An amateur detective usually finds himself, through no fault of his own, in a situation where he or she is forced to conduct investigations. The reason is usually that the police have stopped their own and the real culprit can only be identified and captured by the findings of an amateur.
Adelheid and her Murders
Balthasar Matzbach – Universal Amateur, Bonn
C. Auguste Dupin – Amateur Detective
Danny Wilde – Playboy and Millionaire
Detective Conan
The Persuaders – Amateur Detectives against their Will
Ellery Queen – Amateur Detective in New York
Goldy Bear – Goldilock’s Party Service in Aspen Meadow, near Denver
Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote) – Writer in Cabot Cove
Lord Brett Sinclair – Playboy and Millionaire
Lord Peter Wimsey - Amateurdetektiv in London
Miss Marple (Jane Marple) – Amateur Detective in St. Mary Mead
Pater Brown – Catholic Clergyman and Amateur Detective in England
Paul Temple – Writer of Crime Novels
Peter Shandy - Professor fur Botanik, Amateurdetektiv im Balaclava County
Peter Shaw - Mitglied des Detektivclubs "die 3 Fragezeichen"
Philo Vance - Amateurdetektiv in New York
Reggie Fortune - Amateurdetektiv in London
Sarah Kelling - Pensionswirtin, Amateurdetektivin in Boston