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Great Detectives of Big Screen, Small Screen, and Page

Some work for the police, some are private investigators, while others are amateur sleuths. While some here appear in TV shows, I know most of them from the books: Chandler, Christie, Parker, Block, MacDonald, Eco, Indriðason, Mankell, Sjöwall and Wahlöö ... from classic through hardboiled gumshoe to Nordic noir ... here are 25 of the best detectives from screen and page ...
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot
2
William of Baskerville
William of Baskerville
3
Bernie Gunther
Bernie Gunther
4
Miss Marple
Miss Marple
5
Lew Archer
Lew Archer
6
Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe
7
Batman
Batman
8
Father Brown
Father Brown
9
Benoit Blanc
Benoit Blanc
10
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew
11
John Rebus
John Rebus
12
Easy Rawlins
Easy Rawlins
13
Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret
14
Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander
15
C. Auguste Dupin
C. Auguste Dupin
16
Spenser
Spenser
17
Sam Spade
Sam Spade
18
Martin Beck
Martin Beck
19
Harry Bosch
Harry Bosch
20
Travis McGee
Travis McGee
21
Cormoran Strike
Cormoran Strike
22
John Shaft - Shaft
John Shaft - Shaft
23
Matthew Scudder
Matthew Scudder
24
Erlendur Sveinsson
Erlendur Sveinsson
25
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