Sentences with phrase «by the amateur sleuths»

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These sleuths are rank amateurs and find their clues only by stumbling across them or forcing them into the open, regardless of the damage done.

Here, the amateur sleuth is surrounded by far less knowledgeable and somewhat hapless police officers.

For example, when readers are browsing mystery novels on Amazon, they can browse by type of character (amateur sleuth, British detective, female protagonist) and by moods and themes (action - packed, horror, humorous, noir).

It's not often that the wife of a Mormon bishop acts as an amateur sleuth in contemporary crime fiction, but Linda Wallheim finds herself wrapped up in a woman's disappearance in The Bishop's Wife, which was inspired by an actual crime and written by practicing Mormon Mette Ivie Harrison.

Deadly Vows by Brenda Joyce Francesca Cahill is an amateur sleuth and socialite in Old New York and she's about to marry Calder Hart — or is she?

He was accompanied by Ian Fleming (creator of aforementioned James Bond), Noel Coward, David Ogilvy (of advertising fame) and several others, who preferred to be called the Baker Street Irregulars — a nod to Sherlock Holmes» ragtag gang of amateur sleuths — rather than BSC agents.

Lost Books and Old Bones Scottish Bookshop Mystery # 3 By Paige Shelton ISBN: 9781250127792 paigeshelton.com Brought to you by OBS Reviewer Jeanie Synopsis: A delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, ScotlanBy Paige Shelton ISBN: 9781250127792 paigeshelton.com Brought to you by OBS Reviewer Jeanie Synopsis: A delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, Scotlanby OBS Reviewer Jeanie Synopsis: A delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Death at Thorburn Hall by Julianna Deering — Amateur sleuth Drew Farthering and his wife Madeline travel to Scotland for the 1935 British Open, but instead of a relaxing holiday, they find murder, mystery, and international intrigue.

The modern world has proven just how great the appeal for more advanced games fit for the young minds of today has become, the old shovelware nonsense of the past has been surpassed by fun, entertaining, and thoroughly educational games like space tactics game FTL, rocket science themed masterpiece Kerbal Space Program, and even the popularity of, while darker and more advanced (and for older children) than the other two, the insane popularity of the horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's and its habit of making the players work and dig for its story elements which have created communities of amateur sleuths.