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1. Created by the writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, Misir Ali is a part-time professor of Psychology at the main university in which capital city?
2. Not her most famous creation, but the Queen of the mystery novel, the great Dame Agatha Christie, wrote four books featuring the a pair of married private investigators, including the last book she wrote, "Postern of Fate". (To make use of the cryptic picture clue, you need to get away from detective fiction to London's most famous singing nanny.) What are the first names of the Beresfords?
3. Daniel Nathan and Emanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, two cousins from Brooklyn, NY, both wrote under pseudonyms. Writing together under yet another pen name, they wrote many novels beginning with "The Roman Hat Mystery" published in 1929. What is the name of the amateur detective they created?
4. Having served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, this former Major in the Rifle Brigade returned to civilian life and became a gentleman detective. He appeared in eleven novels, starting with "Whose Body?" published in 1923, as well as a handful of short story collections. He is often assisted by his former army colleague Mervyn Bunter. Who is this fictional sleuth?
5. Our next fictional detective is the creation of a larger-than-life (literally) English writer, poet and lay theologian. His character appeared in more than fifty short stories which were published in book form in five collections, the first in 1911 and the last in 1935, just a year before the author's death. Who was the detective who was often assisted by reformed criminal M. Hercule Flambeau?
6. Set in the early part of the 12th century, the historical murder mysteries of Edith Mary Pargeter OBE, BEM (writing under the pen name of Ellis Peters) feature the Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael. A former sailor, Cadfael uses his skills as an observer of human nature to solve the medieval mysteries. Where are the adventures as Peters' amateur detective set?
7. Our next fictional sleuth is an armchair detective who made his first appearance in the 1934 novel "Fer-de-Lance". He is known for his beer-drinking rituals, his extensive reading list, and his world-famous collection of the pictured flowers, which he tends religiously for four hours every day in the plant room at the top of his New York City brownstone. Who is this detective?
8. Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, this writer legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in his 20s. His most famous series of novels were set in a single police precinct in the fictional city of Isola, based on the author's home city. He also wrote under the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Dean Hudson and Richard Marsten, but by which is he best known?
9. English author and radio dramatist R.D. Wingfield wrote nine novels and two radio plays featuring his fictional detective, who is sloppy, untidy and hopeless with paperwork, but who also describes himself quite accurately as "a damned good policeman". On TV, this detective was played by an actor that most viewers still think of as a wonderful comedic actor. Who is Wingfield's creation?
10. An American writer and real-life forensic anthropologist and academic, brought our final fictional crime-fighter to life for the first time in "Déjà Dead", the winner of the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. By 2012, there were 15 first-person novels featuring this academic heroine, not to mention a popular TV series (with more than 220 episodes) that began running in 2005. Who is the star of these novels?
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