Novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.
1The chapter title comes from an important early detective novel by Fergus Hume.
2So I thought maybe I could do a mystery or a detective novel.
3That the detective novel is reliant on conventions probably helped, too.
4I thought that it was interesting to read an old fashioned, classic detective novel.
5It's kind of a thriller slash autobiography slash detective novel.
6Kate Camp discusses The Big Sleep, the 1939 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler.
7It is a detective novel for sale at all bookstalls.
8Cutler had written scholarly books but was now working on a detective novel, not without difficulty.
9Like something out of a detective novel.
10Do you think my ship's a blessed detective novel that's to be run just for your amusement?
11He found himself surprised and gratified that the prince of English decadence would enjoy a humble detective novel.
12You know, Dracula's a detective novel.
13She invented a mystery of crime surrounded by everyday circumstances, yet avoiding the " detective novel" mechanism.
14At the end of May, Amazon stopped selling certain titles published by Hachette, including JK Rowling's latest detective novel.
15The Honjin Murders, the classic Japanese detective novel by Seishi Yokomizo, is the perfect read for this time of year.
16There's nothing much wrong with Tomas Alfredson's classy adaptation of an admired detective novel from the Norwegian author Jo Nesbø.
Translations for detective novel