detective story

Noun

Meaning

a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution

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“A detective story with a difference. Source: Internet

Fast-paced and compellingly mysterious, “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” is ostensibly a detective story involving a disintegrating marriage, the human subconscious and themes of good and evil, and life and death. Source: Internet

Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s, Rutgers University Press (2010) p. 4 with Bette Midler on Bette Midler TV Special (1977) Vincent Canby of the New York Times described the film as "a spellbinding detective story." Source: Internet

The corruption etc of government is dragging this country downwards and screwing us all, literally and metaphorically, so we should just stifle a yawn turn the TV over to watch a US detective story with a dog as the co-star? Source: Internet

He changed it from a scholarly book in the third person to "a detective story – a whydunit" in the first person. citation Sklar edited the book and it was published in 1988. Source: Internet

Nazareth’s relentless pursuit of J Dharma Teja, whose shipping empire was enmeshed in allegations of fraud, reads like a detective story. Source: Internet

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