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Sleuthing See also Crime Fighting. Alleyn, Inspector detective in Ngaio Marsh’s many mystery stories. [New Zealand Lit.: Harvey, 520] tough solver of brutal crimes. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 94–96]
Chesterton’s priest and amateur detective. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 20–21] shrewd detective solves a murder and uncovers Lady Dedlock’s past. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House in Benét, 144] unpretentious cerebral detective. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 31–33] blind detective in stories by Ernest Bramah. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 159] turn-of-the-century flatfoot. [Radio: “Nick Carter, Master Detective” in Buxton, 173-174] imperturbable Oriental gumshoe. [Am. Lit.: Her-man, 36–37; Comics: Horn, 165–166] urbane and witty private detective. [Am. Lit.: The Thin Man] bungling French detective; inexplicably and with great asininity gets his man. [Am. Cinema: “The Pink Panther”] untidy, cigar-smoking mastermind. [TV: “NBC Mystery Movie” in Terrace, II, 141] first detective in English fiction. [Br. Lit.: The Moonstone in Benét, 683] teenage girl supersleuth. [Children’s Lit.: The Hidden Staircase] patriotic Englishman, hero of stories by Sapper. [Br. Lit.: Payton, 108] ratiocinative solver of unsolvable crimes. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”; “The Mystery of Marie Roget”; “The Purloined Letter”] fat, astute detective in John Dickson Carr’s mysteries. [Am. Lit.: Benét, 170] square-jawed, low-paid detective of question-able expertise and unquestionable obtuseness. [Comics: “Li’l Abner” in Horn, 450] teenagers solve crimes and mysteries with detective father. [Children’s Lit.: Clue in the Embers; Twisted Claw; Tower Treasure] implacable detective with photographic memory. [Br. Lit.: The Ticket-of-Leave Man, Barnhart, 546] the great detective; famous for deductive reasoning. [Br. Lit.: Payton, 316] coat with cape; emblem of Sherlock Holmes. [Br. Costume and Lit.: Espy, 267]
Barney Ross’s deaf ex-actor and amateur detective. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 105] meticulous detective; pride of French Sureté. [Fr. Lit.: Monsieur Lecoq] bungling Scotland Yard foil to Sherlock Holmes. [Br. Lit.: Payton, 387] murderer turned detective. [Fr. Lit.: Herman, 20] traditional detective equipment; from its use by Sherlock Holmes. [Br. Lit.: Payton, 473] studiously precise detective; bases his work solidly on police methods. [Fr. Lit.: Herman, 114] private eye with unorthodox style. [TV: Terrace, II, 62] hard-boiled but engaging private eye. [Am. Lit.: The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The Long Goodbye] sweet old lady, tougher than she seems. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 51–55] attorney busier with detection than law. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 71–74] the “codfish Sherlock.” [Am. Lit.: Herman, 122–124] tough private eye and tougher private avenger. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 92–94] . clever Japanese detective. [Am. Cin.: Halliwell, 494] famous detective agency; founded in 1850. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 392] brainy, dandified genius in Christie mysteries. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 51–55] . redoubtable widow joins the C.I.A. [Am. Lit.: A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax] lawyer uses fingerprint evidence to win his client’s acquittal and expose the true murderer. [Am. Lit.: Mark Twain Pudd’nhead Wilson; Benét, 824] dilettantish private investigator. [Am. Lit.: Her-man, 105] Rabbi David Small solves crimes using his Talmudic training. [Am. Lit.: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late] dashing diviner of knotty puzzles. [Radio: Buxton, 206; TV: Terrace, II, 264] hard-boiled private eye. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 79–82] urbane solver of intricate crimes. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 37–38]
charming, civilized, urbane detective. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 86–87] California’s brilliant, black detective. [Am. Lit.: In the Heat of the Night] square-chinned detective of police comic strip. [Comics: Horn, 206] impressively learned, polished, and urbane detective. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 22, 126–127] Shakespeare-quoting gentleman turned amateur detective. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 113–114] corpulent, lazy, but persevering crime-solver. [Am. Lit.: Herman, 119–122] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When a particularly nasty football player is found dead in a bull pen and Caroline's son Martin is the primary suspect, she puts her sleuthing talents to work, utilizing her friend Carl the college history professor and some of the town's most interesting characters. Groups dedicated to gathering clues and pooling information formed on the Net--and after some six months of sleuthing thousands of tech-heads have finally unraveled the puzzle. After all, with a police detective and a private eye for parents, Herculeah finds that curiosity and sleuthing come naturally. |
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