It is from this unpromising background that the fictional private detective was recruited.

As a free-lance investigator, the fictional detective is responsible to no one but himself and his client.

Thus the fictional detective is much more than a simple businessman.

It is this curious blend of rugged individualism and public service which accounts for the great appeal of the mythological detective.

At the same time, because the personal code of the detective coincides with the legal dictates of his society, because he likes to catch criminals, he is in middle class eyes a virtuous man.

As capitalism in the 20th century has become increasingly dependent upon force and violence for its survival, the private detective is placed in a serious dilemma.

They for their part are convinced that Holmes is too `` unorthodox '' and `` theoretical '' to make a good detective.

Now the detective must save his own skin by informing on the girl he loves, who is also the real murderer.

Finally, in The Maltese Falcon among others, the clash between detective and police is carried to its logical conclusion: Sam Spade becomes the chief murder suspect.

By upholding his own personal code of behavior, the private detective has placed himself in opposition to a society whose fabric is permeated with crime and corruption.

The private detective ( at least in the minds of listeners and readers all over the country ) is an individual hero fighting injustice.

The private detective is militant against injustice, a humorous and ironic explorer of the underworld ; ;

In addition to his experiments in reading poetry to jazz, Patchen is beginning to use the figure of the modern jazz musician as a myth hero in the same way he used the figure of the private detective a decade ago.

Many of these aspects will be seen as comparable to those of the ideal detective, but where the detective is active and militant, the jazz musician is passive, almost a victim of society.

One of the hardest chores a detective has is hanging around on a city street, trying to make himself inconspicuous, keeping an eye on the entrance of an office building and waiting.

Mr. Ferrell is a private detective, Hirey.

The second feature, `` The Price Of Silence '', is a British detective story that will talk your head off.

Usually, the detective either stumbles across the murder or is called upon by an old acquaintance, who is somehow involved.

In some cases this is with the collusion of the detective involved.

Holtorf ’ s description of the archaeologist as a detective is very similar to Christie ’ s Poirot who is hugely observant and is very careful to look at the small details as they often impart the most information.

so during the period approximately from 1941 to 1946, Patchen often used private detective stories as a myth reference, and the `` private eye '' as a myth hero.

Much of the genre's atmosphere echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction.

Cyberpunk writers tend to use elements from hardboiled detective fiction, film noir, and postmodernist prose to describe the often nihilistic underground side of an electronic society.

Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator ( often a detective ), either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.

However, true detective fiction is more often considered in the English-speaking world to have begun in 1841 with the publication of " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " itself, featuring " the first fictional detective, the eccentric and brilliant C. Auguste Dupin ".

" In Golden Age detective stories, an outsider — sometimes a salaried investigator or a police officer, but often a gifted amateur — investigates a murder committed in a closed environment by one of a limited number of suspects.

The second mystery often begins in the Brown garage on Rover Avenue, where Encyclopedia has set up his own detective agency to help neighborhood children solve cases for " 25 cents per day, plus expenses-No case too small.

Thus, Peter Wimsey remained forever fixed on the background of inter-war England, and the books are nowadays often read for their evocation of that period as much as for the intrinsic detective mysteries.

It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories.

New semi-regular characters introduced by Collins and Fletcher included: Dr. Will Carver, a plastic surgeon with underworld ties who often worked on known felons ; Wendy Wichel, a smarmy newspaper reporter / editorialist with a strong anti-Tracy bias in her articles ; and Lee Ebony, an African-American female detective.

* Sergeant Holcomb: Homicide detective, often featured in the novels.

A private investigator ( often abbreviated to PI and informally spelled private eye ), private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services.

* Boston is often assumed to be the prototype for Flaxborough, in the detective novels of Colin Watson

For this reason, first-person narrative is often used for detective fiction, so that the reader and narrator uncover the case together.

Informants often have connections with persons a detective would not be able to approach formally.

These contrasts are well known throughout Sweden and often appear in TV, films, literature and folklore connected to Norrbotten, for characterizing, satiric or dramatic purposes ( e. g. some characters in the books of Eyvind Johnson or the police detective Einar Rönn in the crime novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ).

Beginning with Calamity Town in 1942, Ellery becomes less of a cypher and more of a human being, often becoming emotionally affected by the people in his cases, and at one point quitting detective work altogether.

He appeared regularly on television as a guest actor during the 1960s, often in action, suspense, detective, or crime dramas.

One notable example would be Enid Blyton, who wrote several juvenile detective series, often featuring seemingly impossible crimes that her young amateur detectives set out to solve.

Sometimes, serials were used ; such as 1990's Sam Smith: Private Detective ( starring Gwyneth Strong ), which saw the female detective investigating rather silly cases ( which often featured her young chubby nephew, Wallace ).

1. It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective ( either professional or amateur ) investigates and solves a crime mystery.