Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
What we're reading

Find your new favourite book or recommend one on our Book forum.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Original poster

Who's your favourite fictional detective?

163 replies

BurlingtonBertieFromBow · 04/09/2012 17:11

I like Jackson Brodie in Kate Atkinson's books
Also Inspector Barnaby, George Smiley (does some detecting in A Murder of Quality) and Adam Dalgleish

OP posts:
MNHQ
OlympiaLMumsnet · 04/09/2012 22:53

Paul temple

FuntimeFuschia · 04/09/2012 22:50

Harry Hole

Brices · 04/09/2012 22:09

Has to be Sherlock

UptoapointLordCopper · 04/09/2012 22:01

Appleby. (Michael Innes novels. Far fetched and uses very long words but I LOVE it.)

DuchessofMalfi · 04/09/2012 21:01

Stephanie Plum, Poirot (novels not the TV series - can't stand tv version).

TV - Magnum PI, Columbo, just old enough to remember Starsky & Hutch too.

thebestnamesaregone · 04/09/2012 18:41

Albert Campion

WyrdMother · 04/09/2012 18:37

Lord Peter Wimsey.

coffeeandwine · 04/09/2012 18:37

Harry Bosch (Michael Connelly) and Hercule Poirot.
They have slightly different styles. Grin

Andromaca · 04/09/2012 18:35

Ellery Queen and Charlie "Bird" Parker. Magnum P.I.

freelancescientist · 04/09/2012 18:33

Logan McRae (Stuart MacBride), Rebus, Charlie Parker (John Connolly) is my absolute fave. Loads actually.

iseenodust · 04/09/2012 17:25

VI Warshawski
Used to like a bit of Jim Rockford on TV (and my guilty secret is Monk on TV on dark wet winter afternoons).

BelleCurve · 04/09/2012 17:21

Mma Ramotswe as she is the No 1 Ladies detective

headinhands · 04/09/2012 17:16

Columbo each and every time Grin

Swipe left for the next trending thread