Detectives
The most famous detective of all time
Sherlock Holmes
Who was the first serial killer?
Jack the Ripper
A piece of information that helps solve a crime
Clue
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Clues you can touch
Fingerprints
The detective in the first issue of Detective Comics
Batman
What city did Sherlock Holmes live in?
London
A commonly used story element
Trope
The best selling mystery author of all time
Agatha Christie
The biggest clue of all
A smoking gun
The detective in the first ever detective story
Auguste Dupin
What was the name or author of the first mystery novel?
Wilkie Collins/ The Moonstone
A fake clue to trick the reader
Red Herring
Edgar Allan Poe
Famous setting for a mystery
English country house
A detective created by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot, Ms Marple, more possible answers
Victorian
Another name for a mystery story
Whodunnit
A hardboiled author
Chandler/Hammet
A synonym for eccentric
Weird, strange, zany etc.
A hardboiled detective
Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, The Continental Op, more possible answers
What was the name of the first detective story?
Murders in the Rue Morgue
A dangerous but beautiful lady
Femme Fatale
Detective Conan
Gosho Aoyama
Which suspect did it?
The least likely one