A never-complete listing of private dicks and janes, and selected other tough guys and gals, listed by character, with all appearances in novels, short stories, film, television, radio and other media that I could find.
Inclusion on this list generally means I’ve heard of the eye, and that if a bio and bibliography is missing, chances are that it’s forthcoming, but not necessarily. If I seem to have neglected your fave, why not contact me?
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A
- Tony Aapt
- Anthony Aaron
- Nora Abadie (Détectives)
- Ben Abbott
- Pat & Jean Abbott
- Eddie Ace
- Harvey Ace
- Johnny Ace
- Sam Acquillo
- Nick Acropolis
- Roger Ackroyd/Robert Hollister
- The Acme Indemnity Op
- Nick Acropolis
- J. Sheringham Adair (aka “Alexander ‘Chimp’ Twist”)
- Dan Adams
- Doc Adams
- Grace Adams & Aunt Agatha (The Agatha Detective Agency)
- Jimmy Adams
- Joe Adams (Mr. Lucky)
- Squire Adams
- David Addison & Maddie Hayes (Moonlighting)
- Captain Jim Agnihotri
- Tommy Akhtar (City of Tiny Lights)
- Jinx Alameda
- Flavia Albia
- Alexis Albright
- Dan Albright
- Kingsley Shaw Wilder Aldrich & North McKinney (Borealis Investigations)
- Charlie Alexander
- Rachel Alexander
- Ray Alexander
- Cody Allen (Riptide)
- Inspector Allhoff
- “The Alligator” (aka “Marco Buratti”)
- Owen Allison
- Johnny Aloha
- Claude Alphand
- Nick Alston
- Henry Altern/Heinrich von Alternberg (Blaues Blut)
- Vinnie Altobelli
- Nevada Alvarado & Violet McDade
- Duncan Ames
- Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death)
- Sid Ames & Johnny Knight
- “Old Red” & “Big Red” Amlingmeyer
- Johnny Amsterdam
- Pete Amsterdam
- Lori Andersen
- Bart Anderson
- Dayna Anderson
- Eddie Anderson
- Mali Anderson
- Max Anderson
- Vicki Anderson (The Thomas Crown Affair)
- Ingmar Andersson & Axel Kruse (Swedish Dicks)
- Andrejev & Milton
- Diana Andrews
- Jack Andrews (Kill Me Again)
- Russ Andrews, Steve Banks & Maggie Peters (The Investigators)
- Angel
- Angel and the Ape
- Fitzroy Maclean Angel
- Harry Angel (Angel Heart)
- Mike Angel
- Mort Angel
- Joseph Angello
- Mici Anhalt
- Smokey Annicelli
- Anthony and Julian (Cat Run)
- Jim Anthony
- The Anthropol Detective Agency
- Apocalyse Al (aka Allison Carter)
- Pierre Apoyan
- Kate Appleton
- Johnny April
- Tom Aragon
- Mr. Arcane (The Most Deadly Game)
- Aloysius Archer
- Lew Archer
- Nick Archer (Liar’s Kiss)
- Ron Archer
- Sterling Archer (Archer)
- Jay J. Armes
- Frank Armstrong (Tumor)
- Albert Arnett (Born to Kill)
- Jess Arno (No Place for a Lady)
- Shadrack Arnold
- Lluis Arquer
- Steve Arrizio
- William Arrowood
- Dr. Hiram Arthur
- Georges Asculape
- Jacob Asch
- Peter Ash
- Jacob Ashe and Cinder DuBois (Cinder and Ashe)
- Aaron Asherfeld
- Mickey Ashford
- Russ Ashton
- Lackland Ask
- Marîd Audran
- Bill August
- Frank Ignatius August
- Mick Axbrewder and Ginny Fistoulari
- Jake Axminster (City of Angels)
- R.B. “Ax” Axton
B
- Jill Babcock
- The Baby Ganesh Detective Agency
- Sonny Baca
- Jack “Baddle Ax” Baddalach
- Rex Bader
- Kate Baeier
- Hettie Bagshot
- Barney Bailey (The Crime Clinic)
- Jeff “Red” Bailey (Out of the Past)
- Lance Bailey
- “Red” Bailey (Out of the Past)
- Stuart Bailey (see also 77 Sunset Strip)
- Arlo Baines
- Dennis “Hardball” Bakelenekoff (Hardball)
- Hamilton Baker
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Luis Balam
- Dred Balcazar
- Masey Baldridge & Luke Williamson
- Jessie Bales
- Lije Baley and R.D. Olivaw
- Ross Ballard
- Roy Ballard
- Balmain Boys
- Gillian Baltic
- Mario Balzic
- Thomas Banacek
- Ray Banana
- Nick Bancroft
- Jerry Bane
- Christopher Banks
- Hal Banks
- Steve Banks, Russ Andrews & Maggie Peters (The Investigators)
- Rex Banner
- Slim Jim Bannerman
- Dan Banion
- Catherine Banning (The Thomas Crown Affair)
- Burns Bannion
- Carlos Bannon
- Crag Banyon
- Miles Banyon (Banyon)
- Rock Banyon (The Spoils Before Dying)
- Jason Bard
- Andy Barker
- Cyrus Barker & Thomas Llewelyn
- Ben Barklee
- Joe Barley
- Skeeter Barlow
- John Barman
- Alamo Barnes
- Berkeley Barnes & Larry Howe
- “Bookie” Barnes
- Ezell “Easy” Barnes
- Lance Barnes
- Zach Barnes
- Devil Barnett
- Jack Barnett
- Mike Barnett (Man Against Crime)
- Detective Barney
- Lee Baron
- Dave Barrett (The Manhunter)
- Dicky Barrett (Vegas Dick)
- John Barrie (not his real name)
- Stone Barrington
- Jake Barrow
- Cliff Bartells
- Stephen Barth
- Connie and Steve Barton
- David Barton (Catalina Interlude)
- Dick Barton
- Carver Bascombe
- Stanley Bass
- James Batchelor & Matthew Grand
- Mary Lou “Dunk” Bateson
- Anthony Bathhurst
- Batman (with an explanation)
- Singer Batts
- Charity Bay
- Francis Bayard (“The Sphinx”)
- Bayliss
- Bert Bayliss
- Luke Baynard
- Arthur Beauchamp
- Amanda & Lutie Beagle
- Otis Beagle & Joe Peel
- Jim Bean
- Eddie Bear & Jack
- Jackson Beaudine
- Ned Beaumont (The Glass Key)
- Phil Beaumont & Jane Turner
- Paul Beck & Dora Myrl
- Becker (Becker: House Detective)
- Fred Beckett
- Jessica Beckett
- Lee Beckett (The Buena Costa County series)
- Leo Beckett (Dirty Work)
- Sam Beckett
- Sergeant Beef
- Frank Behr
- John Bekker
- Nick Belane
- Hector Belascoarán Shayne
- Isaac Bell
- Jad Bell
- Velda Bellinghausen
- Remo Bellini
- Cheryl Belzer
- Junior Bender
- Christine Bennett
- Fred Bennett
- Jim Bennett
- King Bennett
- Reid Bennett
- Big Bull Benson
- Karl Benson
- John Bent
- Valentijn Rixtus Bentinck (Heer en meester)
- Elizabeth Bentley
- Steve Bentley
- Bob Benton (aka “Tiger Man”)
- Dan Benton
- “Brains” Benton
- Tommy & “Tuppence” Beresford
- Caitlin Bergman
- Dwight “Di” & Gail Berke
- Hank Berlin
- Hector Berlioz
- Alan Bernhardt
- Tom Bethany
- Johnny Betts & Jack Cleary (Private Eye)
- Bharat & Susheela
- Eddie Bianco (Love Walked In)
- Nick Bianco (Search)
- “Big Eye” (Greg Graves)
- Joshua Bigg
- Joe Binney
- Jefferson Birch
- Gabriel Bird (Gabriel’s Fire)
- Gabriel Bird & Mitch O’Hannon (Pros and Cons)
- Rhonda & Baby Bird
- Jim Bishop & Scott Weiss
- Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
- Robin Bishop
- Blabber (of Snooper and Blabber)
- Black
- “Beauty” Black
- Copper Black
- Errol Black
- Helen Black
- Jet Black & Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
- Johnny Black
- Thomas Black
- Vince Black (Renegade)
- The Black Mask Boys
- Black Oak Security
- Jeffrey Blackburn
- Alexander Blacke
- Boston Blackie
- Blackie and Care
- Sam Blackman
- John Blacksad
- Oz Blackstone
- Primavera Blackstone
- Joe Blade
- Nick Blade
- Harper Blaine
- John Blaine (Banville)
- John Blaine (Bateman)
- Andy Blair & Willie Perkins
- “Handsome” Blair (aka “‘Handsome’ McFee”)
- Mike Blair
- Anita Blake
- Betty Blake
- Jake Blake
- John Blake
- Julie Blake
- Leopold Blake
- Marty Blake
- Sexton Blake
- Teri Blake-Addison
- Benoit Blanc (Knives Out)
- Chris Blanchard
- Jack Blanchard
- Kate Blanchard
- Tom Blane
- Torchy Blane
- Katie “The Duchess” Blayne
- Sebastian Blayne
- Hank Bledsoe
- Haskell Blevins
- Kate Bliss (Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid)
- Harvey Blissberg
- Jerome K. Jerome Bloche
- Bella Block
- Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander
- Leo Bloodworth & Serendipity Dahlquist
- Sophia Blossom, James P. Hillton & Madeleine V. LaCroix
- Spike Bludgeon
- Blue
- Carrie Blue
- Cass Blue
- Billie Bly
- Washington Blythe (Uncle Tubby)
- Bobo the Detective Chimp
- Asher Bockhorn
- Jack Bodine
- Zoë Boehm
- Dale Bogard
- Humphrey Bogart (fictitious character)
- Frank Boggs & Al Hickey (Hickey & Boggs)
- Robert Bogerud (Detekive Downs)
- Sam Boggs
- The Bogie Man (Francis F. Clunie)
- Hack Bohannon
- Eric Bolan (The Silent Whisper)
- Mickey Bolitar
- Myron Bolitar
- Dexter Bolzjak
- Marty Bond
- Jack Bone
- Dol Bonner
- Rex Bonner
- Booker
- Dennis Booker (Booker)
- Ken Boon
- Joe Boone (Where’s Marlowe?)
- Peter Boone
- Vic Boone
- Silas Booth
- Sasha Bordeaux
- Johnny Bordelon
- Dick Bos
- Dick Boss
- Harry Bosch
- Geoffrey Boscobell
- “Boston Blackie”
- Edwin Bousfield
- Beth Bowman
- Glenn Bowman
- Marty Bowman
- Dan Boyd
- Danny Boyd
- Sam Boyd
- Augie Boyer
- Morris Ronald “Moe Ron” Boyette
- Arthur Boyle and Frank Hogan
- Tony Boyle
- Boz Bozinsky (Riptide)
- Hank Brackett & Johnny Reach (Bearcats!)
- Harry Bracken
- Walter Brackett
- Noah Braddock
- Rad Bradley
- Scotty Bradley
- Slam Bradley
- Hank Bradford
- Charlie Bradshaw
- B.T. Brady (This Girl for Hire)
- Jack Brady
- Old King Brady
- Bragg
- Peter Bragg
- Peter Braid
- Bramble & Fernlight
- Lex Brand
- Neil Brand
- Mark Brandon
- Smokey Brandon
- David Brandstetter
- Willie “Peanuts” Brann
- Mike and Bob Brannagan
- Kate Brannigan
- Cal Brantley
- Pete Brass
- Tony Bravado
- Barr Breed
- Vicar Brekonridge
- Michael Brennen
- Brenner
- Lucy Trimble Brenner
- Bill Brent (Lora Lorne)
- Brian Brett
- John Brett
- Andy Brice
- Lou Brick
- Morris Brick
- Ace Brickman
- Rafe Bridges
- Albert Brien
- Robert Brien
- C.W. Briggs (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
- Nathan Brightlight
- Mark Brill
- Henry Brilliant
- Sam Brimmer and Tempo
- Roscoe Brinker
- Fernandez Britten & Stewart Brülightly
- Sam Briscoe
- Brock
- Richie Brockelman (Richie Brockelman, Private Eye)
- Jackson Brodie
- Jim Brodie
- Tim Brodie
- Dave Brodsky (Black Tie Affair)
- Brody
- Phil Broker
- Chip Bronx and Larry Dean
- Miss Loveday Brooke
- R.J. Brooks
- George Broonzer
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Fritz Brown
- Clio Browne
- Romeo Brown
- Vee Brown (aka “The Crime Machine”)
- Bearstone Brownie
- Richard Browning
- Joe Broz
- Peter B. Bruck
- Cayetano Brulé
- Marty Ellis Bryan
- Mike Bryant and Dr. Jonathan Maxwell (Murder 101)
- Paul Bryant
- Sydney Bryant
- Ben Bryn
- Sam Bryson
- Johnny Buchanan
- Mitch Buchannon (Baywatch Nights)
- Zebulion Buck & Jim Dunn
- Evan Buckley
- Richard Dean Buckner
- Sister Cecile
- Tracer Bullet (Calvin and Hobbes)
- George Bulman
- Natty “Hawkeye” Bumppo
- Jane Bunker
- Norman Buntz (Beverly Hills Buntz)
- Len Buonfiglio
- Marco “The Alligator” Buratti
- Ed Burch
- Barney Burgess
- Gene Burk
- Burke
- Cal Burke, Connor Sullivan & James Devlin (Phoenix Inc.)
