Golden Age of Detective Fiction

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Catherine Aird

Inspector Sloan

• The Religious Body (1966)

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Margery Allingham

Albert Campion

• The Crime at Black Dudley (1929)
• Mystery Mile (1930)
• Look to the Lady (1931)
• The Case of the Late Pig (1937)
• The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)

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Margaret Armstrong

• Murder in Stained Glass (1939)

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B

Marian Babson

• The Twelve Deaths of Christmas (1979)
• Murder on the Mystery Tour (1985)

Perkins & Tate

• Murder at the Cat Show (1989)

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M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin

• The Quiche of Death (1992)

Hamish Macbeth

• A Highland Christmas (1999)

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George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn

• The Case of the Demented Spiv (1949)
• The Case of the Famished Parson (1949)
• The Body in the Dumb River (1961)

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Alexandra Benedict

• The Christmas Murder Game (2022)

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Margot Bennett

• The Widow of Bath (1952)

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Clara Benson

Angela Marchmont

• The Murder at Sissingham Hall (2013)

Freddy Pilkington-Soames

• A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia (2016)

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Anthony Berkeley

Roger Sheringham

• The Silk Stocking Murders (1928)
• The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
• Murder in the Basement (1932)
• Jumping Jenny (1933)

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Rick Bleiweiss

Pignon Scorbion

• Pignon Scorbion and the Barbershop Detectives (2022)

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Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie Chan

• The House Without A Key (1921)
• The Chinese Parrot (1926)

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Rhys Bowen

Royal Spyness

• The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012)
• God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (2022)

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Anthony Boucher

• The Case of the Seven of Calvary (1937)

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Alan Bradley

Flavia de Luce

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009)
• I am Half-Sick of Shadows (2011)

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Christianna Brand

Inspector Cockrill

• Tour de Force (1955)

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Simon Brett

Mrs. Pargeter

• A Nice Class of Corpse (1986)

Charles Paris

• Sicken and So Die (1996)

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Leo Bruce

Sergeant Beef Short Stories

• Clue in the Mustard (2018)

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John Bude

• The Cornish Coast Murder (1935)

Superintendent William Meredith

• The Lake District Murder (1935)
• The Sussex Downs Murder (1936)
• The Cheltenham Square Murder (1937)
• Death on the Riviera (1952)

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C

Alice Campbell

• Keep Away From Water! (1935)

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Carol Carnac

Julian Rivers

• Crossed Skis (1952)
• Impact of Evidence (1954)

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John Dickson Carr

Dr. Gideon Fell

• The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
• Till Death Do Us Part (1944)

Sir Henry Merrivale

• The Plague Court Murders (1934)
• And So To Murder (1940)

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Agatha Christie

• The Sittaford Mystery (1931)

Short Stories

• The Rajah’s Emerald (1926)
• The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael (1933)
• Jane in Search of a Job (1934)

Colonel Race

• Sparkling Cyanide (1945)

Hercule Poirot

• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
• The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
• Cards on the Table (1936)
• The ABC Murders (1936)
• Dumb Witness (1937)
• Death on the Nile (1937)
• Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938)
• Sad Cypress (1940)
• Evil Under the Sun (1941)
• Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
• Hallowe’en Party (1969)
• Elephants Can Remember (1972)

Hercule Poirot Short Stories

• The Affair at the Victory Ball (1923)
• The Double Clue (1923)
• The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
• The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1933)
• Yellow Iris (1937)
• The Incredible Theft (1947)
• The Nemean Lion (1947)
• The Lernaean Hydra (1947)
• The Arcadian Deer (1947)
• The Erymanthian Boar (1947)
• The Augean Stables (1947)
• The Stymphalian Birds (1947)
• The Cretan Bull (1947)
• The Horses of Diomedes (1947)
• The Girdle of Hippolyta (1947)
• The Flock of Geryon (1947)
• The Apples of Hesperides (1947)
• The Capture of Cerberus (1947)
• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)

Miss Marple

• The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
• A Caribbean Mystery (1964)

Miss Marple Short Stories

• The Blood-Stained Pavement (1928)
• The Idol House of Astarte (1928)
• A Christmas Tragedy a.k.a. The Hat & the Alibi (1930)

Mr. Quin Short Stories

• Harlequin’s Lane (1927)

Parker Pyne Short Stories

• A Death on the Nile (1933)
• The Oracle of Delphi (1933)

Tommy and Tuppence

• Partners in Crime (1929)

