List of fictional private investigators

This is a partial list of fictional private investigators — also known as private eyes or PIs — who have appeared in various works of literature, film, television, and games.

DetectiveCreatorDebut
Karen AndersenLouise Burfitt-DonsThe Missing Activist [1] 2018)
AngelJoss WhedonAngel (TV) (1999)
Harry AngelWilliam HjortsbergFalling Angel (1978)
Lew ArcherRoss MacdonaldThe Moving Target (1949)
Byomkesh BakshiSharadindu BandyopadhyaySatyanweshi (1934)
Goenda Baradacharan Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Monojder Advut Bari
Parashor Barma Premendra Mitra Nagchampa (1968)
Benoit Blanc Rian Johnson Knives Out (2019)
Kate BranniganVal McDermidDead Beat[2] (1992)
Nestor Burma Léo Malet 120, rue de la Gare (1943)
Joe CaneiliHayford PeirceP. I. Joe Caneili, Discretion Assuree[3] (2000)
Carlotta CarlyleLinda BarnesA Trouble of Fools[4] (1987)
Rex CarverVictor CanningDoubled in Diamonds[5] (1966)
Dipak Chatterjee Swapan Kumar Adrishya Sanket (1953)
Detective ChimpJohn Broome and Carmine InfantinoAdventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4 (July–August 1952)
Emerson CodBryan FullerPushing Daisies (TV) (2007)
Elvis ColeRobert CraisThe Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
The Continental OpDashiell HammettThe Tenth Clew[6] (1924)
Frankie DrakeCarol Hay and Michelle RicciFrankie Drake Mysteries (TV) (2018)
Harry DresdenJim ButcherStorm Front (2000)
The Dresden Files (TV) (2007)
Nancy DrewCarolyn KeeneThe Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra MitraSatyajit RayFeludar Goendagiri (1965)
Dan FortuneMichael CollinsAct of Fear[7] (1967)
Josephine FullerLynne MurrayLarger Than Death[8] (1997)
Dirk GentlyDouglas AdamsDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Lindsay GordonVal McDermidReport for Murder[9] (1987)
Bernhard GuentherPhilip KerrMarch Violets (1989)
Mike HammerMickey SpillaneI, the Jury[10] (1947)
Cliff HardyPeter CorrisThe Dying Trade[11] (1980)
Frank and Joe HardyFranklin DixonThe Tower Treasure (1930)
Sherlock HolmesSir Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet (1887)
Jessica JonesBrian Michael Bendis and Michael GaydosAlias (2001)
Jessica Jones (2015)
Arthur LemmingMonty PythonMonty Python's Flying Circus - "Owl Stretching Time" (1969)
Miss Madelyn MackHugh C. Weir"The Problem of the Eliminated Bridegroom" (1909)[12]
Thomas MagnumDonald P. Bellisario and Glen A. LarsonMagnum, P.I. (TV) (1980)
Philip MarloweRaymond ChandlerThe Big Sleep (1939)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Miss Jane MarpleAgatha Christie"The Tuesday Night Club" (1927)
Hemlock MarreauRobert FarrowMarreau and the Chocolate Policeman[13] (1991)
Veronica Mars
Keith Mars		Rob ThomasVeronica Mars (2004)
Mitin Masi Suchitra Bhattacharya Pālābāra Patha Nē'i
Travis McGeeJohn D. MacDonaldThe Deep Blue Good-by[14] (1964)
Kinsey MillhoneSue GraftonA is for Alibi[15] (1982)
Tess MonaghanLaura LippmanBaltimore Blues"[16] (1997)
Bhaduri Moshai Nirendranath Chakraborty
Tex MurphyChris JonesMean Streets (2004)
Mr. NadgettCharles DickensMartin Chuzzlewit. He was the first fictional private investigator[17]
Nameless DetectiveBill PronziniThe Snatch[18] (1971)
Harry OrwellHoward RodmanHarry O (TV) (1974)
Hercule PoirotAgatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles[19] (1920)
Ellery QueenFrederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington LeeThe Roman Hat Mystery (1929)
Precious RamotsweAlexander McCall SmithThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[20] (1998)
Jeff RandallDennis SpoonerRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
Sunny RandallRobert B. ParkerFamily Honor[21] (1999)
Jim RockfordRichard T. HeffronThe Rockford Files (TV) (1974)
Kiriti RoyNihar Ranjan GuptaKalo Bhramar (1930s)
Matthew ScudderLawrence BlockThe Sins of the Fathers (1976)
John ShaftErnest TidymanShaft[22] (1971)
Eddie ShoestringRobert Banks Stewart and Richard HarrisShoestring (TV) (1979)
Sam SpadeDashiell HammettThe Maltese Falcon[23] (1930)
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Shawn SpencerSteve Franks and Andy BermanPsych (TV) (2006)
SpenserRobert B. ParkerThe Godwulf Manuscript[24] (1973)
Cormoran StrikeRobert Galbraith"The Cuckoo's Calling" (2013)
"Strike (TV series)" (2017)
Larry "Doc" SportelloThomas PynchonInherent Vice (2009)
Amos WalkerLoren D. EstlemanMotor City Blue[25] (1980)
V. I. WarshawskiSara ParetskyIndemnity Only[26] (1982)
Nero WolfeRex StoutFer-de-Lance (1934)

References
  2. Dead Beat
  3. P. I. Joe Caneili, Discretion Assuree
  5. Doubled in Diamonds
  6. The Tenth Clew
  7. "Act of Fear". Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2006.
  9. Report for Murder
  10. I, the Jury
  11. The Dying Trade
  12. Great Mystery Stories in Illustrated Sunday Magazine, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 12, 1909 (first story is on previous page)
  13. Marreau and the Chocolate Policeman
  14. The Deep Blue Good-by
  15. A is for Alibi
  17. Mitzi Brunsdale, Gumshoes: A Dictionary of Fictional Detectives, Introduction, p.3. Also, LeRoy Lad PanekBefore Sherlock Holmes: How Magazines and Newspapers Invented the Detective. p.97
  18. The Snatch
  19. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  20. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  21. Family Honor
  22. Shaft
  23. The Maltese Falcon
  24. The Godwulf Manuscript
  25. Motor City Blue
  26. "Indemnity Only". Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
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