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Detective novel   /dɪtˈɛktɪv nˈɑvəl/   Listen
Detective novel

noun
1.
Novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.  Synonym: mystery novel.





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"Detective novel" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Werewolves, made wonderfully credible and told with great skill and feeling. This is far from being an ordinary detective novel. Mr. Biss is on brand new ground and will puzzle every reader till the mystery is at last solved by the right man—the mystery of the baffling ...
— The Bad Man • Charles Hanson Towne


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