detective
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When playing real-life figures, she said: "You have to behave like a sort of detective."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
A former detective who worked on the case tells the documentary Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice that 33-year-old Robert McCartney was "as innocent as they come".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
And he populates the film with terrific actors, including Giancarlo Esposito as a detective who shares a long history with Harry, and Tatiana Maslany in a role that I won’t spoil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dr. Mike Hapgood, a Visiting Scientist and space weather expert at the UK's national space laboratory, RAL Space, described the research process as something resembling a detective investigation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The detective on his case, Marie-François Goron, a man with a truly fabulous mustache, was convinced that Vernet was an alias.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Local detectives caught a break after Navarro was arrested on traffic charges in Cleveland County, Okla. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office coordinated his extradition with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The jury accepted the prosecution's case that Robinson had hired detectives to "intimidate" the journalists.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
But, the author tells us, it was Bell, through Holmes’s creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, who would inspire generations of real-life forensic detectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“With these new developments, homicide detectives will continue to work diligently to solve his crime,” Price said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
She stuffed the piece of paper in her pocket and made a mental note to discuss it with her fellow Clue Crew detectives later.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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