- Caley Burke
- Joseph Burke
- Zachary Burke
- Frank Burly
- Nestor Burma
- Nick & Sue Burney
- Marty Burns
- Burnside
- Ethan Burr
- Julian “Digger” Burroughs
- Breda Burrows and Lynn Cutter
- Burton
- Sonny Burton
- Grace Burton & Stephen Pryde
- Filomena Buscarsela
- Roger Bushman
- Zoe Busiek (Wild Card)
- Morgan Butler
- Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
- Ben Byrn
- Charlie Byrne
- Rory Byrne
- Phil Byrnes
C
- Philip Cabot
- Silas Cade
- Don Cadee
- Cage
- B.F. Cage
- Huntington Cage
- Luke Cage
- Rick Cahill
- Archie Cain
- Bobby Cain & Harper McCoy
- Ezra Cain (Brutal Dark)
- John Caine
- Nick Caine
- Sam Cairo
- Ruben Calderón
- Cameron Caldwell
- Barney Calhoun
- Cal Calhoun (Bourbon Street Beat)
- Rory Calhoun
- Cat Caliban
- Sam Callaghan (Serangoon Road)
- Slim Callaghan
- Ben Callahan
- Brock Callahan
- Mike Callahan
- Lee Callaway
- Vincent Calvino
- Soulemayne “Solo” Camara
- Paul Cameron
- Campana
- Raymond Campanella
- Humphrey Campbell
- Bill Canalli
- Canardo
- Gus Candle
- Joe Caneili
- Curt Cannon/Matt Cordell
- Frank Cannon (Cannon)
- Roman Cantrell & Nicki Holden
- Johnny Canuck
- Eddie Capra
- C. Card
- Cardigan
- Jack Cardigan
- Jake Cardigan
- Steve Cardigan
- Cardula
- Neal Carey
- Victor Carl
- Marty Carlin (In the Blood)
- K.C. Carlisle
- Carloni (Cronaca di un amore)
- Stephen Carlucci
- Carlotta Carlyle
- Kenneth Carlisle
- Casey Carmichael
- Ted Carmady/Ted Malvern
- Carmady (Chandler)
- Carmody (Pronzini)
- Joe Carmody
- Mary Carner
- Tuna Carpaccio
- Ace Carpenter
- Andy Carpenter
- Bailey Carpenter
- Laurie Carpenter, Corey Douglas, Marcus Clark & Simon Garfunkel (The K Team)
- Nick Carpenter (Living to Die)
- Norm Carpenter & Al Hasp
- Sabina Carpenter & John Quincannon
- Gilda Carr
- Johnny Carr
- Max Carrados & Louis Carlyle
- David Carroll
- Betty Carson
- Roy Carson
- John Carstairs
- Allison Carter (aka Apocalyse Al)
- Celia Carter
- Dan Carter (Private)
- Dane Carter, et al.
- Lloyd Carter (aka “Ed Rivers”)
- Nick Carter
- Sully Carter
- Tootsie Carter
- Pepe Carvahlo
- Carver
- Fred Carver
- Rex Carver
- Wade Carver
- Justin Case
- Rod Case
- Tommy Case
- Casey
- Flashgun Casey
- Tom “Hawkman” Casey
- Steve Cash
- Tug Cash
- Carrie Cashin
- Tony Cassela
- Max Castillo
- Gene Castle
- Johnny Castle
- Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat (T.H.E. Cat)
- Pete Caudill
- Harry Caul
- Lemmy Caution
- Fabio Cavalcanti (TECX)
- Mike Cavanaugh
- Lucien Caye
- Ashe Cayne
- Sister Cecile
- Celine
- Eddie Cero and Sal Giambroni
- Chico Cervantes
- Martha Chainey
- Harry Challenge
- Bart Challis
- Nick Challis
- Dan “Shamble” Chambeaux
- Nick Chambers (Fog City Nocturne)
- Pete Chambers
- Ray Chambers
- Christopher Chance (The Human Target)
- Chandler (by Steranko)
- Chandler (1972 movie)
- Cliff Chandler
- Elly Chandler & Dee Chandler Tate
- Jack Chandler
- Raymond Chandler (fictitious character)
- Ace Chaney
- Ian Chapel
- Mr. Chapel (Vengeance Unlimited)
- Craig Chappel
- Nick and Nora Charles
- Nicole Charles
- Dick & Dora Charleston (Murder By Death)
- Charlie the Hook
- Dennis Chase (21 Beacon Street)
- Dr. Elizabeth Chase
- Susan Chase
- Claude Chavasse (Love in the Afternoon)
- The Checkmate Agency
- Joe Chelsea
- Jack Chesley
- Chet and Bernie (Little)
- Sunny Childs
- Lydia Chin & Bill Smith
- Allen Choice
- Inspector Chopra & Baby Ganesh
- Vic Chopra (Chopratown)
- Pericles “Perry” Christo
- Johnny Church
- Mike Church
- Cicero
- Marcus Cicero
- Frank Cisco
- City Hunter (Ryo Saeba)
- Peter Clancy
- Terry Clane
- Clapton
- Veronica Clare
- Ben Clark (Secret City)
- Marcus Clark, Corey Douglas, Laurie Carpenter & Simon Garfunkel (The K Team)
- Hon. James Clarkson-Parry
- Santa Claus/Nick Santana
- Tut Claw
- Claxon
- Cal Claxton
- Reggie Clay
- Mark Clayburn
- Jack Cleary & Johnny Betts (Private Eye)
- Hamilton Cleek (The Man of the Forty Faces)
- Frank Clemons
- Philippe Clerc
- David Cleveland
- Danny Clive
- Edmond Clive
- Nancy Clue
- Francis F. Clunie (“The Bogie Man”)
- Charlie Cobb
- Chris Cobb
- Hannibal Cobb
- Matt Cobb
- Mike Cobb & Adam Cullen
- Zac Cobb
- Cody
- Phyl Coe
- Henry Coffin
- Artie Cohen
- Avram Cohen
- Jack Cohen
- Chase Colburn
- Al Colby
- Elvis Cole
- Jessie Cole
- Schyler Cole and Luke Speare
- Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch
- Seth Coleman
- Isaiah Coleridge
- Cyrus Chandler Colfax
- Eddie Collins
- Hap Collins & Leonard Pine
- John Collins (Skip Tracer)
- Julie Collins
- Mason Collins
- Pat Colombo
- Kat Colorado
- Nicholas Colt
- P.J. Colt (Trouble, Inc.)
- Sally Colt (aka “Sally Corbett”)
- Jodie Colter
- Sam Colton
- Burton Combs (“The False Burton Combs”)
- Steve Conacher
- Bart Condor
- Timothy Cone
- Ted Conkaffey & Amanda Pharrell
- Dan Connell
- Shean Connell
- Kate Connolly & Vicente Domingo (Maternal Instincts Mysteries)
- Norman Conquest
- Clive “Dormouse” Conrad
- Claire Conrad & Maggie Hill
- Steve Considine
- Dora Conti
- The Continental Op
- Adam and Connie Conway
- Joe Coogan
- Barney Cook (Detective Barney)
- Natalie Cook (Charlie’s Angels)
- Bertha Cool & Donald Lam
- Jerry Cool
- Cooper
- Bailey Cooper
- Bud Cooper
- Lennox Cooper
- Benny Cooperman
- C.D. Coopersmith
- Cammie Copello
- Joe Copp
- Silas Copetti
- Sally Corbett (aka “Sally Colt”)
- Miranda Corbie
- Tom Corbie
- Matt Cordell/Curt Cannon
- Don Corey, Jed Sills, Chris Devlin & Dr. Carl Hyatt (Checkmate)
- John Corey
- David Corman
- Brett Cornell
- Jimmy “The Gent” Corrigan
- Nick Corsello & Brian Devlin (The Devlin Connection)
- Frank Corso (Ford)
- Frank Corso (Zackel)
- Lou Corso
- Ray Corson
- Franco Corti
- Peter Cory
- Tony Costaine & Bert McCall
- Neal Cotten
- Naomi Cottle
- Jason Coulter
- Tulsa Coyle (Vengeance Squad)
- Brady Coyne
- Lucky Coyne
- Samual Craddock
- Barrie Craig
- Barry Craig
- Steve Craig
- Barry Crane
- Bill Crane
- David “Itchy” Crane
- Frank Crane
- Lucius Crane
- Tommy Crane
- Crang
- Nick Cranley
- Steve Cramner and Butch Maneri
- Karl Craven
- Ace Crawford
- Angel Crawford
- Bob Crawford
- Danny Cray
- Toni Credella
- The Creep (Oxel Kärnhus)
- Peter Crestfallen
- Julian Cristoforou (The Public Eye)
- Monty Crocetti and Denton Ward
- Crockett (see Fred Crockett)
- Fred Crockett
- Jonathan Croft (The Most Deadly Game)
- Joshua Croft
- Sam Crombie
- Arthur G. Crook
- Peter Cross
- Victoria Cross
- Peter Crossman
- Marty Crow
- Tony Crow
- Jesse Crowder
- Alexa Crowe (My Life is Murder)
- Harry Crumb
- Elmo Crumley
- Don Crutchfield
- Ned Cruz (The Big Bang)
- Tommy Cuda
- John Francis Cuddy
- Willie Cuesta
- Adam Cullen & Mike Cobb
- Sam Culp
- Grace “Redsie” Culver
- David Cunane
- Ricardo Cupido
- Rocky Custer.
- Dana Cutler
D
- Harry D’Amour
- Doug D’Mello (The Indian Detective)
- Katalin Fiero Dahar & Michael Finnegan
- Bert Daily
- Frank Dain
- Matthew Dain
- John Daka
- Sam Dakkers
- Dakota
- Jimmy Dale & Everett G. Northrup (Shadow of Suspicion)
- Roger Dale
- John Dalmas
- Quintilian Dalrymple
- Smokey Dalton
- Gloria Damasco
- Roy Dameron
- Sebastian “Bass” Damon
- Dan Kearney & Associates (DKA)
- Eddie Dancer
- Joe Dancer
- Colwyn Dane
- Timothy Dane
- Abigail Patience Danforth
- Dr. Dan Danfield
- The Danger Team
- Danny Danger
- Jake Danger
- Johnny Danger
- Mike Danger (Danger and Advenure)
- Mike Danger (Spillane)
- Nick Danger
- Vic Daniel
- Boone Daniels
- David Danning
- Danny and Harry
- Willie Dante (Dante’s Inferno)
- Lord Darcy
- Dan Dare
- Dick Daring & Tracy Grace (Daring and Grace: Teen Detectives)
- Dan Dark (The Singing Detective)
- Jason Dark
- John Dark
- Nestor Dark
- Ruby Dark
- Crispin Darke, Thrilling Detective
- Al Darlan
- Duck Darley
- Andrea Darling
- Callie Darrow
- John Darvelle
- Jan Darzek
- Franky Dast
- Charley Davenport
- Frank “Lobo” Davies
- Georgia Davis
- Mina Davis
- Milt Davis
- Donegal Dawn (Secrets of Chinatown)
- Sammy Day
- Jade de Jong
- Jane de Silva
- Charity Deacon
- The Dead Boy Detectives (Charles Rowland & Edwin Paine)
- The Dead Kid Detective Agency
- John Deal
- The Dean
- Garry Dean
- Larry Dean and Chip Bronx
- Sammy Dean
- Bill Death
- Buzz Deckard
- Rick Deckard
- Harry Decker
- R.J. Decker
- Eddy Deco
- Biff Deegan/Hank Mercer
- Sam DeGroot
- Eve DeHass
- Jade de Jong
- Bill Dekker (Cheaper to Keep Her)
- Jake Dekker
- Johnny Dekker
- Tyger Dekker
- Z.Z. Del Presto
- Delaney
- Al Delaney
- Bud Delany (Last Hours Before Morning)
- Denis Delaney
- Eddie Delaney
- Patricia Delaney
- Peggy Delaney
- Sarah Booth Delaney
- Sean Delany
- Johnny Delarosa
- Alex Delaware
- Kit Deleeuw
- Anthony Dellaventura
- Big Ed Deline & Danny McCoy (Las Vegas)
- Jack Delmas
- Cat DeLuca
- Nick Delvecchio
- Gregor Demarkian
- Joe DeMarco
- Johnny DeMarco
- Ryan DeMarco
- Gloria Demasco
- Frank DeNardo
- Dorcas Dene
- Ted Denning (Detectives Inc.)
- Calper Dennings
- David Dennings
- John Denson
- Maxwell Dent
- Harry James Denton
- Mack Derringer and Lenny (South Beach)
- Paul DeSanto
- Brian Desmond
- Mark Desmond
- Leo Desroches
- Rich “Rip” Deston
- Andy Destra
- “The Detective” (The Ruined Map)
- “The Detective” (“Zen Noir”)
- Detective Barney
- Detective Chimp
- Detective Fork
- Detectives Inc. (Bob Ranier & Ted Denning)
- P.J. Detweiler (P.J.)
- Walker Devereaux (Midnight Cab)
- Michael Devitt and Christina Towne (Two of Diamonds)
- Brian Devlin & Nick Corsello (The Devlin Connection)
- Brock Devlin
- Chris Devlin, Jed Sills, Don Corey & Dr. Carl Hyatt (Checkmate)
- Harry Devlin
- Jack Devlin
- James Devlin, Cal Burke & Connor Sullivan (Phoenix Inc.)
- Ernest DeWalt
- Cassie Dewell
- Claire DeWitt
- Manny DeWitt
- The DeWitt Agency (Matt Friedrich)
- Griff Dexter
- Al Diamond
- Jake Diamond
- Manny Diamond (Animal Noir)
- Red Diamond
- Richard Diamond
- Sam Diamond (Murder By Death)
- Tim & Nick Diamond (The Diamond Brothers)
- David DiAngelo (Odd Jobs)
- Harry Dickinson
- Joe DiGregorio
- Daffy Dill
- Hugo Dill
- Joshua Dillard
- Poppy Dillworth
- Jefferson DiMarco
- Mike Dime
- Hank Dingo
- Gil Disbro
- Nick Dismas
- Sister Eve Divine
- Jack Dixon
- Trixie Dixon & Black Jack Justice
- Emma Djan
- DKA (Dan Kearney & Associates)
- Doan & Carstairs
- Harry Dobbs (Love at Large)
- Maisie Dobbs
- Rachel Dobbs
- “Bail-Bond” Dodd
- Dr. Septimus Dodds
- Dan Dodge
- Fred J. Dodge
- Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)
- Dylan Dog
- Brad Dolan
- Mickey Dolan
- Ross Dolan
- Dolegan
- Happy Doll
- Johnny Dollar
- Leonard Dolman
- Hank Dolworth & Britt Pollack (Terriers)
- Vicente Domingo & Kate Connolly (Maternal Instincts Mysteries)
- “Tough Dick” Donahue
- Harlan Donnally
- Jack Donne
- Joe Donne
- Jackson Donne
- Donovan
- Barry Donovan
- Eli Donovan
- J.J. Donovan
- Ray Donovan
- Sam Donovan (Cover Up)
- Tom Donovan
- Thomas Dooley & Jerry Lee (K-9: P.I.)
