# Literary betectives by locale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182 "2004-06-07T21:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/21 "2004-06-08T03:50:55Z")
Actual Detectives: V.I. Warshawski - Chicago Lauren Laurano - New York Mme. Precious Ramotse - Gaborone, Botswana, Africa Tangentally Law Enforcement: Kay Scarpetta - Richmond, VA Stephanie Plum - Trenton, NJ Accidental Detectives: Magdelena Yoder - Hernia, PA and environs Hannah Swensen - Lake Eden, Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/22 "2004-06-08T04:07:00Z")
> [@StephenG](#): > > Ooh, who writes these ones? I’m always up for more stories set around here. [Linda Barnes](http://www.lindabarnes.com/index1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/23 "2004-06-08T04:13:49Z")
I just picked up a new library find, and have another accidental detective to add to the list: Leigh Koslow - Pittsburgh, PA. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/24 "2004-06-08T04:21:17Z")
Emily Pollifax–New Brunswick, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/25 "2004-06-08T14:10:53Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Um, did you mean Tommy and Tuppence? Of course, I did. I guess I was more tired than I thought when I wrote my last message. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/26 "2004-06-08T14:21:37Z")
Judge Djien-Djieh Dee – China (various cities) ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/27 "2004-06-08T15:48:56Z")
Murray Whelan. Scarily Melbourne. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/28 "2004-06-08T15:55:51Z")
> [@RJKUgly](#): > > Brother Cadfael, monastery of Saints Peter and Paul, Shrewsbury, England. Grrr… you beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/29 "2004-06-08T16:29:25Z")
Burke–New York City Kinky Friedman–New York City Matthew Hope–Miami Beach, Florida Sherlock Holmes–London ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/30 "2004-06-08T16:35:01Z")
Archie McNally—Palm Beach, FL ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/31 "2004-06-08T17:08:46Z")
Philip Marlowe, Los Angeles, CA (and surrounding areas) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/32 "2004-06-08T17:21:12Z")
Harry Potter, Surrey, England (also Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry). ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/33 "2004-06-08T17:24:28Z")
Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn; Shiprock, NM ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/34 "2004-06-08T18:42:13Z")
Some of my favorite fuzz… Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer – Hong Kong Police Chief Mario Balzic – Rocksburg, Pennsylvania Detective Joe Gunther – Brattleboro, Vermont Sergeant Richard Cribb – London, England Lieutenant Tromp Kramer – Trekkersburg, South Africa Superintendent James Pibble – London, England Thanx and a tip of the hat to: William Marshall, K.C. Constantine, Archer Mayor, Peter Lovesey, James McClure, and Peter Dickinson. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/35 "2004-06-08T18:49:14Z")
I don’t think anyone has mentioned one of America’s first detectives and definitely its first urban detective. Nick Carter - New York City. Yes, I know he had a radio program but he was very well known as a literary detective before he went to the radio. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/36 "2004-06-08T19:03:19Z")
Ellery Queen, NYC ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/37 "2004-06-08T19:07:54Z")
Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen (NYPD) – New York City, mostly Lord Peter Wimsey – various places around the UK, including a flat in London, Duke’s Denver, and last spotted at Talboys (Herts.) ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/38 "2004-06-08T23:13:56Z")
Going back to the 1920s. how about: Philo Vance - New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/39 "2004-06-09T00:09:24Z")
Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown. With frequent assistance by Miss Sally Kimball. Idaville, Florida. ( **astorian** , how could you forget Sally?) Franklin and Joseph Hardy. Bayport. (presumably New York) Robert Andrews, Peter Crenshaw, Jupiter Jones. Worthington, driver. A. Hitchcock, financeer. Rocky Beach, California. I regret I was never a Nancy Drew fan. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182/40 "2004-06-09T01:52:45Z")
**dangermom** took Benni Harper (I’m from Ukiah, originally, **dangermom** ) and **TeaElle** took Stephanie Plum (I’ve just discovered these books, BYW, I finished the 9th late last night). So I’ll have to get obscure. Meg Lanslow – Yorktown, Virginia Elizabeth Chase – Escondido, California [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-betectives-by-locale/249182.md?page=3)