Questions in this quiz: Detective Fiction Beyond Holmes

The mystery genre beyond Holmes. Hammett's Sam Spade, Chandler's Marlowe, Christie's Poirot and Marple, P.D. James's Dalgliesh, Ian Rankin's Rebus, Henning Mankell's Wallander.

1. In which novel does Hercule Poirot make his first literary appearance? — Options: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Links, Peril at End House
2. Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade appears as the protagonist in only one full-length novel. Which one? — Options: The Glass Key, Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man
3. Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus is based in which city, whose Old Town and New Town geography heavily influences the series? — Options: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee
4. Henning Mankell set the Kurt Wallander novels primarily in which Swedish town? — Options: Malmö, Helsingborg, Ystad, Lund
5. P.D. James gave Adam Dalgliesh a secondary creative pursuit that often features in the novels. What is it? — Options: He paints watercolours, He publishes poetry, He plays the cello, He collects rare books
6. In Raymond Chandler's novels, Philip Marlowe operates out of an office in which Los Angeles building? — Options: The Bradbury Building, The Cahuenga Building, The Roosevelt Building, The Oviatt Building
7. Which American author created the hard-boiled detective Sam Spade, who appears in 'The Maltese Falcon'?