detective novel in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

detective novel in the PONS Dictionary

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Bodkin earned a place in the history of the detective novel by virtue of his invention of the first detective family.
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The novel is nominally a thriller which mixes elements of the detective novel with more overt horror influences.
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Listening to her, it occurred to me that this investigation of mine wasn't a detective novel.
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It is loosely categorised as a detective novel.
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Winters describes the work as an existential detective novel, turning on the question of why people do things in spite of their long-term unimportance.
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Before writing her first detective novel at the age of 39, she taught literature in high school.
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A ghostwritten detective novel continuously narrates their investigations.
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The whole idea of a detective novel was basically new to them.
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The film has many comic moments as it switches between detective novel and affectionate spoof.
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Chandler's treatment of the detective novel exhibits an effort to develop the form.
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