Detective Superintendent Julian Gregory will say only that the case is complex and will take more time to finish.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The writers group presents the yearly Edgar Awards to honor the best detective and suspense books,movies and TV shows.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Simon and Schuster publicist Anna McKean says the girl detective stays true to her roots but is "ultra-modern."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"It's like a detective story. It really is. And you just keep adding on the clues."

VOA: special.2010.06.28

He is especially well known for his series of books about a detective named Kurt Wallander.

VOA: special.2010.08.18

This is one of Poe's stories that influenced the development of the modern detective story.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Edgar Allan Poe is also remembered for the kind of literature known as detective fiction.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Poe's creation of the detective novel is recognized by the Mystery Writers of America.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

In fact,Edgar Allan Poe is considered the father of the modern detective novel.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

And there is the continuing series "Nancy Drew: Girl Detective."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, wrote about Poe's influence on other crime writers: "Each may find some little development of his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin,so wonderful in their masterful force, their reticence,their quick dramatic point."

VOA: special.2009.02.02