sleuth
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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
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
And a few moments of self-doubt for our seemingly infallible sleuth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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