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6 Detective debuts and swansongs

Many detectives appear in more than one novel or story. Here is a list of a few debut and swansong stories:

Brother Cadfael
- Debut, Ellis Peters, A Morbid Taste for Bones
- Swansong, Ellis Peters, Brother Cadfael's Penance
Shin'ichi Kudo (Jimmy Kydo)/Conan Edogawa
- Debut, Gosho Aoyama, Case Closed: Detective Conan
Dave Robicheaux
- Debut, James Lee Burke, Neon Rain
Father Brown
- Debut, G.K.Chesterton, The Blue Cross
Gordianus the Finder
- Debut, Steven Saylor, Roman Blood
Inspector Morse
- Debut, Colin Dexter, Last Bus to Woodstock
- Swansong, Colin Dexter, Remorseful Day
Hercule Poirot
- Debut, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Swansong, Agatha Christie, Curtain
Lord Peter Wimsey
- Debut, Dorothy Sayers, Whose Body
- Swansong Striding Folly
Miss Marple
- Debut, Agatha Christie, Murder in the Vicarage
- Swansong, Agatha Christie, Sleeping Murder
Nero Wolfe
- Debut, Rex Stout, Fer-De-Lance
- Swansong, Rex Stout, A Family Affair
Owen Archer
- Debut, Candace M. Robb, The Apothecary Rose
Roderick Alleyn
- Debut, Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead
Sherlock Holmes
- Debut, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet (in Beeton's Christmas Annual)
Sir John Fielding and Jeremy Proctor
- Debut, Bruce Alexander, Blind Justice
Spenser
- Debut, Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript
Stephanie Plum
- Debut, Janet Evanovich, One for the Money
Travis McGee
- Debut, John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Goodbye
- Swansong, John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain
V.I. Warshawski
- Debut, Susan Paretsky, Indemnity Only
Guido Brunetti
- Debut, Donna Leon, Death at La Fenice

7 Books

Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel - A History by Julian Symons BooksEnthsiast.com

8 See also

9 External Resources

Classic Crime Fiction Website
Private Eye Writers of America website: [1]

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