In line with my online handle, below are twenty names that recurring characters in mystery fiction could have used when they wanted to check into a hotel anonymously. Can you arrange them to find their true identity? Answers – if required – will be provided sometime next week.
- Archer Sparkle
- Bart McKine
- Cameron B. Plait
- Daniel Averrio
- Evan Hartier
- Gareth Widdleshire
- George Tunifer
- Henry P. Sherif
- Howard Coinige
- John Chepfers
- James Guilter
- Magdala Shield
- Nobby Bowe
- Norma Sprye
- Pancho Evil
- Pauline Sern
- Perry Pekan
- Peter Chouloir
- Scarlet Lavee
- Shane Hogget
Previous puzzles can be found here.
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Still haven’t figured out #20:
1. Charles Parker
2. Martin Beck
3. Albert Campion
4. Ariadne Oliver
5. Harriet Vane
6. Hildegarde Withers
7. Reggie Fortune
8. Phryne Fisher
9. Archie Goodwin
10. Joseph French
11. Jules Maigret
12. Adam Dalgliesh
13. Bob Benway
14. Perry Mason
15. Philo Vance
16. Arsene Lupin
17. Parker Pyne
18. Hercule Poirot
19. Steve Carella
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Good work. On that basis it is slightly harder than last week. But can you name a book featuring Bob Benway?
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Sorry, should have been Bobby Owen by e.R. Punshon
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There are plenty of Bob Benways out there. I imagine he’s the County Sheriff who does the legwork for a cake decorating amateur sleuth.
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