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Frances Crane

Pat and Jean Abbott

• The Turquoise Shop (1941)
• The Applegreen Cat (1943)
• Murder on the Purple Water (1947)
• Black Cypress (1948)
• Death-Wish Green (1960)

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Freeman Wills Crofts

Inspector French

• Inspector French’s Greatest Case (1924)
• The Box Office Murders (1929)
• Mystery in the Channel (1931)
• The Hog’s Back Mystery (1933)
• Antidote to Venom (1938)

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D

Moray Dalton

Hugh Collier

• The Night of Fear (1931)

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Elizabeth Daly

Henry Gamadge

• Somewhere in the House (1946)
• The Wrong Way Down (1946)

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Todd Downing

Hugh Rennert

• The Cat Screams (1934)

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes

• A Study in Scarlet (1887)
• The Sign of the Four (1888)

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

• The Red-Headed League (1891)
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892)
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892)
• The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893)
• The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922)
• The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane (1926)

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Maurice Drake

• The Ocean Sleuth (1915)

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Francis Duncan

Mordecai Tremaine

• Murder for Christmas (1949)

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Julia K. Duncan

Doris Force

• Doris Force at Locked Gates (1931)
• Doris Force at Cloudy Cove (1931)

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Carola Dunn

Daisy Dalrymple

• Death at Wentwater Court (1994)

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F

A. A. Fair

Cool and Lam

• Top of the Heap (1952)

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J. Jefferson Farjeon

• The Crook’s Shadow (1927)
• Mystery in White (1937)

Inspector Kendall

• Seven Dead (1939)

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Brian Flynn

Anthony Bathurst

• The Billiard-Room Mystery (1927)

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Lucy Foley

Short Stories

• Evil in Small Places (2022)

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R. Austin Freeman

Dr. Thorndyke Short Stories

• The Stranger’s Latchkey (1909)
• Gleanings from the Wreckage (1927)

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G

Erle Stanley Gardner

Perry Mason

• The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat (1935)
• The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937)
• The Case of the Lame Canary (1937)
• The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe (1938)
• The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942)
• The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953)
• The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1966)

Perry Mason Short Stories

• The Case of the Crimson Kiss (1971)

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Michael Gilbert

Inspector Hazlerigg

• Death Has Deep Roots (1951)

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Robert Goldsborough

Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe

• Murder in E Minor (2012)
• Murder in the Ball Park (2014)

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Anna Katherine Green

Mr. Gryce

• The Leavenworth Case (1877)

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Kerry Greenwood

Phryne Fisher

• Cocaine Blues (1989)
• The Green Mill Murder (1993)
• Queen of the Flowers (2004)
• Murder in the Dark (2006)
• Murder on a Midsummer Night (2008)

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H

Janice Hallett

• The Twyford Code (2022)

The Appeal

• The Christmas Appeal (2023)

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Sophie Hannah

The New Hercule Poirot

• The Monogram Murders (2014)
• Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night (2023)

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Mavis Doriel Hay

• The Santa Klaus Murder (1936)

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Annie Haynes

Inspector Furnival

• The Abbey Court Murder (1923)

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Hannah Hendy

Dinner Lady Detectives

• The Dinner Lady Detectives (2021)
• The Unfortunate Christmas Murder (2022)

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Anne Hillerman

Leaphorn & Chee

• The Tale Teller (2019)

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Dolores Hitchens

Rachel Murdock

• The Cat Saw Murder (1939)
• The Alarm of the Black Cat (1942)
• The Cat Wears A Noose (1944)

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Anthony Horowitz

Susan Ryeland

• Magpie Murders (2016)

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Christopher Huang

• A Gentleman’s Murder (2018)

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Fergus Hume

• The Green Mummy (1908)

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J

Selwyn Jepson

Short Stories

• By the Sword (1930)

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Craig Johnson

Walt Longmire

• The Cold Dish (2004)

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Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew

• The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
• The Hidden Staircase (1930)
• The Bungalow Mystery (1930)
• The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1930)
• The Secret of Shadow Ranch (1931)
• The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1933)
• Password at Larkspur Lane (1933)
• The Clue of the Tapping Heels (1939)

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Charles Kingston

Chief Inspector Wake

• Murder in Piccadilly (1936)

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L

Rupert Latimer

• Murder After Christmas (1944)

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Edith Lavell

Mary Louise Gay

• The Mystery at Dark Cedars (1935)
• The Mystery of the Fires (1935)

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Frances and Richard Lockridge

Mr. & Mrs. North

• The Norths Meet Murder (1940)
• The Judge is Reversed (1960)

Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro

• Murder and Blueberry Pie (1959)

