List of male detective characters

A

• Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, by Ngaio Marsh
• Jonathan Ames, Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story by Jonathan Ames
• Arjun, by Samaresh Majumdar

  B

• Byomkesh Bakshi, by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
• Goenda Baradacharan, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
• Cyrus Barker by Will Thomas
• Parashor Barma, by Premendra Mitra
• Red Barry, Red Barry
• P. K. Basu, by Narayan Sanyal
• Martin Beck, by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
• Ambrose Bierce, by Oakley Hall
• Blacksad, Blacksad
• Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte, by Arthur Upfield
• FBI Agent Seeley Booth, Bones, by Kathy Reichs
• Harry Bosch, by Michael Connelly
• Slam Bradley, Slam Bradley
• Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
• Romeo Brown, Romeo Brown
• Detective Sammy Bryant, Southland
• Tom Barnaby, Midsummer Murders

  C

• Brother Cadfael, The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters
• Rick Cahill, Yesterday's Echo by Matt Coyle
• Lieutenant Horatio Caine,
• Vincent Calvino, by Christopher G. Moore
• Albert Campion, by Margery Allingham
• Inspector Canardo, Canardo
• Frank Cannon, Cannon
• Nick Carter, Nick Carter
• Henri Cassin, So Dark the Night
• Charlie Chan, by Earl Derr Biggers
• Nick Charles, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
• Dipak Chatterjee, by Samarendranath Pandey
• Clifton, Clifton
• Inspector Clouseau, The Pink Panther
• Rustin Cohle, True Detective by Nic Pizzolatto
• Elvis Cole, by Robert Crais
• Lieutenant Columbo, Columbo
• FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks
• Michael Cordero, Jane the Virgin
• Carland Cross, Carland Cross.
• Mateo Cruz, BAU Section Chief, Criminal Minds

  D

• Dr. Phil D'Amato, by Paul Levinson
• Harry D'Amour, by Clive Barker
• Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel, Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill
• Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, The Wire
• Shabor Dasgupta, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
• Lucas Davenport, by John Sandford
• Peter Decker, by Faye Kellerman
• Judge Dee, by Robert van Gulik
• Alex Delaware, by Jonathan Kellerman
• Harry Devlin, by Martin Edwards
• Mike Dime, by Barry Fantoni
• Dylan Dog, Dylan Dog
• Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
• Dan Dunn, Dan Dunn
• Nathaniel Dusk,

  F

• Marcus Didius Falco, by Lindsey Davis
• Erast Fandorin, by Boris Akunin
• Dr. Gideon Fell, by John Dickson Carr
• Feluda, by Satyajit Ray
• Detective Don Flack,
• Detective Inspector Malcolm Fox, by Ian Rankin

  G

• Detective Sergeant David Gabriel, The Closer
• Inspector Gadget, Inspector Gadget
• Commander George Gideon, by John Creasey
• Pandab Goenda, by Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
• Gogol, by Samaresh Basu
• Gordianus the Finder, by Steven Saylor
• Detective Inspector Alan Grant, by Josephine Tey
• Inspector Gregson, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  H

• Mike Hammer, by Mickey Spillane
• Heiji Hattori, by Gosho Aoyama
• Hawkshaw, Hawkshaw the Detective
• Wayne Hays, True Detective, by Nic Pizzolato
• Ric Hochet, Ric Hochet
• Harry Hole, by Jo Nesbø
• Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Somerset Holmes, Somerset Holmes
• Aaron Hotchner, BAU unit chief, Criminal Minds

  J

• Barnaby Jones, Barnaby Jones
• Gil Jourdan, Gil Jourdan
• Athelney Jones, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  K

• Kakababu, by Sunil Gangopadhyay
• Martin Kane, Martin Kane, Private Eye
• Rip Kirby, Rip Kirby
• Nick Knatterton, Nick Knatterton.
• Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak, Kojak
• Detective Vince Korsak, Rizzoli & Isles
• Shinichi Kudo, Case Closed

  L

• L Lawliet, Death Note
• Thomas Lynley, by Elizabeth George
• Inspector Lestrade, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  M

• Constable Hamish Macbeth, by Marion Chesney
• Detective Vic Mackey, The Shield
• Thomas Magnum, Magnum, P.I.
• Jules Maigret, by Georges Simenon
• Joe Mannix, Mannix
• Philip Marlowe, by Raymond Chandler
• Perry Mason, by Erle Stanley Gardner
• Angus McDonald, The Adventure Zone
• Travis McGee, by John D. MacDonald
• Detective Jimmy McNulty, The Wire
• Sir Henry Merrivale, by Carter Dickson
• Prodosh C. Mitter, by Satyajit Ray
• Adrian Monk, Monk
• Richard Moore/Kogoro Mori, by Gosho Aoyama
• Derek Morgan, Criminal Minds
• Inspector Morse, by Colin Dexter
• Bhaduri Moshai, by Nirendranath Chakraborty
• FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder, The X-Files
• Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Masud Rana, Masud Rana
• Mouri Kogorou, Case Closed
• Inspector Juzo Megure, Case Closed

  N

• Detective Zack Nichols,
• Bogey Nicholson, Bogey
• Nick Valentine, Fallout 4

  P

• Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe, Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill
• Hercule Poirot, by Agatha Christie
• Bernard Prince, Bernard Prince
• Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza, The Closer
• Jake Peralta
• Problem Sleuth

  Q

• Ellery Queen, The Adventures of Ellery Queen

  R

• Jack Reacher, by Lee Child
• Detective Danny Reagan, Blue Bloods
• Detective Inspector John Rebus, by Ian Rankin
• Spencer Reid, Criminal Minds
• Arkady Renko, of the Moscow Militsya, by Martin Cruz Smith
• Dave Robicheaux, by James Lee Burke
• Detective Inspector Jack Robinson, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Jim Rockford, The Rockford Files
• Lincoln Rhyme, by Jeffery Deaver
• David Rossi, Unit Senior Agent, Criminal Minds
• Kiriti Roy, by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta

  S

• Colonel Niladri Sarkar by Syed Mustafa Siraj
• Michael Shayne, by Brett Halliday
• Dan Shepherd, by Stephen Leather
• Sergeant Andy Sipowicz, NYPD Blue
• Sam Spade, by Dashiell Hammett
• Lance Spearman, Lance Spearman
• Doctor Spektor, Doctor Spektor
• Shawn Spencer, Psych
• Spenser, by Robert B. Parker
• Detective Elliot Stabler,
• Detective Matthew Scudder, Matthew Scudder

  T

• Goenda Tatar, by Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
• Tif, Tif et Tondu
• Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, by Mark Billingham
• Tondu, Tif et Tondu
• Philip Trent, by E. C. Bentley''
• Detective David Tapp, by James Wan and Leigh Whannell

  V

• Detective Van Zwam, The Adventures of Nero
• Philo Vance, by S. S. Van Dine

  W

• Inspector Kurt Wallander, by Henning Mankell
• Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, by Ruth Rendell
• Lord Peter Wimsey, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Nero Wolfe, by Rex Stout

  Y

• Inspector Jugo Yokomizo, Detective Conan
• Inspector Sango Yokomizo, Detective Conan
• Inspector Misao Yamamura, Detective Conan