Detective:Bulldog Drummond

Creator:Sapper (Herman Cyril McNeile)

Detective:Tom Barnaby

Creator:Caroline Graham

Detective:Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple

Creator:Agatha Christie

Detective:Roderick Alleyn

Creator:Ngaio Marsh

Detective:Sherlock Holmes

Creator:Arthur Conan Doyle

Detective:Philip Marlowe

Creator:Raymond Chandler

Detective:Travis McGee

Creator:John D. MacDonald

Detective:Harry Hole

Creator:Jo Nesbø

Detective:Adam Dalgliesh

Creator:P. D. James

Detective:Albert Campion

Creator:Margery Allingham

Detective:Mike Hammer

Creator:Mickey Spillane

Detective:Precious Ramotswe

Creator:Alexander McCall Smith

Detective:Kinsey Millhone

Creator:Sue Grafton

Detective:Sam Spade

Creator:Dashiell Hammett

Detective:Inspector Maigret

Creator:Georges Simenon

Detective:Dr. Kay Scarpetta

Creator:Patricia Cornwell

Detective:Sid Halley

Creator:Dick Francis

Detective:Lord Peter Wimsey

Creator:Dorothy Sayers

Detective:Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

Creator:Walter Mosley

Detective:Kate Fansler

Creator:Amanda Cross (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun)

Detective:Nero Wolfe

Creator:Rex Stout

Detective:Inspector Wexford

Creator:Ruth Rendell

Detective:Father Brown

Creator:G. K. Chesterton

Detective:Doctor Gideon Fell

Creator:John Dickson Carr

Detective:Perry Mason

Creator:Erle Stanley Gardner

Detective:Auguste Dupin

Creator:Edgar Allan Poe

Detective:Inspector Ghote

Creator:H. R. F. Keating

Detective:Sam Spade

Creator:Dashiell Hammett

Detective:Gravedigger Jones, Coffin Ed Johnson

Creator:Chester Himes

Detective:V. I. Warshawski

Creator:Sara Paretsky