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Because he is the author of the Philip Marlowe detective novels, which established the character as a classic figure in the hard-boiled crime genre.
Mma Precious Ramotswe is Botswana's first female private detective, and she established the agency in Gaborone in 1990, drawing upon her background as a folklore storyteller and her keen sense of intuition.
Because he is the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who features in a series of stories and novels.
Because he wrote the novel, which is a cornerstone of the hard-boiled detective genre.
Because it features Hercule Poirot solving a murder that occurs on a train.
Because it is the first novel featuring Miss Marple, who solves a murder in a quiet English village setting.
The novel was first published in 1925 and is considered an early example of existentialist literature, illustrating the individual's helplessness within an opaque legal bureaucracy.