Group: 21-11 group Content Introduction chapter about detective writers

V.I. Warshawski

Another famous detective is V.I. Warshawski, who is a private detective from Chicago and is featured in several detective novels as well as short stories. She first appeared in 1982 in the "indemnity Only" by Sara Paretsky. She is depicted as a sexy, smart lady. She has a degree in law and has served as a public defender after which she goes to peruse justice on the streets. She targets white-collar crimes that will not attract unwanted attention from the police who are deeply involved in the Chicago politics. To many, Warshawski is a feminist detective who is not afraid to show her strength and will.

Inspector Clouseau

The list of famous detectives in literature wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Jacques Clouseau. He is a creation of Blake Edward and features prominently in the "Pink Panther" Series. Many Pink Panther films have been produced as well as games and the famous Pink Panther cartoon series. Inspector Clouseau is mostly baseless, incompetent yet confident while solving cases. He will get to the root of it but mostly by mistake and with the help of others. Of course, he won’t hesitate to take all the credit.

Adrian Monk

Monk is a former homicide detective at the San Francisco Police Department and is portrayed as a character with obsessive-compulsive disorder and several phobias. These disorders make him excellent in deduction and noticing the oddest of things that a normal person wouldn’t. This ability makes him notice things that would be considered irrelevant like grime and the general chaos in the world. Despite everything terrifying him, he is still able to get along with it and fish for answers.

Sam Spade

Sam Spade is also among the famous detectives in literature. He was created by Dashiell Hammet, and he first appeared in 1930 in the novel "The Maltese Falcon". The American detective also appeared in other books by the same writer though they were never as popular as the first. "The Maltese Falcon" was first published in a pulp magazine. Sam Spade uses critical analysis to bottom his cases.