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Detective story   /dɪtˈɛktɪv stˈɔri/   Listen
Detective story

noun
1.
A narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution.





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"Detective story" Quotes from Famous Books



... have a look anyhow. It won't do any harm. Seriously, though, the ways of criminals have always interested me. I'd rather read a good detective story than ...
— Hidden Gold • Wilder Anthony
... deal with a theme familiar enough to novel readers, but always stimulating. "The Garden of Allah," by Robert Hichens, and "The Apple of Eden," by E. Temple Thurston. Charles Carey's "The Van Suyden Sapphires" a good detective story. Other books. ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various
... tale of all, the 'Twinkling of an Eye,' received the second prize for the best detective story, offered by a newspaper syndicate—the first prize being taken by a story written by Miss Mary E. Wilkins and Mr. J. E. Chamberlain. The use of the camera as a detective agency had been suggested to me ...
— Tales of Fantasy and Fact • Brander Matthews
... in a paper cover and sell it for fifty cents," cried Dolly. "It's the best detective story I ever read, and people have got to know it is the best. So we'll advertise it like a ...
— The Man Who Could Not Lose • Richard Harding Davis


Words linked to "Detective story" :   mystery, mystery story, whodunit


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