William the Detective

{{short description|Book by Richmal Crompton}}

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| image = File:William the Detective.jpg

| image_caption = First edition (ninth impression)

| author = Richmal Crompton

| illustrator = Thomas Henry

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Children's literature

| publisher = Newnes

| release_date = 1935

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) & Audio book

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| followed_by = Sweet William

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William - The Detective is a book in the Just William series written by Richmal Crompton.{{Cite web |title=William the Detective {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/9780600403104 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=isbndb.com}} Modern editions contain ten stories; it originally contained eleven: In a (for the series) rare example of moral panic, the eleventh, entitled "William and the Nasties" has been removed from reprints of the book since 1986 because, though ultimately anti-Nazi, it was considered inappropriate after the atrocities of the Holocaust, especially for a book aimed at children. William and the League of Perfect Love has also been removed from some editions under pressure from the animal-rights activists it satirises.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}.