stop, You're Killing Me!</i></a> (a list of fictional detectives found in novels)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Silverman, Kenneth (1991). Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-092331-8. <a href="0-06-092331-8" target="_blank">0-06-092331-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Silverman 1991, p. 171 - Silverman, Kenneth (1991). Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-092331-8. <a href="https://archive.org/details/edgarpoe00kenn" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/edgarpoe00kenn</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Locked Room International". <a href="https://www.mylri.com/" target="_blank">https://www.mylri.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Series Order". <a href="http://www.jefferydeaver.com/novels/series-order/" target="_blank">http://www.jefferydeaver.com/novels/series-order/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Kindaichi Case Files 2008 New Anime" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved 2010-02-07. <a href="http://www.mxtv.co.jp/kindaichi/" target="_blank">http://www.mxtv.co.jp/kindaichi/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Case Closed FAQ". Funimation. Archived from the original on March 27, 2004. Retrieved October 3, 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040327142351/http://caseclosed.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20040327142351/http://caseclosed.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>