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  2. List of fictional detectives - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    UK, derogatory name referencing the modern police uniforms and armed squads of Italian Fascists under Benito Mussolini. Blues and Twos UK, from the flashing blue lights and the two-frequency siren on a police car. Blueband UK, from the blue cap-band worn by PCSOs. [citation needed] Bluebottle Antique name for the police referring to the old ...

  4. Hercule Poirot - Wikipedia

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    Hercule Poirot (UK: / ˈ ɛər k juː l ˈ p w ɑːr oʊ /, US: / h ɜːr ˈ k juː l p w ɑː ˈ r oʊ / [1]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie.Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (Black Coffee and Alibi), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.

  5. List of fictional detective teams - Wikipedia

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    Frank and Joe Hardy – (Franklin W. Dixon) Grijpstra and de Gier – (Janwillem van de Wetering) Hawk and Fisher – (Simon Green) Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey – (Sally Wainwright) Jayanta and Manik – (Hemendra Kumar Roy) Lord Darcy and Sean O'Lochlainn – (Randall Garrett) Morse and Robert Lewis – (Colin Dexter)

  6. Detective - Wikipedia

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    A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads them to arrest criminals and enable them to be convicted in court. [1]

  7. List of female detective characters - Wikipedia

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    Lois Cayley is an adventurous young woman in an early mystery novel by Grant Allen (1899). Catherine Chandler is a NYPD detective played by Kristin Kreuk in Beauty & the Beast. Corinna Chapman runs a bakery in Melbourne and solves neighbourhood puzzles in a series commenced 2004 by Australian Kerry Greenwood.

  8. List of fictional police detectives - Wikipedia

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    Inspector Hanaud – A. E. W. Mason. Lieutenant Vincent Hanna – Michael Mann (played by Al Pacino in Heat ) Detective Harding – The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (played by Shayle Gardner) Detective Inspector Alec Hardy – Broadchurch (played by David Tennant) Detective Martin Hart – True Detective (played by Woody Harrelson) Detective ...

  9. Sherlock Holmes - Wikipedia

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    Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...