List of fictional private investigators

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This is a partial list of fictional private investigators — otherwise known as Private Eyes or PIs — who had appeared in various literature, films, and television series:

Detective	Creator	Debut
Lew Archer	Ross Macdonald	the Moving Target (1949)
Paul Artisan	Gary Troup	Bad Twin (2006)
Lindsay Gordon	Val McDermid	Report for Murder (1987)
Joe Caneili	Hayford Peirce	P. I. Joe Caneili, Discretion Assuree (2000)
Rex Carver	Victor Canning	Doubled in Diamonds (1966)
Elvis Cole	Robert Crais	the Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
The Continental Op	Dashiell Hammett	the Tenth Clew (1924)
Harry Dresden	Jim Butcher	Storm Front (2000) The Dresden Files" (TV) (2007)
Dan Fortune	Michael Collins	Act of Fear (1967)
Dirk Gently	Douglas Adams	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Kate Brannigan	Val McDermid	Dead Beat (1992)
Cliff Hardy	Peter Corris	the Dying Trade (1980)
Mike Hammer	Mickey Spillane	I, the Jury (1947)
Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	a Study in Scarlet (1887)
Thomas Magnum	Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson	Magnum, P.I. (TV) (1980)
Travis McGee	John D. MacDonald	the Deep Blue Good-by (1964)
Keith Mars	Rob Thomas	Veronica Mars (TV) (2004)
Veronica Mars	Rob Thomas	Veronica Mars (TV) (2004)
Philip Marlowe	Raymond Chandler	the Big Sleep (1939) Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Kinsey Millhone	Sue Grafton	A is for Alibi (1982)
Zen Moses	Elizabeth M. Cosin	Zen and the Art of Murder (1999)
Nameless Detective	Bill Pronzini	the Snatch (1971)
Hercule Poirot	Agatha Christie	the Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Laura Principal	Michelle Spring	Every Breath You Take (1994)
Jeff Randall	Dennis Spooner	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)(1969)
Sunny Randall	Robert B. Parker	Family Honor (1999)
Precious Ramotswe	Alexander McCall Smith	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998)
Jim Rockford	Richard T. Heffron	The Rockford Files (TV) (1974
John Shaft	Ernest Tidyman	Shaft (1971)
Sam Spade	Dashiell Hammett	the Maltese Falcon (1930) the Maltese Falcon (1931)
Shawn Spencer	Steve Franks & Andy Berman	Psych (TV) (2006)
Spenser	Robert B. Parker	the Godwulf Manuscript (1973)
Amos Walker	Loren D. Estleman	Motor City Blue (1980)
Nero Wolfe	Rex Stout	Fer-De-Lance (1934)