Detective for Dummies
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Last published Thu, May 1, 2025
Sutton Vale is a broke college student with zero detective skills. until a staged mystery for a YouTube video accidentally makes her internet famous as a private investigator. Now, real clients are showing up, expecting her to solve their problems. With the help of her best friend, a grumpy law student, and a conspiracy-obsessed hacker, Sutton must fake her way through missing cats, blackmail schemes, and actual crimes. But when a real mystery turns deadly, she'll have to decide if she's in over her head... or if she just might be good at this detective thing after all.
Main Characters
Sutton Vale (20): A broke, sarcastic, and slightly chaotic college student who accidentally becomes a detective. She's smart but relies mostly on bluffing and luck.
Ivy Calloway (21): Sutton's best friend and a media studies major. Runs a YouTube channel and is the mastermind behind the original fake mystery.
Lennox "Knox" Mercer (22): A grumpy but brilliant law student who unwillingly becomes Sutton's legal consultant.
Archer Flynn (24): A real private investigator who is amused by Sutton's antics and occasionally helps her out.
Mila Vesper (19): A hacker and conspiracy theorist who insists on helping Sutton solve cases.
Professor Orion Wolfe (50s): A mysterious criminology professor who seems to know more than he lets on.
Detective Easton Rhys (30s): A local cop who keeps running into Sutton and is suspicious of her "detective" skills.
Cassian "Cass" Reyes (22): Sutton's ex-boyfriend, now a journalist, who keeps trying to get the inside scoop on her cases.
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