40 Detectives and Sleuths You Need to Add to Your TBR List

I love mysteries and suspense. Here is my list of 40 detectives/sleuths you need to add to your To Be Read (TBR) stack. They’re not in any particular order, but all are worth a read!

  1. Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh – P.D. James

  2. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache - Louise Penny

  3. Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

  4. Miss Marple - Agatha Christie

  5. Sam Spade - Dashiell Hammett

  6. Hercule Poirot - Agatha Christie

  7. Father Brown – G.K. Chesterton

  8. Philip Marlow - Raymond Chandler

  9. C. Auguste Dupin – Edgar Allan Poe

  10. Jack Reacher - Lee Child

  11. Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich

  12. V. I. Warshawski – Sara Paretsky

  13. Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

  14. Harry Bosch - Michael Connelly

  15. Maggie Crozat - Ellen Bryon

  16. Poppy McAllister - Libby Klein

  17. Detective Mike Cancini - K. L. Murphy

  18. Everly Swan - Bree Baker

  19. Vera Stanhope - Ann Cleeves

  20. Misty Murphy - Diane Kelly

  21. Andi Grace - Jackie Layton

  22. Suzanne Dietz - Laura Childs

  23. Finlay Donovan - Elle Cosimano

  24. Anna Pigeon - Nevada Barr

  25. Mia Carina - Maria DiRico

  26. Whitney Whitaker - Diane Kelly

  27. Mimi Lee - Jennifer Chow

  28. Dayna Anderson - Kellye Garrett

  29. Sarah Winston - Sherry Harris

  30. Marygene Brown - Kate Young

  31. Carmela Bertrand - Laura Childs

  32. Chloe Jackson - Sherry Harris

  33. Mimi Lee - Jennifer Chow

  34. Elvis Cole - Robert Crais

  35. Spenser - Robert B. Parker

  36. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell - David Baldacci

  37. Sally (Sal) Muccio - Cathryn Bruns

  38. Nichelle Clarke - Lyndee Walker

  39. Kate O’Hare - Janet Evanovich

  40. John Puller - David Baldacci

Who would you add to my list?