Peer review can keep homicide investigations from going stale by bringing fresh eyes, diverse disciplines, and red-team thinking into major case reviews. This article explains how multidisciplinary case reviews help challenge assumptions, identify missed leads, strengthen evidence, improve interview planning, and keep investigative momentum alive before time, workload, and competing priorities weaken a case.

Sherlock Holmes would be a disaster in a real interview room. Fictional detectives aren't a training manual — but every so often, the novelists got something right. A fun look at their sharpest lines, plus the real investigation skills that actually close cases.

Detective Geyer’s relentless pursuit of justice unraveled Holmes’ web of deceit, leading to his conviction and execution.