A so-called "plum pudding method" was used to write novels about a member of this profession called Albert Campion.
An essay by Edmund Wilson asks why people read stories that focus on these kinds of people. A so-called "plum pudding method" was used to write novels about a member of this profession called Albert Campion. In a series of novels, a member of this profession marries Harriet Vane and is assisted by his valet Mervyn Bunter. Margery Allingham and Dorothy Sayers both wrote novels about people with this profession, such as Lord Peter Wimsey. A character with this job dies in the story "The Final Problem" by falling down the Reichenbach Falls with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. For 10 points, name this profession of Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes.
An essay by Edmund Wilson asks why people read stories that focus on these kinds of people.
detectives [or inspectors; or investigators]