History Main / MysteryWriterDetective

-->-- '''[[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle]]'''

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

* The Ellery Queen novels were adapted into a [[Series/ElleryQueen television series]].

** Granted, Conan Doyle had actual forensic training, and he had been a detective and lecturer himself before writing the SherlockHolmes stories.

* Jessica Fletcher from ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' is a [[LittleOldLadyDetective little old lady]] mystery writer who encounters and solves murders [[MysteryMagnet wherever she goes.]]

* Jessica Fletcher from ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' is the classic example.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has the famous mystery novelist Richard Castle who work with Detective Kate Beckett of the NYPD using his knowledge of criminal methodology to solve real crimes.

* [=McGee=] on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is a special agent, who wrote a best selling novel... which he would have preferred his coworkers never knew existed. Once they know, however, it becomes useful; in one episode, he is able to use his fame to get into a club as part of an investigation, something the other agents wouldn't have been able to accomplish. He continues to write additional novels, one of which forms a plot in a different episode where one of his readers takes things a bit too seriously.

* In ''Film/RingOfFear'', Wallace calls in creator/MickeySpillane ([[AsHimself playing himself]]) to investigate the sabotage at the circus because of his fame as a mystery writer.

* In ''Film/BigDriver'', Tess decides to use her skills as an investigative writer to find out the reason behind what happened--if she was a random or targeted victim--and especially if the latter, how best to use that information to her advantage.

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-->--'''[[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle]]'''

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

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

* Ariadne Oliver, a [[AuthorAvatar self-insert parody]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, is a mystery crime writer who occasionally gets involved with real murders. {{Deconstructed}} in that she admits that her writing doesn't prepare her well for the real thing, since she's so used to "stacking the deck."
* Harriet Vane from the Literature/LordPeterWimsey novels is another example.
* A case could be made for [[Literature/{{SherlockHolmes}} Dr. Watson]], as he writes stories about the crimes he helps solve.

* In [[Creator/JohnDicksonCarr Carter Dickson]]'s Literature/SirHenryMerrivale novel ''And So To Murder'', William Cartwright is a detective novelist hired to work for a film studio, only to find some unknown person is trying to use his plots as actual murder methods.

* Jessica Fletcher from ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' is the classic example.

* ''The Snoop Sisters'' aired monthly as part of the WheelProgram ''NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie''. In it, A spinster and her widowed sister, who are both mystery writers solved crimes.
* Temperance Brennan, from ''Series/{{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 ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is a special agent, who wrote a best selling novel... which he would have preferred his coworkers never knew existed. Once they know, however, it becomes useful; in one episode, he is able to use his fame to get into a club as part of an investigation, something the other agents wouldn't have been able to accomplish. He continues to write additional novels, one of which forms a plot in a different episode where one of his readers takes things a bit too seriously.
* Maxwell Beckett ([[Series/TheEqualizer Edward Woodward]]) in ''Series/OverMyDeadBody''
* In the German TV series ''Graf Yoster Gibt sich die Ehre'', the titular British Count Yoster is a well-known mystery writer. He also moonlights as an amateur detective, helped by his chauffeur and bodyguard Johann (a former petty criminal) and sometimes his niece Charlie.

* Paul Temple from ''SendForPaulTemple'', plus its various spin-off films, television series, novels, and comic strips.

* The leads from ''Manga/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.

* In ''Film/TheMadMagician'', Alice Prentiss writes murder mysteries. When a murder happens in her own house, she sets out to solve it. She does a very creditable job, and contributes at least as much to the solution of the crime as Lt. Bruce.

* Paul Temple from ''SendForPaulTemple'', plus its various spin-off films, television series, novels and comic strips.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has the famous mystery novelist Richard Castle who work with Detective Kate Beckett (Katic) of the NYPD using his knowledge of criminal methodology to solve real crimes.

* In ''Film/TheMadMagician'', Alice Prentiss writes murder mysteries. When a murder happens in her own house, she sets out to solve. She does a very creditable job, and contributes at least as much to the solution of the crime as Lt. Bruce.

* Literature/ElleryQueen, whose adventures were further publicized by his two creators using the byline "Ellery Queen", is at least the TropeCodifier.

* Gabe Webb from ''ComicBook/TheMazeAgency''

* Ariadne Oliver, a [[AuthorAvatar self-insert parody]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, is a mystery crime writer who occasionally gets involved with real murders.

* The Ellery Queen novels were adapted into a television series.

* ''Series/TheSnoopSisters'' aired monthly as part of the WheelProgram ''NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie''. In it, A spinster and her widowed sister, who are both mystery writers solved crimes.

* [=McGee=] on ''Series/{{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.

* In the german TV series ''Graf Yoster Gibt sich die Ehre'', the titular british Count Yoster is a well-known mytery writer. He also moonlights as an amateur detective, helped by his chauffeur and bodyguard Johann (a former petty criminal) and sometimes his niece Charlie

* In [[Creator/JohnDicksonCarr Carter Dickson]]'s ''And So To Murder'', William Cartwright is a detective novelist hired to work for a film studio, only to find some unknown person is trying to use his plots as actual murder methods.