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
I just picked up a new library find, and have another accidental detective to add to the list: Leigh Koslow - Pittsburgh, PA.
Emily Pollifax–New Brunswick, New Jersey
Of course, I did. I guess I was more tired than I thought when I wrote my last message.
Judge Djien-Djieh Dee – China (various cities)
Murray Whelan. Scarily Melbourne.
Grrr… you beat me to it!
Burke–New York City
Kinky Friedman–New York City
Matthew Hope–Miami Beach, Florida
Sherlock Holmes–London
Archie McNally—Palm Beach, FL
Philip Marlowe, Los Angeles, CA (and surrounding areas)
Harry Potter, Surrey, England (also Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry).
Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn; Shiprock, NM
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.
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.
Ellery Queen, NYC
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.)
Going back to the 1920s. how about:
Philo Vance - New York City.
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.
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