This book is a whodunit.
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Whodunit
Synonyms for "whodunit" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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1 entriesRelated terms
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11 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 21 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 偵探小說 /侦探小说 noun (a crime novel or drama)
- 犯罪小說 /犯罪小说 noun (a crime novel or drama)
Czech
1 entries- detektivka noun (a crime novel or drama)
Danish
3 entries- krimi noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalfilm noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalroman noun (a crime novel or drama)
Dutch
2 entries- detectiveverhaal noun (a crime novel or drama)
- krimi noun (a crime novel or drama)
Finnish
2 entries- dekkari noun (a crime novel or drama)
- salapoliisitarina noun (a crime novel or drama)
French
1 entries- roman policier noun (a crime novel or drama)
German
3 entries- Detektivroman noun (a crime novel or drama)
- Krimi noun (a crime novel or drama)
- Kriminalroman noun (a crime novel or drama)
Hungarian
3 entries- bűnügyi regény noun (a crime novel or drama)
- detektívregény noun (a crime novel or drama)
- krimi noun (a crime novel or drama)
Italian
1 entries- giallo noun (a crime novel or drama)
Japanese
3 entries- クライム・ノベル noun (a crime novel or drama)
- 推理小説 noun (a crime novel or drama)
- 犯罪小説 noun (a crime novel or drama)
Korean
2 entries- 범죄물 noun (a crime novel or drama)
- 추리소설 noun (a crime novel or drama)
Macedonian
1 entries- кримич noun (a crime novel or drama)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- krim noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminal noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalfilm noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalroman noun (a crime novel or drama)
Polish
3 entries- kryminał noun (a crime novel or drama)
- powieść detektywistyczna noun (a crime novel or drama)
- powieść kryminalna noun (a crime novel or drama)
Portuguese
1 entries- romance criminal noun (a crime novel or drama)
Romanian
1 entries- roman polițist noun (a crime novel or drama)
Russian
2 entries- детекти́в noun (a crime novel or drama)
- детекти́вный рома́н noun (a crime novel or drama)
Spanish
2 entries- novela policial noun (a crime novel or drama)
- novela policíaca noun (a crime novel or drama)
Swedish
3 entries- deckare noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalfilm noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalroman noun (a crime novel or drama)
Turkish
1 entries- polisiye noun (a crime novel or drama)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- krimi noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalka noun (a crime novel or drama)
- kriminalny roman noun (a crime novel or drama)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Actually, an whodunit is a mystery story. The hero is generally a detective, although sometimes he is a gentleman (apparently a mild mannered worm) who sallies forth at night to become Public Enemy No. One of Crime. Otherwise, the formula is exactly the same as that of the Cliff-hanger and follows the same rules.
Source: wiktionary
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