Who are the elite of the world of fictional detectives? We could go on listing them all day, but we decided to stick with 24 of our favorite famous sleuths.

The iconic character of Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso in CSI: Miami, isn't just a figment of fiction. Behind his ...

P.D. James in Courmayeur, Italy, on 12 December 1995. (Photo by Leonardo Cendamo / Getty Images) The appeal of detective fiction, James argues, is especially strong in an age of almost total ...