Clerical Detectives, and some other crime fiction, selected by Philip Grosset
  • alphabetical list of all reviewed clerical detectives (column on left below),
  • alphabetical list of all reviewed authors (column on right below),
  • list of clerical detectives arranged in different categories (below the above lists),
  • list of some other recommended detectives from the past (below list on left),
  • search engine (at foot of page)

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CLERICAL DETECTIVES
(with authors in brackets)

Uncle Abner (Melville Davisson Post
and John L Suter)

Sister Agatha
(Aimée and David Thurlo)
Sister Agnes (Alison Joseph)
The Rev Claire Aldington (Isabelle Holland)
Soeur Angèle
(Henry Catalan)
Father Anselm (William Brodrick)
The Revd Callie Anson
(Kate Charles)
The Archdeacons
(C A Alington)
The Rev Dr Charles Ashworth
(Susan Howatch)
Brother Athelstan (Paul Doherty/Harding)
Soeur Auguste (Joanne Harris)

Rev Hosea Ballou (Ernest Cassara)
Brother Barnabas
(E M A Allison)
Brother Bartholomew
(David Manuel)
The Rev Matt Beck
(Charles Meyer)
The Rev Dr Simon Bede
(Barbara Byfield)
Christine Bennett (Lee Harris)
Brother Bernard
(Catherine Jinks)
Theodora Braithwaite
(D M Greenwood)
Father Joseph Bredder
(Leonard Holton)
Father Brown (G K Chesterton))
Father Brown
(Stephen Kendrick)
The Rev Ebenezer Buckle
(Nicholas Brady)
The Rev Martin Buell
(Margaret Scherf)
Bishop Burdock (Walter S Sheldon)

Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters)
Sister Rose Callahan
(Deborah Woodworth)
The Rev Tobias Campion
(Judith Cutler)
The Ven James Castleton (C A Alington)
Sister Cecile
(Winona Sullivan)
The Rev Simon Cherry
(Gale Pedrick)
The Rev Lily Connor
(Michelle Blake)
The Ven John Craggs
(C A Alington)

Father Tim Devin (Grace and Harold Johnson)
Father Roger Dowling
(Ralph McInerny)
Father Duffy (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)

Prioress Eleanor (Priscilla Royal)
Elizabeth Elliot (Irene Allen)
The Rev Peter Eversleigh (Richard Goyne)
Friar Felix Fabri (Sheri Holman)
Faith Fairchild (Katherine Hall Page)
Rev Clare Fergusson
(Julia Spencer-Fleming)
Sister Fidelma (Peter Tremayne)
Dr Mary Finney (Matthew Head)
Dame Frevisse
(Margaret Frazer)

Father Gus Gamble
(Whit Masterson)
Mother Lavinia Grey
(Kate Gallison)

Richard Harrison
(Michael David Antony)
Lady Lupin Hastings (Joan Coggin)
Sister Mary Helen (Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)
Abbess Helewise
(Alys Clare)
Hildegard, Abbess of Meaux (Cassandra Clark)
The Rev Lucas Holt
(Charles Meyer)

The Rev Jabal Jarrett
(Freda Bream)
Sister Joan
(Veronica Black)
Sisters John & Hyacinthe
(Dorothy Gilman)
John Jordan (Michael Lister)

The Rev Kathryn Koerney
(Cristina Sumners)
Father Robert Koesler (William X Kienzle)
Hayden Konig (Mark Schweizer)

Catherine LeVendeur (Sharan Newman)
Rev Eldon Littlejohn (Jan Maxwell)
Darcy Lott (Susan Dunlap)

Father Martin (David Bland)
Father McMahon
(Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory)

Father Nil (Michel Benoît)

Father John O'Malley (Margaret Coel)
Father Fernando O'Neal
(Paul Spike)
Maggie O'Neill
(Madelyn Alt)
Ophelia and Abby (Shirley Damsgaard)
Bridget O'Toole (Frank McConnell)
The Rev Francis Oughterard (Suzette A Hill)

The Padre (Richard Goyne)
The Rev Richard Page (Maggie Hamand)
Brother Paul
(William D Montalbano)
Mother Paul
(June Wright)
Sister Pelagia (Boris Akunin)
Petroc of Auneford (Pip Vaughan-Hughes)

Father Quart (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)

Rev C P Randollph (Charles Merrill Smith)
Bishop Francis X Regan (William F Love)
The Rev (Gale Pedrick)
Father Roland (Rev William L Doty)
Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife
(Sharon Kahn)
Father Blackie Ryan (Andrew M Greeley)

The Rev Sebastian
(James L Johnson)
Father Joseph Shanley (Jack Webb)
Sister Simon
(Margaret Ann Hubbard)
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox
(Emilie Richards)
Rabbi David Small (Harry Kemelman)
John Smyth (James R Coggins)
Alan Starr (Jane Langton)
Rosemary Stubbs
(Clare Munnings)

