noun
- a mystery story or novel dealing with a crime (especially murder) and the detection of the criminal
Usage: informal
Examples
- She loves reading whodunits before bed.
- The new whodunit kept me guessing until the final chapter.
- Agatha Christie wrote some of the most famous whodunits in literature.
- The movie was a classic whodunit with red herrings and plot twists.
- He’s working on his first whodunit featuring a small-town detective.
- The library has an entire section devoted to whodunits and mystery novels.