- Tom Doran
- John Dorn
- Horace Dorrington
- Carroll Dorsey
- John Dortmunder
- Jonny Double
- Michel Doucette & Sassy Jones
- William Dougal
- Andrew Douglas
- Corey Douglas, Laurie Carpenter, Marcus Clark & Simon Garfunkel (The K Team)
- Aileen Douglass and Sharon Atwood
- Gulliver Dowd
- Cliff Downey
- Brighton Doyle
- Jack Doyle
- Jake & Malachy Doyle (Republic of Doyle)
- Jim Doyle
- Kate Doyle
- Nathan Doyle & Matthew Spain
- Tom Doyle
- Manning Draco
- Pete Draco
- Hob Draconian
- Alan Drake
- Benjamin Drake
- Earl Drake
- Eddie Drake
- Frankie Drake
- Paul Drake
- Red Drake
- Roland Drake (Trouble is My Business)
- Steve Drake
- Scott Drayco
- Michael Drayton (Wiebe)
- Michael Drayton (Wilder)
- Harry Dresden
- Vincent Dressler
- Jessica Drew (aka “Spider-Woman”)
- Nancy Drew
- Sig Dreyer
- Moriah Dru
- Chet Drum
- Bulldog Drummond
- Burleigh Drummond
- Dallas Duane
- Cinder DuBois and Jacob Ashe (Cinder and Ashe)
- Tubby Dubonnet
- Eugène Duchamp
- Duckman
- Howard Dickson (aka Howard the Duck)
- The Dude (Jeff Lebowski)
- Ray Dudgeon
- Duffy
- Kirsten and “Dugan” Dugan (Wild Onion Ltd.)
- “Rock” Dugan
- Dukane
- Robert Dumont (“Le Manchot”)
- Judson Dunbar
- Jones Duncan
- Pierce Duncan
- Sabrina Duncan (Charlie’s Angels)
- Jim Dunn and Zebulion Buck
- Micah Dunn
- Joe Dunne
- Hugh Dunnit
- Elle Dupin
- Danny Durant
- Nathaniel Dusk
- Richard & Grace Duvall
- Jack Dwyer
- Bob Dylan
- Johnny Dynamite
- Mister Dynamite
E
- Eagels
- Wyatt Earp (fiction)
- Mark East
- Dyke Easter
- John Easy
- Jake Eaton
- Amber Eckart
- Jack Eddy
- Milla Edge
- Mather Edson
- Ace Edwards
- Doc Egg
- Martin Ehrengraf
- Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
- El Borbah
- Frank Elder
- Ray Electromatic
- Garner Ellerbee (Baywatch Nights)
- Scott Elliott
- Susan Elliot
- Sean and Matt Ellis
- Trade Ellis
- Dek Elstrom
- Jack Elton
- Leonard English
- The Equalizer (Robert McCall)
- The Equalizer (Robyn McCall)
- Larry Erie
- Justin Escobar
- The Essex Man (aka “Luke Warfield”)
- Lionel Essrog
- Elena Estes
- Vic Eton
- Glenn Evans
- John Evans
- Angie Everett & Matt Shade (Private Eyes)
- The Eye
F
- Max Faccioni
- Foster Fade (“The Crime Spectacularist)
- “Peekaboo” Frankie Fagan
- Ford Fairlane
- Marcus Didius Falco
- Gay Stanhope Falcon (The Falcon)
- The Falcon
- Guila Falcone and Frank Driscoll
- Dan Falconer
- Samantha Falconer
- Mike Fallon (Crime and Terror)
- Rick Fallon
- Leo Falloon (No Clue)
- Fortune Fanelli
- Harry Fannin
- Fanshawe’s Friend
- Frank Faraday (Faraday and Co.)
- Mike Faraday
- Steve Faraday (Faraday and Co.)
- Neal Fargo
- Del Farmer (aka “Del Winter”)
- Buddy Faro (Buddy Faro)
- Dan Farrady (Criminal)
- Johnnie Farragut (Wild at Heart)
- Brodie Farrell
- Wesley Farrell
- The Fat Man (Brad Runyon)
- Butch Fatale
- Jenner Faulds (Fairlady)
- Ace Fedora
- Félix
- Feluda (Pradosh Chandra Mitra)
- Femme Noir
- Martin Fender
- Christopher Fenn
- Dave Fenner
- Jack Fenner
- C.T. Ferguson
- John “Scottie” Ferguson (Vertigo)
- Reed Ferguson
- Fernanda
- Pete Fernandez
- Fernlight & Bramble
- Ferrell
- Bill Ferrell
- The Ferret (Leslie Lenrow)
- Fiddler
- Oscar Fife
- Finder of Lost Loves
- Joey Fine
- Finn
- Drake
- Frances Finn
- Hippolyte Finn
- Michael Finnegan & Katalin Fiero Dahar
- J.D. Fiorella
- Syd Fish
- Luke Fischer
- Bob Fisher
- Natalie Dauntless Fisher
- Peregrine Fisher
- Phryne Fisher
- Lee Fiske
- Ginny Fistoulari and Mick Axbrewder
- Gandolph “Gandy” Fitch (The Rockford Files; Gabby & Gandy)
- Anne Fitzgerald
- Kevin Fitzgerald
- Laura Fitzhugh & Rick Levine
- Riley Fitzhugh
- Jill Fitzpatrick (The Monkey’s Mask)
- Kevin Fitzpatrick
- Conan Flagg
- Curtis Flagg
- Flamond
- Dixie Flannigan
- Josephine “Joe” Flannigan
- Hip Flask
- Robert Fléchieux
- Lou Fleener
- Jack Fleming
- Fletch
- Diane Fletcher
- I.M. Fletcher
- Jillian Fletcher
- Johnny Fletcher & Sam Cragg
- Virgil Fletcher
- William Fletcher
- Vic Flint
- Jack Flippo
- Purkis and Wilburt Flower (The Flower Case)
- Tom Flowers
- C.J. Floyd
- Charlie Floyd
- Joey Fly
- Dixie Flynn
- Eddie Flynn
- Laura Flynn
- Michael Flynn (Flynn)
- Wolf J. Flywheel (The Big Store)
- Malachy Foley
- Lew Fonesca
- Danny Fontaine
- Mike Fontaine
- Marco Fontana
- Ernie Fontenot
- Myron Foote
- Angela Fopeano
- Mark Foran
- Glory Forbes
- Rusty Forbes
- Walter Forbes
- Ashton Ford
- Doc Ford
- Elvis Ford (The Strip)
- Nathan Ford (Leverage)
- Roland Ford
- Steve Ford (Once Upon a Time in Venice)
- Detective Fork
- Elliot Forsman & Rivka Goldstein
- Nick Forte
- Socrates Fortlow
- Dan Fortune
- Dominic Fortune
- Rocky Fortune
- Jim Fossler
- Dennis Foster (The Twenty-Year Death)
- Danny Fountain
- Mike Fountain
- Saul Fowler
- Aaron Fox and Moses Reed
- Bernie Fox and Sally Sullivan (Mom P.I.)
- Charlie Fox
- Flatfoot Fox
- Fred Fox
- Harry Fox
- Tecumseh Fox
- Thomas Fox
- Ken Franklin (International Detective)
- Theresa Franco
- Ross Franklin
- Ambrose and Dominique Frayne
- Garth Frederickson
- Dr. Robert “Mongo” Frederickson
- Donald Free (Private Detective 62)
- Scott Free
- Scotti Free
- Max Freeman
- Chickie French
- Eve French (Charlie’s Angels)
- Captain Bart Friday and Skip Turner
- Kinky Friedman
- Matt Friedrich (The DeWitt Agency)
- Maddie Frost/Maddie Hughes
- Nick Frost (Little Miss Millions)
- Brendan Frye (Brick)
- Chip Frye & Nick Small (Small & Frye)
- Jackie Fuentes (Killer Groove)
- Jackson Fury
- Joe Fury
- Nell Fury
G
- Eddie G.
- Garrison Gage
- Graham Gage
- Jack Gage and David
- Jimmy Gage
- Zeke Gahagan
- Charles Galahad
- Nicholas Gale
- Finn Gallagher & Pearl Parker (South of the Border)
- Gale Gallagher
- Odyssey Gallagher
- Vincent Gallagher (Vincent)
- Pat Gallegher
- Trevor Galloway
- Bradford Galt
- Ivy Gamble
- Ambrose Ganelon
- Jack Gannon
- Charlie Gants
- Jo Gar
- Chip Gardner
- Earl Stanley Gardner (fictitious character)
- Lizzy Gardner
- Garfield the Cat (Sam Spayed)
- Mike Garfin
- Jack Garner
- Harry Garnish and Bridget O’Toole
- Garrett
- Alan Garrett
- Dave Garrett
- Kelly Garrett (Charlie’s Angels)
- Joe Garrett
- Kate Garrett
- Maggie Garrett
- Michael Garrett
- Milo Garrett (100 Bullets)
- Roger Garrison
- Garrity and Mulligan (The Gorilla [1927])
- Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan (The Gorilla)
- Mike Garrity
- Callahan Garrity
- Micki Garrity
- Garron
- Garshak
- Allen Garver
- Gascoyne
- Carlos Gaspar & Kim Otto (The Hunt for Jack Reacher)
- Rita Gaspereaux (The Big Man’s Daughter)
- Ben Gates
- John “Grimjack” Gaunt
- Pierre Gauthier
- Tony Gavel
- Robert Gavilan
- Riley Gavin and Frank Palmer
- Toni Gayle
- Joe Gaylord
- Chet Gecko
- Joe Gee
- Jonah Geller
- Mark Genevich
- Angela Gennaro & Patrick Kenzie
- Peter Gentle
- Dirk Gently
- Abraham Gentry
- Calla Gentry
- Matthew Gereghty
- Juan Ges
- Danny Getchell
- Eddie Cero & Sal Giambroni
- Orlando “Roland” Gibbons
- Connor Gibbs
- Holly Gibney
- Carole Ann Gibson
- Cassie Gibson
- Willis Gidney
- Meg Gillis
- Danny Gilver
- Eddie Ginley
- Craig Gisto (Private)
- Jake Gittes (Chinatown)
- Alex Glauberman
- Barney Glines
- Henry Goiler
- Goku, The Midnight Eye
- Eamon Gold
- Gladdy Gold
- Norma and Alexander Gold
- Rachel Gold
- Joe Golem
- Davey Goldman and Bishop Francis X. Regan
- Rivka Goldstein & Elliot Forsman
- Marina Golikova & Sonja Makarova
- Pedro Gomez
- Hector Gonig
- Carl Good
- Jeff Goodard & Emory Rome (Mourning Dove Investigations)
- Athalia Goode
- Joe Goodey
- Rayford Goodman and Mark Bradley
- Archie Goodwin (see Nero Wolfe)
- Gordianus the Finder
- A.B. Gordon
- Charles “Boxer” Gordon
- James Gordon
- Jenny Gordon and C.J. Gunn
- Lee Gordon (The Lonely Profession)
- Zsigmond Gordon
- John Goss
- Charlie Grace
- Tracy Grace & Dick Daring (Daring and Grace: Teen Detectives)
- Angel Graham
- Matthew Grand & James Batchelor
- Nick Grande
- Steve Granger
- Charley Grant
- Jack Grant
- Jim Grant (aka “Resurrection Man”)
- Michael Grant
- Ray Grant, Jr.
