Characters that I have revisited

• 1. Mma Ramotswe - Botswana - Alexander McCall Smith writes about the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, headed by this woman

  2. Bertie - Scotland - a 7 year old genius with a very bothersome mother, also A.M. Smith

  3. Inspector Rostnikov - Russia - Russian police stories by Stuart Kaminsky

  4. Lord Emsworth - England - befuddled English lord by P.G. Wodehouse

  5. John Dortmunder - New York - head of gang of thieves by Donald Westlake

  6. Jake Lassiter - Miami - smart, tough lawyer by Paul Levine

  7. William French, M.W. (failed) - London - wine merchant with dog by A. M. Smith

  8. Commissario Guido Brunetti - Venice - Venetian policeman by Donna Leon

  9. Tenzing Norbu - Los Angeles - Tibetan monk formerly on the LAPD police, now private investigator

  10. Prof. Don Tillman - Australia - Asperger's syndrome prof. of genetics by Graeme Simsion

  11. Cormoran Strike - London - detective by J.K. Rowling

  12. Elvis the Newfoundland - America - Newfoundland dog meant to protect US President by Jenny Lee

  13. Lord Peter Wimsey - London - Nobleman who is detective by Dorothy Sayers

  14. Darko Dawson - Ghana - Ghanaian policeman by Kwei Quartey

  15. Jim Chee - New Mexico - Navajo reservation policeman by Tony Hillerman

  16. Bernadette Manuelito - New Mexico - also Navajo police by Tony Hillerman

  17. Arkady Renko - Russia - Russian policeman often in trouble with Russian police by Martin Cruz Smith

  18. Armand Gamache - Montreal - French Canadian police by Louise Penny

  19. Kate Fansler - New York - Columbia prof. solves crimes by Amanda Cross

  20. Flavia de Luce - England - child genius chemist by Alan Bradley

  21. Joe Gunther - Vermont - by Archer Mayor

  22. Kate Chandler - New York - employs magic by Shanna Swendson

  23. The Man in the Yellow Hat - America - Curious George, child's book by H.A. Rey

  24. Cassie Maddox - Ireland - Tana French writes about Dublin police

  25. Myron Bolitar - America - adventures of a sports agent by Harlan Coben

  26. Josiah Reynolds - Kentucky woman by Abigail Keam

  27. Hamish MacBeth - Scotland policeman by M.C. Beaton

  28. Agatha Raisin - England detective by M.C. Beaton

  29. Lewellyn Ferris - Wisconsin Rhinelander police by Victoria Houston

  30. Lisbeth Salander - Sweden - weird but brainy girl by Stieg Larsson

  31. Clare Fergusson - upstate New York Episcopal woman priest by Julia Spencer-Fleming

  32. Brown Dog - Michigan - dissolute ne'er-do-well by Jim Harrison

  33. Grady Service- Michigan - super game warden by Joseph Heywood

  34. Anna Pigeon - National parks policewoman by Nevada Barr

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