murder mystery
A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murderA subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
» The murder remains a mystery.
Der Mord bleibt rätselhaft.
Der Mordfall ist nach wie vor ein Rätsel.
Убийство остается загадкой.
Meaning
2 sensesA subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
A game in which one or more players are tasked with killing off all other players, who in turn must identify the murderers and vote them out or otherwise remove them from the game.
- a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered
Examples
8 sentencesThe murder remains a mystery.
ruУбийство остается загадкой. — glavkos
deDer Mord bleibt rätselhaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom asked Mary if she enjoyed reading murder mysteries.
deTom fragte Mary, ob sie gern Krimis lese. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I enjoy reading murder mysteries.
The murder remained a mystery for 24 years.
The family likes to watch murder mysteries.
Forms
plural: murder mysteries| Singular | murder mystery |
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| Plural | murder mysteries |
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