# youve been murdered most fouly what fictional dective would you want to investigate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986 "2019-03-12T03:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/161 "2019-03-14T20:35:33Z")
Dirty harry or batman ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/162 "2019-03-14T22:36:18Z")
Lucas Davenport - from John Sanford’s Prey novels. Davenport is relentless and can’t be intimidated into quitting. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/163 "2019-03-14T22:47:25Z")
Everyone’s already said the first few detectives that came to mind, so… for me, how about Kim Possible? (I know; it’d be her first murder case.) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/164 "2019-03-15T03:20:41Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Another fan of the Brits. Give me Adam Dalgliesh, please. Adam Dalgliesh for me, too! Would anyone want Kinsey Milhone? ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/165 "2019-03-17T19:59:38Z")
Ukelele Ike, how old does one have to be to remember “The Thinking Machine”? I read that “Cell 13” story as a kid, loved it. No one picks Poirot? He’d not only get the murderer without fail, he’d likely tick off and annoy everyone else involved, so that’s a plus,I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/166 "2019-03-17T20:35:56Z")
Thomas Magnum. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/167 "2019-03-17T20:45:07Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > Thomas Magnum. For that, fake my murder, then steal his ride. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/168 "2019-03-17T20:49:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Then, he hasnt read Nero Wolfe, because he is dead wrong. Interestingly, he died about the same time as the 6th Nero Wolfe book was coming out, so he would never have gotten to know that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/169 "2019-03-17T21:14:10Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Interestingly, he died about the same time as the 6th Nero Wolfe book was coming out, so he would never have gotten to know that. Good point, But Sherlock Holmes was around- and yes, some stories there are meh, but there are certainly more than that original in the canon. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/170 "2019-03-17T21:30:15Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Adam Dalgliesh for me, too! > > Would anyone want Kinsey Milhone? I’d go for either of those two. I was SO depressed that Sue Grafton died before ‘Z.’ How about Hitchcock Sewell? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/171 "2019-03-17T21:42:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Good point, But Sherlock Holmes was around- and yes, some stories there are meh, but there are certainly more than that original in the canon. Fair enough, I just thought your example to be amusing. I knew that they were somewhat overlapping but I had to look it up to get specifics. I was actually thinking that he had died a bit earlier and was going to point out that he couldn’t have read any of it. I was just amused by the idea that he _could_ have been reading Nero Wolfe, but even so, he still would never have seen more than 6 plots from Rex Stout. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/172 "2019-03-17T22:09:13Z")
If there is anyone I would like on my side, It would be Jim Rockford. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/173 "2019-03-17T22:37:04Z")
> [@edspellman](#): > > Ukelele Ike, how old does one have to be to remember “The Thinking Machine”? I read that “Cell 13” story as a kid, loved it. “The Problem of Cell 13” was published over fifty years before I was born, so…uhhhh…One hundred and twenty-two? ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/174 "2019-03-17T23:20:26Z")
Oh, didn’t think the story was THAT old, didn’t pay attention to that when I was 14. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/175 "2019-03-17T23:33:59Z")
And, my apologies, Bayaker. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/176 "2019-03-17T23:48:26Z")
Master Shake (before he got tired of that assignation after ATHF episode #3, anyway) Lemming of the BDA Sgt. “I’m a little bit sad and lonely, and my baby’s gone away” Duckie Inspector “There’s been a murder” Muffin Porfiry Petrovich Magnum P.I. And of course, my go-to…Hank Quinlan ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/177 "2019-03-18T00:08:10Z")
> [@edspellman](#): > > Ukelele Ike, how old does one have to be to remember “The Thinking Machine”? I read that “Cell 13” story as a kid, loved it. Futrelle’s stuff’s public domain, so I recently went back and read a bunch, having also loved “Cell 13” as a youngster. (Guessing that one story must be frequently anthologized?) The other Thinking Machine stories are hit or miss in terms of clever plotting (versus ridiculous plotting), though I remember usually enjoying the dialogue given to Hutchison Hatch, Reporter. The novel _Elusive Isabel_ is a weird but kind of fun pre-WWI “can war be averted?” espionage tale, vaguely reminiscent of _The 39 Steps_ – though much sillier and more romantic. In looking for his [Project Gutenberg page](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3763), I discovered that Futrelle died on the _Titanic_. :eek: ---
**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:** [March 18, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/178 "2019-03-18T00:30:22Z")
> [@edspellman](#): > > Oh, didn’t think the story was THAT old, didn’t pay attention to that when I was 14. Jacques Futrelle went down on the Titanic. No shit. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/179 "2019-03-18T00:32:07Z")
Whoops. Sorry, **snoe.** ---
**Author:** ![LennieB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@LennieB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LennieB)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986/180 "2019-03-18T00:42:55Z")
Another vote for the little Belgian, mes amis. But always with the Capt. Hastings, non? Newbie here. I joined not only because DETECTIVES! But because there was an allusion by **pkbites** to one of the greatest suspense movies EVER, “The Day of the Jackal”! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-murdered-most-fouly-what-fictional-dective-would-you-want-to-investigate/830986.md?page=10)