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detective story
(redirected from Detective novels)

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Noun1.detective storydetective story - a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
mystery story, whodunit, mystery - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
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detective story n → romanzo poliziesco, (romanzo) giallo
detective story n → romanzo poliziesco, (romanzo) giallo


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In the course of doing so, she also provides invaluable insights into the realities of being a private investigator which is substantially different from what people see in the movies or on television--or read about in detective novels.
Private Investigations by Small Press Bookwatch
A convoluted but, in the end, not very complex teenage murder mystery, "Brick" cops the lingo and the hard-boiled attitude of the great 1930s and '40s detective novels.
FAR TOO MANY MALL-RAT MOLLS IN `BRICK' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Preston and Child are known for tense, macabre, escapist thrillers, refreshingly short on the gratuitously brutal details that characterize too many detective novels.
Dance of Death by Levitov, Francine / Kliatt
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