Fictional sleuths do sometimes travel in the course of their investigations. And as a dedicated crime fiction fan, you know all about stories where fictional detectives go on the road, don't you? Or do you? Take this handy quiz and find out. Match each question with the correct answer. When you've finished, submit your answers and see how well you've done. Ready? Let's go!
In one of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, her sleuth Hercule Poirot solves a murder that takes place on a train. What is the title of this novel?
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4:50 From Paddington
Murder on the Orient Express
Sparkling Cyanide
The Murder on the Links
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Speaking of trains... Phryne Fisher solves a murder that takes place on a train in 'Murder on the Ballarat Train.' Who is Miss Fisher's creator?
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Katherine Howell
Virginia Duigan
Felicity Young
Kerry Greenwood
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As you can see, trains are dangerous. A series of 'travel' conversations leads to murder in this novel by Patricia Highsmith. Which novel tells the story of Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno?
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Strangers on a Train
The Talented Mr. Ripley
This Sweet Sickness
The People Who Knock on the Door
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Michael Connelly's sleuths sometimes travel for their work too. In '9 Dragons,' for instance, one of them makes an unexpected trip to Hong Kong. Which of Connelly's sleuths is on the road in this novel?
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Mickey Haller
Jack McEvoy
Harry Bosch
Rachel Walling
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Police detective Irene Huss lives and works in Götborg, but she's been known to travel too. In both 'The Torso' and 'The Glass Devil,' she goes on the road. Who is her creator
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Helene Tursten
Liza Marklund
Karin Alvtegen
Henning Mankell
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In 'The Adventure of the Final Problem,' Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes goes on the road and has a fateful confrontation with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. Where does that confrontation occur?
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Scotland
Switzerland
France
Italy
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Tony Hillerman's sleuths live and work on the Navajo Reservation. But they travel, too, in novels such as 'The Ghostway,' and 'Talking God.' Which of these is a Hillerman sleuth?
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Father John O'Malley
Nathan Active
Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte
Jim Chee
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In 'Bad Debts,' PI Jack Irish travels from Melbourne to Perth and back in search of a killer. Who gave the world Jack Irish?
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Peter Temple
Adrian Hyland
Peter Corris
Robert Gott
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Although Fred Vargas' main sleuth lives and works in Paris, he travels quite frequently on his cases. Who is Vargas' police detective?
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Nico Sirsky
Jules Maigret
Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg
Benoît ‘Bruno’ Courrèges
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Jack Reacher spends most of his time 'on the road.' Who is Reacher's creator?
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