It's the one big problem that trips mystery writers up at the beginning of a novel: WHY will my sleuth investigate? In this video, we go over ALL the reasons I could come up with (that's 12!), with examples for each.

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This video uses clips from:

Reacher
Castle
Murder, She Wrote
Tru Calling
The Mentalist
The Andy Griffith Show
Rear Window
Angels and Demons
The da Vinci Code
Sharp Objects
Death on the Nile
Murder on the Orient Express