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You have an [[Amateur Sleuth]] or an [[Exotic Detective]]. And to prove just how smart he is, not only can he solve any case just by scanning the crime scene, he can also solve crimes without ever having to visit the scene. The
Will sometimes be the only interaction the lead has in a [[Lower Deck Episode]].
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* [[Hercule Poirot]] once solved a crime without leaving his room for a bet. No phone was involved though, he just asked for police reports (and used his friend Hastings to run errands). On another occasion he was in bed with flu, and contacted Hastings at the scene via telegram.
* The Argentine detective Don Isidro Parodi, created by [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the pen name H. Bustos Domecq, is a man unjustly imprisioned to whom friends (and friends of friends) come visit at his cell with stories about mysteries and crimes, which he never fails to solve just by listening to their reports.
** Don Isidro [[Meaningful Name|Parodi]] is a [[Deconstructive Parody]] of this (and many others mysteries) tropes combined with a juvenalian [[Satire]] of Argentinean society: All the ''"friends"'' who consult him are truly [[Jerkass|JerkAsses]] whom could not care less about Parodi’s [[Miscarriage of Justice]] [[Government Conspiracy|being falsely accused and judged by]] a [[Kangaroo Court]] [[Frame-Up|only to save a]] [[Sleazy Politician]] mook ([[Truth in Television]] in all [[Latin America]]). It’s implied that all the consultants have enough intellect to discover the crime for themselves, but they can’t because they are [[Hypocrite
* Henry, of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Black Widowers'' mysteries, can solve any mystery after hearing it described over dinner.
** Another Asimovian detective, Wendell Urth, was so afraid of travelling that he, like [[Nero Wolfe]], worked almost entirely from home.
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== [[Manga]] and [[Anime]] ==
* The manga ''[[Remote]]'' was about such a
* ''[[Death Note]]'': L has been in hiding his entire career, and communicates via phone, computer and his intermediary Watari, emerging only on special occasions for particularly complex crimes {{spoiler|or particularly helpful assistants}}.
* Victorique from ''[[Gosick]]'' isn't allowed to leave the Academy until later in the story, so she often solves cries based on descriptions of the circumstances given to her by witnesses.
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