Gethryn is the series detective for more than a dozen of Philip MacDonald's murder mysteries, written between 1924 and 1959.

A few of his novels do not feature a series detective.

Green is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective.

Most of the stories feature his series detective Gideon Fell.

Readers who become attached to series detectives often clamor to know more (more!

Mystery readers tend to get rabid when a favorite series detective is grounded.

It is a locked room mystery and features his series detective, Sir Henry Merrivale.

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He is Carr's first series detective, appearing in five "locked-room" and "impossible crime" mystery novels of the 1930s, and four short stories from an even earlier date.

His detective novels, particularly those featuring his series detective Anthony Gethryn, are primarily "whodunnits" with the occasional locked room mystery.