- Rowena Grant
- Scanner Grant
- Victor Grant
- Jonathan “Digger” Grave
- Gravedigger (“Digger” McCrae)
- Greg “Big Eye” Graves
- Amy Gray (Spygirl)
- Cordelia Gray
- Ed Gray (The Buena Costa County series)
- Elodie Gray & Charlie Tate
- George Herman Gray
- Christopher Graydon
- Jarek Grayson
- Richard “Dick” Grayson
- C.B Green
- Ed Green
- Gregory George Gordon Green
- Jeff Green
- King Green & Moxie Sloss
- November Green
- “Dub” Greenert
- Tess Grey & Nicolas “Po” Villere
- James Greyson
- Griff
- Jimmy Griffin
- Lew Griffin
- Wade Griffin
- René Griffon
- Griffu
- Grimjack
- Anders Grip
- Frank Grissel (Fogtown)
- Simeon Grist
- Alan Grofield
- Rafe Grogan
- Hector Gronig
- Hanns Gross & Karl Werthen
- “C.R.” Grover (Search)
- Harry Grundig
- Joe Grundy
- Sam Grunion (Love Happy)
- Carl Guard
- Private I. Guana
- Thóra Gudmundsdóttir
- Kat Guerrera
- Crispin Guest
- Peter and Walter Guilfoyle (The Mask)
- Lònia Guiu
- Neil Gulliver & Stevie Marriner
- Mercy Gunderson
- C.J. Gunn and Jenny Gordon
- Thóra Gudmundsdóttir
- Mercy Gunderson
- Lemuel Gunn
- Peter Gunn
- Aaron Gunner
- Bernie Gunther
- Dave Gurney
- Burton “Gus” Guster and Shawn Spencer (Psych)
- Clayton Guthrie & Rachel Vasquez
- Rafe Guttman
- Guy (The Best Sex Ever)
H
- Jesse Hackman
- Thomas Haftmann
- Hagedorn
- Jack Hagee
- Mort Hagen
- Paul Hagen
- Web Haggard
- Leo Haggerty
- Haida
- Leo Haig & Chip Harrison
- Hairbutt the Hippo
- Jim Haley
- Max Hale
- Prichard Hale
- Glenn Hall (Snoops)
- Lucas Hallam
- Joe Hallenbeck (The Last Boy Scout)
- Mickey Haller
- Mike Haller
- Sid Halley
- Nina Halligan
- Arthur Halstead (The Black Doll)
- Nick Halstead (The Black Doll)
- John Halting (Green Candles)
- Maiku Hama
- Mike Hama
- Meat Hamburg
- Barney Hamet
- Gil Hamilton
- Max Hamm
- Dan Hammer (Riff-Raff)
- Dick Hammer
- Mike Hammer
- Dashiell Hammett (fictitious character)
- Bradford Henry “Hank” Hammond
- “Hank” Hammond
- Jack Hammond
- Neil Hammond
- Gene Hammons
- Percival “Percy” Hand
- Helena Handbasket
- Charlie Handler
- Rob Hanes
- Guy Hanks (The Cosby Mysteries)
- Dodge Hanley
- Joe Hannibal
- Chess Hanrahan
- Bomber and Tod Hanson
- Willy Hanson
- Jim Hanvey
- The Hard-Boiled Detective
- Milton G. Hardcastle and Mark McCormick
- Grant Harden
- Steve Harden
- Dick Hardesty
- Stella Hardesty
- Wil Hardesty
- Jim Hardie (Tales from Wells Fargo)
- Art Hardin
- Bart Hardin
- John Hardin (The Black Diamond Detective Agency)
- Harding
- The Hardly Boys
- Jim Hardman and Hump Evans
- Cliff Hardy
- Frank & Joe Hardy (The Hardy Boys)
- Patrick Hardy
- Ace Harlem
- Ace Harlen
- Cate Harlow
- Steve Harmas
- Lee Harms
- Angela Harpe
- Rick Harper
- Steve Harragan
- Harrigan
- Harrigan, Garrity and Mulligan (The Gorilla)
- Francis St. Xavier Harrigan
- Barney Harris
- Mike Harris and Trixie Meighan
- Brett Harrison
- Chip Harrison and Leo Haig
- Steve Harrison
- Harry
- Ace Hart
- Jack Hart
- Kirby Hart
- Harvey (Russian Doll)
- Chris Harvey
- Domino Harvey (Domino)
- Bump Harwell
- Elmo Hash
- Al Hasp & Norm Carpenter
- Katie Hassworth
- Stanley Hastings
- Steve Hastings (Mystery in Mexico)
- Willow Hastings
- Cyrus Hatch
- Jake Hatch
- Amos Hatcher
- Madge Hatchett
- Frank Hathaway & Luella Shakespeare (Shakespeare & Hathatway)
- Ty Hauck
- Johnny Havoc
- Hawk (see also Spenser)
- Johnny Hawk
- Nathan Hawk
- Douglas Hawke & Bill O’Keefe (Shooting Stars)
- Johnny Hawke
- Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)
- Jake Hawkins
- Sam Hawkins
- Star Hawkins
- “Hawkman” (Tom Casey)
- Hawley
- Daniel Hawthorne
- Andy Hayes
- Maddie Hayes & David Addison (Moonlighting)
- Marcus “Gabby” Hayes (The Rockford Files; Gabby & Gandy)
- Sleeper Hayes
- Tamara Hayle
- Jack Haynes and Raymond Savage
- Ulysses “Gravedigger” Hazard (Angeltown)
- James Hazell
- John Headston
- Bob Healy & Joe Serpe
- Jackson Healy & Holland March (The Nice Guys)
- Spade Hearns
- Warren Hearst and Harry Herbold
- Charles Heist
- James Helder
- Blake Heller
- Mike Heller
- Nate Heller
- Nick Heller
- Thompson Heller (Thompson Heller Detective Interstellar)
- Oscar Hellian
- Ben Helm
- Matt Helm
- Ralph Henderson
- Ben Henry
- Dick Henry
- George Herbert Henry
- Rush Henry
- Jack Hennessy
- Mitch Henessey
- Mike Hercules (Alias Mike Hercules)
- Heredia
- Matt Herrick
- Jack Herriman (Scene of the Crime)
- Anthony Hester & Julian Simms (Cat Run)
- Miro Hetzel
- Martin Hewitt
- Al Hickey & Frank Boggs (Hickey & Boggs)
- Tom Hickey
- Alphabet Hicks
- Takayasu Higashino
- Inch High (Inch High, Private Eye)
- Dixon Hill
- Maggie Hill & Claire Conrad
- Sam Hill
- James P. Hillton, Sophia Blossom & Madeleine V. LaCroix
- Hairbutt the Hippo
- Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole
- Quinny Hite
- The Hitman (Mike Ross)
- Bill Hodges
- Frank Hogan and Arthur Boyle
- Flora Hogg
- Ron Hoggett
- Dan Holden
- Jim Holden
- Dan Holiday
- Bernard Holland
- Billy Bob Holland
- Cassie Holland (Cassie and Co.)
- Darby Holland
- Pete Holland
- Nate Hollis (Angeltown)
- Jonas P. Hollister
- Robert Hollister/Roger Ackroyd
- Hollywood Harry
- Max Holman
- Rick Holman
- Holmes & Watson (Bollers)
- Addison Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes
- Clay Holt
- Laura Holt (Reminton Steele)
- Sian Holt (Star Wars: The High Republic)
- Anna Holz (TECX)
- Greg Honey
- Chris Honeysett
- Gregory Hood
- Johnny Hood
- Charlie the Hook
- “The Hook” (Bill Lockwood)
- Matthew Hope
- Professor Stanley Hopkins
- Marty Hopkirk and Jeff Randall
- Elvis Horn
- John Ray Horn
- Tom Horn
- Lenny Hornblower
- Charles Horne
- Sam and Brandy Horowitz
- Duffy House
- Phil Housley
- Matt Houston
- Howard the Duck
- Jeri Howard
- Rex Howard
- Larry Howe and Berkeley Barnes
- Carlisle Hsing
- Miles Huerdeen
- Barney Huggins
- Huggy Bear
- Jack Hughes
- Maddie Hughes/Maddie Frost
- Mark Hull
- The Human Encyclopedia (Oliver Quade)
- The Human Target (Christopher Chance)
- John Hunchman & David Purefoy (Dicktown)
- Morgan Hunt
- Sonny Hunt (Murder in Music City)
- Wyatt Hunt
- Adam Hunter
- Bruce Hunter
- D Hunter
- Diana Hunter
- Ed and Am Hunter
- Ernie Hunter
- Jennifer Hunter
- Joe Hunter
- John Hunter
- Liz Hunter
- Pete Hunter
- Peter Hunter
- Robert Lee Hunter
- Sam Hunter
- Tony Hunter
- Joe Hussey
- Dr. Carl Hyatt, Jed Sills, Don Corey & Chris Devlin (Checkmate)
- John Byron Hyde
- Hank Hyer
I
- I
- “I Come With the Rain”
- Slater Ibáñez
- Patrick Immelmann (The Private Eye)
- Stephen Inch (The Inch Man)
- Pete Ingalls
- Cal Innes
- iPrivateEye (Nora & Mike)
- Sam Ireland
- Jack Irish
- Thomas Ironcutter
- Valerie Irons (V.I.P.)
- Ishmael & David Odihambo
J
- Jackson Jablonski
- Jack
- Repairman Jack
- Floyd Jackson
- J.W. “Jeff” Jackson
- Johnny Jackson
- Kane Jackson
- Ronnie Jackson (My Favorite Brunette)
- Sasha Jackson
- Matt Jacob
- Miles Jacoby m
- Quentin Jacoby
- Milan Jacovich
- Karl Jaeger
- Matt Jagger
- Bai Jiang
- A.Y. Jalisco (Chicanos)
- Benny James
- Cassidy James
- Lucy James
- Michael Dane James
- Robert “Bob” James
- Walter James
- Jango
- Hank Janson
- John Kenneth Galbraith Jantarro
- Ben Jardinn
- Jarrett
- Matt Jaxon
- Jerry Jasper
- B.T. Jefferson
- Tom Jeffries
- Ed Jenkins (“The Phantom Crook”)
- Joe Jenkins
- Jimmy Jenner
- Erica Jensen
- John Jericho
- Jimmy (The Poet and the Private Eye)
- Hakeem Jinnah
- “Doc” Job (The Hidden Motive)
- Jonathan
- Coffin Ed Johnson & Grave Digger Jones
- Frank Johnson
- Guy Johnson (It’s a Wonderful World)
- Jerri Johnson
- Zachary Nixion Johnson & HARV
- Ben Jolson
- Barnaby Jones
- Bob Jones (Buddy Faro)
- Candid Jones
- Casey Jones
- Fremont Jones
- Guinevere Jones
- Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson
- Hannibal Jones
- Ishmael Jones
- Jeffrey Jones
- Jessica Jones
- Jughead Jones
- “Just Plain” Jones
- Lena Jones
- Morocco Jones
- Mortimer Jones
- Sam Jones (Henderson)
- Sam Jones (Knowles)
- Adam Jordan
- Jinx Jordan
- Rocky Jordan
- Scott Jordan
- Rocky Jorden
- Gil Jourdan
- Harlan Judd (Eyes)
- Anna Jugedinski
- Alfred Juggins (aka “Paul Beck)
- Julian and Anthony (Cat Run)
- Tony Just
- Benjamin Justice
- Black Jack Justice & Trixie Dixon
K
- The K Team (Corey Douglas, Laurie Carpenter, Marcus Clark & Simon Garfunkel)
- Julia Kalas
- Connie Kale
- Frank Kalinyak
- Kamus of Kadizar
- Frank Kafka
- Kane
- Brian Kane
- Calvin Kane
- Elias Kane
- Jon Kane
- Karl Kane
- Martin Kane (Private Eye)
- Nik Kane
- Parker Kane
- Peeky Kane
- Peter Kane
- Sam Kane
- Sam Kelson
- Nash Kanzler
- Abby Kaplan
- Harve Karbo
- Jack Karch
- Oxel Kärnhus (The Creep)
- Vince Karol (Sins of the City)
- Viktor Kärppä
- Jan Karta
- Allan Karve
- Dan Kasdan
- Katchem Kate
- Julius Katz & Archie Smith
- Phillip Kaufman
- Kelley Kavenaugh
- Kemal Kayankaya
- Simon Kaye
- Jodie Keane and John Lawless (Lawless)
- Owen Keane
- Pepper Keane
- Dan Kearney (Dan Kearney & Associates)
- Max Kearney
- Kyra Keaton
- Mr. Keen (OTR)
- Mr. Keen (Comics)
- Kitty Keene
- Max Keene
- Jayne Keeney
- Rae Kelleher
- Keller
- Jack Keller
- Lincoln Keller
- Mike Kellerman (Homicide: Life on the Street)
- Sydney Kells (Sydney)
- Kellogg
- Irene Kelly
- Jane Kelly
- Lara Kelly
- Madison Kelly
- Mary Kelly
- Michael Kelly
- Mugs Kelly
- Sam Moses Kelly
- “Slot Machine” Kelly
- Vera Kelly
- Tor Kelsey
- Lennox Kemp
- Clare Kendall
- Kylie Kendall
- Mike Kendall
- Mike Kendall (Small Town Crime)
- Harry Kenmare
- Kennedy of The Free Press
- Craig Kennedy
- D’Arcy Kennedy
- Storm Kennedy
- Larry Kent
- Mike Kent
- Patrick Kenzie & Angela Gennaro
- Nick Kepler
- Helen Keremos
- Kevin Kerney
- Duff Kerrigan
- Mike Kerrigan
- Sean Kerrigan
- Keyhole Kerry
- Tom Kerry, District Attorney
