detective novel

Noun

Meaning

novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end

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Examples

Rowling also published a detective novel The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym "Robert Galbraith". Source: Internet

The "Thin Man" was a long device, and its name came from the Dashiell Hammett detective novel and series of movies of the same name. Source: Internet

I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Source: Internet

Another example from Michael: THE LAST GOOD KISS is good commentary about the 70s, and it's a detective novel. Source: Internet

It is equal parts popular science, historical biography, and detective novel.” Source: Internet

It’s interesting that you bring up detective novel conventions, as the book definitely has some, though it’s not consciously what I set out to do. Source: Internet

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