These Are the 8 Best Classic Mystery Characters of All Time

Clever characters create lasting stories.

By Harry Pearson | Published Feb 17, 2022

Nero Wolfe Best Mystery Characters

August C. Dupin — Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

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Irene Adler — Photo Credit: Hartswood Films

Miss Jane Marple — Photo Credit: BBC

Samuel Ratchett in Murder on the Orient Express — Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox

Nero Wolfe — Photo Credit: The American Magazine 1938

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Philip Marlowe — Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Gideon Fell

Jules Maigret — Photo Credit: ITV

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