Crime Detective Mystery Thriller Group discussion

Found an item this morning: Lucy Worsley, the author of The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock, has come up with a list of the 10 Best Detectives in Books. She has some very interesting choices:

Catherine Morland -- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Susan Hopley -- Susan Hopley, Or, The Adventures of a Maid-servant: Or, the Adventures of a ... by Catherine Crowe
Inspector Bucket -- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Sergeant Cuff -- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Mrs Paschal -- Revelations of a Lady Detective by William Stephens Hayward
Sherlock Holmes -- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hercule Poirot -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Harriet Vane -- Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Philip Marlowe -- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Ida Arnold -- Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...

Kirsten wrote: "Found an item this morning: Lucy Worsley, the author of [book:The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock|2072981..."
That is an interesting list. But howcum Nero Wolfe isn't on it??

MaryJo wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Found an item this morning: Lucy Worsley, the author of [book:The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred H..."

Because it's one of those lists designed to drive us all crazy thinking about who ISN'T on it. Fiendish!

Kirsten wrote: "Found an item this morning: Lucy Worsley, the author of [book:The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock|2072981..."

Just checked the list and I can't believe I actually know some of the books b/c I actually read them. There are a lot of good detective duos out there. Can anyone post a modern day one. I myself like the short mysteries. Got hooked on them for some reason.