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- A '''detective''' is a person, usually employed in a [[government|state]] agency and somet The detective, as well as the public police officer, is only a recent vocation and concep10 KB (1,546 words) - 17:17, 17 March 2024
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- (1924-1996) American author of detective novels.84 bytes (9 words) - 11:46, 18 September 2009
- *{{gutenberg|no 872|name=Reprinted Pieces}} "The Detective Police", "Three Detective Anecdotes", "On Duty with Inspector Field". Last piece first publ (June 184770 bytes (109 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2013
- Archetypal fictional detective created by [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]].105 bytes (12 words) - 17:55, 11 January 2011
- ...Detective Inspector Jack Frost, a rule-breaking, middle-aged but dedicated detective who often clashes with Supt. Norman Mullett (who Frost refers to as "Horn-r509 bytes (74 words) - 13:40, 11 July 2008
- ...ormer American senator, presidential candidate and actor on the television detective show ''Law & Order''.153 bytes (17 words) - 13:37, 7 February 2010
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>lumberjack, private detective, cook, photographer, author, and owner/operator of a small phone company137 bytes (17 words) - 23:10, 28 February 2022
- (1859 – 1930) [[Scotland|Scottish]] author best known as the creator of the detective "[[Sherlock Holmes]]".146 bytes (16 words) - 11:17, 3 August 2009
- ...etropolitan Police have included [[Frederick Porter Wensley]], the first [[detective]] to rise to this rank from that of Police Constable, and Sir Norman Kendal * [[Detective]]621 bytes (90 words) - 13:21, 6 March 2011
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Tough fictional police detective created by the British mystery writer [[Michael Gilbert]] who appears in at184 bytes (26 words) - 18:39, 4 September 2020
- ...ll Mercer|Detective Chief Inspector Mercer]]; and three [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]], *''The Man at the Bottom'', page 109, [[Inspector Bill Mercer|Detective Chief Inspector Mercer]], plus a mention of [[Chief Superintendent Morrisse3 KB (366 words) - 10:14, 21 December 2020
- A fictional British detective, created by the American mystery writer [[John Dickson Carr]], who enjoyed181 bytes (25 words) - 17:35, 5 November 2008
- ...Lee (1905-71) and Frederic Dannay (1905-82) and the name of their amateur detective character.165 bytes (24 words) - 17:38, 20 January 2010
- ...) and Frederic Dannay (1905-82) as well as being the name of their amateur detective character.178 bytes (28 words) - 16:41, 10 June 2015
- ...ian clothing, by [[police]], when [[uniform]] might be expected, as with [[detective]]s; there are specific rules in the [[Third Common Article]] of the [[Genev277 bytes (37 words) - 20:13, 24 June 2009
- * [[Colombo (series)]], a TV series featuring a detective named Colombo185 bytes (24 words) - 15:14, 11 March 2008
- *''The Girl Who Moved'', page 10 — [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Constable Petrella]] *''Somebody'', page 18 — [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Sergeant Petrella]]4 KB (536 words) - 10:53, 21 January 2017
- ...even supernatural crimes are eventually explained in rational terms by his detective. Carr created two of the most prominent of fictional detectives, character1 KB (157 words) - 18:38, 29 January 2010
- ...Chandler''' (1888-1959) was an American [[Detective#Detectives in fiction|detective-story]] writer who is primarily remembered for his hard-boiled novels about1 KB (183 words) - 16:47, 27 January 2023
- ...of stories about Petrella's later years on the force, when he was first a detective inspector and then a deputy chief inspector. As usual with Gilbert, in spit *''DETECTIVE CONSTABLE''3 KB (391 words) - 23:09, 4 January 2017
- ...stories about Petrella's very first years on the force, when he began as a detective constable. *''SUMMER: The Elusive Baby'', page 16 — he begins the book as Detective Inspector Petrella2 KB (288 words) - 13:41, 23 January 2017
- {{rpl|Detective}}185 bytes (19 words) - 08:02, 10 October 2020
- ...comic books published by [[DC Comics]]. The character first appeared in ''Detective Comics #66'' (August 1942), and was created by [[Bob Kane]] and [[Bill Fing In his first appearance in ''Detective Comics #66'', the character's name is Harvey Kent, but in later stories his1 KB (196 words) - 23:33, 29 August 2013
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- ...tectives, with the years of the first and last publications featuring that detective.''' * [[Bony (Napoleon Bonaparte)]], Australian Aborigine detective created by [[Arthur Upfield]]5 KB (643 words) - 11:46, 25 September 2020
