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In admiration of the greatest and cosiest of fictitious detectives, inspectors, sleuths and investigators ☕️ 🔍📺 📚 Poirot, Miss Marple, Jessica Fletcher, Morse, Sherlock and the rest!

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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 1h
'Three daring boys on a hair-raising ghost hunt!' Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators No. 6 THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND Robert Arthur #SpookySunday
Randomhouse paperback cover, circa 1982 (orig. 1966)
Illustration by Adragna
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 4h
Sunday 🩷
Pauline Moran sleeping as Miss Lemon of AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 14h
Courageous Captain Hastings takes charge in 'Problem at Sea'
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 21h
"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside." Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches', 1892 #BookwormSat 🎨 by Helen Allingham
Painting 'View over Sandhills' by Helen Allingham
It shows an idyllic summer scene of cottages nestled amongst trees with a cornfield with several figures in the foreground.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 19h
Mrs. Fletcher --! 😳
"I've been at it almost ten hours a day for the past week"

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in MURDER, SHE WROTE"and I am sore from my fingers to my back"

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in MURDER, SHE WROTE"and elsewhere."

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in MURDER, SHE WROTE
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Cathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social · 22h
Have a fine one!
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 22h
The first part of Uzuki's Agatha Christie manga, A.B.C. CONTRE POIROT (The A.B.C. Murders), has been published in French www.pieuvre.ca/2026/...
A page from A.B.C. contre Poirot : Tome 01
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Transilvanian Hungover🦇 @thecoffeenator.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Out of context Poirot
Close-up av Poirot som snakker med Inspector Japp ved et bord fullt av mat.
«Dick?» spør han.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'We have been married nearly twenty-four hours, and are still married; which in these days may be considered a record. But then, you see, padre, we are old-fashioned, country-bred people.' BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON Dorothy L. Sayers #BookWormSat Poster for the 1940 film adaptation, 'Haunted Honeymoon'
Poster for MGM's HAUNTED HONEYMOON, starring Robert Montgomery as Lord Peter Wimsey and Constance Cummings as Harriet Vane.
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Midsomer Murders plots @moremidsomerplots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An idosyncratic pop star is found cooked in a sauna that had been cranked up. Suspicion falls on Midsomer Morton’s church warden and magician, disturbed that a missing codex might threaten plans for a 24 hr murder mystery channel.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'Folks in village don't go reporting things,' he said. 'We live and let live. Life wouldn't be worth living if us got telling on one another.' 'Live and let live. In this case it's been die and let die, hasn't it?' said Macdonald. MURDER IN THE MILL RACE E. C. R. Lorac (1952) #BookWormSat
Hardcover dust jacket
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The weekend will be excellent and we shall enjoy it.
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THE MOVING FINGER Agatha Christie #illustration #coverart
Della paperback cover
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In a bit of a hurry
Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner) and Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton) in SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
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ErsatzEmpress 🏳️‍⚧️ @ersatzempress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think you have to conclude she just really likes violent crime
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mais oui, it is Friday!
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#OTD 1 October 1982: Thief and con man REMINGTON STEELE lends his pretty face to Laura Holt's detective agency.
Stephanie Zimbalist as Laura Holt, a private investigator, and Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tom Bosley in Murder Peculiar
Sheriff Tupper in MURDER, SHE WROTE:
'I mean maybe... murder peculiar.'
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BOTD 1 October 1927 – Tom Bosley would've been 99 today!
Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper in MURDER, SHE WROTE
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horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Agatha Christie wrote horror. Its guess the werewolf with a cool soundtrack and great cast plus the one thing we all need in life. A werewolf break. 1974. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
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chatutu4.bsky.social @chatutu4.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
september 30 october 1st
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spooktober, here we come!
James Warwick and Francesca Annis as Tommy and Tuppence in AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME (1983)
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Joe B | The MN Movie Man @themnmovieman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tommy & Tuppence pairs Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan in a charming BritBox mystery series where old flames find fresh reasons to investigate. joethemnmovieman.com/2026/09/30/aga…
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 October 1st
Christopher Lee as Sherlock HolmesChristopher Lee as Dracula
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How the month started to how it ended.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Act natural.
James Roday as Shawn Spencer and Dulé Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster in PSYCH.
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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Murder, She Wrote” premiered on this date in 1984.
Colored-pencil card drawing of Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jessica Fletcher made her TV debut #OTD 30 September 1984 in the first part of the story 'The Murder of Sherlock Holmes'. Her adventures were inevitably turned into novels, too – although the cover of the first one seems to claim it was the other way around... 🤔
Avon Books paperback cover (1985)

MURDER SHE WROTE
NOW A CBS-TV SERIES
starring Angela Lansbury as the irrepressible Jessica Fletcher
WRITING MYSTERIES IS HER PROFESSION. SOLVING REAL ONES... HER PASSION.

