Fictional detectives quiz. Below we will give you ten famous detectives from the world of literature. Can you tell us which author created each character?
1. Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie
2. Philip Marlowe
Raymond Chandler
3. Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4. Dirk Gently
Douglas Adams
5. Alex Cross
James Patterson
6. Inspector Morse
Colin Dexter
7. John Rebus
Ian Rankin
8. Adam Dalgliesh
P.D. James
9. Maigret
Georges Simenon
10. Eleanor Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt (Son of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, he wrote a number of books including a series where his own mother was the detective)
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