investigation stories (and novels). The type of story I'm aiming for is in the vein

A) There is no resource in the world that will make you a writer like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, or Isaac Asimov. You are going to be the writer that YOU are going to be. Being inspired by the greats is fine and a good thing.

B) The best resource anywhere for tropes is tvtropes.org, and specific mystery tropes may be found at tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryTropes
C) Now considering that you already knew the term "trope", you likely already knew B.

D) The butler did it. Elementary.

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