whodunit

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00:55 Oct 12, 2020
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English term or phrase: whodunit
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
A detective story or mystery story.

Example sentence(s):
  • A good way to kill the suspense in your whodunit is to make your antagonist predictable and cartoonish. Alyssa Mackay
  • Are we in a new Golden Age of the whodunit? Telegraph
  • While Agatha Christie is still the first to spring to mind when thinking of the ultimate ‘whodunit’ books, detectives, murderers and victims have changed a lot since then; the breadth of crime, thrillers, detective and psychological novels out there, keeping us on tenterhooks until the last few pages, is vast. WH Smith
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4powieść detektywistyczna
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powieść detektywistyczna


Definition from Wikipedia:
Powieść detektywistyczna – gatunek powieści kryminalnej, popularny głównie dzięki twórczości Agathy Christie. Tematyką powieści detektywistycznej jest śledztwo zmierzające do wykrycia sprawcy zbrodni opisanej na początku utworu.

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  • Powieść detektywistyczna to rodzaj powieści relatywnie nowy, jako że jej początki sięgają końca XVIII wieku i początku XIX. - Wikipedia  
  • Pierwsze skojarzenie z hasłem „powieść detektywistyczna”? Agatha Christie (choć za prekursora gatunku uważa się Edgara Allana Poe)! - Allegro  
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Kryminał


Definition from Portal Kryminalny:
Whodunit lub whodunnit – czyli rodzaj kryminału, gdzie podstawowym pytaniem, jakie zadają sobie bohaterowie i czytelnik, jest „kto to zrobił?”

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