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Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective (or detectives), either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder. Detective fiction is a popular form of both my...
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Famous fictional detectives TV and book ... Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (usually known as Andy) and Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives in a series of novels by Reginald Hill and a BBC television series. ... The TV and novel continuities are separate,
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In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick and this was often physical. At one time there was a spate of disabled detectives. We had Longstreet (the blind detective) and Ironside (the wheelchair-bound detective). ... He is also the only fictional cop I can think of who likes Hawkwind.
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The sheer deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes, the Agatha Christie detectives. The "It's ok, I'm here" attitude of Clouseau. The way Columbo walks out of the room, ... I used to like Inspector Morse and Inspector Wexford (sp?). There was also a fairly good series I don't recall the name of on TV not all that long ago...
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“American Detectives: On TV and in Books” deals with the notion that popular works reflect the concerns, beliefs, and dreams of particular societies. ... I am most interested in looking at the development of the American fictional detective over time. These figures are always in some sense both heroic and mundane,
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Jakubowski, Maxim, ed. 100 Great Detectives: Famous Mystery Writers Examine Their Favorite Fictional Investigators.; New York: Carroll & Graf, Inc., 1991. .
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TV Detectives 101: "And then a case walked through the door…." ... Another major progenitor to what would become the golden age of TV detectives was Mannix, a super-snazzy PI series co-created by two of the genre's leading lights, Richard Levinson and William Link. Mike Connors starred as a strong-arm type who preferred...
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Channel 4, ABC affilia ... Investigators entered a house in Renton around 7:30 p.m. Monday. Maurice Clemmons was not found inside, but detectives said they were not surprised. "We didn't expect him to be here," said Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer. ... KOMO 4 TV...
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A leading police psychic on Court TV's Psychic Detectives series (with 11 episodes) is showcased critically on a web site which i...more ... Psychic Detectives ranks 5,028 out of the 18,419 shows on TV.com.
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Published: Mon, Sep. 04, 2006 12:30AM Modified Mon, Sep. 04, 2006 02:12AM ... Unlike their fictional counterparts on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," though, Cary's CSI: E. coli crew can't interrogate their microscopic suspects. The fecal bacteria are quieter than lawyered-up perps.
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