- Barton Keyes (Double Indemnity)
- Jefferson Keyes (Cool Million)
- Sammy Keyes
- Khan
- Kidd
- Mark Kilby
- Jack Kiley
- Paul Kilgerrin
- Sal Kilkenny
- Johnny Killain
- Jerry Killian
- Jonny Kilmeister
- Harry Kilmer (The Yakuza)
- Kilroy
- Gideon Kincaid
- John Kincaid
- Louis Kincaid
- Michael Kincaid (The Strangeseeker)
- Gideon King
- John King (King of Diamonds)
- Princess King
- Sam King
- Sean King & Michelle Maxwell
- Warren Kingsley
- Kate Kinsella
- Birch Kirby
- Dane Kirby
- Rip Kirby
- Devlin Kirk
- Fran Kirk
- Murray Kirk
- Simone Kirsch
- Dylan Klein
- Gus Klein (Shattered)
- Louis Klein
- Max Klein
- Sam Klein
- Chris Klick
- Kline (I Come with the Rain)
- Willie Klump
- John Klute
- Knapp
- Alec Knight
- Johnny Knight & Sid Ames
- Louie Knight
- Micky Knight
- Peter Knight (Private)
- Rick Knight
- Sam and Rebecca Knight
- Tamara Knight
- Jim Knighthorse
- Knightsbridge
- Sharon Knowles
- Dr. Adam Knox
- John Knox
- Jonathan Knox
- George Kocharyan
- Terry Kochenge
- Atticus Kodiak
- Kokette and Koko the Clown (Kokonut, Private Eye)
- Carl Kolchak
- Gerald “Kookie” Kookson III (77 Sunset Strip)
- Kouplan
- Mike Kovac (Man With a Camera)
- Riley Kovachs
- Sydney Kovack and Carole Stanwyck (Partners in Crime)
- Stuart Kovacs
- Takeshi Kovacs
- Joe Kozmarski
- Jonathan Kraag
- Bonecrack Krajewski
- Phil Kramer
- Keri Krane
- Jackson Kratz (Eruption)
- Garson Krebs
- Harry Krim
- Dan Kruger
- Axel Kruse & Ingmar Andersson (Swedish Dicks)
- Otto Kuhala
- Vic Kunzer
- Joe Kurtz
- Gai Kurusawa
- Thomas Kyd
- Jack Kyle
- Tim Kyle
L
- The L.A. Dolls
- Alexander L’Hiboux (The Owl)
- PaPa LaBas (Mumbo Jumbo)
- Jordan Lacey
- Meg Lacey
- Gerry Lacousière
- Madeleine V. LaCroix, James P. Hillton & Sophia Blossom
- Dave “Diddle” Lacy
- Jack LaDuke
- Joe LaFlam
- Randy “Frenchie” Lafleur
- Jouis Lait
- Louis Lait
- Barrett Lake
- Harry Lake
- Lavinia Lake and Tobias Marsh
- Nicholas Lake
- Stan Lake
- Shanker Lal
- Donald Lam and Bertha Cool
- Guthrie Lamb
- Johnny Lamb
- Raina Lambert & J. Pletcher
- Duca Lamberti
- Bret Lamplighter
- Jon Lancaster
- Bill Lance (The Adventures of Bill Lance)
- Liberty Lane
- Mike Lancer
- Mike Land (Land’s End)
- Terry Lane (Taking the Falls)
- Johnny Lane
- Lang
- Noah Lang and Carly Paladino
- Thomas Langford
- Donald Langham & Maria Dupré
- Riku “Rocky” Laine
- Jacques Laniel
- Wolf Lannihan
- Phil Lansdale
- Mike Lantry
- Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf)
- Lou Largo
- Rick Larkan
- Eldon Larkin
- Lynn Lash
- Simon Lash & Eddie Slocum
- Hector Lassiter
- Jake Lassiter
- Luke Lassiter
- Dino LaStanza
- Vince Latimer
- Max Latin
- Lauren Laurano
- Sierra Lavotini
- Ruth Law
- John Lawless (American)
- John Lawless & Jodie Keane (New Zealand)
- Algy Lawrence
- Gay Lawrence (The Falcon)
- Tom Lawrence (The Falcon)
- Nat Lawson
- Steve Lawson
- Harry Lawton
- Timothy Lea
- Cal Leandros
- Jeff Lebowski (The Dude)
- Gabriel Lecouvreur (Le poulpe)
- Aimée Leduc
- Anna Lee
- Ava Lee
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- Henry Lee (The Law and Mr. Lee)
- Jimmy Lee
- Noelani Lee
- Randall Lee
- Steve Lee
- Tommy Lee
- Cornelius Leeds
- Lucius Leffing
- John LeGrand
- Jay Leicester
- Lester Leith
- Joe Leland (The Detective, Die Hard)
- Lennox
- Bill Lennox
- Dorie Lennox
- Charles Lenox
- Leslie Lenrow (“The Ferret”)
- Valerie LeRoy and Drake Morgan
- Mavis Levack
- Roger Levin
- Jack Levine
- Rick Levine & Laura Fitzhugh
- Truxton “Tru” Lewis
- Alexander L’Hiboux
- Johnny Liddell
- Jake Lieberman
- Jack Liffey
- Cal Lightman (Lie to Me)
- Gemma Lincoln
- Jake & Annie Lincoln
- Börje Lindh
- Hobart Lindsey & Marvia Plum
- Harry Lipkin
- Bernie Little and Chet
- Sarah Livingston
- Lloyd Llewellyn
- Robin LLywelyn
- Thomas Llewelyn & Cyrus Barker
- Bronwen Llyr
- Cormac Loame
- Lobo
- John Locke
- Lacey Lockington
- Bill “The Hook” Lockwood
- Hugh Lockwood (Search)
- Léo Loden
- Bridgett Logan
- Mark Logan
- Sam Logan (The Man from Blackhawk)
- Tommy Logan
- Whitney Logan
- Lomax (Die Kinder)
- Jake Lomax
- Xavier Lombard
- Christopher London
- Ed London
- Max London
- Teddy London
- The Lone Wolf (Michael Lanyard)
- Doc Long (I Love a Mystery)
- Jake Longly
- Longsarge
- Mike Longstreet
- Hack Loomis
- Tom Lopaka (Hawaiian Eye)
- Igor Lopes
- Lora Lorne (Bill Brent)
- Manny Lott (Snoops)
- H. Philip Lovecraft
- Hardin Lovelace
- Ray Lovell
- Lowe
- Tony Lowell
- Shelly Lowenkopf
- Raymond Lowery
- Gideon Lowry
- Ed Loy
- Spero Lucas
- Mr. Lucky
- Fina Ludlow
- Jimmy Lujack
- Jim Bob Luke
- The Lunghi Detective Agency
- Tommy “Dapper” Luoo
- Kaiser Lupowitz
- Aubrey Lyle
- Jack Lynch
- Claudius Lyon & Arnie Woodbine
- Val Lyon
M
- Bubba Mabry
- Mac (aka “Mac” Robinson)
- Philip Macadam
- Terry & Kerry McAfee
- Johnny Macall
- Frank MacAllister
- Danny MacAlpine
- Johnny Macall
- Cam MacCardle
- MacCauley
- Jess McBain
- Conner McBride
- Rex McBride
- Frank McBride & Pete Ryan (Switch)
- Ryan McBride (Baywatch Nights)
- Stryker McBride
- J.L. McCabe (Jake and the Fatman)
- Sam McCain
- Terry McCaleb
- Bert McCall & Tony Costaine
- Micah McCall
- Derien McCall
- Robert McCall (The Equalizer)
- Robyn McCall (The Equalizer)
- Duncan McCallum (Bone Rattler)
- Doan McCandler and Binky
- Carey McCandless & Jessica Williams (McCandless & Company)
- Ruddy McCann
- Cam McCardle
- Claire McCarron (Leg Work)
- McCarthy
- Leo McCarthy (F/X and F/X2)
- Delray McCauley
- Quint McCauley
- John McClane
- Mike McCleary and Quin St. James
- Mac McClellan
- Steve McCloud
- John “Mac” McClure
- Sharon McCone
- Doug McCool
- Helen McCorkendale
- Danny McCoy & Big Ed Deline (Las Vegas)
- Harper McCoy & Bobby Cain
- Mike McCoy (The McCoy)
- Pete McCoy
- Shamus McCoy
- Skip McCoy
- “Digger” McCrae (Gravedigger)
- Violet McDade & Nevada Alvarado
- Cal McDonald
- Devon MacDonald
- Jimmy McDonald
- Lynn MacDonald
- Paul Mcdonald
- Ian MacDougal
- Martin McDonough
- Mace
- Kelvin Mace
- Ellie McEnroe
- Jack McEvoy
- “Handsome” McFee
- Luther McGavock
- Mr. McGee
- Travis McGee
- McGill (Man in a Suitcase)
- Leonid McGill
- Michael McGill
- Des McGinlay
- Cole McGinnis
- J.J. McGonigle (The Come-On)
- Terrance McGowan
- Pete McGrath
- McGraw
- Harry McGraw
- “Inspector” McGregor
- Matthew “Mac” MacGregor
- Annie McGrogan
- Michael MacGruder (Cagney and Lacey)
- Maggie McGuane & Fritz Thieringer
- Amos McGuffin
- Rainy McGuinn
- Moses McGuire
- Jack McGurk (The McGurk Organisation)
- The McGurk Organisation
- Kevin MacInnes
- Tom McInnes
- Alec McIntyre
- Charlie Mack
- Miss Madelyn Mack
- Shane Mack (I Know What You Need)
- Terry Mack
- Three Gun Mack
- Sandy McKane
- McKay
- Quinn McKay
- Jared McKean
- Patience and Verity Mackellar
- Ross McKeller
- Ash McKenna
- Owen McKenna
- Craig McKenzie
- Greg MacKenzie (Hawaiian Eye)
- Greg and Jill McKenzie
- Mac McKenzie
- North McKinney & Kingsley Shaw Wilder Aldrich (Borealis Investigations)
- Scotia MacKinnon
- Captain Duncan Maclain
- Luke MacLane
- Madeline “Mac” Maclin
- Alan Macklin
- Peter Macklin
- Cooper MacLeish
- Chanse MacLeod
- Frank McKlusky
- Alex McKnight
- John T. McLaren
- Cody McMahon (South of Sunset)
- Declan “Mac” MacManus
- Archibald McNally
- Jim McNamara
- J. McNee
- Harry MacNeil
- McNihil
- McShan
- Jimmy McShane
- John J. MacShayne
- Jack MacTaggart
- William “Bill” Maddern
- Charles Maddox & Charles Maddox
- Kenny Madison (Bourbon Street Beat, see also Surfside Six)
- Matty Madrid
- Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man)
- Peter Magnum
- Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
- Arnold Magnuson
- Bernie Magruder
- Maggie Maguire
- Shamus Maguire
- Mike Mahogany
- Nicky Mahoun
- Gerhard Maier
- Thabang Maje
- Makana
- Sonja Makarova & Marina Golikova
- Jim Makin
- Teddy Maksumnic
- Vincenzo Malinconico
- Eddie Mallard
- Mark Mallen
- Brick Mallery
- Mallory (Chandler)
- Mallory (Collins)
- Bert Mallory
- James Maxfield Mallory
- John Justin Mallory
- Steve Mallory
- Stuart Mallory
- Vic Mallory
- Wanda Mallory
- Malloy
- Frank Malloy
- Mike Malloy
- Malone (Give ’em Hell, Malone)
- Ben Malone
- Dashell “Dash” Malone
- Dennis Malone
- Henry Malone
- John J. Malone
- Luke Malone
- Melody Malone (Doctor Who)
- Rick Malone
- Ted Malvern/Ted Carmady
- Man-Bat
- Le Manchot
- Dante Mancuso
- Greg Mandel
- Mandrake
- Butch Maneri & Steve Cranmer
- Terry Manion
- Stewart Mann
- Disciple Manning
- Mark Manning
- Spencer Manning
- Stu Manning (Lonesome Days, Savage Nights)
- Eddie Mannix (Hail, Caesar!)
- Joe Mannix
- Harvey Mapes
- Floyd Maquina
- Erik March
- Holland March & Jackson Healy (The Nice Guys)
- John March (Spiegelman)
- John March (Lovecraft/Friedman)
- Milo March
- Earl Marcus
- Jack Marconi
- Margo (The EH Detective Agency)
- Buddy Margolies
- Eddie Margolis
- Markham
- Dan Markham
- Roy Markham (Markham)
- Frank Marker
- Peter Marklin
- Don Marko
- Abigail Marks
- Jonathan Marks
- Marley
- Felipe Marlo
- Sam Marlow (The Man With Bogart’s Face)
- Philip Marlow (The Singing Detective)
- Christopher Marlowe
- Marion Marlowe
- Philip Marlowe
- Philippa Marlowe
- Zoot Marlowe
- Nick Marnes
- Frank Marr
- Jason Marr
- Jerry Marr
- Stevie Marriner & Neil Gulliver
- T.C. Mars
- Veronica Mars
- Cat Marsala
- Tobias Marsh and Lavinia Lake
- Johnny & Suzy Marshall
- Kate Marshall
- Paul Marston and Angel Cantini
- Al Martillo
- Anthony Martin
- Saz Martin
- Steve Martin
- Duke Martindel (Dangerous Lady)
- Marvin
- Albie Marx
- “The Masked Marksman” (Ed Race)
- Carter Mason
- Dave “Mace” Mason
- Ellis Mason
- Lou Mason
- Nick Mason
- Perry Mason (No! Really!)
- Xavier Mason
- J.C.K. “Jigger” Masters
- Jake Masters (Cry Uncle!)
