A literary detective of limited powers might simply gather these kinds of clues and consider his case complete.

Dave instead hires private detectives to gather ammunition against Joyce until the day before the trial begins.

Wycliffe's detectives were already gathering information about most of them.

Joe Cardona noted it and the detective gathered an increasing hunch that Jarvis Knight was speculating on the future as he listened to Vic's recital of the past.

My detectives have gathered things concerning her past life before she met my son.

But detectives could never gather what they considered sufficient evidence to arrest their suspects.

Ms. Gagliano said detectives were still gathering details about the argument and did not know if it was related to friction between rival gangs in East Orange.

Yesterday afternoon, police officers who knew the detective gathered outside the hospital, some of them exchanging tight hugs and handshakes, and quiet words of comfort.

Lieutenant Viadero said he was hopeful that Mr. Webb would be charged in the three other cases that showed DNA matches, although detectives are still gathering evidence.

But he said the evidence that detectives had gathered was not strong enough to support a criminal prosecution.