sleuth

Example Sentences

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The place where author Naomi Hirahara grew up on McNally Avenue, where her amateur sleuth Mas Arai also lived, is gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

George Cross, the hero of a mystery series by Tim Sullivan, is an unconventional sleuth in the great British tradition that extends from Father Brown to the Thursday Murder Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played BBC One's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp, while also enjoying an acclaimed stage career.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 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