detective
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The bonus was that Ella Maisy Purvis made Patience Evans an endearingly awkward ad-hoc detective during the show’s premiere season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Michael, in “All Her Fault” you are playing someone who could be a much more conventional detective character, but reveals more layers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The detective asked him: "Would that ever have happened?"
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Shabnam Chaudri, a former senior Met detective with 30 years' experience, rejected the idea anti-racism training could account for how officers responded the night Henry Nowak was killed.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Or maybe I could interview a kid for some case the detective is working on.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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