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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

This semi-comedic and definitely cozy amateur sleuth series is perfect multigenerational viewing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 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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