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Detective Novel

Definition: Detective Novel

Detective Novel

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Detective Novel

Synonym: mystery novel (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Detective Novel

English words defined with "detective novel": Emile Gaboriau ♦ Gaboriau. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Detective Novel

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Books

  • Frisco Blues: A Riley Kovachs Detective Novel (reference)

  • The Drowning of Alison Alyward: A Mark Dangerfield Detective Novel (Five Star First Edition Mystery Series) (reference)

  • Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee = Dee Goong an: An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Chinese Detective Novel (reference)

  • Cobblestone: A Detective Novel (reference)

  • Spook: A Nameless Detective Novel (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Detective Novel

Language Translations for "detective novel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

detektivka (detective story, thriller). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kriminalroman. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

detectiveroman. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

salapoliisiromaani. (various references)

   

French

  

roman policier (detective story). (various references)

   

German

  

kriminalroman (crime thriller, murder mystery, whodunit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα (whodunnit). (various references)

   

Italian

  

romanzo poliziesco. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

推理小説 (mystery or detective novel). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すいりしょうせつ (mystery or detective novel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etectiveday ovelnay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

romance policial. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

детективный роман (mystery, mystery novel, whodunit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

novela policíaca (mystery, whodunit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

detektivroman (mystery), kriminalroman. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Detective Novel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-i-l-n-o-t-t-v-v"

-5 letters: detection, detective, novelette, velveteen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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