| A | B |
| mystery | Any affair,person or thing that presents featurs so absure as to acouse curiasity or speculation. |
| alibi | Plea offered by an accused person not having been at the scene of the crime. |
| clue | Something that appears to give information toward solving the crime. |
| deduction | Collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclution. |
| evidence | Someone or Something that proves who comitted the crime. |
| red herring | A false lead that throws the investigator off the track. |
| sleuth | Detective, investigator ( gumshoe,privite eye,pinkertin) |
| suspects | People who appear to have a motive to have comitted the crime. |
| witness | A person who has a personal knowledge of the crime. |
| villain | Criminal,person,or thing blamed for an evil or difficulty. |