Fictional Detectives

Jesse Stone and Spencer (for hire) were created by this man

Who created The Continental Op?

Who created Lew Archer?

Who created Harry Bosch?

Who created Kurt Wallander?

Who created Gideon Fell?

Who created James Qwilleran?

Who created Kinsey Millhone?

Who created Jules Maigret?

Who created Lord Peter Wimsey?

Who created Nancy Drew?

Who created Dr. Lancelot Priestly?

Who created John Rebus?

Who created Elvis Cole?

Who created Albert Campion?

Who created Charlie Chan?

Who created Nero Wolfe?

Who invented Father Brown?

Who created Mike Hammer?

Who created V.I. Warshawski?

Who created Endeavour Morse?

Who created Dirk Gently?

Who created Adam Dalgliesh?

Who created Roderick Alleyn?

Who created Philip Marlowe?

Who created Sam Spade?

Who created Reginald Wexford?

Who created Thomas Lynley?

Adam Dalgliesh was created by this author

Jane Rizzoli was created by this author

Chapter 4 of this classic of detective fiction is "The Black Bird"

In the Sherlock Holmes tale "A Scandal in Bohemia", this man has settled into married life with Mary Morstan

His creator sometimes found him a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature"

Portland detective Nick Burkhardt is found in this tv show

Star City police detective Quentin Lance is found in this tv show

This 1902 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale about a ghostly canine was based on local legend

It was illustrator Sidney Paget, not Arthur Conan Doyle, who gave Sherlock Holmes this signature hat

This gumshoe tells Brigid, "When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it"

He wrote the popular and critically acclaimed series of 21 books about detective Travis McGee

Fred was the cockatoo of this Robert Blake TV detective

Obituary subjects are real people, but this Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie merited a Page 1 obit in 1975

Teen detectives join forces in "Double Crossing" when Nancy Drew teams up with these guys, Frank & Joe

Nick & Nora Charles are the crime-solving duo in this 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett

I must get to this address to request the services of Sherlock Holmes

In 2012 Robert Doherty created this CBS detective show; well, Robert had inspiration from a 19th c. chap

Col. Sebastian Moran was the evil sidekick of this Sherlock Holmes nemesis

Appropriately, the final O has a slash in this last name of Norwegian author Jo, creator of Harry Hole

Name the detective: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Name the detective: Murder on the Orient Express

Name the detective: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Name the detective: Death on the Nile

Name the detective: Five Little Pigs

The Temple of Abu Simbel is one of the stops on a cruise in this 1937 mystery

Agatha adapted her 1947 radio story "Three Blind Mice" into this long-running stage play

In this 1934 novel the solution to the murder is revealed in a dining car

This title object "falls" in the 1975 novel that kills off Hercule Poirot

L.A.'s corner of Hollywood Blvd. & Cahuenga, where this detective had an office, has been named Raymond Chandler Square

Our Holmes on "Elementary" is recovering from his drug use; not so the original, who on the first page of "The Sign of Four" injects a 7% solution of this

In a story, Holmes surprises Watson by revealing the existence of this brother & says he even "has better powers of observation than I"

On "Elementary" a detective who knew Holmes in London & turns up in New York is named for this original Scotland Yard man who Holmes says "is as tenacious as a bulldog"

Sharing the nickname "The Queen of Crime" are Agatha Christie & this author of the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries

Who created Kay Scarpetta?

Agatha Christie's "Murder at the Vicarage" introduced this spinster sleuth

"The ____ Letter"

Sue Grafton: "V is for ________"

Written in 3 weeks in 1886, "A Study in Scarlet" introduced this character who was later killed off but returned

This was the first Sherlock Holmes story

"The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line" is an original mystery novel starring this detective played by Kristen Bell

A veteran of both world wars, this creator of Sam Spade was buried in Arlington in 1961

This fictional sleuth from St. Mary Mead enjoyed her knitting, gardening & bird-watching

In 1938 Dashell Hammett created this amateur detective & husband in "The Thin Man"

In "I, the Jury" this tough detective said, "I don't want to arrest anybody. I just want to shoot somebody"

In the second book in her series, she solved the mystery of "The Hidden Staircase"

He was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels

In a Sherlock Holmes story, poison darts turn out to be the cause in "The Adventure of the Sussex" one of these Slavic fiends

In a Sherlock Holmes story, sea captain "Black Peter" Carey is killed with this weapon

There's "The Sign of" this group--Akbar, Khan, Singh & Small

The Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem" culminates at this cataract

"The Man with the Twisted" this feature turns out to be an actor in makeup (Sherlock Holmes)

Name of Dorothy Sayers' detective

She started the series of stories about detective Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923

It precedes "of the Spanish Chest" in the title of an Agatha Christie story that's not about Penelope Cruz

The story of the red-headed league involves a plot to rob a bank, thwarted by this man

Agatha Christie's "The Mirror ____ from Side to Side"

Lawrence Block's "The ____ in the Closet" & "The ____ on the Prowl"

With its toxic tentacles, the lion's mane jellyfish is the killer in one of the last cases of this British detective

She is the fictional detective featured in Sue Grafton's "alphabet mysteries" series of novels

D.C. is in crisis after the president's kids get kidnapped in "Kill" this James Patterson detective

This Rex Stout character whose sidekick is named Archie Goodwin

This actor played Kojak from 1973-1978

This 1841 Poe story is considered the first detective story in English

He was a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature him traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes

He created Charlie Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is a refugee from Germany's World War I invasion of this country

"The Wrong Side of Goodbye", a recent bestseller by Michael Connelly featuring this detective

He was Hercule Poirot's sidekick

This is a fictional gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, such as "The Greek Interpreter"

In Agatha Christie's "The Tuesday Club Murders", this detective & her friends gather to swap tales

In a 1901 detective story, Dr. James Mortimer tells this sleuth, "I confess that I covet your skull"

"The Mystery of the 99 Steps" is solved by this young detective

Name the detective: The Big Sleep

This author created the Lincoln Rhyme series

Sue Grafton: "A is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "B is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "C is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "D is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "E is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "F is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "G is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "H is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "I is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "J is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "K is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "L is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "M is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "N is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "O is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "P is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "Q is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "R is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "S is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "T is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "U is for ________"

Sue Grafton: "W is for ________"

This is the only letter used by Sue Grafton that isn't followed by "is for __________"

Sue Grafton: "Y is for ________"

This writer died in December 2017 one letter from reaching the end of the alphabet

An early "ghostbuster", Houdini fell out with this detective novelist, a former friend & advocate of spiritualism

In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", the carbuncle was a blue garnet hidden in one of these birds

John Corey is a detective in a series of novels by this author

Name the detective: Murder in Mesopotamia

Name the detective: Appointment with Death

Name the detective: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

John Corey is a detective in a series of books by this author

This detective was 18 when she began her career in "The Secret of the Old Clock"

In this Dashiell Hammett novel, Effie Perine describes her boss' client by saying, "She's a knockout"

She first appeared in the 1926 short story "The Tuesday Night Club"

Inspector Kurt Wallander solves mysteries in this country, homeland of his creator Henning Mankell

This John D. MacDonald shamus living in the Fort Lauderdale Marina considers himself to be a "salvage consultant"

This author has written a series of books featuring detective John Corey

"Plum Island" was the first book by Nelson DeMille featuring this detective

Number One Son could tell you Earl Biggers created this Chinese detective

"The Big Sleep" was the first to feature this fictional detective

Leslie Charteris created this "heavenly" British detective

No objection--this 3-named author created the dogged defense lawyer Perry Mason

Dorothy Sayers created this sleuthing aristocratic lord who solved crimes through 12 novels