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E.C.R. Lorac

• Death of an Author (1935)

Robert Macdonald

• Post After Post-Mortem (1936)
• These Names Make Clues (1937)
• Fell Murder (1944)
• Murder by Matchlight (1945)
• The Theft of the Iron Dogs (1946)
• Crook O’Lune (1953)

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Marie Belloc Lowndes

• The Chianti Flask (1935)

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M

Alice MacGowan

• The Million Dollar Suitcase (1922)

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Ngaio Marsh

Inspector Alleyn

• A Man Lay Dead (1934)
• Enter a Murderer (1935)
• The Nursing Home Murder (1935)
• Vintage Murder (1937)

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Faith Martin

The Val & Arbie Mysteries

• Murder by Candlelight (2024)

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Jessa Maxwell

• The Golden Spoon

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Leslie Meier

Lucy Stone

• Mistletoe Murder (1993)

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Alan Melville

• Weekend at Thrackley (1934)

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Gladys Mitchell

Mrs. Bradley

• Speedy Death (1929)
• Groaning Spinney (1950)

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• Mexican Gothic (2020)

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Baroness Orczy

Lady Molly

• A Christmas Tragedy (1909)

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Richard Osman

Thursday Murder Club

• The Thursday Murder Club (2020)
• The Man Who Died Twice (2021)
• The Bullet That Missed (2022)

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P

Stuart Palmer

Hildegarde Withers

• The Penguin Pool Murder (1931)
• The Puzzle of the Silver Persian (1934)
• The Green Ace (1950)
• Nipped in the Bud (1951)

Hildegarde Withers Short Stories

The Monkey Murder (1950)

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Sarah Pearse

Detective Elin Warner

• The Sanatorium (2021)

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Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

• Still Life (2005)
• A Fatal Grace (2006)
• The Cruelest Month (2007)

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Karen Pierce

• Recipes for Murder (2023)

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Nita Prose

Molly the Maid

• The Maid (2022)

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E. R. Punshon

Bobby Owen

• Information Received (1933)

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Q

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen Detective

• The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

Ellery Queen Detective Short Stories

• The Death of Don Juan (1960)
• E=Murder (1960)
• The Wrightsville Heir (1960)
• Diamonds in Paradise (1960)
• The Case Against Carroll (1960)

Mike McCall

• The Campus Murders (1969)

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R

Mary Roberts Rinehart

• The After House (1914)
• The Swimming Pool (1951)

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Trilogy

• The Circular Staircase (1908)
• The Bat (1926)

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S

Michelle Salter

Iris Woodmore

• Death at Crookham Hall (2021)

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Lord Peter Wimsey

• Whose Body? (1923)
• Have His Carcase (1932)
• The Nine Tailors (1934)
• The Busman’s Honeymoon (1937)

Lord Peter Wimsey Short Stories

• The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man With No Face (1928)
• The Queen’s Square (1933)

Short Stories

• The Cyprian Cat (1939)

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L. T. Shearer

Conrad the Calico Cat

• The Cat Who Caught a Killer (2022)

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Christopher St. John Sprigg

• Death of an Airman (1934)

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Vincent Starett

Walter Ghost

• Murder on “B” Deck (1929)

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Benjamin Stevenson

Ernest Cunningham

• Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone (2022)
• Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect (2023)
• Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret (2024)

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Amy Stewart

Kopp Sisters

• Girl Waits With Gun (2015)

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Rex Stout

Nero Wolfe

• Fer-De-Lance (1934)
• The League of Frightened Men (1935)
• Over My Dead Body (1940)

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Peter Swanson

• The Christmas Guest (2023)

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Julian Symons

• The Colour of Murder (1957)

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T

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Asey Mayo

• The Cape Cod Mystery (1931)
• The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933)

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Robert Thorogood

The Marlow Murder Club

• The Marlow Murder Club (2021)
• Death Comes to Marlow (2023)

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W

Martin Walker

Bruno, Chief of Police

• Bruno, Chief of Police (2008)

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Patricia Wentworth

Miss Silver

• Latter End (1947)
• Eternity Ring (1948)
• Out of the Past (1953)
• Vanishing Point (1953)
• The Summerhouse (1955)
• The Silent Pool (1956)

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Victor L. Whitechurch

• The Templeton Case (1924)

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Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs

• Maisie Dobbs (2003)

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Mildred A. Wirt

Penny Parker

• Behind the Green Door (1933)

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Clifford Witting

Short Stories

• Hanging By a Hair (1950)

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P. G. Wodehouse

Short Stories

• Death at the Excelsior (2003)