How to use "detective" in a sentence

This was Inspector Abbeline, a fine detective who knew the East End and its people very well

Inspector Abbeline, a very able and experienced detective, interviewed him on November 12th - and believed his story

A young criminal called Squibby, for example, was in Hanbury Street, when a detective saw him in the crowd and chased him

The other detective, West, is younger and thinner but with an empty look in his eye.

The best thing a good detective can do is listen and observe

Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective, but he can do nothing about the weather

It's so mysterious, isn't it, the way she suddenly rented a house here, and hardly ever goes outside it? It's like a detective story

'You read too many detective stories,' I said