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Meanings of mystery novel in English

Portuguese
romance de mistério
Catalan
novel·la de misteri
Spanish
novela de misterio

Literary genre.

Related terms
romance de mistério

Novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.

Usage of mystery novel in English
1
The interactive mystery novel genre hasn't been exactly embraced by Western gamers.
The Irish Times
2
It was when I won an award for best first mystery novel.
Reuters
3
Speaking of crossing boundaries, I still hadn't read any further in that mystery novel.
All You Need Is Kill
4
It's like a mystery novel with the back half missing.
The President's Assassin
5
The rights to Lucy's latest mystery novel had recently been optioned by a major studio.
I'm in No Mood for Love
6
A mystery novel has been written in which the victim is murdered by a reader.
The new yorker
7
Why does the mystery novel enjoy such enduring appeal?
The Irish Times
8
I have books to read, and there's the television. Maybe I could begin the mystery novel.
Club dead
9
Because this isn't some damned locked-room mystery novel.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
10
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins Gripping mystery novel of concealed identity, abduction, fraud and mental cruelty.
The Guardian
11
He always had a great mystery novel to share with me-heloved reading as much as I did.
Notes from the dog
12
A mystery novel would be good.
Hell House
13
Smiling and feeling like a giddy teenage, she found the mystery novel she'd started reading on the plane.
Truths unveiled
14
Smiling and feeling like a giddy teenager, she found the mystery novel she'd started reading on the plane.
Truths unveiled
15
In a murder mystery novel someone has to work out who the murderer is and then catch them.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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This is a murder mystery novel.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Translations for mystery novel