Talk:Crime fiction/Catalogs/Famous detectives

We could, I suppose, expand briefly on each entry: Sherlock Holmes, private investigator for hire; Matt Helm, U.S. government counter-agent and assassin; Father Brown, priest and amateur private investigator; etc, although precisely categorizing some of these will be tricky. Hayford Peirce 17:10, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

possible name change?

We've now got the Saint, Parker, Dortmunder, Arsene Lupin, Raffles, and a bunch of secret agents. I'm wondering if the Catalog name should be changed to "Famous detectives and criminals" or "Famous protagonists" or "Famous series characters" or some such? Hayford Peirce 01:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

This was to be expected since "crime fiction" was meant to include these genres, and (I think) it was you who started to add the Saint and James Bond. However, I do not think that it is mandatory to change the title (I like short and suggestive titles ;-). It should suffice to explain in the introduction that also other characters "acting as (or similar to) detectives" are included. Even Miss Marple is not a "detective" proper. But if you think that the title has to be literally correct I won't mind. --Peter Schmitt 00:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)