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