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Bone Collector, The (1999) IMDB rating: 6.20 Plot: Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Amelia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father’s suicide and thinking she’s next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer.

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Are there any detective stories where the main detective(s) has a condition like Tourette's or blindness, etc.?
I’m writing a paper on how detectives in movies or stories can sometimes use conditions (like paralysis–Bone Collector–or Tourette’s–Motherless Brooklyn) to their advantage, but some of the stories I picked to write about weren’t what I thought (Long Time No See by Ed McBain is about a blind guy who gets murdered, NOT a blind detective). So I need a few more short stories to write about. Any ideas?

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This is a great topic that deserves to be explored.
Agoraphobic detectives come to mind. See: Isaac Asimov’s Dr. Wendell Urth. http://books.google.com/books?id=UkT2QRL VpKYC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq= Wendell+Urth++agoraphobic+detective& source=bl&ots=hbMpjeBsPf&sig=Eze Q_jagKYBJ-PLOr1vfHTJN_jw&hl=en&e i=OcUPSrX5FIKH_QaKn8W5BA&sa=X&oi =book_result&ct=result&resnum=2
See agoraphobic detective protagonist in Michael Crichton’s "Runaway" http://www.crichton-official.com/movies- runaway .
The film detective, Daryl Zero is the paranoid agoraphobic protagonist of "Zero Effect". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120906/plot summary
In "Cold Case" http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/step hen-white/cold-case.htm , I recall that there are protagonists with MS as well as others with agoraphobia. ( I read it long ago, but it may give you material on your theme.)
Regarding the wheelchair bound, don’t forget "Rear Window"! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/

These links may be of interest: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma in/TheExoticDetective
See comment about Detective Goren in "Law And Order: Criminal Intent".
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6679/THE-BLI ND-DETECTIVE
Should we consider the emotional disturbance of "Ace Ventura" in this context? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-lk4sFkk Ew

Non-fiction food for thought: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ europe/move-over-poirot-belgium-recruits -blind-detectives-to-help-fight-crime-76 0087.html

Tequila | May 17, 2009

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The TV series Monk comes instantly to mind. Though Adrian Monk’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder hinders his ability to work easily, it could be argued that his sense of needing things to be "right" helps him focus on things that aren’t- at a scene or in a suspect’s story for example.

The old TV series Ironside featured a paraplegic detective, though I’m not really familiar with it and not sure if he was able to turn it to a specific advantage.

That’s all I can think of directly off the top of my head.
Jourell | May 17, 2009