| Detectives and Sidekicks | Authors | Notes |
| Lord Peter Wimsey, Mervyn Bunter & Harriet Vane | |
| Spenser, Susan Silverman & Hawk | |
| Easy Rawlings | |
| Nero Wolf & Archie Goodwin | |
| Hercule Poirot; Miss Jane Marple; Tommy & Tuppence Beresford | |
| Hilary Tamar | |
| Kinsey Millhone | |
| Sam Spade; the Continental Op; Nick & Nora Charles | |
| Philip Marlowe | |
| Lew Archer | |
| Nancy Drew | |
| | Detectives and Sidekicks | Authors | Notes |
| Frank & Joe Hardy | |
| Stephanie Plum | |
| Kay Scarpetta; Andy Brazil & Judy Hammer | |
| Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson | |
| C. Auguste Dupin | |
| Ellery Queen | |
| Dan Fortune | |
| V.I. Warshawski | |
| Mike Hammer | |
| Peter Decker, Rina Lazarus & Cindy Decker | |
| Commissario Guido Brunetti & Sgt. Vianello | |
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