detective story in the PONS Dictionary

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For instance, in writing, to combine the horror genre with a western or hard-boiled detective story with science fiction.
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In an inverted detective story, the commission of the crime, and usually also the identity of the perpetrator, is shown or described at the beginning.
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His horror novels are often structured as thrillers, with detective story plots involving international espionage, but leading to a supernatural resolution.
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Half of the film consists of a new comedic detective story line written by the director.
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He was a popular teacher, achieved outstanding results, which he put down to the intrinsic allure of the subject - the glamour of the detective story.
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The stories only tangentially resemble the traditional detective story or mystery.
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These short novels are predecessors of the modern detective story.
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The novel is written in the convention of a detective story with the main character telling the story from her point of view.
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It is a kind of detective story and some reviews present it as mystery fiction.
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The novel starts out as a detective story and mixes historical elements with steampunk-style fiction.
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