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detective

[dih-tek-tiv] / dɪˈtɛk tɪv /


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Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective tales “combined a sense of immediate novelty with a reassuring regularity of form.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

What is it about a detective show that you find particularly satisfying?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The revelation inspired a small genre of internet consumer detective work.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

He was a detective constable and lead investigator in the case of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths, whose grandparents were jailed for murder last year, and has given evidence in other high-profile murder trials in north Wales.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Louis Lépine and Alphonse Bertillon had missed the lesson of the very first detective story: In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter,” the suspect hides a scandalous letter in plain sight.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The BBC can confirm German detectives are now including the incident in their investigation into the detained Russian and his associates.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

After a deluge of hateful messages, another man misidentified as Winston Lee posted a personal appeal to TikTok detectives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cobb County Police Department detectives and the Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s office, which oversees amusement parks in the state, are investigating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The teen’s mother, Ofelia Garcia Ortega, 36, was arrested by Monterey County sheriff’s detectives on Tuesday afternoon at the Salinas Superior Courthouse, the agency said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Agent Burger said that the conduct of one of these private detectives was “reprehensible” and was “certainly hurting our investigation.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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