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GREATEST
LITERATURE CONTEST #10
What works introduced the following detectives? Here's a clue: All the works or authors are mentioned somewhere on the website. Those with asterisks are subjects of separate commentaries. Winners and answers below. |
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| Detective | Additional clues | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hercules Poirot | His first stylish affair with Dame Agatha. | |||||||||
| 2 | Father Brown* | He always appeared innocent but he knew the evil in men's hearts. We're looking for the name of his first story collection. | |||||||||
| 3 | Philip Marlowe | He was in short stories first but we're looking for the first novel, adapted for a film starring Humphrey Bogart. | |||||||||
| 4 | Sergeant Cuff | The book is generally considered the first English detective novel about a cursed gem, written by Wilk.... nah, that would be giving it away. | |||||||||
| 5 | Sam Spade* | Again we're looking for a novel that was adapted for a film starring Humphrey Bogart. | |||||||||
| 6 | Auguste C. Dupin | What many call the very first fictional detective — appears in this murder mystery by a writer noted for his horror stories. | |||||||||
| 7 | Le Commissaire Maigret |
Most popular fictional detective after Holmes, according to some estimates. It's disputed which was his first case in print, so just name one of the early novels to get this point. | |||||||||
| 8 | Nick Charles* | Thinly related to Sam Spade by way of the author. | |||||||||
| 9 | Paul Drake | Second banana in the best-selling mystery series, and a long-running TV series. Can you nail his first case in the books? | |||||||||
| 10 | Sherlock Holmes* | You might have to study Doyle's work to get any bloody idea of this one. | |||||||||
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The winners are Julia Pippin Sellenraad of Yucca Valley, California; Maria Tiongsa of Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Rico Sugandy of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Our winners have chosen as prizes respectively the books The Moonstone, Great Expectations and The Sound and the Fury. Answers: 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles 2. The Innocence of Father Brown 3. The Big Sleep 4. The Moonstone 5. The Maltese Falcon 6. The Murders in the Rue Morgue 7. The Crime of Inspector Maigret 8. The Thin Man 9. The Case of the Velvet Claws 10. A Study in Scarlet |
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