Debut novels can be the start of wonderful series. And as a dedicated crime fiction fan, you know all of your debut novels, don't you? Or do you? Take this handy quiz and find out. Match each question to the correct answer. At the end of the quiz, submit your answers to see how well you've done. You can also go back and see which answers you got correct. Ready? Let's go!
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö began their ten-novel series about Stockholm homicide detective Martin Beck with which of these novels?
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The Terrorists
The Man on the Balcony
Roseanna
The Laughing Policeman
Question 2
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Peter Temple's Jack Irish makes his first entrance in which of these novels?
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Truth
Bad Debts
White Dog
Black Tide
Question 3
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Reginald Hill introduced one of his famous sleuths in A Clubbable Woman. Which one was it?
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Andy Dalziel
Joe Sixsmith
Doug McHard
Wolf Hadda
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In which of these novels does Dorothy Sayers' Harriet Vane make her first appearance?
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Whose Body?
Have His Carcase
The Nine Tailors
Strong Poison
Question 5
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There's never a problem remembering this author's series debut. It begins with the letter 'A.' Who's famous for the 'alphabet series?'
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Sara Paretsky
Marcia Muller
Ruth Rendell
Sue Grafton
Question 6
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In Sherlock Holmes' first appearance, he solves two strange murders that have everything to do with the victims' past actions. Which Arthur Conan Doyle novel tells this story?
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The Sign of the Four
A Study in Scarlet
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Valley of Fear
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Which of Agatha Christie's sleuths is introduced in The Mysterious Affair at Styles?
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Jane Marple
Thomas Beresford
Hercule Poirot
Parker Pyne
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Still Life introduced the world to Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Who is Gamache's creator?
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Louise Penny
Giles Blunt
Jill Edmondson
Stephen Harper
Question 9
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Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is our first taste of which of these fictional sleuths?
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Karl Alberg
Flavia de Luce
Gwenni Morgan
Alan Banks
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In Diamond Dove (AKA Moonlight Downs), we meet Adrian Hyland's sleuth for the first time. Who is that person?