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Inspector Rebus – created by Ian Rankin. Dave Robicheaux – created by James Lee Burke. Inspector Simon Serrailler – created by Susan Hill. Detective Inspector Luke Thanet – created by Dorothy Simpson. Thomson and Thompson – from The Adventures of Tintin, created by Hergé. Dick Tracy – created by Chester Gould.
Sara Sidle is a crime scene investigator played by Jorja Fox on the 2000–2015 CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Maud Silver is a retired governess turned amateur detective in a series of books by British crime novelist Patricia Wentworth (debuted 1928). Georgia Skeehan is a fire marshall in a series by Suzanne Chazin, commenced 2001.
Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first book featuring Hercule Poirot, by Agatha Christie. The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s. The Golden Age proper is in practice usually taken to refer ...
978-0-679-72325-7. The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by American writer James M. Cain. The novel was successful and notorious upon publication. It is considered one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century. The novel's mix of sexuality and violence was startling in its time and caused it to be banned in Boston.
The Guest List is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The story takes place at the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater, which is being held on an island off the coast of Ireland. The plot has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie, as a murder occurs with limited suspects and each guest has a secret which will be revealed.
Whodunit. A whodunit (less commonly spelled—or misspelled—as whodunnit; a colloquial elision of "Who [has] done it?") is a complex plot -driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. [1] The reader or viewer is provided with the clues to the case, from which the identity of the ...
Nationality. American. Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. He was portrayed as a stylish—even foppish— dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent.
5 must-read crime novels offer thrills, chills and armchair globe-trotting. Tribune. Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune. July 1, 2024 at 7:00 AM. There's a world of trouble in five new thrillers, with ...