sleuth

• The ageing sleuth is asked into a case with international implications by Inspec-tor Thomas Velie, Jr. Since the name Velie is not changed and various authentic Queen titles appear as supposed Quinn titles, I wonder if it was at the request of editor Queen that Ellery's name was changed. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
• Mr. Betancourt's sleuth, the brilliant but wasted alcoholic Peter “Pit” Gellar, is no stranger to our readers; he first appeared in these pages in “Pit and the Pendulum” in the July/August 2005 issue. —  AHMM,July-August2008
• The other sleuth was frankly skeptical Well, it got around like a ghost, didn't it They ran down to the water's edge and dragged out a small boat concealed among the boulders. —  018 - The Squeaking Goblin
• After all, he felt, it was hopeless to think of deceiving these sleuth-hounds of the Law: this detective had been making inquiries, and identified him as the man who had shared the hansom with that statue His knees trembled as he stood behind his glass-topped counter. —  The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance
• Now, there is no hunting with a great pack of sleuth-hounds, no pursuing a timid prey; lo! —  Dieux ont soif. English

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