What real detective, we wonder, really solves cases with a magnifying glass?

He was a master of the locked room mystery, in which a detective solves apparently impossible crimes.

Some mysteries even a detective of my skill can't solve.

The detective solved the case and then sued the county after the county refused to pay him for his work.

The detective solves a mystery built around a nursery rhyme.

Adolescent detectives solved crimes and befriended crime victims.

In 1983, for example, detectives solved or "cleared" 40 percent of their cases, and each investigator's caseload was about 46.

But at its heart, this book is pure fiction: The detective actually solves the mystery, which doesn't happen very often in Russia anymore.

'The Musgrave Ritual' contains an unusual puzzle that the detective must solve.

In "Laura," the detective solves the case with hard work and shoe leather.