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Detectives

Margery Allingham (1904–1966)

• Albert Campion

Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

• Philip Marlowe
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• bibliography (1934)

Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

• Hercule Poirot (47)
• Miss Marple
• more…

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

• Sherlock Holmes
• Dr. John Watson

Sue Grafton (1940–2017)

• Kinsey Millhone (25)
• more…

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)

• The Maltese Falcon (1930)
• The Thin Man (1934)

Tony Hillerman (1925–2008)

• Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee (18)
• more…

P.D. James (1920–2014)

• Adam Dalgliesh

Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982)

• Roderick Alleyn

Sara Paretsky (1947–)

• V.I. Warshawski (19)
• more…

Robert B. Parker (1932–2010)

• Spenser (41)
• Jesse Stone (9)
• Sunny Randall (6)
• more…

Ellery Queen (series)

• Ellery Queen
• Author: Frederic Dannay (1905–1982)
• Author: Manfred Lee (1905–1971)

Dorothy Sayers (1893–1957)

• Lord Peter Wimsey ()
• bibliography
• more…

Rex Stout (1886–1975)

• Nero Wolfe (72)
• Archie Goodwin
• bibliography
• more…

Mystery

Lawrence Block (1938–)

• Bernie the Burgler (11)
• Matthew Scudder
• Evan Tanner
• Keller the Killer
• Chip Harrison

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970)

• Perry Mason (80+)
• Della Street
• Paul Drake

Jonathan Gash [John Grant] (1933–)

• Lovejoy (24)

Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)

• Rabbi David Small (12)

John Grisham (1955–)

Crime

Lee Child (1954–)

• Jack Reacher
• Series continued by Andrew Child
• Jack Reacher (2012)
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
• Reacher (Amazon Prime adapation)

Dick Francis (1920–2010)

• Dead Cert (1962)
• Under Orders (2006)
• Series continued by Felix Francis

Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)

• Get Shorty (1990)
• Rum Punch (1992)
• Out of Sight (1996)

John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)

• Travis McGee ()
• The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962)

Ross Macdonald (1915–1983)

• Lew Archer (18+)

Spies

Ian Fleming (1908–1964)

• James Bond (12+)
• List of films.

John Gardner (1926–2007)

• James Bond (16)