WHODUNIT

Whodunit

A whodunit or whodunnit is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective.

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whodunit

Noun

  1. A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.


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