Detective | Creator | Debut |
Basil of Baker Street | Eve Titus | Basil of Baker Street (1958) |
Trixie Belden | Julie Campbell | The Secret of the Mansion (1948) |
Brains Benton | Charles Spain Verral | The Case of the Missing Message (1959) |
Bill Bergson | Astrid Lindgren | Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1946/1952) |
Connie Blair | Betsy Allen | The Clue in Blue (1948) |
Judy Bolton | Margaret Sutton | The Vanishing Shadow (1932) |
Theodore Boone | John Grisham | Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (2010) |
Encyclopedia Brown | Donald J. Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (1963) |
Ottoline Brown | Chris Riddell | Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (2007) |
Grace Cavendish | Grace Cavendish | Lady Grace Mysteries: Assassin (2004) |
Minerva Clark | Karen Karbo | Minerva Clark Gets a Clue (2005) |
KC Corcoran | Ron Roy | Who Cloned the President? (2001) |
Louise and Jean Dana | Harriet Adams | By the Light of the Study Lamp (1934) |
Tim and Nick Diamond | Anthony Horowitz | The Falcon's Malteser (1986) |
Nancy Drew | Carolyn Keene | The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) |
Dink Duncan | Ron Roy | The Absent Author (1997) |
Meg Duncan | Holly Beth Walker | Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds (1982) |
The Famous Five | Enid Blyton | Five on a Treasure Island (1942) |
The Five Find-Outers | Enid Blyton | The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943) |
Flavia Gemina | Caroline Lawrence | The Thieves of Ostia (2001) |
Sisters Grimm | Michael Buckley | The Fairy-Tale Detectives (2005) |
Luke Harding | Malcolm Rose | Framed! (2005) |
Frank and Joe Hardy | Franklin W. Dixon | The Tower Treasure (1927) |
Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective | Ian Billings | The Case of the Cut Glass Cutlass (2003) |
Enola Holmes | Nancy Springer | The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006) |
The Boy Sherlock Holmes | Shane Peacock | Eye of the Crow (2007) |
Young Sherlock Holmes | Andrew Lane | Death Cloud (2010) |
Ken Holt | Bruce Campbell | The Secret of Skeleton Island (1949) |
Cam Jansen | David A. Adler | The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (1980) |
Jerry and Maya | Martin Widmark | The Diamond Mystery (Swedish 2002; English 2014) |
Jigsaw Jones | James Preller | The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster (1998) |
Gilda Joyce | Jennifer Allison | Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator (2005) |
Sammy Keyes | Wendelin Van Draanen | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (1998) |
Ace Lacewing | David Biedrzycki | Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective (2004) |
Brandon Lake | Justin Richards | The Paranormal Puppet Show (2003) |
Matthew Livingston | Marco Conelli | Matthew Livingston and the Prison of Souls (2007) |
Jack McGurk | E. W. Hildick | Dolls in Danger (1974) |
Fletcher Moon | Eoin Colfer | Half Moon Investigations (2006) |
Nate the Great | Marjorie W. Sharmat | Nate the Great (1972) |
Quest ("Q") and Angela | Roland Smith | Independence Hall (2008) |
Penny Parker | Mildred A. Wirt | Tale of the Witch Doll (1939) |
Agaton Sax | Nils-Olof Franzén | Agaton Sax and the Diamond Thieves (1965) |
The Secret Seven | Enid Blyton | The Secret Seven (1948) |
Mandie Shaw | Lois Gladys Leppard | Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (1983) |
Holly Short | Eoin Colfer | Artemis Fowl (2001) |
Saxby Smart | Simon Cheshire | The Curse of the Ancient Mask (2007) |
Steve and Sim | August Derleth | The Moon Tenders (1958) |
Tam Sventon | Åke Holmberg | Tam Sventon, Private Detective (1948/trans. 1965) |
Thomson and Thompson (or: Dupond et Dupont) | Hergé | Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932) |
The Three Investigators | Robert Arthur | The Secret of Terror Castle (1964) |
Kay Tracey | Frances K. Judd | The Secret of the Red Scarf (1934) |
Harriet M. Welsch | Louise Fitzhugh | Harriet the Spy (1964) |
Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells | Robin Stevens | Murder Most Unladylike (2014) |