sleuth
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"There are some similarities between me and my main character but she's much grumpier than me. I'd make a useless sleuth," said Perry.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Wherever the sleuth goes, the scribe is sure to follow—if about five steps behind.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
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
A data sleuth named Sholto David first flagged irregularities in some of Dana-Farber’s researchers’ papers in January 2024, and contacted the cancer institute and Harvard Medical School.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
And there she comes, strawberry-haired Nancy Drew, the girl sleuth, so American and so sure of herself, wearing a round collared blouse and a pencil skirt, wielding her magnifying glass.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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