Private Eyes and Their Hobbies
Ever since Holmes picked up that violin, creators have attempted to saddle their detectives with hobbies, in an attempt to humanize them. Here are a few of the more famous pastimes attributed to various eyes:

• Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler
  Works on chess problems.
• Moses Wine by Roger L. Simon
  Plays Clue by himself.
• Nameless by Bill Ponzini
  Nameless collects scrime and detective pulp magazines, as does his creator.
• Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout
  Besides eating, Wolfe enjoys raising orchids.
• Mitch Roberts by Gaylord Dold
  Besides chess, Mitch's other obsession is baseball. He lives right across the street from the local field in Wichita, and he enjoys nothing more than a good doubleheader on a warm summer's eve.
• Shell Scott by Richard S. Prather
  Collects tropical fish.
• Mitch Tobin by Tucker Coe (Donald Westlake)
  Mitch relaxes by building a brick wall in his basement.
• Spenser by Robert B. Parker
  Besides being wonderful, Spenser does some wood-carving, or at least, he used to.
• Captain Duncan Maclain by Baynard Kendricks
  Duncan enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles by touch. He's blind, you see?
• Tom Corbie by Philip Jose Farmer
  A bibliophile,Tom has been known to take on some rather suspicious clients, just so he can afford to buy a rare book, such as a very rare edition of Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn, illustrated by Grandma Moses.

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