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Murder mystery   /mˈərdər mˈɪstəri/   Listen
Murder mystery

noun
1.
A narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered.





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"Murder mystery" Quotes from Famous Books



... and disappeared into the dark corridors, and the drone of voices coming out of the open windows, and perhaps the jury walking in pairs and acting very important, with a deputy sheriff taking them over to the Lenox Cafe for their lunch. The murder mystery had brought up a lot of curious people from the city, and I remember one—a woman with folds of skin under her chin and plenty of diamond rings—who wiped her eyes, pretending there ...
— The Blue Wall - A Story of Strangeness and Struggle • Richard Washburn Child


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


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