Curiosity: who are your favorite detectives?
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Curiosity: who are your favorite detectives?
I like to read a good who-done-it every now and again, and I thought it might be neat to start a thread to share our favorite fictional detectives with each other. You can list one or many; you can list the works in which they are found, or you can leave it to the reader to figure out.
I'll start off with:
Sherlock Holmes (of course)
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast, who seems to me to have inherited Holmes' sensibilities in large part (Preston and Child's novels)
Kay Scarpetta (if you've missed these books by Patricia Cornwell, especially the early ones, you're missing a treat)
Lincoln Rhyme (wonderful books by Jeffery Deaver)
And, I'll list him last but hardly least, Dr. Victor Hunt, who in James P. Hogan's classic sci-fi trilogy "The Giants Novels" is given a unique mystery to solve: a 50,000 year old, space-suited corpse is found in a cave on the moon . The answer (which I won't give away here) is surprising and is a good reminder that just because you assume something has always been true, that doesn't make it so.
So who are your favorites?
--James
I'll start off with:
Sherlock Holmes (of course)
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast, who seems to me to have inherited Holmes' sensibilities in large part (Preston and Child's novels)
Kay Scarpetta (if you've missed these books by Patricia Cornwell, especially the early ones, you're missing a treat)
Lincoln Rhyme (wonderful books by Jeffery Deaver)
And, I'll list him last but hardly least, Dr. Victor Hunt, who in James P. Hogan's classic sci-fi trilogy "The Giants Novels" is given a unique mystery to solve: a 50,000 year old, space-suited corpse is found in a cave on the moon . The answer (which I won't give away here) is surprising and is a good reminder that just because you assume something has always been true, that doesn't make it so.
So who are your favorites?
--James
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sgt. joe friday played by jack webb. yes, i know it's not a book. the tv show was a hoot, especially that old lady who was a regular and who played multiple roles. the radio show was even better. they talked even quicker. joe friday and all the others talked so fast, it was like they were spitting bullets. especially when joe gave some punk a piece of his mind.
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Hmmm.. TV wise... Andy Barker, Monk, and the poor guy in 'Early Edition', though he was involuntarily,
Book wise... Sherlock Holmes, and the Mustachioed reporter in the "Cat Who..." series.
Radio - Guy Noir
feeble, maybe, but that's it just off the top of my feeble little head.
Book wise... Sherlock Holmes, and the Mustachioed reporter in the "Cat Who..." series.
Radio - Guy Noir
feeble, maybe, but that's it just off the top of my feeble little head.
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Detectives
TV: Columbo
Books: Sherlock Holmes and Tony Hillerman's Sgt Joe Leaphorn from innumerable books.
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I think between my Dad's and mine, I am close to having all of his books. So, yes, I am definitely a fan.carrie wrote:I have never read more suspenseful books than Dick Francis's. I'm sure all my vital signs go off the chart when I'm reading his stories. Fun!cowtime wrote: and Dick Francis's - Sid Halley, I love how the artificial hand comes in "handy" on occasion
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Ok, you've probably already heard this but it seems appropriate here:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they were exhausted and went to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?"
Watson pondered for a minute. "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I
observe that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that the Lord is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke.
"Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent."
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they were exhausted and went to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?"
Watson pondered for a minute. "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I
observe that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that the Lord is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke.
"Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent."
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Spenser. By Robert B. Parker.
Judge Dee by Robert Van Gulik :Wen Dee-jeh, if I remember correctly. I think this stuff is long out of print. "The Chinese Bell Murders" was the first one. I admired his capability for sorting out his domestic squabbles - usually between his first and second wife - at the same time as whatever murders were going on, an mostly without resorting to torture.
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Judge Dee by Robert Van Gulik :Wen Dee-jeh, if I remember correctly. I think this stuff is long out of print. "The Chinese Bell Murders" was the first one. I admired his capability for sorting out his domestic squabbles - usually between his first and second wife - at the same time as whatever murders were going on, an mostly without resorting to torture.
Rebus by Ian Rankin. Not the pathetic actor on the telly, but the character in the books.
Inspector Ghote! The original nervous detective! by H.R.F.Keating
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