| Detective |
Creator |
Debut
|
| Basil of Baker Street |
Eve Titus |
Basil of Baker Street (1958)
|
| Trixie Belden |
Julie Campbell |
The Secret of the Mansion (1948)
|
| Brains Benton |
Charles Spain Verral |
The Case of the Missing Message (1959)
|
| Bill Bergson |
Astrid Lindgren |
Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1946/1952)
|
| Connie Blair |
Betsy Allen |
The Clue in Blue (1948)
|
| Judy Bolton |
Margaret Sutton |
The Vanishing Shadow (1932)
|
| Theodore Boone |
John Grisham |
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (2010)
|
| Encyclopedia Brown |
Donald J. Sobol |
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (1963)
|
| Ottoline Brown |
Chris Riddell |
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (2007)
|
| Grace Cavendish |
Grace Cavendish |
Lady Grace Mysteries: Assassin (2004)
|
| Minerva Clark |
Karen Karbo |
Minerva Clark Gets a Clue (2005)
|
| KC Corcoran |
Ron Roy |
Who Cloned the President? (2001)
|
| Louise and Jean Dana |
Harriet Adams |
By the Light of the Study Lamp (1934)
|
| Tim and Nick Diamond |
Anthony Horowitz |
The Falcon's Malteser (1986)
|
| Nancy Drew |
Carolyn Keene |
The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
|
| Dink Duncan |
Ron Roy |
The Absent Author (1997)
|
| Meg Duncan |
Holly Beth Walker |
Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds (1982)
|
| The Famous Five |
Enid Blyton |
Five on a Treasure Island (1942)
|
| The Five Find-Outers |
Enid Blyton |
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943)
|
| Flavia Gemina |
Caroline Lawrence |
The Thieves of Ostia (2001)
|
| Sisters Grimm |
Michael Buckley |
The Fairy-Tale Detectives (2005)
|
| Luke Harding |
Malcolm Rose |
Framed! (2005)
|
| Frank and Joe Hardy |
Franklin W. Dixon |
The Tower Treasure (1927)
|
| Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective |
Ian Billings |
The Case of the Cut Glass Cutlass (2003)
|
| Enola Holmes |
Nancy Springer |
The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006)
|
| The Boy Sherlock Holmes |
Shane Peacock |
Eye of the Crow (2007)
|
| Young Sherlock Holmes |
Andrew Lane |
Death Cloud (2010)
|
| Ken Holt |
Bruce Campbell |
The Secret of Skeleton Island (1949)
|
| Cam Jansen |
David A. Adler |
The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (1980)
|
| Jerry and Maya |
Martin Widmark |
The Diamond Mystery (Swedish 2002; English 2014)
|
| Jigsaw Jones |
James Preller |
The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster (1998)
|
| Gilda Joyce |
Jennifer Allison |
Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator (2005)
|
| Sammy Keyes |
Wendelin Van Draanen |
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (1998)
|
| Ace Lacewing |
David Biedrzycki |
Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective (2004)
|
| Brandon Lake |
Justin Richards |
The Paranormal Puppet Show (2003)
|
| Matthew Livingston |
Marco Conelli |
Matthew Livingston and the Prison of Souls (2007)
|
| Jack McGurk |
E. W. Hildick |
Dolls in Danger (1974)
|
| Fletcher Moon |
Eoin Colfer |
Half Moon Investigations (2006)
|
| Nate the Great |
Marjorie W. Sharmat |
Nate the Great (1972)
|
| Quest ("Q") and Angela |
Roland Smith |
Independence Hall (2008)
|
| Penny Parker |
Mildred A. Wirt |
Tale of the Witch Doll (1939)
|
| Agaton Sax |
Nils-Olof Franzén |
Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves (1965)
|
| The Secret Seven |
Enid Blyton |
The Secret Seven (1948)
|
| Mandie Shaw |
Lois Gladys Leppard |
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (1983)
|
| Holly Short |
Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl (2001)
|
| Saxby Smart |
Simon Cheshire |
The Curse of the Ancient Mask (2007)
|
| Steve and Sim |
August Derleth |
The Moon Tenders (1958)
|
| Tam Sventon |
Åke Holmberg |
Tam Sventon, Private Detective (1948/trans. 1965)
|
| Thomson and Thompson (or: Dupond et Dupont) |
Hergé |
Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932)
|
| The Three Investigators |
Robert Arthur |
The Secret of Terror Castle (1964)
|
| Kay Tracey |
Frances K. Judd |
The Secret of the Red Scarf (1934)
|
| Harriet M. Welsch |
Louise Fitzhugh |
Harriet the Spy (1964)
|
| Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells |
Robin Stevens |
Murder Most Unladylike (2014)
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