: Re: How does one write a character smarter than oneself? How does one write a "genius" character? I don't mean a scientific genius, or someone who is a prodigious talent in math or chess or something

@Angie602

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Just a few suggestions.

Technology. Advanced technology can look like magic, and is not necessarily obvious to your "average inspector". E.g. the criminal could use tiny robotic spiders, which can crawl around the victim's house, eavesdrop on people (so that the criminal knows things nobody else could possibly know), send back data about where everybody is, or film the code that opens a safe.
Social engineering. Maybe inspector A is not stupid, but a sufficient number of victims is. Think of internet scams: even if only 1 percent of people are gullible enough, a criminal can still make lots of victims by sending around huge volumes of e-mails. This gives the criminal an edge over the inspector, who may not even believe that people will fall for the scheme.
Wealth. A rich criminal can buy people in high places, and can get things done which are not in the power of a "simple" inspector.

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