Mystery Vocab 1

The person committing the crime is...

• Alibi
• Motive
• Victim
• Villain

The act committed in violation of the law is... 

• Motive
• Red Herring
• Crime
• Cliff Hanger

The person who could have committed the crime

• Red Herring
• Suspect
• Victim 
• Witness

An excuse provided by suspect for being unable to commit the crime

• Motive
• Means
• Clue
• Alibi

Anything that helps in the solution of the problem

• clue
• means
• motive
• alibi

The character solving the crime

• Witness
• Villain
• Detective
• Suspect

Why the crime is committed

• Alibi
• Means
• Cliff Hanger
• Motive

How the crime is committed. 

• Means
• motive
• Clue
• Red Herring

A person who has seen or heard the crime

• Villain
• Detective
• Red Herring
• Witness

Information provided by the writer to send the reader on a false trail

• Crime
• Red Herring 
• Motive
• Clue