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* "Detective Police"

...ably based on Inspector [[Charles Frederick Field]] of the recently formed Detective Department at [[Scotland Yard]].<ref>[http://www.ric.edu/rpotter/ Site of D ...in part on [[Charles Frederick Field]], one of the first members of the [[Detective Division]] of [[Scotland Yard]], who had been Dickens's informant in his sh

..., [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] police detective Martin McFadden{{#tag:ref|Detective McFadden was hired as a police officer in 1925 and retired in 1970, with 46

...ar Red Deer, [[Alberta]]. Eymundson found work as a lumberjack, a private detective, and as a cook in China. He also became a skilled hunter, trapper, and wil

...ck Holmes]], whose fictional exploits helped popularize the new genre of [[detective fiction]].

...ncluding [[Rupert Baxter|the Efficient Baxter]] and the unpleasant private detective [[Percy Frobisher Pilbeam|Percy Pilbeam]], scheme to put a stop to the book Hugo is sent to London to fetch a detective to find the pig; the job is refused by [[Percy Frobisher Pilbeam|Percy Pilb

...nning the silver medal at the forthcoming county show, and therefore keeps detective [[Percy Frobisher Pilbeam]] on hand to keep watch. Meanwhile, Sue Brown is Bodkin, having engaged Pilbeam to find the book for him, now tells the detective he is no longer needed, and reveals where he has hidden the manuscript. Pil

.... Likewise, a 1970s TV series, which cast Helm as an ex-spy turned private detective, also departed from the books and was unsuccessful. ...eries starred [[Anthony Franciosa]] as a retired spy who becomes a private detective. After being preceded by a pilot TV movie, it ran for only 13 episodes.

...ils provided by Conan Doyle himself, the "life" of the world's most famous detective has been fleshed out by legions of fans taking up the "game" of Sherlock Ho

* ''[[The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective]]'', Gregg Press, Boston, 1979

...[[Jerry Siegel]] and Canadian artist [[Joe Shuster]] in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, he first appeared in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #1 (June 1

...otland Yard, the name has been especially associated with the department's detective branch, known since 1878 as the [[Criminal Investigation Department]] or CI ...ts, which themselves have undergone a good deal of change. The original ''Detective Department'' was established in 1842; after a [[Trial of the detectives|sca

...early American practitioners of the [[short story]], the first writer of [[detective fiction]] and [[crime fiction]], and is sometimes credited as an important

...ms [[Lady Constance Keeble|Lady Constance]]; she in turn has Bosham hire a detective to protect her jewels, and he of course selects Mustard Pott. **** [[Claude "Mustard" Pott]], Polly's father, a detective

Nebe was recognized as the best detective of the Third Reich. When a complex investigative issue arose, such as anal

...pector Hazlerigg]] as the official investigator; it also has an unofficial detective who works closely with Hazlerigg, a newly qualified solicitor named [[Henry

'''Inspector Hazlerigg''' is a police detective created by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] write

...and it shows in her work. The inside flap calls it “part love story, part detective story, and part supernatural thriller,” and the best way I can describe i

:'''and''' ''b is a detective story'' + :'''and''' ''"detective story"'' is synonymous of ''"thriller"''

...Mammoth Publishing Company and the creator of the popular "Gridley Quayle" detective novels, doing his daily exercises outside his front door. Joan Valentine, a * Ashe Marson, an ill-paid writer of pulpy detective novels