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detective story
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Noun1.detective story - a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolutiondetective 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
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One of the greatest detective stories in all of archaeology, it has never been told in depth on television before.
SCIENCE FARE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Afterwards they went back to their classrooms to design book covers and write their own detective stories.
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com Young adults who relish detective stories will find much to like in EYE OF THE CROW, set in 1867 London and telling of a woman's murder and the son of a Jewish intellectual, Sherlock Holmes, who dreams of a better life to rise him above impoverishment.
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