The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr.

Agatha Christie It is known that the renowned author had about 80 detective novels. Christie's other prominent works can be listed as; And Then They Were None, Murder On The Orient Express, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, The Murder at the Vicarage, Hickory Dickory Dock.

Sherlock Holmes: The World's Greatest Detective.