The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

I got a link to this post from Off the Shelf in my email, and thought I'd throw the question out to the group: Which literary sleuth would you trust to solve your murder?

https://offtheshelf.com/2020/11/liter...

have fun with this. I have to give it some thought in my own case. And please, please, PLEASE don't promote your own books.

The Hardy Boys. Two brains are better than one!

Sherlock Holmes is the obvious choice. He could easily think his way to the solution (even if it took a couple shots of cocaine),

My back up would be Spenser. He'd never give up until he had all the answers and could handle anyone trying to stop him.

Scooby Doo and those meddling kids; they always catch the bad guy.

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Scooby Doo and those meddling kids; they always catch the bad guy."

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I was going to say Jacques Clouseau, until I saw it was literary.

I would say Sherlock, because of his genius, but I’m going to have to go with Marlowe on this one. He’ll come to some resolution, and then mess things up for a ton of other guilty people.

Bruce wrote: "I was going to say Jacques Clouseau, until I saw it was literary.

I would say Sherlock, because of his genius, but I’m going to have to go with Marlowe on this one. He’ll come to some resolution, ..."

I was about to say Marlowe but you beat me to it.

Literary Detectives I Would Want to Solve My Murder (in descending order)
Sherlock Holmes
Hercule Poirot
Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin
Spenser & Hawk
Blanche White
Mas Arai
Miss Jane Marple
Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn
Ellery Queen
Vish Puri
Mma Precious Ramotswe
Dr. Siri Paiboun
Phryne Fisher

I’d want reliable, take no nonsense, carry on until he solves anything, Det Harry Bosch (before he retired) to look into my murder.
Amanda.

Nancy wrote: "I got a link to this post from Off the Shelf in my email, and thought I'd throw the question out to the group: Which literary sleuth would you trust to solve your murder?

https://offtheshelf.com/..."

Love the question Nancy.👍🏻

I would like Poirot to solve my murder. I think I would rather be the murderer because I would love to meet Poirot

Armand Gamache. If he wasn't available, then Poirot's little grey cells would do the trick.

Curlyhair wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I got a link to this post from Off the Shelf in my email, and thought I'd throw the question out to the group: Which literary sleuth would you trust to solve your murder?

https://of..."

It is fun, isn't it?

It's been mentioned once before, but Phryne Fisher.. She's naughty and dresses so well...

Or Inspector Brunetti, as long as he invited me home for dinner to meet his wonderful wife Paola or let me meet Signora Elletra..

It will have to be Miss Marple.But if she is suffering from rheumatism,Sherlock Holmes will be the back up.He,of course,should not be indulging his cocaine habit.

I'm not too fond of Poirot,but as he doesn't seem to have any health problems or bad habits,he would do,too.

Great question. Definitely Harry Bosch because he just wouldn’t stop until he had the truth.

I totally agree Monique. I wouldn't want anyone else ,but I think I would consider too, Sherlock Holmes!

No questionIng.... but none other than Sherlock Holmes

I'd take any of:

Lord Peter Wimsey
Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin
Miss Marple
Armand Gamache
Ian Rutledge
the Hon. Phryne Fisher
Sherlock Holmes (with or without Mary Russell)
Spenser/Hawk
Brother Cadfael

Sherlock Holmes or Ben Grant

Bruce wrote: "I was going to say Jacques Clouseau, until I saw it was literary.

I would say Sherlock, because of his genius, but I’m going to have to go with Marlowe on this one. He’ll come to some resolution, ..."

I asked my husband this question ... first words out of his mouth were Inspector Clouseau.

Nancy wrote: "I got a link to this post from Off the Shelf in my email, and thought I'd throw the question out to the group: Which literary sleuth would you trust to solve your murder?

https://offtheshelf.com/..."

Eve Dallas - she never quits and she's married to the richest man in the solar system.

Hercule Poirot and Columbo. LOL

So hard to choose, but I'm going to throw in a name I haven't seen on the list yet: Sir Roderick Alleyn.

Nancy Oakes, well, Clouseau did solve the murders in A Shot in the Dark, which was based on a Broadway play, although in the original play his name was Paul Sevigne, played by William Shatner. It was changed to Clouseau for the film, after the success of the Pink Panther. Walter Matthau won a Tony for his role as Benjamin Beaurevers. In the film it was changed to Ballon, played by George Sanders. And the play was published, so it is literary in a way.

Tara wrote: "So hard to choose, but I'm going to throw in a name I haven't seen on the list yet: Sir Roderick Alleyn."

Great series.

No one wants Lew Archer?

Okay, I'll take Lew. Lew would look into it, find a bunch of ugly stuff under every rock, and after a few coincidences the guilty would be recognized, the end might look somewhat hopeful, and the kids are alright, though probably permanently warped by the surrounding adults and their money-lovin' society. All of this would be tinged with a kind of melancholy, of course, but would take placing in 40% more sunshine than normal where I live in N.Y. Oh, and Lew would do it all in under 300 pages, and most often under 225 (mass-market pb, at that).

Yeah. I'll definitely take Lew.

Pendergast!

Cormoran Strike. He'd solve the crime and be discreet about any private stuff he found. Plus, it would bring him closer to Robin.

What, other than Miss Marple, no one has listed any female detectives?

Kinsey Milhone
Chief Joanna Brady
Detective Casey Duncan
Dr. Kendra Michaels
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder

just to start with..........

Harry Bosch or Alex Cross

While there’s differences, Marlowe, Spade, Lew Archer, and Kinsey Milhone fall into the hard boiled private eye genre, and all to a degree make it messy and rake up dirt. I’d pretty much settle for any of them to solve my murder.

There’s others I’m probably forgetting or don’t know about.

Kimiko wrote: "What, other than Miss Marple, no one has listed any female detectives?

Kinsey Milhone
Chief Joanna Brady
Detective Casey Duncan
Dr. Kendra Michaels
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder

just to start w..."

In my defense, I'd rather be alive when V. I. Warshawski took my case.

Yes, she's bada$$! (Thanks for reminding me about her too!)

Sherlock Holmes

Man, I'd got Spenser, Jesse Stone, Travis McGee or Matt Scudder...and maybe, Sam McCain!

Jesse Stone, Bosch and Donnie Wahlberg from "Blue Bloods".

Carl Morck - Department Q, along with associates Rose, Gordon, and Assad.

Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse

Please can I choose to be murdered in St Denis and then I would get Bruno, Chief of Police. He is remarkably talented for a small town cop.