- Angela Matelli
- Cotton Mathers
- Phil Matheson
- Candy Matson
- Mike Mauser
- Alex Mavros
- Flavius Maximus
- Cary Maxwell
- Leo Maxwell
- Michelle Maxwell & Sean King (Maxwell & King)
- Jennifer Mays & Gabriel Webb (The Maze Agency)
- Joe Medford
- Bruce Medway
- Trixie Meehan and Mike Harris
- Mack Megaton
- Lin Melchan
- Mullet Mendes & Vincent Saldana
- Dani Mendez (L.A. Dolls)
- Johnny Merak
- Mariano Mercado
- Antonio Mercer (You Have Killed Me)
- Bill Mercer
- Edward Mercer
- Hank Mercer
- Khloé Mercer
- Matt Mercer
- Jack Merchant
- Nick Merchant
- Ken Meredith
- Chuck Merrick
- Johnny Metal
- Conrad Metcalf
- Sofie Metropolis
- Steve Michaels
- Johnny Midnight
- Steve Midnight
- Hank Midwinter
- Ace Mifflin (Jazz Age Chronicles)
- John Milano
- Noah Milano
- Buddy Miles/Rick Shannon
- Francesca Miles
- Robert Miles
- Lew Millar
- Doak Miller
- Eoin Miller
- Robin Miller
- Samuel Miller
- Kinsey Millhone
- Eion Miller
- Larry Miller (The Pigeon)
- Robin Miller
- Milo Milodragovitch
- Milton & Andrejev
- Max Mingus
- Charlie Miner
- Peri Minneopa
- Dar Minor
- Mike Mist
- Perveen Mistry
- Mitch and Sam (Dirty Work)
- Ginger Mitchell
- Paula Mitchell
- Scott Mitchell
- Steve Mitchell
- Pradosh Chandra Mitra (aka Feluda)
- Jack Mize
- Johnny Modaro (Johnny Modaro, Pier 23)
- Johnny Modero (see Johnny Modaro)
- Chance Molloy
- Ted Molloy
- Tess Monaghan
- Ryan Monahan
- Tess Monahan-Cardoza (L.A. Dolls)
- Mongo
- Adrian Monk (Monk)
- Carter Monk
- Gus Monk
- Ivan Monk
- William Monk
- Liz Monroe (Fortune’s Friends)
- Sloane Monroe
- Mike Monster
- Boise Montague
- Joey Montague (Private)
- Sam Montcalm
- Britt Montero
- Luis Montez
- Elrod Montgomery
- Jazz Montgomery
- Stanley Moodrow
- Scott Moody
- Barney Moon
- Cotton Moon
- Manville Moon
- Phyllida Moon
- Howard Moon Deer
- Reggie Moon
- Chic Mooney (Nowheresville)
- Jerry Mooney
- Dick Moonlight
- Beth Moore
- Duncan Moore
- Madeline Moore
- Toussaint Moore
- Danny “Moony” Mora
- Maria Magdalena “Maggie” Morales
- Gypsy Moran
- J. Howard “Jigger” Moran
- Joe Moran
- Case Morgan
- Claire Morgan
- Cliff Morgan
- Jack Morgan (Private)
- Kate Morgan and Zena Hunnicutt (Me and Mom)
- Kip Morgan
- Ford Morgan & Roy Shepherd
- Rachel Morgan
- Ruff Morgan
- Sam & Tate Morgan
- Steve Morgan (The Mysterious Mr. Valentine)
- Karl Morgen
- Morgens
- Kazuo Mori
- Francis “Frank” Morley
- Leon Morley
- Charlie Morrell
- Albert Morris
- Gloria Morris
- Louise Morvan
- Zen Moses
- Harry Moseby
- Dahlia Moss
- Les Moyles
- Paul Mulchrone
- Lafayette Muldoon
- Mulligan and Garrity (The Gorilla [1927])
- Mulligan, Garrity and Harrigan (The Gorilla [1939])
- Liam Mulligan
- Adrian Mulliner
- Joe Mulqueen (Top o’ the Morning)
- J.D. Mulroy
- Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)
- Alex Mundy (Charlie’s Angels)
- Jill Munroe (Charlie’s Angels)
- Kris Munroe (Charlie’s Angels)
- Ralph Munroe
- Milo Murano
- Kent Murdock
- Matt Murdock
- Murphy
- Addison Francis Murphy (aka “The Rambler”)
- D.B. Murphy
- Dave Murphy
- Dean Murphy
- Gus Murphy
- Jack Murphy
- Kat Murphy
- Michael Murphy
- Molly Murphy
- Patrick Daedulus Murphy (Murphy’s Law)
- Samantha Murphy
- Tex Murphy
- Buddy Mustard
- Candy Myers
- Major Martin Myers
- Dora Myrl
- Dora Myrl & Paul Beck
- Mystery Man
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N
- N
- Lee Nace “The Blond Adder”
- Ralph Nader
- Red “Rusty” Nales
- Nameless (Bentley Little)
- Nameless (Bill Pronzini)
- Nameless (The Big Farewell)
- Vic Nardozza
- Narendran & Vaijayanthi
- Darrow Nash
- Hamilton Nash
- Nick Naught
- Tres Navarre
- Navarro and Briggs
- Nikki Neal
- Nebraska
- Jerry (and Danny) Nelson
- Rocky Nelson
- Vicki Nelson
- Johnny Nemo
- Cass Neary
- Orville Nesbit
- Yuri Nevsky
- Newman
- Peggy Newman (High Desert)
- Vic Newman & Sabina Swift
- Billy Nguyen
- Nicolaos
- Billy Nichols
- Nason Nichols
- Eddie Nickles
- Alex Night
- Nightmark
- Harry Nile
- Gunnar Nilson
- Noakes
- Charlie Noble
- Nick Noble
- Femme Noir
- Guy Noir (The Prairie Home Companion)
- Philip M. Noir
- Sam Noir (Samurai Detective)
- Nolan
- Dex Nolan
- Jake Nolan
- Max Nolan
- Pearl Nolan (Whistable Pearl)
- Wylie Nolan
- Ed Noon
- Joe Noonan
- Mike Noonan (“Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer”)
- Rita Noonan
- Tenzing Norbu
- Bert Norden
- Red Norton
- North & Shaw (Borealis Investigations)
- Dakota North
- Everett G. Northrup & Jimmy Dale (Shadow of Suspicion)
- Big John Novak
- Joe Novak
- Marcus Novak
- Pat Novak
- Will Novak
- Alex Novalis
- Alo Nudger
- Barkley Nunn (Hollywood Detective)
O
- Harry O (Orwell)
- Fergus O’Breen
- Chris O’Brien
- Danny O’Brien (Silver City)
- Dennis O’Brien
- Dutch O’Brien
- Samson O’Brien
- Siobhan O’Brien
- Cork O’Connor
- Kathy O’Connor (The Sunset Strip Case)
- Angel O’Day & Sam Simeon (Angel and the Ape)
- Angeles O’Day
- Terence O’Day
- Philip Odell
- Martin Odum
- Flog O’Flanahan
- Mitch O’Hannon and Gabriel Bird (Pros and Cons)
- Bob O’Hara
- Caryl O’Hara
- Deirdre O’Hara
- Ken O’Hara
- Timothy O’Hara
- Bill O’Keefe and Douglas Hawke (Shooting Stars)
- Joe King Oliver
- Kit O’Malley
- Donn O’Mara
- Freddie O’Neal
- Jason O’Neil
- Leena O’Neil
- Tip O’Neil
- Peggy O’Neill
- Mr. O’Nelligan & Lee Plunkett
- Kiernan O’Shaughnessy
- Jack O’Shea
- T.J. O’Sullivan
- Lucky O’Toole
- Tom O’Toole
- Elliot Oakes & Paul Snyder
- Hugo Oakes
- Oke Oakley and Secrets. Inc.
- Mick Oberon
- Dr. Occult
- The Odd Man
- Mike O’Dell
- David Odihambo & Ishmael
- Ohara
- Sadipe Okukenu
- The Old Sleuth
- Joe King Oliver
- Welling Waki Oloo
- Mike Olshansky (Hack)
- Johnny One-Eye (aka Johnny Hawke)
- Peter Ord
- Orient
- Candy Orr (Vengeance Squad)
- Terry Orr
- Harry Orwell (Harry O)
- Lee Henry Oswald
- Freddie Otash
- Kim Otto & Carlos Gaspar (The Hunt for Jack Reacher)
- Gusse Oualzerre
- Jed “Hammerhead” Ounstead
- The Owl (Alexander L’Hiboux)
- Johnny Oxford (The Hancock Half Hour)
P
- Jake and Hildy Pace
- Jack Packard (I Love a Mystery)
- Lena Padget
- Kate Page
- Lorraine Page
- Rick Page
- Henry Paige
- Edwin Paine & Charles Rowland (The Dead Boy Detectives)
- Jack Paine
- Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel)
- Carly Paladino & Noah Lang
- Nicholas Palihnic
- Domenic Palladino (and Jane)
- Miles Palodon (Once Upon a Murder)
- Eddie Palmer
- Frank Palmer and Riley Gavin
- Harry Palmer
- Jack Palmer
- Jake Palmer
- Joel Palmer
- Jack Palms
- Keshav Pandit
- Kitty Pangborn and Dex Theroux
- Samantha Panther
- Saul Panzer
- Thea Paris
- Amos Parisman
- Dex Parios (Stumptown)
- Parker (by Richard Stark)
- Charlie Parker (Connolly)
- Charlie Parker (Shelton)
- Colton Parker
- Drew Parker
- Jimmy Parker & Mary Mulvaney
- Ken Parker
- Pearl Parker & Finn Gallagher (South of the Border)
- Gene Parmesan (Arrested Development)
- Parnell
- Tim Parnell
- Frank Pasnow
- Bryce Patch
- Dougie Patterson and Ivor Thompson (Dicks)
- Lauren Pauling (The Jack Reacher Cases)
- Frank Pavlicek
- Eli Paxton
- Jon Pay
- Jean Pearson
- Lou Peckinpaugh
- Wilbur Peddie
- Gun Pederson
- Bill Peepe
- Edna Pender
- Willa Pennington
- Juan Manuel Pérez
- Johnny Peril
- Ben Perkins
- Willie Perkins & Andy Blair
- Eddie Perlmutter
- Gay Perry and Harry Lockhart (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
- Lincoln Perry
- Nat “The Bleeder” Perry
- Valentine Pescatore
- Gus Petch
- Anna Peters
- Joe Peters (Roadblock)
- Maggie Peters, Russ Andrews & Steve Banks (The Investigators)
- Toby Peters
- John Peterson
- Margie Peterson
- T.J. Peterson
- Nick Petrov
- Harry Petry (Hollywood Harry)
- Sam Pezzo
- Amanda Pharrell & Ted Conkaffey
- Johnny Phelan
- Joe Phenix
- Carson Phillips (The Poison Rose)
- Nathan Phillips
- Thackery Phin
- The PI Pack
- Nicholas Pierce
- Jimmy Pigeon
- Harry Pigg
- Jaako Piira
- Daniel Pike
- Joe Pike
- Johnny “Eight-ball” Pike
- Percy Pilbeam
- Steve Pinata
- “Silky” Pincus
- Leonard Pine & Hap Collins
- Paul Pine
- Allan J. Pinkerton
- Allan J. Pinkerton (fictitious character)
- Miss Pinkerton (Mary Vance)
- Joseph Pinto
- John Piper & Quinn
- Piper & Porter (Darby Piper, Samatha Porter & Tate Porter)
- Darby Piper (Piper & Porter)
- Michael Piper
- Molly Piper
- Homer “Bulldog” Pipsqueak
- Eliza Pirex
- Jim Piron
- Joe Pitt
- Duke Pizzatello
- Nicolas Placard
- Dana Plant (Snoops)
- J. Pletcher and Raina Lambert
- Stephanie Plum
- Lee Plunkett & Mr. O’Nelligan
- Henry Po
- Phineas Poe
- Maurice Pogue (Clean Slate)
- Hercule Poirot
- Britt Pollack & Hank Dolworth (Terriers)
- Nick Polo
- Rosco Polycrates
- Grace Pomeroy
- Daniel Ponce
- Solar Pons
- Oscar Poole
- Vector Pope
- Vincent Pope
- Popeye
- Ellis Portal
- Carl Porter
- Kevin J. Porter
- Samantha Porter (Piper & Porter)
- Tate Porter (Piper & Porter)
- Joe Posner
- Joe Potato
- Ralph Poteet
- Le poulpe
- Billy Povich
- Harry Powell (The Hollywood Detective)
- Michael Power
- Ace Powers
- Johnny Powers
- Vic Powers
- Moe Prager
- Belinda Prentice (Exposed)
- Jeremiah Prescott & Pamela Thompson
- Mark Preston
- Emma Price
- Highland Park Price
- Sam Prichard
- Duncan Pride
- Solomon Priester
- Luigi Primo (À vendre)
- Hank Prince
- Kate Prince (Charlie’s Angels)
- Laura Principal
- Chris Prior
- Jeff Prior
- Will Prior
- Private Detective No. 39
- Ethan Proctor (Black Oak Security)
- Daniel Profit & Sheen Vicedomini
- The Projectionist (Sherlock Jr.
- Kelly Pruett
- Paul Pry
- James Pryce
- Stephen Pryde & Grace Burton
- Harry Przewalski
- Leo Pulp
- Joe Puma
- Frankie Pat Puntacavello
- Chance Purdue
- David Purefoy & John Hunchman (Dicktown)
- Vish Puri.
Q
- Marty Quade
- Oliver Quade (“The Human Enyclopedia”)
- Greg Quaintance
- Russell Quant
- Francis Quarles
- Quarry
- Hilary Quayle
- Bunny Quest
- Peter Quest
- Faye Quick
- Joe Quigley
- John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter
- Dion Quince
- Charlie Quinlan
- Max Quinlan
- Quinn
- Quinn & John Piper
- Daniel Quinn
- Frank Quinn
- Joe Quinn
- Jonathan Quinn
- Liam Quinn
- Michael Quinn
- Terry Quinn & Derek Strange
- Carroll Quint
- Hugh Quint
- Peter Quint
- Isaiah “I.Q.” Quintabe
R
- Ed Race (“The Masked Marksman”)
- Eddie Race
- Frank Race
- Alex Rada
- Rafferty
- Neal Rafferty
- Neil Patrick Rafferty
- Poke Rafferty
- Raguel (Murder Mysteries)
- Jim and Julie Raiford (The Touchstone Agency)
- John Rain
- Mister Rainbow
- Cass Raines
- Charlie Raines
- Reno Raines (Renegade)
- Turner Raines
- Zelmont Raines
- Bob Rainier (Detectives Inc.)
- Agatha Raisin
- General Richard “The Hammer” Ralston
- Gwenn Ramadge
- Precious Ramotswe
- Deuce Ramsey
- Oscar “Duke” Ramsey (The Duke)
- Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk
- Steve Randall (Hollywood Offbeat)
- Sunny Randall
- Jess Randolph
- Marty Randolph
- Rex Randolph (Bourbon Street Beat; also 77 Sunset Strip)
- Harry Rane
- Al Rankin
- Jim Rankin
- John Rankin
- Lamaar Ransom
- Lowell Ransom
- Nick Ransom
- Matt Ranzino
- Billy Raskolnikov & Ringo
- Alex Rasmussen
- Stephan Raszer
- Frank Rath
- Arthur Raven
- Max Raven
- Easy Rawlins
- Ray (Stingray)
- Bill Raymond
- Roy Raymond (TV Detective)
- Roy Raymond, Jr.
- Johnny Reach and Hank Brackett (Bearcats!)
