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* [[Quiller]], British secret agent created by [[Elleston Trevor]] writing as [[Adam Hall]] | * [[Quiller]], British secret agent created by [[Elleston Trevor]] writing as [[Adam Hall]] | ||
* [[Rex Carver]], created by [[Victor Canning]] | * [[Rex Carver]], created by [[Victor Canning]] | ||
* [[Richard Hannay]], British secret agent created by Scottish novelist [[John Buchan]], 1st Baron Tweedsmuir | |||
* [[Sam Spade]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]] | * [[Sam Spade]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]] | ||
* [[Sherlock Holmes]], created by [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1887-1927 | * [[Sherlock Holmes]], created by [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1887-1927 | ||
* [[Sir Henry Merrivale]], created by [[John Dickson Carr]] writing as [[Carter Dickson]], 1934–1954 | * [[Sir Henry Merrivale]], created by [[John Dickson Carr]] writing as [[Carter Dickson]], 1934–1954 | ||
* [[Sir John Appleby]], created by [[Michael Innis]] | * [[Sir John Appleby]], created by [[Michael Innis]] | ||
* [[Spenser]], created by [[Robert B. Parker]] | * [[Spenser]], Boston private eye created by [[Robert B. Parker]] | ||
* [[The Continental Op]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]] | * [[The Continental Op]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]] | ||
* [[The Saint|The Saint (Simon Templar)]], created by [[Leslie Charteris]] | * [[The Saint|The Saint (Simon Templar)]], created by [[Leslie Charteris]] | ||
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This is a supplement to the Crime fiction article, arranged by the first names (or titles) of the detectives, with the years of the first and last publications featuring that detective.
- Albert Campion, created by Margery Allingham
- Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief of the French Belle Époque (1880-1912, and later), created by Maurice Leblanc (1906-1941)
- Ashenden, British secret agent in World War I created by W. Somerset Maugham
- Bony (Napoleon Bonaparte), Australian Aborigine detective created by Arthur Upfield
- Boysie Oakes, cowardly British secret agent assassin created by John Gardner
- C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe
- Commissario Guido Brunetti, based in Venice, created by Donna Leon, 1992-
- Commissaire Jules Maigret, based in Paris, created by Georges Simenon, 1931-1972
- C. W. Sughrue, hardboiled, small-town Montana private eye created by James Crumley
- Dave Robicheaux, Cajun detective in central Louisiana created by James Lee Burke
- Dr. Gideon Fell, created by John Dickson Carr, 1933–1968
- Drury Lane, deaf Shakespearian actor turned detective in New York, created by Ellery Queen writing as Barnaby Ross
- Ellery Queen, created by Ellery Queen
- Father Brown, created by G. K. Chesterton
- Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie
- James Bond, created by Ian Fleming
- Kinsey Millhone, private investigator in California, created by Sue Grafton, 1982-
- Lew Archer, created by Ross Macdonald
- Lieutenant Frank Hastings, created by Collin Wilcox
- Lord Peter Wimsey, created by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Matt Helm, created by Donald Hamilton
- Milo (Milton Chester) Milodragovitch, hardboiled, small-town Montana private eye created by James Crumley
- Miss Marple, created by Agatha Christie
- Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, middle-aged British secret agent "cutthroats" created by Michael Gilbert
- Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout
- Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler
- Philo Vance, created by S. S. van Dine
- Quiller, British secret agent created by Elleston Trevor writing as Adam Hall
- Rex Carver, created by Victor Canning
- Richard Hannay, British secret agent created by Scottish novelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
- Sam Spade, created by Dashiell Hammett
- Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887-1927
- Sir Henry Merrivale, created by John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson, 1934–1954
- Sir John Appleby, created by Michael Innis
- Spenser, Boston private eye created by Robert B. Parker
- The Continental Op, created by Dashiell Hammett
- The Saint (Simon Templar), created by Leslie Charteris
- Thomas Pitt, inspector in Victorian London (1881-), created by Anne Perry, 1979-
- Thomas Elphinstone (Tommie) Hambledon, British secret agent created by Manning Coles
- Travis McGee, created by John D. MacDonald
- William Monk, private detective (former policeman) in Victorian London(1856-), created by Anne Perry, 1990-