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- ...rles Frederick Field,''' 1805-1871(?), was one of the first members of the Detective Division of [[Scotland Yard]], which he led from 1846 to 1852, and also an ...n 1842 he became one of the first officers assigned to the newly-created [[Detective Division]] under Inspector Nicholas Pierce. In 1851, he was credited with2 KB (291 words) - 06:05, 9 June 2009
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- ...ted being published) was an [[England|English]] author best known for her 'detective stories', or 'crime novels', and her fictional characters, detectives [[Her ...1980) [http://www.questia.com/read/101091014 The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie.] Bowling Green State University Popular Press:10 KB (1,560 words) - 05:23, 20 November 2020
- The corrupt detectives were dismissed, and the whole [[detective]] force culled to the fourteen men regarded as absolutely trustworthy. Addi ...the Superintendents, who complained publicly against 'the manner in which detective-constables and plainclothes officers under them were taken out of their con5 KB (827 words) - 07:07, 3 January 2008
- *''Freedom of the Press'', page 122, [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Sergeant Petrella]] *''Miss Bell's Stocking'', page 133, [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Sergeant Petrella]]3 KB (471 words) - 23:25, 9 November 2016
- ...that covers many narrower genres or sub-genres such as "mystery stories", "detective stories", "police procedurals", "suspense stories", "spy stories", "private1 KB (152 words) - 17:24, 25 September 2020
- A '''detective''' is a person, usually employed in a [[government|state]] agency and somet The detective, as well as the public police officer, is only a recent vocation and concep10 KB (1,546 words) - 17:17, 17 March 2024
- ...erintendant Hazlerigg]]; three [[Henry Bohun]]; and one [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]], characters who have figured in other short stories an *''The King in Pawn'', page 78 [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]]3 KB (409 words) - 16:55, 10 September 2020
- {{r|Detective}}1 KB (176 words) - 08:15, 22 April 2024
- ...He is also generally assumed to be the model for the well-known fictional detective [[Dr. Gideon Fell]], a character created by [[John Dickson Carr]] in the 191 KB (163 words) - 12:32, 17 July 2010
- ...about [[Albert Samson]], a distinctly low-keyed, non-hardboiled [[private detective]] who plies his trade from a modest walk-up apartment in [[Indianapolis, In ...yside, and Samson is certainly one of the most important of the [[regional detective]]s in mystery fiction, as well as being one of the very first to appear in6 KB (866 words) - 10:16, 8 April 2023
- ...acter, [[Patrick Petrella]], as a young and already somewhat controversial Detective Sergeant working out of the fictional Q Division of the Metropolitan Police ...sychological interest; and the detective is unorthodox but effective young Detective Sergeant Pat Petrella—a man who should have a great career if he can mana4 KB (722 words) - 23:33, 1 November 2016
- ...i Kehn Thompson. He played the role of Arthur Branch, a prosecutor, in the detective television show [[Law & Order]].1 KB (190 words) - 09:54, 11 June 2023
- ...[[Diabolique]], it begins as an ordinary investigation by a retired police detective hired by an old college acquaintance and gradually becomes a study of his o1 KB (202 words) - 01:42, 21 February 2010
- ...side, or France. Instead, while it has many of the elements of the classic detective story, it is also a gripping novel of mounting suspense that takes place in ...f the secluded [[English country house]] so typical of the [[Golden age of detective fiction]]. Instead, a Greek prisoner of war interned in a camp for British4 KB (635 words) - 22:52, 4 February 2017
- ...am tells the story of the work of the [[cold case|Cold Case Squad]] led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (played by [[Trevor Eve]]) who attempts to solve2 KB (242 words) - 19:49, 18 November 2009
- ...[police procedural]] [[Blood and Judgement]], Petrella is a "probationary" Detective Sergeant at the (fictional) Q Division of the [[London, United Kingdom|Lond * ''[[Blood and Judgement]]'' (1959) — introduction of Detective Sergeant Petrella.9 KB (1,492 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...rs later in at least three short stories. On the first page of the novel, "Detective Inspector William Mercer received... confirmation of his promotion to chief4 KB (643 words) - 10:06, 21 December 2020
