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Quick Reference to Authors and Detectives

(Coverage varies from entire web pages to brief mentions)
Catherine Aird (Insp. Sloan)
Bruce Alexander (Judge Fielding)
Margery Allingham (Albert Campion)
Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder)
Simon Brett (Charles Paris)
Fredric Brown (Ed and Am Hunter)
Douglas G. Browne (Harvey Tuke)
John Dickson Carr (Henri Bencolin)
John Dickson Carr (Dr Fell)
John Dickson Carr [Carter Dickson] (Henry Merrivale)
Sarah Caudwell (Hilary Tamar)
Agatha Christie (Jane Marple)
Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley (Dr Davie)
Edmund Crispin (Gervase Fen)
Lillian de la Torre (Dr Johnson)
Colin Dexter (Insp. Morse)
Peter Dickinson (Insp. Pibble)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)
Ian Fleming (James Bond)
R. Austin Freeman (Dr Thorndyke)
Michael Gilbert
Maxwell Grant (The Shadow)
John Greenwood (Insp. Mosley)
Dashiell Hammett (Continental Op, Sam Spade, Nick Charles)
Cyril Hare (Pettigrew, Mallett, etc.)
S.T. Haymon (Insp. Jurnet)
Reginald Hill (Pascoe & Dalziel)
Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee)
P.M. Hubbard (no detective)
Michael Innes (John Appleby)
Fr. Ronald Knox (Miles Bredon)
Peter Lovesey (Sgt. Cribb)
Peter Lovesey (Insp. Diamond)
John D. Macdonald (Travis McGee)
William Marshall (Harry Feiffer)
Ed McBain (87th Precinct; Matthew Hope)
James McClure (Kramer & Zondi)
John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey)
Patricia Moyes (Insp. Tibbett)
Joyce Porter (Insp. Dover)
Bill Pronzini ('Nameless')
Ellery Queen (Ellery Queen)
Ellery Queen [Barnaby Ross] (Drury Lane)
Ian Rankin (Insp. Rebus)
Ruth Rendell (Insp. Wexford)
Peter Robinson (Insp. Banks)
Sax Rohmer (Fu Manchu)
Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey)
Stephen Saylor (Gordianus)
Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö (Martin Beck)
Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe)
Josephine Tey (Insp. Grant)
Arthur Upfield (Napoleon Bonaparte)
S.S. Van Dine (Philo Vance)
Henry Wade (Poole, Lott, et al.)
Colin Watson (Inspector Purbright)

Amateur Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
   (Father Brown; The Thinking Machine; Dr Sam Hawthorne; Trevis Tarrant; Old Man in the Corner)
Misc. Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
   (Carnacki the Ghost Finder; J.G.Reeder)
Professional Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
   (Max Carrados; Solar Pons)
Other Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
   (Moris Klaw; Prince Zaleski, Jules de Grandin)

MISCELLANEOUS SERIES DETECTIVES
Series Categories (and brief mentions)
British Police
   (Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn; Commander Coffin; Colonel March, Commander Gideon; Inspector French; Inspectors Lloyd and Hill; Douglas Quantrill; Chief Superintendent Gregory Saltfleet; DI Charlie Resnick; Wycliffe; Superintendent Mike Yeadings)
Incidental (Amateur) Detectives
   (Henry the Waiter; Roger Sheringham; Jimmy Flannery; Lovejoy; Dorian Fairweather; Lizzie Thomas; Hildegarde Withers; Dan Mallet)
Professionals in Other Areas of Law Enforcement
   (Basil Willing; Mark Treasure)
Private Investigators
   (Anna Lee; Elvis Cole; Charlie Bradshaw; Amos Walker; Precious Ramotswe, Jack Fleming)
Police Procedurals
   (Dave Robicheaux; Aurelio Zen; Lowenkopf & Greeley; Sheriff Joe Bain)
Misc. Historical Police (Bow Street etc.)
   (Henry Morton; Bragg & Morton; Jeremy Sturrock; Sgt. Verity)
Historical Detectives from the Past
   (Marcus Didius Falco; Judge Amerotke; Lord Darcy; Nicholas Bracewell; Brother Cadfael; Lord Meren; Julian Kestrel; Matthew Stock; Decius Caecilius Metellus)
Women Detectives
   (Miss Marple; Mrs Pargeter; Lizzie Thomas; Doran Fairweather; Elizabeth McPherson; Tommy & Tuppence; Deborah Knott; Sigrid Harald; Jane Tennison; Merrily Watkins; Tess Monaghan; Bertha Cool; Kinsey Millhone; Sharon McCone; V.I. Warshawski; Carlotta Carlyle; Anna Lee )
Superheroes and Rogues & Villains
   (The Shadow; Prince Zaleski; Moris Klaw; Jules de Grandin; Fu Manchu; Augustus Mandrell; Doc Savage; Doctor Syn; Colonel Clay; Romney Pringle; Raffles; Arsène Lupin; The Saint; Moriarty; Dracula; Charlie Mortdecai)

Crippen & Landru Publications
   (Roger Sheringham; Inspector Cockrill; Brooks Banner; Chafik J. Chafik; Rolf le Roux; Karmesin; Trevis Tarrant; Basil Willing; Mrs. Bradley)

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Note: I would like to include links to sites concerning the various authors, but web pages tend to be ephemeral and hard to keep up to date with. But you can try the links page.
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