I Love a Mystery

Read the books.  Watch the movies.  Check out these great book/movie combos.

Amateur Detectives:

Albert Campion created by Margery Allingham 

Nick Charles and Sam Spade created by Dashiell Hammett

Miss Marple  created by Agatha Christie  

Ellery Queen  created by Ellery Queen ( Frederick Dannay & Manfred Lee)  

Lord Peter Wimsey  created by Dorothy Leigh Sayers  

Historical Mysteries

Brother Cadfael  created by  Ellis Peters   

Wilkie Collins the first modern mystery writer 

Police Detectives

Adam Dalgliesh  created by P. D. James 

Inspector Alleyn   created by Naigo Marsh   

Inspector Lynley   created by Elizabeth George   

Inspector Morse  and Inspector Lewis  created by  Colin Dexter    

Private Detectives

Sherlock Holmes  created by Arthur Conan Doyle 

Phillip Marlowe  created by Raymond Chandler  

Hercule Poirot  created by Agatha Christie  

Spenser  created by Robert B. Parker

Nero Wolfe  created by Rex Stout