- '''Sir Henry Merrivale''' is a fictional detective created by [[Carter Dickson]], a well-known pseudonym of the American myste ...blin Wood'' or a successful pastiche which introduces Edgar Allan Poe as a detective."<ref name="SYM">''Bloody Murder'', Julian Symons, first published Faber an7 KB (1,155 words) - 11:43, 22 March 2024
- ...e of the original "Big Four" of Scotland Yard. In 1912 he was promoted to Detective Chief Inspector, and not long after to Superintendent; in 1925, the rank of2 KB (269 words) - 04:27, 14 February 2010
- ...ircles during her lifetime, she is best remembered today for her fictional detective [[Lord Peter Wimsey]], though she herself thought that her non-fiction was ...yers was widely regarded as one of the most erudite present-day writers of detective fiction....Probably Miss Sayers will be remembered longest for the creation12 KB (1,944 words) - 09:55, 1 September 2014
- ...a schoolteacher before the Second World War.... By then his enthusiasm for detective fiction had prompted him to start work on Close Quarters... conceived in th ...aracters themselves; and there is one lengthy [[red herring]] in which the detective sergeant<ref>A pleasant young fellow, Sergeant Pollock is the cathedral Dea6 KB (921 words) - 17:29, 4 October 2020
- ==Detective novels (12) ==8 KB (995 words) - 13:15, 12 March 2024
- The trench coat has been associated with spies and [[detective]]s since [[World War II]]. Trench coats stirred a controversy and [[moral p2 KB (272 words) - 01:28, 21 February 2010
- *''Detective - Dishonoured Bones'' (1964)2 KB (215 words) - 08:45, 18 October 2013
- However, Wilcox's most famous series-detective was created in Hollywood: Sam McCloud, the New Mexico deputy sheriff who so2 KB (271 words) - 18:35, 22 October 2009
- ...f police - handled by uniformed officers - and the investigatory role of [[detective]]s. The role of the uniformed patrol officer - the "bobby on the beat" in B Identifying the perpetrator of a crime requires a [[detective]] or criminal investigator who collects and evaluates physical evidence fro5 KB (732 words) - 04:33, 19 April 2014
- Mannion, E., & Cliff, B. (2020). Guilt rules all: Irish mystery, detective, and crime fiction (First edition. ed.). Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Unive Martin, R. (2013). Crime and detective fiction. Ipswich, Massachusetts: Salem Press, Grey House Publishing.5 KB (632 words) - 17:19, 25 September 2020
- ...Holmes canon. However, other actors have done well portraying the famous detective. These include:2 KB (319 words) - 20:25, 11 January 2011
- * "Detective Police"2 KB (294 words) - 14:56, 3 May 2008
- ...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 sh9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2013
- ..., [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] police detective Martin McFadden{{#tag:ref|Detective McFadden was hired as a police officer in 1925 and retired in 1970, with 466 KB (938 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- ...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 wil3 KB (402 words) - 14:08, 29 February 2024
- ...ck Holmes]], whose fictional exploits helped popularize the new genre of [[detective fiction]].3 KB (418 words) - 04:01, 14 August 2010
- ...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 Pilb10 KB (1,595 words) - 16:50, 7 February 2018
- ...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. Pil9 KB (1,404 words) - 16:53, 7 February 2018
- .... 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.6 KB (995 words) - 13:48, 2 April 2010
- ...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 Ho3 KB (508 words) - 20:12, 12 January 2011
- * ''[[The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective]]'', Gregg Press, Boston, 19793 KB (486 words) - 18:25, 12 October 2009
- ...[[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 13 KB (510 words) - 09:39, 31 January 2008
- ...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|sca10 KB (1,508 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...early American practitioners of the [[short story]], the first writer of [[detective fiction]] and [[crime fiction]], and is sometimes credited as an important3 KB (513 words) - 09:00, 9 August 2023
- ...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 detective8 KB (1,306 words) - 16:55, 7 February 2018
- Nebe was recognized as the best detective of the Third Reich. When a complex investigative issue arose, such as anal4 KB (645 words) - 22:34, 12 August 2022
- ...pector Hazlerigg]] as the official investigator; it also has an unofficial detective who works closely with Hazlerigg, a newly qualified solicitor named [[Henry4 KB (635 words) - 21:55, 24 January 2017
