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The Spanish Sleuth. The Spanish Sleuth: The Detective in Spanish Fiction is a non-fiction book by Patricia Hart, published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Presses in 1987. Tracy Rutledge, the author of a PhD thesis, described the book as "the first book-length study published on Spain’s detective fiction".
Boston Blackie – reformed jewel thief, created by Jack Boyle. Rosemary Boxer – with Laura Thyme, gardening detective, created by Brian Eastman. Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley – widowed socialite, created by Gladys Mitchell. Father Brown – Catholic priest, created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton.
Andreu Martín (born 1949) is a Spanish author who specializes in crime and detective novels. [1] Martín was one of the few Spanish novelists who specialized in crime and detective works who made a living off of them. Patricia Hart, author of The Spanish Sleuth: The Detective in Spanish Fiction, said "the resultant freedom to focus on his ...
Gender. Male. Occupation. Police detective. Nationality. Italian. Inspector[ a ]Salvo Montalbano is a fictional police chief who is a brilliant detective created by Italian writer Andrea Camilleri in a series of novels and short stories. The books were written in a mixture of Italian, strict Sicilian, and Sicilian Italian.
Commander James Bond CMG RNVR is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books— The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) and Octopussy and ...
Hangsaman is a 1951 gothic novel by American author Shirley Jackson. The second of Jackson's published novels, Hangsaman is a bildungsroman centering on lonely college freshman Natalie Waite, who descends into madness after enrolling in a liberal arts college. [1] The novel takes its title from an old folk ballad.
Occupation. Detective (hobbyist) Nationality. French. Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin [oɡyst dypɛ̃] is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", widely considered the first detective fiction story. [1] He reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt ...
Guido Brunetti is a fictional Italian detective, created by Swiss/American writer Donna Leon. He is a commissario (detective superintendent) in the Italian State Police, stationed in Venice and a native of that city. Brunetti is the protagonist of (as of April 2023) 32 novels: He also appears in a German TV film series based on these novels.