Sister Mary Teresa
(Monica Quill)
Rev Dan Thompson (Dean Feldmeyer)
Rev Ziza Todd (David Willis McCullough)
Archdeacon Toft (Thurman Warriner)
Father Mark Townsend (Father Brad Reynolds)
The Rev Septimus Treloar
(Stephen Chance)
Pastor Caleb Troyer (P L Gaus)
Reverend Tuckworth (David Holland)
Rev Calvin Turkstra (Christopher H Meehan)

Sister Ursula
(Anthony Boucher as H H Holmes)

Vane
(John Fuller)

The Rev Merrily Watkins (Phil Rickman)
The Rev Harry Westerham
(Victor Whitechurch)
Brother William (Umberto Eco)
Father Mike Wilson
(D Keith Mano)
Rabbi Daniel Winter
(Joseph Terlushkin)


Also included: SOME NON-CLERICAL DETECTIVES FROM THE PAST

John Appleby
(Michael Innes)
Miles Bredon (Ronald Knox)
Edward Candy characters
Gervase Fen (Edmund Crispin)
Michael Gilbert characters
Mallett and Pettigrew
(Cyril Hare)
Charlie Mortdecai (Kyril Bonfiglioli)

LIST OF ALL AUTHORS REVIEWED

Boris Akunin
C A Alington
Irene Allen

E M A Allison
Madelyn Alt
Michael David Antony


Michel Benoît
Veronica Black

Michelle Blake
David Bland
Kyril Bonfiglioli

Anthony Boucher
Nicholas Brady
Freda Bream

William Brodrick

Barbara Byfield

Edward Candy
Ernest Cassara
Henry Catalan

Stephen Chance
Kate Charles
G K Chesterton
Alys Clare
Cassandra Clark
Margaret Coel

Joan Coggin
James R Coggins

Edmund Crispin
Judith Cutler

Shirley Damsgaard
Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Paul Doherty

Rev William L Doty
Susan Dunlap


Umberto Eco

Dean Feldmeyer
Margaret Frazer
Fuller, John

Kate Gallison
P L Gaus
Michael Gilbert
Dorothy Gilman
Richard Goyne
Andrew M Greeley
D M Greenwood
Susanna Gregory

Maggie Hamand
Paul Harding

Cyril Hare

Joanne Harris
Lee Harris
Matthew Head
Suzette A Hill

David Holland

Isabelle Holland
Sheri Holman

H H Holmes
Leonard Holton
Susan Howatch
Margaret Hubbard


Michael Innes

Catherine Jinks
Grace & Harold Johnson
James L Johnson
Alison Joseph

Sharon Kahn
Harry Kemelman
Stephen Kendrick
William X Kienzle
Ronald Knox

Jane Langton
Michael Lister
William F Love

David Manuel
D Keith Mano
Whit Masterson
Jan Maxwell

Frank McConnell
David Willis McCullough
Ralph McInerny
Charles Meyer
William D Montalbano
Clare Munnings

Sharan Newman

Sister Carol Anne O'Marie

Katherine Hall Page
Gale Pedrick
Arturo P
érez-Reverte

Ellis Peters
Melville Davisson Post

Monica Quill

Father Brad Reynolds
Emily Richards

Phil Rickman

Priscilla Royal

Margaret Scherf
Mark Schweizer

Walter J Sheldon
Charles Merrill Smith

Julia Spencer-Fleming
Paul Spike
Winona Sullivan

Cristina Sumners
John L Suter

Joseph Terlushkin
Aimée and David Thurlo
Peter Tremayne

Pip Vaughan-Hughes

Thurman Warriner
Webb, Jack
Whitechurch Victor L

Deborah Woodworth
June Wright

For a list of the few clerical detectives not included above, please see my INTRODUCTION

CLERICAL DETECTIVES arranged by categories

CLERGY
Anglican/Episcopal priests
The Rev Claire Aldington (Isabelle Holland)
The Revd Callie Anson (Kate Charles)
The Archdeacons (C A Alington)
The Rev Dr Charles Ashworth
(Susan Howatch)
The Rev Matt Beck (Charles Meyer)
The Rev Dr Simon Bede (Barbara Byfield)
The Rev Ebenezer Buckle (NicholasBrady)
The Rev Martin Buell
(Margaret Scherf)
The Rev Tobias Campion
(Judith Cutler)
The Ven James Castleton
(C A Alington)
The Rev Simon Cherry
(Gale Pedrick)
The Rev Lily Connor
(Michelle Blake)
The Ven John Craggs (C A Alington)
The Rev Peter Eversleigh (Richard Goyne)
Rev Clare Fergusson (Julia Spencer-Fleming)
Mother Lavinia Grey (Kate Gallison)
The Rev Lucas Holt
(Charles Meyer)
The Rev Jabal Jarrett
(Freda Bream)
The Rev Kathryn Koerney
(Cristina Sumners)
Father Fernando O'Neal (Paul Spike)
The Rev Francis Oughterard (Suzette A Hill)
The Padre (Richard Goyne)
The Rev Richard Page (Maggie Hamand)
Rev Ziza Todd
(David Willis McCullough)
Archdeacon Toft
(Thurman Warriner)
The Rev Septimus Treloar (Stephen Chance)
Reverend Tuckworth (David Holland)
The Rev Merrily Watkins (Phil Rickman)
The Rev Harry Westerham (Victor L Whitechurch)
Father Mike Wilson
(D Keith Mano)

