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Like many people, fictional sleuths are often owned by dogs or cats, or at least interact with them. And as a dedicated crime fiction fan, you know all of the series and stories that include pets, don't you? Or do you? Take this handy quiz and find out. Match each question to the correct answer. When you've finished, submit your answers to see how well you've done. You can also go through and find out which answers you got correct. Ready? Let's go!

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Gone to the Dogs...and Cats ;-)

Frage 1 von 10

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Most people give their pets names, some of them very imaginative. But not Craig Johnson's sleuth. As Sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, he's just not that much into fancy names. So his office dog is called...Dog. Who is Johnson's creation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Joe Pickett

  • Walt Longmire

  • Joe Leaphorn

  • Jesse Stone

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Frage 2 von 10

10

Unlike her creator's other sleuth Phryne Fisher, Melbourne baker Corinna Chapman relies on her two cats, whom she calls The Mouse Police, to keep her bakery rodent-free. Who is Corinna's creator?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Kathryn Fox

  • Wendy James

  • Sulari Gentill

  • Kerry Greenwood

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Frage 3 von 10

10

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have to deal with a case that just may involve a phantom hound. What is the setting for most of this novel?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Dartmoor

  • Paris

  • Edinburgh

  • East Anglia

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Frage 4 von 10

10

Everyone on Commissaire Adamsberg's Paris police team knows very well who runs their office: Snowball the cat. In fact in one novel, Snowball even does a bit of sleuthing. Who is Adamsberg's creator?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Georges Simenon

  • Frédérique Molay

  • Fred Vargas

  • Martin Walker

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Frage 5 von 10

10

Two very elegant seal-point Siamese cats own journalist James 'Qwill' Qwilleran in the long-running 'Cat Who...' series. Who is the author of that series?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Dorothy Gilman

  • Lilian Jackson Braun

  • Laura Lippman

  • Carole Nelson Douglas

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Frage 6 von 10

10

Dogs are featured in several of Agatha Christie's stories. In fact, one of them, Hannibal, is even a sleuth-owner! Who shares a home with Hannibal?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Hercule Poirot

  • Jane Marple

  • Parker Pyne

  • Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

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Frage 7 von 10

10

Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway and her daughter Kate share their home with which of these pets?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A cat

  • Two dogs

  • A finch

  • Rabbits

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Frage 8 von 10

10

M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth is much more devoted to his dogs Towser and then Lugs than he is to actually doing a lot of police work. Where does he live and work?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • London

  • Scottish Highlands

  • Isle of Guernsey

  • Yorkshire

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Frage 9 von 10

10

You wouldn't think that Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe would have much to do with pets. But a dog named Jet features prominently in the novella Die Like a Dog. Who does the 'legwork' in that story?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Archie Goodwin

  • Lily Rowan

  • Fritz Brenner

  • Travis McGee

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Frage 10 von 10

10

Robert Crais' Elvis Cole isn't overly sentimental. But he shares his home with a feral cat who only seems to be comfortable with Cole's PI partner. Who is that?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Harry Bosch

  • Lew Archer

  • Joe Pike

  • Alex Delaware

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