Crime fiction/Catalogs/Famous detectives

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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.

• Commissario Guido Brunetti, based in Venice, created by Donna Leon, 1992-
• Dr. Gideon Fell, created by John Dickson Carr, 1933–1968
• Ellery Queen, created by Ellery Queen
• Father Brown, created by G. K. Chesterton
• Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie
• Kinsey Millhone, private investigator in California, created by Sue Grafton, 1982-
• Lew Archer, created by Ross Macdonald
• Lieutenant Frank Hastings, created by Collin Wilcox
• Matt Helm, created by Donald Hamilton
• Miss Marple, created by Agatha Christie
• Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, created by Michael Gilbert
• Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout
• Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler
• Rex Carver, created by Victor Canning
• 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, 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-
• Travis McGee, created by John D. MacDonald
• William Monk, private detective (former policeman) in Victorian London(1856-), created by Anne Perry, 1990-