# Fictional detectives: the cream of the cream.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-detectives-the-cream-of-the-cream/456059 "2008-07-11T00:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-detectives-the-cream-of-the-cream/456059/81 "2008-07-13T00:33:13Z")

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Encyclopedia Brown.  
😃

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-detectives-the-cream-of-the-cream/456059/82 "2008-07-13T01:33:21Z")

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Too late to say Adelia from _Mistress of the Art of Death_ and _The Serpent’s Tale_?

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