- '''Inspector Hazlerigg''' is a police detective created by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] write4 KB (693 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...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 i8 KB (989 words) - 14:40, 2 April 2022
- :'''and''' ''b is a detective story'' + :'''and''' ''"detective story"'' is synonymous of ''"thriller"''23 KB (3,576 words) - 16:38, 29 January 2017
- ...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 novels11 KB (1,835 words) - 17:18, 17 September 2020
- ...le of 2 Clocks''' is a Trigger Argee adventure, and touches on a secretive detective named Quillan, a senior Psychology Service agent named Pilch, plasmoids, an * ''Lion Loose'' - about detective Quillan, wherein he gains an unusual ally15 KB (2,447 words) - 08:32, 26 April 2024
- ...enough now that only her clothes and bones remain. Mercer, as a divisional detective, takes charge of the investigation, supervising the local uniformed branch.6 KB (967 words) - 10:12, 21 December 2020
- ...f a drug task force. Before that he was a SWAT team supervisor, undercover detective and hostage negotiator.9 KB (1,102 words) - 12:56, 10 February 2023
- * ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' (1987)7 KB (1,077 words) - 11:34, 8 June 2009
- Heyer published a dozen detective novels, which overall are less well-known, and probably less well regarded,9 KB (1,302 words) - 17:29, 16 February 2024
- ...n Beach's niece Maudie Stubbs, an old acquaintance and now proprietor of a detective agency, to keep an eye on things.7 KB (1,173 words) - 11:38, 9 March 2018
- ...nd the character originally referred to as the "Bat-Man" first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. After Bruce had met and learned from every great detective in the world he approached Willy Doggett, the best tracker and bounty hunte15 KB (2,495 words) - 04:45, 7 March 2024
- The '''[[Crime fiction|detective novel]]''' began to make its appearance, [[Wilkie Collins]] being one of th8 KB (1,231 words) - 17:43, 12 March 2023
- ...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 i12 KB (1,580 words) - 13:51, 19 February 2024
- ** ''Schizo Jimmie'' (''[[The Saint Detective Magazine]]'', February 1960) ** ''Rats of Limbo'' (''[[The Saint Detective Magazine]]'', August 1960)23 KB (3,042 words) - 04:00, 9 August 2012
- ...ished through First Second. It was followed in 2007 by ''The Black Diamond Detective Agency'', a crime story set in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century adap8 KB (1,229 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...s he matured. He first began to compose at age eleven, writing diaries and detective stories<ref name=Oliver1990 />. From 1952 to 1957, he wrote poems and short9 KB (1,424 words) - 18:07, 4 March 2021
- ...cing step-by-step his discovery of natural selection—a piece of scientific detective work as revolutionary in its implications as the discovery of the structure10 KB (1,500 words) - 22:31, 13 December 2011
- ...ry [[curriculum]] of standard school texts. Established genres, such as [[detective fiction]] and [[science fiction]], gained new audiences through the introdu ...l]], as well as broader thematic categories such as [[science fiction]], [[detective fiction]], or [[fantasy]].21 KB (3,166 words) - 11:14, 6 September 2013
- ...ok he makes a brief appearance towards the end as a New York city homicide detective.10 KB (1,553 words) - 18:24, 8 February 2020
- ...ry [[curriculum]] of standard school texts. Established genres, such as [[detective fiction]] and [[science fiction]], gained new audiences through the introdu ...l]], as well as broader thematic categories such as [[science fiction]], [[detective fiction]], or [[fantasy]].22 KB (3,314 words) - 04:12, 24 April 2021
- ...friend. Freddie, meanwhile, worried that one of the maids is an undercover detective, is advised by Psmith to kiss her and to judge by her response whether she10 KB (1,704 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...of the death of Ludwig, former Bavarian State Attorney Wilhelm Wöbking and Detective Helmut Bauer reconstructed the event. As part of the investigation they bu11 KB (1,836 words) - 01:20, 7 February 2010
- Television Detective Shows of the 1970s, by David Martinade. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarlan10 KB (1,572 words) - 09:46, 19 January 2008
- ...English literature|English]] [[prose]] composition, university teaching, [[detective fiction]], [and] the state of intellectual life", described Barzun as a tal Barzun did not disdain popular culture: his varied interests included [[detective fiction]] and [[baseball]].<ref name="baseball">{{cite web |url=http://blea24 KB (3,374 words) - 09:35, 31 July 2023