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sleuth

[slooth] / sluθ /


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“At its center is Beast Mode: the 510’s legendary fixer and freelance sleuth whose rough exterior hides a code of loyalty and willingness to deal with problems others won’t touch,” the release reads.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

There the nun discovers her own inner sleuth, and unexpectedly finds joy in life outside the cloister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

But it doesn’t take a sleuth to understand the underlying dynamic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

As Jessica Fletcher, the mystery-writing amateur sleuth in “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury never prejudges.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

In detective stories, when the sleuth revisits the scene of the crime, he nearly always finds a clue that has been overlooked by the ordinary police.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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