Matching Pairs Mystery vocabularyOnline version domain vocabulary for mystery genre by Teacher Fer 1 witness 2 sleuth 3 suspect 4 victim 5 detective 6 mystery 7 alibi 8 evidence 9 red herring 10 clue – a false lead that throws the investigator off track an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed something that is secret and unknown - another name for a detective a person who investigates mysteries and gathers information - a person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime - someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information - someone who is harmed or suffers some loss because of the crime a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries something that helps prove who committed the crime