- Jack Reacher
- Joe Ready
- James Reardon (The Killers)
- Rigby Reardon
- Sally & Bill Reardon
- Si Reardon
- Ethan Reckless (Reckless)
- Rip-Off Red
- Eric Redd (Vengeance Squad)
- Joe Reddman
- Jason Reddy and Jessica Munroe
- Jennie Redhead
- Sensible Redhorn
- Caitlin Reece
- Amanda Reed and Jake West (Hot Shots)
- James Reed
- Tom Reed
- Harry Reese
- Mick Reese
- Riley Reeves
- Regan
- Jeff Regan
- Jimmy Rehm
- Savannah Reid
- Jack Reilly
- Regan Reilly
- Remer
- Peter Rena & Randi Brooks
- Julian Renard & Roger Bannister
- Renfield & Igor Vorlic (Strange Detective Tales)
- Dan Reno
- Mark Renzler
- “Repairman” Jack
- Roger Repo
- Tony Reseck
- “Slots” Resnick
- Anonymous Rex
- Rex the Wonder Dog
- Jeff Reynolds
- Denaldo Reynoso(The Big Hoax)
- Jimmie Rezaire
- Michael Rhineheart
- Tommy Rhoads
- Bernie Rhodenbarr
- Martin Rhodes
- Rhino and Ritz
- Harry Rice
- Henry Pifield Rice
- Miles Standish Rice
- Cam Richter
- Richard/Rick (A Gun, A Car, A Blonde)
- Edwin Richfield
- Richard
- Rick/Richard (A Gun, A Car, A Blonde)
- Frank Richmond
- Matt Richter
- Big Dick Rickenbacher
- Magnus Ridolph
- Sebastien Riffkin
- Harry Rigby
- Deacon Riis
- Alice Riley
- Bill Riley
- Jimmy “Soldier” Riley & Ray Parker
- Rod Riley (The Girl Hunt Ballet)
- Rosalind Riley
- The Rio Kid
- August Riordan
- Matt Riordan
- Tom Riordan
- Henry Rios
- Rip-Off Red
- Charles Ripley
- Ray Ripley
- Alexander & Penelope Risk
- Simon Riske
- William Riskin
- Lil Ritchie
- Ed Rivers
- Stan Rivkin (Rivkin: Bounty Hunter)
- Carey Rix
- Al Roach
- Sampson Roach
- Andy Roark
- Kate Roarty
- Mary Roberts
- Rebekah Roberts
- Drake Robbins
- Mitch Roberts
- Dave Robicheaux
- “Mac” Robinson
- David Roche & John Wallis (Bug & Roach)
- Maxime Roche (Détectives)
- Philippe Roche (Détectives)
- Dean “The Dean” Wardlow Rock
- Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files)
- John Rockne
- Chris Rockwell and Sarah Saber (Inkwink)
- Joe Roddick
- John Rodrigue
- Gil Rodrigues
- Jerry “Renegade” Roe
- Duke Rogers
- Joe Rogers
- Julie Rogers (Charlie’s Angels)
- Richard Rogue
- Leo Roi
- Simon Rolfe
- Zach Rolfe
- Dan Roman
- Toni Romano
- Ava Rome
- Emory Rome & Jeff Goodard (Mourning Dove Investigations)
- Tony Rome
- Howie Rook
- S.J. Rooke
- Terry Bob Rooke & Tommy “Twotoes” Tuthill
- Max Roper
- Tag Roper
- Alma Rosales
- Abby Rose
- Mike Rose
- Nathaniel Rose
- Simon Rose
- Carter Ross
- Danielle Ross
- David Ross (The Outsider)
- Harry Ross
- Harry Ross (Twilight)
- Jack Ross
- John Thomas Ross
- Mike Ross-The Hitman
- Jake Rossiter
- Clay Roth and Family (Armed Response)
- Jaffy Rotunda (Colourblind)
- Alex Rourke
- Pete Rousseau
- Jake Rubidoux
- Vincent Rubio
- Ruby (Red Noir)
- Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe
- Billy Rucker
- Danylo Rudnicki
- Esa Ruispelto
- Harry Rule
- Baylor Rumble
- Horace Rumpole (Rumpole of the Bailey)
- Rumyantzev
- Brad Runyon (aka The Fat Man)
- Jake Runyon
- Manny Rupert
- Alexander Rush
- John Rusow (The Missing Person)
- Mary Russell
- Amanda Russo
- John Russo and Charles Rutledge
- Hayes Rutherford
- Alex Rutledge
- Charles Rutledge and John Russo
- Teddy Ruzak (“The Highly Effective Detective”)
- Buck Ryan
- Jack Ryan
- Nelson Ryan
- Nick Ryan
- Pete Ryan and Frank McBride (Switch)
- Blaise Rybeck (The Big Fall)
- Marcus Rydell
- Nick Ryder (Riptide)
- Bill Rye
- Jane Ryland
S
- Mark Saber
- Sarah Saber and Chris Rockwell (Inkwink)
- Jon Sable
- Joe Sabuni
- Rex Sackler
- Sacred Symbols, Inc.
- Jim Sader
- Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)
- Malcolm Sage
- Oscar Sail
- The Saint (aka “Simon Templar”)
- Thomas St. Cyr
- Valentin St. Cyr
- Philip St. Ives
- Cliff St. James
- Quin St. James and Mike McCleary
- Jeremiah St. John
- Masakazu Sakonju
- Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist
- Dora Saldana
- Vincent Saldona and Mullet Mendes
- Greg Salem
- Peter Salem (The Affairs of Peter Salem)
- Sally the Sleuth
- Jack Salvo
- Sam the Cat
- Thuppariyum Sambu
- Abby Sampson (Charlie’s Angels)
- Albert Samson
- Conner Samson
- Jake Samson
- John Samson
- Mel Samson (Too Late)
- Ernesto Sánchez
- Rosemary Sanchez & Atticus Wynn
- Dylan Sanders (Charlie’s Angels)
- George Sandford
- Jake Sands
- Nick Sands
- Walter Sands
- Sandy (Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street)
- Chico Santana
- Nick Santana/Santa Claus
- Joey Saphir
- Sara (Sara’s Private Capers)
- Peter Sargeant
- Rex Saunders
- Gregg Saunders
- Speed Saunders
- Savage
- Henry Savage
- Raymond Savage and Jack Haynes
- Mark Savage
- Sawazaki
- Pete Sawyer
- Quincy Adams Sawyer
- Quincy Adams Sawyer (Junior)
- Saxon
- Johnny Saxon
- Mike Saxon
- Catherine Sayler
- Duke Scanlon
- Karin Schaeffer
- William Schaefler
- Buck Schatz
- Oscar Schiller
- Chris Schneider (Private)
- Lenny Schneider
- Pete & Jeanne Schoefield
- October Schwartz & The Dead Kid Detective Agency
- Joe Scintilla
- Sheckley Scodell
- Scooby-Doo & Mystery Inc.
- Ann Scotland
- Robin Scott (The Case of the Dangerous Robin)
- Sara Scott
- Shell Scott
- Terry Scott
- Peter Scratch
- Phil Scrotty
- Matt Scudder
- Sean Sean
- Al Sears
- Patricia Seaward
- Secret Agent X-9
- Seekay
- Mavis Seidlitz
- Mike Segretto
- Gerhard Selb (aka “Gerhard Self”)
- Gerhard Self (aka “Gerhard Selb”)
- Joe Serpe & Bob Healy
- Kate Shackleton
- Brad Shade/Matt Shade & Angie Everett (Private Eyes)
- Ron Shade
- John Shaft
- Lu Shakespeare & Frank Hathaway (Shakespeare & Hathatway)
- Ben Shaley
- Dan Shambles
- Andre Shame (A Low Down Dirty Shame)
- Dick Shamus
- Deets Shanahan
- Dale Shand
- Ted Shane
- Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
- Bill Shannon
- Del Shannon
- Desmond Shannon
- Jack Shannon (Shannon’s Deal)
- Joe Shannon
- John Shannon
- John J. Shannon
- Ken Shannon
- Neil Shannon
- Rick Shannon/Buddy Miles
- Sugar Shannon
- Desiree Shapiro
- Nils Shapiro
- Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife)
- Nick Sharman
- Dan Sharp
- John “One-Eyed Jack” Sharp
- Jasmine Sharp
- Joshua Sharp
- Alec Sharpe
- Eli Sharpe
- Nicola Sharpe
- Samantha “Sam” Sharpe
- Colter Shaw
- James Shaw
- Jeb Shaw
- Jessica Shaw
- Joe Shaw
- Paul Shaw
- Van Shaw
- Pete Shay
- Hector Belascoarán Shayne
- Michael “Mike” Shayne
- Sheba Shayne (Sheba, Baby)
- Rick O. Shea
- Mojo Sheepshanks
- Leonard Shelby (Memento)
- Mary Shelley
- David Shepard (Fourth Story)
- Jack Shepard
- Rex Shepard (You Never Can Tell)
- John Shepherd
- Roy Shepherd & Ford Morgan
- Morgan Sheppard
- Sherlock Jr.
- Walter Sherman (The Locator)
- Payton Sherwood
- Shido, The Midnight Detective
- Jefferson Shields
- Harold “Shill” Shillman (One Shoe Makes It Murder)
- Shinoda Ryota (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)
- Sabrina & Hilton Shire
- Ben Shock & Charity Tucker
- Eddie Shoestring
- Kate Shugak
- Phoebe Siegel
- Bob Signorelli (Face Down)
- Steve Silk
- Jed Sills, Don Corey, Chris Devlin & Dr. Carl Hyatt (Checkmate)
- Miss Maud Silver
- The Silver Fox (Silent Fox)
- Sam Simeon & Angel O’Day (Angel and the Ape)
- Bubba Simms
- Julian Simms and Anthony Hester (Cat Run)
- Louis Simo (Hollywoodland)
- Rick and A.J. Simon (Simon & Simon)
- Gar Sinclair
- Jamie Sinclair
- Cheryl Singer (The Danger Team)
- Jacob Singer
- Jack Singer
- Nathaniel Singer
- Ravi Singh
- Talbot Singh
- Tiffany Sinn
- Alack Sinner
- Tom Sipowicz
- Charlie Siringo
- Sister Eve
- Joe Sixsmith
- Dane Skarle
- Dorothy Skelf, Janny Skelf & Hannah Skelf (The Skelfs)
- Michael Skellig
- Skoog
- Ennis Skinner
- Clement Skunk-Petersen
- Dirk Slade
- Kensington Slade
- Mac Slade
- Mathew Slade
- Sam Slade
- Shotgun Slade
- Tim “T.M.” Slade (High Tide)
- Vince Slader
- Florian Slappey
- Ray Slater
- Chester Slattery
- Nick Slaughter (Sweating Bullets/Tropical Heat)
- Victor Slaughter
- Gus Slavin (Loophole)
- Dudley Sledge
- Big Sleeping
- Deadbeat Sleeze (The Sleeze Brothers)
- El Ape Sleeze (The Sleeze Brothers)
- The Sleeze Brothers
- Cassandra Slick
- Ken Sligo
- Slime
- Beauford Sloan
- Dan Sloane
- Duncan Sloan
- Nick Sloan
- Reno Sloan
- Sydney Sloane
- Eddie Slocum and Simon Lash
- Moxie Sloss and King Green
- Christopher Sly
- Nick Small and Chip Frye (Small & Frye)
- Ashley Smeeton
- Alexis J. Smith
- Archie Smith & Julius Katz
- Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith
- Bill Smith & Lydia Chin
- Cellini Smith
- Charlie Smith (Body Fever)
- China Smith
- Clyde Smith
- February Smith
- Grace Smith
- Hannah Smith
- Hannibal Smith
- Henry Smith
- Jango Smith
- John Smith (Blassingame)
- John Smith (Sangster)
- Johnny Smith (The Thirteenth Guest)
- Napoleon B. Smith
- Northwest Smith
- Picasso Smith
- Picasso Smith, Jr.
- “Secret Service” Smith
- Sierra Smith
- Silent Smith (The Silver Fox)
- Tim Smith
- Truman Smith
- Vanessa Smith (The Most Deadly Game)
- Warren Smith
- Whispering Smith
- Zachariah Smith
- Benjamin Smoke
- Jeffrey Tiffen Smythe & Lady Fiona Fiziwiggs (The Continentals)
- Lemony Snicket
- Clem Snide
- Super Snooper (of Snooper and Blabber)
- August Snow
- Paul Snyder & Elliot Oakes
- Aristotle “Soc” Socarides
- Pauline Sokol
- Lupe Solano
- Solo (aka “Soulemayne Camara”)
- Harry Sommers
- Sonambulo
- Ray Somner
- Juniper Song
- Anna Southwood
- Sam Space
- Danny Spade
- Richard Abraham Spade (aka “Superspade”)
- Sam Spade
- Sam Spade, Junior
- Spademan
- Matthew Spain & Nathan Doyle
- David Spandau
- David Spanner
- Dick Spanner (Dick Spanner P.I.)
- Jake Spanner
- J.T. Spanner
- Gabe Sparks
- Sam Spayed (Garfield)
- Brad Spear
- Brenna Spector
- Izzy Spellman (The Spellman Files)
- Mr. Spence
- Jeff Spencer (77 Sunset Strip)
- Jeff and Debby Spencer (Two On a Clue)
- Margaret Spencer
- Shawn Spencer & Burton “Gus” Guster (Psych)
- Spenser
- Milo Speriglio
- Spider-Woman (aka “Jessica Drew”)
- Spike Spiegel and Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
- Harry Spilman
- Sonny Spoon
- Doc Sportello (Inherent Vice)
- Michael Spraggue
- James Sprecken
- Cole Springer
- Johnny Staccato
- Michael Stacey (Goodbye Paradise)
- Earl Stack
- Jason Stafford
- John Stamford
- Joe Standard
- Paul Stanial
- Ged Stanton
- Jack Stanton (Looking for Kitty)
- Robbie Stanton
- Carole Stanwyck and Sydney Kovack (Partners in Crime)
- J.J. Starbuck
- Harry Starke
- Dan Starkey
- Jack Starkey
- Jack Starr
- Tammy Starr & Kevin Rourke (Starr Security Service)
- T.D. Stash
- Mike Staynes
- Jackson Steeg
- Sarge Steel
- Bruno Steele & Willard P. Webb
- Jack Steele
- Jim Steele
- Larry Steele
- Remington Steele
- Rocky Steele
- Tracey Steele (Hawaiian Eye)
- Nick Stefanos
- Hank Steiner (Monster Detective)
- Ted Stephens
- Sandy Stern
- Yakov Semenovich Stern
- Johnny Stevens
- Blaine Stewart
- Gord Stewart
- Paulina Stewart
- Ross Stewart (Behind Locked Doors)
- Stine (City of Angels)
- Cole Stoddard
- Stone (City of Angels)
- Curt Stone
- Ed Stone
- Fleming Stone
- Kat Stone
- Randy Stone (Nightbeat)
- Rocky Stone
- Shep Stone
- Tom Stone
- Warren Stone
- Zeke Stone (Brimstone)
- Stonebreaker
- Clayton “Clay” Stoner (The Odd Man)
- Harry Stoner
- Liz Stonestreet (Who Killed the Centerfold Model?)
- Madame Storey
- Francis Storm
- Wyatt Storme
- Don Strachey
- Sean Stranahan
- Peter Strand
- Mark Strang
- Mike Strang
- Mr. Strang
- Victor Strang
- Brenda Strange
- Derek Strange & Terry Quinn
- Johnny Strange (Results, Inc.)
- Cora M. Strayer
- Nicholas Street
- Streeter
- Dave Strickland
- Cormoran Strike
- Jim Stringer
- Matt Stromsoe
- Max Strong
- Steve Strong
- B.L. Stryker
- Angus Stuart (Cold Play)
- David Stuart
- Jim Stubb
- Charles Stubblefield
- Jake Styles (Jake and the Fatman)
- Elvin Suggs
- C.W. Sughrue
- Fennec Suleiman
- Connor Sullivan, James Devlin & Cal Burke (Phoenix Inc.)
