10. Thomas Linley:
Inspector Linley is a British detective
created by the American author
Elizabeth George. Linley
himself is a round character
with weaknesses. His
relationship with Lady Helen
Clyde evolves through the
novels.
9. Kinsey MillhoneKinsey Millhone is a Private detective.
American author Sue Grafton created the
detective character Kinsey Millhone.
She appears in the alphabet series: “A Is for Alibi”, “B Is for Burglar” etc. She lives in an
apartment in Santa Teresa, California.
8. Philip MarlowePhilip Marlowe is a private investigator created by American
author Raymond Chandler. He appeared
for the first time in “The Big Sleep”, in 1939. Other well-
known titles are “The Lady in the Lake” and “The Long Goodbye”. He is also called the
most handsome detective character. He
is also the shadow of Sam Spade is detective
world.
7. Sam SpadeDashiell Hammett invented private detective Sam Spade. He only appears in one novel and three
short stories, but remains important
as the first example of a
detective in the hard-boiled genre.
He is the only detective
character who is dead.
6. Roderick AlleynDetective Chief-
Inspector Roderick Alleyn is a British
detective who appears in thirty-two
novels by New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh. It started with “A Man Lay Dead” in 1934, when a murder game ends with a real murder. He works for Scotland Yard, where he eventually reaches
the rank of Chief Superintendent.
5. Jules MaigretCommissaire Jules Maigret is the 2nd
non English fictional detective character.
Georges Simenon was the creator of the
character. Georges Simenon was a
Belgian and Maigret himself is French and
works in Paris. He holds a quantity
record by appearing in seventy-five novels and twenty-nine short
stories.
4. Lord Peter WimseyBritish author
Dorothy L. Sayers created Lord Peter Wimsey. He is the archetypal man
detective. Solving crimes is a hobby for
him. These novels are still worth
reading, because they are simply good
literature with a broad perspective on
British society in that era.
3. Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot
appears for the first time in Agatha Christie’s “The
Mysterious Affair at Styles”, published in 1920. He is a retired Belgian police officer who came to England during World War I as
a refugee. Hercule Poirot is one of the
most famous fictional characters of all
time.
2. FeludaThe full name of Feluda is
Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who uses the name Pradosh C.
Mitter in his visiting card. He is mainly a fictional private investigator starring in a
series of Bengali novels and short stories written by the
famous Indian Bengali film director and
writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda first made his appearance in
a Bengali children’s magazine called Sandesh in
1965. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri.
1. Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle created
Sherlock Holmes the character. Sherlock Holmes is the detective who solves
mysteries by logical reasoning. He appears in
only four novels, of which “A Study in Scarlet” (1887) was the first, and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1902) the most famous. The other two
are” The Red-Headed League” and “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”. He
uses cocaine, and never gets romantically involved with
beautiful women.
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