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WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

UK crime writers lead the way when it comes to creating charismatic police detectives who track down hardened criminals, often while dealing with their own demons at the same time. But how sharp is your knowledge of the fictional detectives, their creators, and the books in which they appear? If you need some clues, you'll find all the evidence you need on the 'crime fiction' compass...

 

Question 1.

Which author created the character of DI Tom Thorne in the novels The Burning Girl, Scaredy Cat and Lazybones?

H.R.F. Keating

Mark Billingham

Peter Robinson

Colin Dexter
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Question 2.
What's the name of the Venetian policeman created by crime writer Michael Dibdin?

Gianfranco Zola

Dante Alighieri

Gino Ginelli

Aurelio Zen
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Question 3.
Who created the character of Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh?

Reginald Hill

Val McDermid

Ian Rankin

P.D. James
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Question 4.
Which of the following is not a novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series by Reginald Hill?

Good Morning, Midnight

Death in Holy Orders

Child's Play

Death's Jest-Book
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Question 5.
Criminal profiler Dr Tony Hill joins forces with DCI Carol Jordan in which author's popular psychological thrillers?

Val McDermid's

Mo Hayder's

Margaret Murphy's

Lynda La Plante's
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Question 6.
Ian Rankin's best-known creation is Inspector Rebus, and he appears in all but one of the following Rankin titles - which one?

Fleshmarket Close

Good Hanging

A Question of Blood

Watchman
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Question 7.
Who is the police inspector created by Peter Robinson who appears in the novels Aftermath and Playing with Fire? 

Inspector Binks

Inspector Banks

Inspector Bings

Inspector Biggs
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Question 8.
Troubled private investigator Leo Rivers tracks down the criminals of Hull in who's novels?

Robert Ryan's

Robert Barnard's

Robert Edric's

Robert Wilson's
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Question 9.
In which UK city are most of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse novels set?

Cambridge

Oxford

Durham

Exeter
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Question 10.
Which author, who also publishes under the name Barbara Vine, created the hugely popular Inspector Wexford mysteries?

Ruth Rendell

P.D. James

Val McDermid

Manda Scott
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