Fictional detectives Fictional detectives Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These characters have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of early detective fiction was written during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" (1920s-1930s). These detectives include amateurs, private investigators and professional policemen. They are often popularized as individual characters rather than parts of the fictional work in which they appear. Stories involving individual detectives are well-suited to dramatic presentation, resulting in many popular theatre, television, and movie characters. The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste
Gogol (Detective) fictional detective character is still very popular for children. In some cases Private investigator of Naihati, Mr. Ashok Thakur help and save Gogol from the criminals. Bose writes lot of short stories and novel based on Gogol's adventures. Most of the Gogol series were published in Bengali child magazine like Anandamela, Shuktara etc. Gogol (Detective) Gogol (Detective) is a fictional teenage detective character created by Bengali writer Samaresh Basu especially for children. Few Gogol's stories were adapted into films. As per the writer Samaresh Basu, Gogol's father Samiresh Chatterjee was fan of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol hence he named his