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1. The original and most famous detective sidekick is Dr John Watson. He is, of course, the first person narrator of almost all of Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" stories. However, the good doctor is not the only sidekick in the Holmes stories - Holmes' nemesis, Professor Moriarty also had a segundo. Who was he?
2. My favourite sidekick is always good for a snappy comeback. He's a sharp dresser, good dancer, and types up germination records for orchids with flair and dispatch. He lives in a brownstone in New York with a gardener, a Swiss cook, and his boss, the fat detective. Who is he?
3. John D MacDonald's Travis McGee had an unusual sidekick - a stocky, bearded, middle aged economist. What was his name?
4. Harlan Coben's sports agent detective, Myron Bolitar, is a pretty nice guy. His sidekick, though, is not such a nice guy at all. What is his name?
5. Robert B Parker's Spenser has one of the best-known "mean guy" sidekicks. Who is he?
6. Lawrence Block's "Matt Scudder" novels have several recurring characters, but only one could really be classed as a sidekick - TJ. Who is TJ?
7. Joe Pike is the coldly efficient, violent sidekick of LA detective Elvis Cole. Who created these two?
8. Paul Drake is a private investigator who often works with the lawyer hero in a series of books by this prolific author.
9. In this series by Jonathan Kellerman, it's a little hard to tell who is the sidekick. Is it the cop, or the psychologist/narrator who tags along on his cases? Name the psychologist.
10. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are a tough Boston detective team, but sometimes they need some backup. When they do, they call in their childhood buddy, psycho gundealer Bubba Rugowski. Who created them?
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