A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie.
1I read a mystery story once where they hid diamonds in the refrigerator.
2He succeeds by adopting the tease-and-reveal structure of a mystery story.
3That's why I asked you here -you like a bloody mystery story.
4By this method he hopes to solve the ultimate mystery story, his chthonian birth.
5But it's also a bit of a mystery story.
6Unless I see the advertisement of a thrilling burglary or mystery story, I read those.
7That in itself explains the interest in the super- mystery story of the ghost and ghostly doings.
8A murder- mystery story rich in sensational incidents.
9It's like a locked room mystery story.
10The classic mystery story is about a crime already committed, a past event the investigation has to reconstruct.
11At this, the middle point of his career, Arthur was unquestionably England's great composer of the mystery story.
12In each case, though, Hinds treats the source of dysfunction like a mystery story that is gradually unravelled.
13I unpacked part of my things, then finished reading a dandy mystery story I'd begun on the train.
14Another thrilling mystery story in which the famous French detective hero, Joseph Rouletabille, makes his appearance before the public again.
15The mystery story in "Assassination" is fun and would be even more fun if the denouement weren't so transparent.
16It would be an epic historical mystery story, and it would be based around episodes from the lives of real explorers.
Translations for mystery story