- Maggie Sullivan
- Sally Sullivan & Bernie Fox (Mom P.I.)
- Steve Summers
- Jane Sunday
- Sunderson
- “Superspade” (aka Richard Abraham Spade)
- Surf
- Susheela & Bharat
- Arnie Sutter (Big Shamus, Little Shamus)
- Mathew Swain
- Norm Swallow (Blackmail)
- Digambara Swamiyar
- Alex Swan (Firearm)
- Henry Swann
- John Swan
- Joseph Swann and Abel Walker (Hawkshaws)
- Kevin Sweeney & Joop Wheeler
- Nicole Sweet
- Charlie “The Hook” Swift
- Loren Swift
- Frank Swiver
- Grayson Sykes
- Onni Syrjänen
T
- Mr. T
- Willi Taft
- Billy Taggart (Broken City)
- Clayton Yankee Taggart
- Ben “Bug Eye” Takent
- Clem Talbot
- Jim Talbot
- John Talbot
- Nick Tallant
- Tam (The Detective)
- Ylermi K. Tammi
- Dan Tanna (Vega$)
- Alex Tanner
- Bay Tanner
- John Marshall Tanner
- Acey Tapp
- Eugène Tarpon
- Nicholas Tartaglia
- Charlie Tate & Elodie Gray
- Dee Chandler Tate & Elly Chandler
- Koko Tate
- Theodore Tate
- Walter Tatum and Gwen Cross (Moon Over Miami)
- Coleridge Taylor
- Dov Taylor
- Frank Taylor (Haunted)
- Holland Taylor
- Jack Taylor
- John Taylor
- Mackenzie Elizabeth Taylor & Mackenzie
- Pete Taylor
- Diamant Teague (Baywatch Nights)
- Russell Teed
- Finn Teller
- Simon Templar (aka “The Saint”)
- Paul Temple
- Harry Tenafly (Tenafly)
- Sachinosuke Terada
- “Tex” Texeira
- Dex Theroux & Kitty Pangborn
- Jack Thibault
- Fritz Thieringer and Maggie McGuane
- Robin Thin
- Bernardo Thomas
- Tony and Shep Thomas
- Derek Thompson
- Ivor Thompson and Dougie Patterson (Dicks)
- Jeff Thompson & Rocky (Miami Undercover)
- Pamela Thompson & Jeremiah Prescott
- Thorn
- Dr. Thorndyke
- Dave Thorne (Surfside Six)
- Medea Thorne (Murder Most Puzzling)
- Frank Thorpe
- Dottie and Brandi Thorson
- Ralph “Papa” Thorson
- Thraxas
- The Three Detectives
- Lane Terry
- Three Gun Terry
- The Three Investigators (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series)
- The Three Xs
- Rock Thrust
- Jonni Thunder
- Max Thursday
- Chris Tierney (TECX)
- Phelan Tierney
- Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin
- Tiger Man (aka Bob Benton)
- Jack Till
- Joe Tinker
- Mitch Tobin
- Herbert Todd
- Samuel Todd
- Joe Tofuri
- Philip Tolefree
- Bill “Baron Munchausen” Tolliver
- Aud Torvingen
- Christina Towne and Michael Devitt (Two of Diamonds)
- The Tracer Family
- Devlin “Trace” Tracy
- Jerry Tracy
- Rick Train
- Sam Train
- Nicolas Tramel (The Valdemar Legacy)
- John Trapper
- Moroni Traveler, Jr.
- Terry Traven
- Ludovic Travers
- Nick Travers
- Terry Travers (Results, Inc.)
- Mike Travis
- Ms. Tree
- D.L. Trees (Find the Blackmailer)
- Gabe Treloar
- Donald Tremaine
- Jules Tremaine
- Timothy Trench
- John Trent (In the Mouth of Madness)
- Marla Trent
- Carole Trevor
- Van Trillo & Sam Suede
- Lucy Trimble
- Dagobert Trostler
- Mick Trubble
- Donald Trump
- Bill Truscott
- Mike Trye
- Uncle Tubby (Washington Blythe)
- Flap Tucker
- Amanda & Rick Tucker (Tucker’s Witch)
- Leslie C. Tucker
- Rick and Amanda Tucker (Tucker’s Witch)
- Ruby Tuesday
- Mac Tuff
- Cameron Tull
- Frank Turlotte (The Caller)
- Turner
- Dan Turner
- E.L “Tenspeed” Turner & Lionel “Brownshoe” Whitney
- Jane Turner and Philip Beaumont
- Sam Turner
- Skip Turner and Captain Bart Friday
- Tommy “Twotoes” Tuthill & Terry Bob Rooke
- Klaus Tuulimäki
- Twain
- Tommy “Twotoes” Tuthill & Terry Bob Rooke
- Duck Twacy (The Great Piggy Bank Robbery)
- Herringbone Tweede
- Alexander “Chimp” Twist (AKA J. Sheringham Adair)
- Oakley Tyler
- Siri Tyler (Darwin Awards)
- Steve Tyner
- William Tyre
U
- Clyde Umney
- John Unthank
- Charles Unwin
- Gabe Utley
V
- Vaijayanthi & Narendran
- Laurent Vaillancourt
- Myron Vale
- Tom Vale
- Claudia Valentine
- George Valentine (Let George Do It)
- Nick Valentine
- Rae Valentine
- Tony Valentine
- Valentino
- Eddie Valiant (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
- Johnny Vallon
- Eugene Valmont
- Martin Valpolicella
- Kristin Van Dijk
- Hannah Van Doren
- Perry van Shrike and Harry Lockhart (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
- Carl Van Wagener
- Mary Vance (Miss Pinkerton)
- Philo Vance
- Mak Vanderwall
- Rick Vanner
- Gaspar Vane
- Jussi Vares
- Jesus Vargas
- Ray Vargas
- Rachel Vasquez & Clayton Guthrie
- Alice Vaughan (The Catch)
- Jimmy Veeder
- Alex Vega & Max Caplan
- Auggie Velez-Colon
- Joe Venice
- Vengeance Squad (Eric Redd, Tulsa Coyle and Candy Orr)
- Ronnie Ventana
- Billy Verite
- Vernay (The Anthropol Detective Agency)
- Larry Vernon
- Val Vernon
- Nick Verriet
- Varg Veum
- Sheen Vicedomini & Daniel Profit
- Emma Victor
- Uncle Victor
- Eugène-François Vidocq
- Eugène-François Vidocq (fictitious character)
- Vijay
- Nicolas “Po” Villere & Tess Grey
- Anthony Villiers
- Gil Vine
- Vinogradov
- The Vinyl Detective
- Loren Visser (Blood Simple)
- Johann Friedrick von Allmen
- Heinrich von Alternberg/Henry Altern (Blaues Blut)
- Igor Vorlic and Renfield (Strange Detective Tales)
W
- Mrs. Wabash (Dicks)
- Johnny Wadd
- Johnny Wadd (comics)
- Riley Waddell
- Eddie Wade
- Jack Wade
- Jerry Wade
- Stan Wade
- Santosh Wagh (Private)
- Hetty Wainthropp
- Josh Wainwright
- Dave Wakeland
- Charlie Waldo
- Cash Wale
- Abel Walker & Joseph Swann (Hawkshaws)
- Amos Walker
- Claire Walker-Corley (L.A. Dolls)
- Mel Walker
- Neil Walker
- Rick Walker
- Speed Walker
- Dirk Wallace
- John Wallis & David Roche (Bug & Roach)
- Talba Wallis
- Dan Walsh (aka “Paul Stanial”)
- Jack Walsh
- Mei Wang
- Emerson Ward
- Mike Ward
- Sean Ward
- Henry Morton Wardlaw
- Luke Warfield (aka “The Essex Man”)
- Michael Waring (The Falcon)
- Kate Warne
- V.I. Warshawski
- Vince Washburn
- Charlie Waterfield
- Leo Waterman
- Cotton Waters
- Watson & Holmes (Bollers)
- Sarah Watson
- Nora Watts
- Bruce Wayne (aka Batman; with an explanation)
- Tucker Wayne & Kane
- Joe Wayne
- Steve Wayne
- Roxane Weary
- David Weather
- Cape Weathers
- Artie Weatherby
- Sam Weathers
- Cal Weaver
- Lora Weaver
- Mitch Weaver (Dirty Work)
- Nicky Weaver
- Dewey Webb
- Gabriel Webb & Jennifer Mays (The Maze Agency)
- George Webb
- Willard P. Webb & Bruno Steele
- Dallas Webster
- Sandi Webster
- Tokey Wedge
- Steve Wegman
- Jesse Weir (The Strip)
- Scott Weiss and Jim Bishop
- Tiffany Welles (Charlie’s Angels)
- Tom Welles
- Christopher Wells
- Gardner Wells
- Ira Wells (The Late Show)
- Pete Wennick
- Willie Werth
- Karl Werthen & Hanns Gross
- Sheridan Wesley
- Auggie West
- Cricket West
- Delilah West
- Honey West
- Jake West and Amanda Reed (Hot Shots)
- Nick & Holly West
- Sandy West
- Michael Westen (Burn Notice)
- Kyle Western
- Scott Weston
- Buck Whalen
- Jake Wheeler
- Jerry Wheeler
- Joop Wheeler & Kevin Sweeney
- Paul Whelan
- Whistler
- Lance White
- Jane Whitefield
- Raoul Whitfield (fictitious character)
- Whitlock
- Kate Whitloft and Billy Archer
- James “Whit” Whitney
- Lionel Whitney and E.L Turner (Tenspeed & Brown Shoe)
- Gretchen Wiest
- Lola Wicks
- Carl Wilcox
- Wild Onion Ltd. (Kirsten and “Dugan” Dugan)
- Charlie Wild
- Wildclown
- Carney Wilde
- Jason Wilder
- Joe Wilder
- Abby Williams
- Dan Williams
- Jessica Williams & Carey McCandless (McCandless & Company)
- Nick Williams & Carter Jones
- Race Williams
- Charlie Willis
- Wilson
- Steve Wilson (Big Town)
- Martin Windrow
- Moses Wine
- Sandy Winfield II (Surfside Six)
- Jimmy Wing
- Harry Wingate (The Blue Lightning)
- Michael Wingate (aka “The Falcon”)
- Laura Winslow
- Jinx Winslow
- Phil Winston (Mystery of the 13th Guest)
- Catherine Winter
- Del Winter
- Stuart Winter
- Rose Winters
- Jake Wirta
- Sam Witchner
- Hildegarde Withers
- Jim Wolf
- Tony Wolf
- Hannah Wolfe
- Harry Wolfe
- Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin
- Mark Wonder
- James Lee Wong (Mr. Wong)
- Rose Wong
- Claudius Woodbine and Arnie Lyon
- Minky Woodcock
- Professor John Woodruff and Tony Novello
- Rider Woofson & The PI Pack
- Dave Woolf
- Virgil Wounded Horse
- Jeffrey Wren
- Russell Wren
- James Wright
- Wyatt
- Tug Wyler
- Eva Wylie
- Press Wyman (Detective in the House)
- Stella Wynkowski (Love at Large)
- Atticus Wynn & Rosemary Sanchez.
- Pitor Wyrd
X
- 1X (The Three Xs)
- 2X (The Three Xs)
- 3X (The Three Xs)
- Secret Agent X-9.
Y
- Bubbles Yablonsky
- Tryve Yamamura
- Kip Yardley
- Bill Yates
- Gil Yates
- Jackson Yates
- Jane Yeats
- Kieran Yeats
- Mike Yokohama
- Caleb York
- Ellis York
- Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
- Campbell Young
- Miles Young
- Roberta Young (Snoops)
- Cecil Younger
.
Z
- Joe Zanca
- Jaymie Zarlin
- Caleb Zelic
- Yuliya Zemtsova
- Zeno Zenobius (The Anthropol Detective Agency)
- Daryl Zero
- Jonny Zero
- Nina Zero
- Sidney Zoom
- Trixie Zurbo (Trixie)
Unnamed
Occasionally the limits of my research fail to turn up the actual name of a detective, or the author declines to provide that little tidbit. Among those who shall remain nameless”
- (unnamed) (“The False Burton Combs” by Carroll John Daly)
- (unnamed) by Koke Abe
- (unnamed) by Paul Auster
- (unnamed) by Colin Bateman (aka “Mystery Man”)
- (unnamed) by Andrew Cartmel (aka “The Vinyl Detective”)
- (unnamed (by Dan Leissner)
- (unnamed) by Arthur Winfield Knight
- (unnamed) by Mike MacLean
- (unnamed) by Eduardo Mendoza
- (unnamed) by John A. Miller
- (unnamed) by Bill Pronzini (aka “Bill”)
- (unnamed) by Aki Rautala
- (unnamed) (“Zen Noir”)
- (unnamed) by Igor Vinnichenko
hi .I havent seen on Thrilling Detective in the authors or private detectives page anything relating to one of my favorite writers Carter Brown ,alan g yates . Are you planning on doing a bio or anything on him or his PI detectives.? im kinda new to the website so maybe I missed something . keep up the good work .
I have files on Danny Boyd, Mavis Seidlitz and Rick Holman on my old site — they haven’t been transferred yet (maybe this week?. You can find links for all three by searching the alphabetical listing of private eyes under “Browse This Site” up at the top of this page. I haven’t done a file on Brown himself yet, although I do have some notes on him.
Got a new detective for your list: Hamilton Cleek. He appeared in the short story collections, “Cleek, the Master Detective” and “Cleek’s Government Cases,” both by T.P. Hanshew. “Master Detective” was published in 1918.
Much obliged, Ron. By the way, folks, Ron’s the creator of Velda, the former showgirl turned peekaboo private eye.
One detective you seem to be missing is Jason Goodwin’s Yashim the Eunuch, who was introduced by Jason Goodwin in The Janissary Tree. This takes place in the 19th Century, shortly after the Ottoman Empire disbanded the Janissary Corps.
Don’t kid yourself: Yashim’s lack of testicles doesn’t make him any kind of wimp: he’s tough, both physically and mentally, and can still enjoy the ladies in a carnal fashion.
Hadn’t heard of him. But feel free to send me an entry. I’m always looking for contributions.