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when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective
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That version had Zendaya’s Rue grow up to be a private detective.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
Bruce Willis strutted onto the scene in 1985 as an aggressively charming, motormouth private detective who could talk his way into and out of any scrape presented.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
In yet another neo-noir, Apple TV+'s show stars Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private detective patrolling the mean streets of LA.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024
Donald Sutherland plays John Klute, a private detective hired to solve the disappearance of an executive.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 31 May 2024
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
Bruce Willis strutted onto the scene in 1985 as an aggressively charming, motormouth private detective who could talk his way into and out of any scrape presented.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
In yet another neo-noir, Apple TV+'s show stars Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private detective patrolling the mean streets of LA.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024
Donald Sutherland plays John Klute, a private detective hired to solve the disappearance of an executive.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 31 May 2024
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“Private detective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20detective. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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