Talk:consulting detective

RFV discussion: October 2013–June 2014

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consulting detective

Is this a real thing? Are there any consulting detectives in real life, or even any in fiction aside from Sherlock Holmes? -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

[1]. Google Books has a lot to say on the subject.--Prosfilaes (talk) 02:12, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

This term certainly passes the primary CFI clauses, as it occurs in many Sherlock Holmes novels which are well-known works, the question is whether it is an in-universe term. google books:"consulting detective" -"holmes" -"poe" has more than enough results, but it seems a context label “detective mystery fiction” is warranted. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 10:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@Prosfilaes - I don't think the book you linked to is using "consulting detective" in the same sense as the definition in the entry. It seems to be using it to mean police detectives who are brought in to help solve a crime outside the jurisdiction in which they work because they have special expertise or experience (e.g. a police detective from San Francisco going up to help the police in Seattle), rather than a private detective who collaborates with the police à la Holmes. -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 23:27, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Failed. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 21:56, 18 June 2014 (UTC)