THE MURDER OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
A NOVEL BY JAMES ANDERSON
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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bonne journée.
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TheBijouBaby @thebijoubaby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So fun with Sister Peter. ☺️
Tina Chiang as Sister Peter and Lorna Watson as Sister Boniface.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#WyrdWednesday ANONYMOUS REX Detective novel by Eric Garcia (2000) Feat. Vincent Rubio, a Velociraptor private investigator, and his Triceratops partner, Ernie Watson, in a world where dinos have survived extinction and live among us in disguise. In the comments: it gets even better! 👉
Cover illustration for ANONYMOUS REX, A Detective Story by Eric Garcia
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Elementary Arts @elementaryarts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A great photo from the filming of Wisteria Lodge..
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A good morning to you.
Lorna Watson as Sister Boniface
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Coffee with Jerry Orbach ☕️ Wait! This isn't Lennie! This is from The Law and Harry McGraw, a 1987 spinoff from Murder, She Wrote
Orbach as Harry McGraw, with a styrofoam cup of coffee at an early morning crime scene.
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Cobie Cipher Triangulation Agency @cobieef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do people in slasher movies never hire an amazing detective like Jessica Fletcher or Benoit Blanc to figure out who the killer is? Do great detectives not do slashers? I mean, putting Adrian Monk in the midst of a gory slasher movie would be movie perfection.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN G. K. Chesterton
Hardcover dust jacket
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Tom Bradley Jr. @tbradleywrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last night we finished bingeing Endeavour. Today we've started re-watching Inspector Morse. I may never leave Oxford.
static.klipy.com
Inspector Morse John Thaw Sniffing
ALT: Inspector Morse John Thaw Sniffing
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International Crime Fiction Association @intcrimeficassoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎉Happy Birthday to #ColinDexter, #bornonthisday in 1930! He created the iconic Inspector Morse, blending puzzles, classical music & Oxford mysteries. His 13 novels inspired the TV series and spin-offs 'Lewis' and 'Endeavour'. He's a CWA Diamond Dagger winner. #CrimeFiction
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BOTD 29 September 1930 – Colin Dexter, who shared a birthday with his creation Endeavour Morse. The first of the Inspector Morse novels, LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK (1975), opens on this date.
Colin DexterJohn Thaw as Inspector MorseShaun Evans as Endeavour
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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay(1905–1982) & Manfred Bennington Lee (1905–1971). It’s also the name of their fictional detective, a mystery writer in NYC who helps his police inspector father.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bonjour, monsieur! – Bonjour, monsieur!
Lucky Len (Peter Kelly) and Hercule Poirot in S5E8 of AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT, 'The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan' (1993)
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Young Adrian Monk
Tony Shalhoub posing for MONK
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lily Petal
Sally Phillips as Lily Petal in THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm not sure 'Down Hill' was the most intelligent name to give to the house in a thriller but since Wallace probably wrote the book in about three days, I shouldn't think he worried. Whatever, it's a cool cover. The book was published in 1929. #SpookySunday #detection #crime #booksky
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Yes, Mother."
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David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Cup And The Lip by Elizabeth Ferrars (Morna Doris MacTaggart) (Fontana, 1977). Cover Photograph by Robert Golden. #TheCupAndTheLip #ElizabethFerrars #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #FontanaBook #FontanaBooks #crime #mystery #thriller
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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Browsing Instagram I spotted a post about a book by @rotwangsrobot.bsky.social that immediately got my attention. Even better was finding she’s written 2 on forensics, poisons and other nefarious potions of the Agatha Christie era. I may have to treat myself for Xmas. @greatdetective.bsky.social
Cover for V is for Venom by Kathryn Markup. Cover for A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Markup
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy Monday.
Sally Dexter as Detective Sergeant Maureen Lawson and David Jason as Detective Inspector William 'Jack' Frost in A TOUCH OF FROST
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Italian poster for RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN (1971)
Poster featuring Lieutenant Frank Columbo
PETER FALK
TENENTE COLOMBO
RISCATTO PER UN UOMO MORTO
LEE GRANT JOHN FINK HAROLD GOULD PATRICIA MATTICK
regia RICHARD IRWING
TECHNICOLOR UNIVERSAL PICTURE
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Adam Dorsey @adamdorsey.com · 26/09/2026
My favorite painting at the Lucas Museum, which had a different title but which I am calling "Columbo at the Beach."
A painting that I think was called "mother at the beach" but boy it looks like Peter Falk as Columbo.
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