Mystery Vocabulary - The Detective's Dictionary

someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information

• sleuth

• victim

• witness

• red herring

an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed

• alibi

• detective

• suspect

• witness

someone who is harmed or suffers some loss because of the crime

• mystery

• detective

• victim

• suspect

a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries

• clue

• red herring

• mystery

• crime

a false lead that throws the investigator off track

• red herring

• mystery

• evidence

• clue

a person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime

• sleuth

• suspect

• victim

• witness

an act that is against the law

• crime

• clue

• red herring

• detective

something that is secret and unknown

• crime

• clue

• evidence

• mystery

another name for a detective

• red herring

• sleuth

• witness

• victim

a person who investigates mysteries and gathers information

• witness

• alibi

• detective

• victim