Protestant ministers
Rev Hosea Ballou (Ernest Cassara)
Rev C P Randollph
(Charles Merrill Smith)
The Rev Sebastian (James L Johnson)
Rosemary Stubbs
(Clare Munnings)
Rev Dan Thompson (Dean Feldmeyer)
Rev Ziza Todd (David Willis McCullough)
Rev Calvin Turkstra (Christopher H Meehan)

Prison chaplain
John Jordan (Michael Lister)

Amish pastor
Pastor Caleb Troyer (P L Gaus)

Roman Catholic priests
Father Joseph Bredder (Leonard Holton)
Father Brown (G K Chesterton)
Father Brown
(Stephen Kendrick)
Bishop Burdock (Walter S Sheldon)
Father Tim Devin
(Grace and Harold Johnson)
Father Roger Dowling
(Ralph McInerny)
Father Duffy
(Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Father Gus Gamble (Whit Masterson)
Father Robert Koesler
(William X Kienzle)
Father McMahon (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
Father Nil (Michel Benoît)
Father John O'Malley (Margaret Coel)
Father Quart (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)
Bishop Francis X Regan
(William F Love)
Father Roland (Rev William L Doty)
Father (later Bishop) Blackie Ryan
(Andrew M Greeley)
Father Joseph Shanley
(Jack Webb)
Father Mark Townsend
(Father Brad Reynolds)
Vane
(John Fuller)

Monks/friars (also see under Medieval/historical monks)
Father Anselm (William Brodrick)
Brother Bartholomew (David Manuel)
Brother Paul (William D Montalbano)

Medieval/historical monks
Brother Athelstan
(Paul Doherty/Harding)
Brother Barnabas (E M A Allison)
Brother Bernard
(Catherine Jinks)
Brother Cadfael
(Ellis Peters)
Friar Felix Fabri
(Sheri Holman)
Father Martin (David Bland)
Brother Michae
l
(Susanna Gregory)
Petroc of Auneford (Pip Vaughan-Hughes)
Brother William (Umberto Eco)

Nuns (also see under Medieval/historical nuns)
Sister Agatha (Aimée and David Thurlo)
Sister Agnes (Alison Joseph)
Soeur Angèle (Henry Catalan)
Soeur Auguste (Joanne Harris)
Sister Cecile (Winona Sullivan)
Sister Joan
(Veronica Black)
Sisters John & Hyacinthe
(Dorothy Gilman)
Mother Paul (June Wright)
Sister Simon (Margaret Ann Hubbard)
Sister Mary Theresa
(Monica Quill)
Sister Ursula (Anthony Boucher as H H Holmes)

Medieval/historical nuns
Prioress Eleanor
(Priscilla Royal)
Soeur Angèle (Henry Catalan)
Sister Fidelma (Peter Tremayne)
Dame Frevisse (Margaret Frazer)
Abbess Helewise
(Alys Clare)
Hildegard, Abbess of Meaux (Cassandra Clark)
Catherine LeVendeur (Sharan Newman)
Sister Pelagia (Boris Akunin)

Ex-nuns/retired nun
Christine Bennett (Lee Harris)
Sister Mary Helen
(Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)
Bridget O'Toole (Frank McConnell)

Missionary
Dr Mary Finney (Matthew Head)

CHURCH WORKERS
Choirmasters/organists
Hayden Konig (Mark Schweizer)
Alan Starr (Jane Langton)

Church administrators
Theodora Braithwaite (D M Greenwood)
Richard Harrison
(Michael David Antony)
John Smyth (James R Coggins)

Clergy wives
Faith Fairchild (Katherine Hall Page)
Lady Lupin Hastings (Joan Coggin)
Aggie Sloan-Wilcox (Emilie Richards)

Quaker Clerk of the Meeting
Elizabeth Elliot (Irene Allen)

Other
Uncle Abner (Melville Davisson Post & John L Suter))

Shaker Eldress
Sister Rose Callahan (Deborah Woodworth)

NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
Judaism
Sammy Golden (Jack Webb)
Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife
(Sharon Kahn)
Rabbi David Small (Harry Kemelman)
Rabbi Daniel Winter (Joseph Terlushkin)

Zen Buddhism
Darcy Lott (Susan Dunlap)

Witches (who mean well)
Maggie O'Neill (Madelyn Alt)
Ophelia and Abby (Shirley Damsgaard)



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