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Meanings of detective and mystery fiction in English

Russian
детективная литература
Portuguese
mistério
Catalan
misteri
Spanish
género detectivesco

Genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved.

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      детективная литература
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      Examples for "mystery"
      Examples for "mystery"
      1
      We did know, however, that some mystery-somepositive danger-overhung our father.
      Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
      2
      Cozies, thrillers, paranormals, police procedurals; every possible mystery genre to choose from.
      Getting old is tres dangereux
      3
      Of course, Mr Putin's personal relationships have long been shrouded in mystery.
      News.com.au
      4
      The boy pointed in the direction in which the mystery had appeared.
      The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
      5
      It's still a mystery; no one seems to know exactly what happened.
      The Guardian
      1
      But in their true state I think the mysteries were really good.
      Witchcraft Today
      2
      Of course, I believe there are mysteries none of us can explain.
      Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
      3
      Clearly the writer of this believes in prophecies, in tongues, in mysteries.
      Lectures and Essays
      4
      There were a thousand mysteries, a thousand things I wanted to know.
      Kensuke’s Kingdom
      5
      The suspense is superb.... Barron brings historical mysteries to a new level.
      Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
      1
      Otto Penzler has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of mystery fiction.
      Radio NZ
      2
      He switched to crime and mystery fiction in the 1970s.
      Reuters
      3
      Mystery fiction has entire subgenres about rogues.
      Rogues
      1
      Really, Major, you seem to have made a speciality of detective fiction.
      No Man's Land
      2
      The best buy in detective fiction for many a long day.
      The Irish Times
      3
      What frivolity was detective fiction, compared to the hard-nosed reality of true literature!
      The sherlockian
      4
      I don't have to shoehorn it into a detective fiction format.
      The Guardian
      5
      He also found time to keep up his reading of detective fiction, which he also enjoyed reviewing.
      The Guardian
      1
      Another gentleman, hurrying to catch a train, dashed into Womrath's for a mystery books.
      The new yorker
      2
      You read enough mystery books, you find that cooking is practically a pre-requisite for a gumshoe.
      For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
      3
      Everyone carries a Glock in the mystery books.
      Calamity jayne
      4
      She doesn't read crime or mystery books.
      The Guardian
      1
      And me must thank Dame Agatha herself for one of the great solutions in mystery literature.
      The Irish Times