Amateur puzzle solver, smarter than anyone else. Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Christie - Hercule Poirot Christie - Miss Marple Usually has foil. Dr. Watson for Holmes Capt. Hastings for Poirot Any policeman for Miss Marple

Some examples Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe Dashiell Hammet’ts Sam Spade Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone Sara Paretsky’s V. I. Warshawski Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins

Police Procedural Hero is policeman/ woman or other official Flawed or unusual character trait Generally follows good police practices Violates procedures only in interest of justice

Modern Police Procedurals P. D. James’s Adam Dalgleish The Black Tower A Taste for Death Devices and Desires Original Sin Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta From Potter’s Field Cause of Death Unnatural Exposure Point of Origin Tony Hillerman’s Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee The Blessing Way Skin Walkers Coyote Waits Listening Woman Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse The Way through the Woods Last Bus to Woodstock Last Seen Wearing