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Who's your favourite fictional detective?

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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

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headinhands · 04/09/2012 17:16

Columbo each and every time Grin

BelleCurve · 04/09/2012 17:21

Mma Ramotswe as she is the No 1 Ladies detective

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).

freelancescientist · 04/09/2012 18:33

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

Andromaca · 04/09/2012 18:35

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

coffeeandwine · 04/09/2012 18:37

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

WyrdMother · 04/09/2012 18:37

Lord Peter Wimsey.

thebestnamesaregone · 04/09/2012 18:41

Albert Campion

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.

UptoapointLordCopper · 04/09/2012 22:01

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

Brices · 04/09/2012 22:09

Has to be Sherlock

FuntimeFuschia · 04/09/2012 22:50

Harry Hole

OlympiaLMumsnet · 04/09/2012 22:53

Paul temple

seeker · 04/09/2012 22:53

Peter Wimsey, Gervase Fen, John Appleby, Adam Dalgliesh and Roderick Alleyn.

But I am ver' ver' old.

ArthurandGeorge · 04/09/2012 22:55

Hercule Poirot and hs little grey cells do it for me!

SingingSands · 04/09/2012 22:56

Rebus. Nobody else.

bruffin · 04/09/2012 22:59

Sid Halley
Mme Ramotswe
Alex Delaware

Earthymama · 04/09/2012 23:01

At this moment another vote for Lord Peter Wimsey as I have been listening to the serialisations on R4+
It is odd as I am Leftie radical!!

I love V I too and Kinsey Mahone (Sue Grafton), Inspector (Elizabeth George) and Merrily Watkins.!(Phil Rickman)

Earthymama · 04/09/2012 23:02

Sam Vimes (Terry Pratchett)

seeker · 04/09/2012 23:13

Oh, SingingSands reminds me of Alan Grant. How could I have forgotten him!

pearlgirl · 04/09/2012 23:18

Inspector Banks (Peter Robinson),Inspector Lynley, Merrily Watkins and Simon Serrailler are my favourites atm.

ZacharyQuack · 04/09/2012 23:55

Elvis Cole

LulaTheOneAndOnlyMrsPistorius · 04/09/2012 23:59

Harry Bosch
DI Tom Thorne (Mark Billingham)
and, based on MN recommendations I have recently got into PC Grant and Inspector Nightingale in the Ben Aaronovitch books. Looking forward to the 3rd book in the series.

Trying to get into Bryant & May (another MN recommendation) but finding it a bit slow going

BusinessUnusual · 05/09/2012 00:00

Lord Peter Wimsey
Alan Grant

mrsmangelsneck · 05/09/2012 00:04

Another vote for Jackson Brodie
Inspector Wexford
Miss Marple (but hate those crappy recent itv adaptations)
Louie Knight

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