Detective Fiction - Detective Debuts and Swansongs

Detective Debuts and Swansongs

Many detectives appear in more than one novel or story. Here is a list of a few debut and swansong stories:

Detective Author Debut Swansong
Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh A Man Lay Dead Light Thickens
Angel (Angel Investigations) Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt City of Not Fade Away
Batman Bob Kane Detective Comics #27
Martin Beck Sjöwall and Wahlöö Roseanna The Terrorists
Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton Guilty Pleasures
Harry Bosch Michael Connelly The Black Echo
Father Brown G. K. Chesterton "The Blue Cross"
Brother Cadfael Ellis Peters A Morbid Taste for Bones Brother Cadfael's Penance
Vincent Calvino Christopher G. Moore Spirit House
Albert Campion Margery Allingham The Crime at Black Dudley
Elvis Cole Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat
Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne David Roberts Sweet Poison Sweet Sorrow
Jerry Cornelius Michael Moorcock The Final Programme
Dr. Phil D'Amato Paul Levinson "The Chronology Protection Case"
Harry D'Amour Clive Barker "The Last Illusion"
Peter Decker Faye Kellerman The Ritual Bath
Alex Delaware Jonathan Kellerman When the Bough Breaks
Harry Devlin Martin Edwards All the Lonely People
Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene The Secret of the Old Clock
Marcus Didius Falco Lindsey Davis The Silver Pigs
Erast Fandorin Boris Akunin The Winter Queen
Kate Fansler Carolyn Gold Heilbrun/Amanda Cross In the Last Analysis
Dr. Gideon Fell John Dickson Carr Hag's Nook Dark of the Moon
Sir John Fielding and Jeremy Proctor Bruce Alexander Blind Justice
Gordianus the Finder Steven Saylor Roman Blood
Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane I, the Jury
Heiji Hattori Gosho Aoyama Detective Conan
Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet (in Beeton's Christmas Annual) His Last Bow (see also "The Final Problem")
Shin'ichi Kudo / Conan Edogawa Gosho Aoyama Detective Conan
Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Elizabeth George A Great Deliverance
Miss Marple Agatha Christie The Murder at the Vicarage Sleeping Murder
Travis McGee John D. MacDonald The Deep Blue Good-by The Lonely Silver Rain
Sir Henry Merrivale Carter Dickson The Plague Court Murders The Cavalier's Cup
Kinsey Millhone Sue Grafton 'A' is for Alibi
Inspector Morse Colin Dexter Last Bus to Woodstock Remorseful Day
Thursday Next Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair
Stephanie Plum Janet Evanovich One for the Money
Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles Curtain
Ellery Queen Ellery Queen The Roman Hat Mystery A Fine and Private Place
Jack Reacher Lee Child Killing Floor
John Rebus Ian Rankin Knots and Crosses
Dave Robicheaux James Lee Burke The Neon Rain
Spenser Robert B. Parker The Godwulf Manuscript
Philip Trent E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case Trent Intervenes
Kurt Wallander Henning Mankell Faceless Killers
V.I. Warshawski Sara Paretsky Indemnity Only
Reginald Wexford Ruth Rendell From Doon with Death
Lord Peter Wimsey Dorothy Sayers Whose Body? Busman's Honeymoon
Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Fer-de-Lance A Family Affair

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