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* AuthorAvatar Ariadne Oliver from various Creator/AgathaChristie novels

* Maxwell Beckett ([[Series/TheEqualizer Edward Woodward]]) in ''OverMyDeadBody''

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* Jessica Fletcher from ''Series/MurderSheWrote''
* ''Series/{{Castle}}''
* ''TheSnoopSisters''

* Jessica Fletcher from ''MurderSheWrote''

* A Real Life partial example might be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Other Wiki: "Conan Doyle was also a fervent advocate of justice and personally investigated two closed cases, which led to two men being exonerated of the crimes of which they were accused." See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Correcting_injustice here]].

* The leads from ''Kamen Tantei'' kind of subvert this. Yes, they're mystery writers who investigate mysteries. But the female lead, especially, is a "fairplay" mystery writer living in a world where ghosts, psychic powers, "all a dream" endings and fictional characters come to life (including the title character) make it impossible to use logic and common sense to actually solve mysteries.

* The leads from ''KamenTantei'' kind of subvert this. Yes, they're mystery writers who investigate mysteries. But the female lead, especially, is a "fairplay" mystery writer living in a world where ghosts, psychic powers, "all a dream" endings and fictional characters come to life (including the title character) make it impossible to use logic and common sense to actually solve mysteries.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': The protagonist's father is a mystery writer who occasionally steps in to solve mysteries when his son is stumped.

* Gabe Webb from ''TheMazeAgency''

* ElleryQueen

* Harriet Vane from the LordPeterWimsey novels is another example.

* In Chris Ewan's ''TheGoodThiefsGuide'' series, Charlie Howard is a thief who solves murders who has written several mystery novels about Faulks, a thief who solves murders.

* BBC Radio show Foul Play pitted three mystery writers to guess who's the murderer in the short skit they presented.

* Maxwell Beckett ([[TheEqualizer Edward Woodward]]) in ''OverMyDeadBody''

* ''{{Castle}}''

* Temperance Brennan, from ''{{Bones}}''. She writes mystery novels, and she also helps solve crime. Although her career as a forensic anthropologist is probably more important to her ability to solve crimes than her [[InformedAbility alleged skill as a writer]].
* [=McGee=] on ''{{NCIS}}'' is a special agent, who wrote a best selling novel... that he would have preferred his coworkers never found out about. Later on, he was able to use his fame to get into a club that other undercover agents couldn't get in to.

* Kaye Daye, one of the [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Mystery Analysts of Gotham City]].

* Maxwell Beckett ([[TheEqualizer Edward Woodward]]) in ''Over My Dead Body''

* Maxwell Beckett ([[TheEqualizer Edward Woodward]]) in ''Over My Dead Body''

* [=McGee=] on {{NCIS}} is a special agent, who wrote a best selling novel... that he would have preferred his coworkers never found out about. Later on, he was able to use his fame to get into a club that other undercover agents couldn't get in to.

* [=McGee=] on {{NCIS}} is a special agent, who wrote a best selling novel... that he would have preferred his coworkers never found out about. He was able to use his fame to get into a club that other undercover agents couldn't get in to.

* AuthorAvatar Ariadne Oliver from various AgathaChristie novels

Compare MostWritersAreWriters, InterdisciplinarySleuth.

* ''DetectiveConan'': The protagonist's father is a mystery writer who occasionally steps in to solve mysteries when his son is stumped.