whodunit

• Существительное, обозначающее рассказ, роман, пьесу или фильм о преступлении, обычно убийстве, где личность преступника остается неизвестной до самого конца.

A noun referring to a story, novel, play, or movie about a crime, typically a murder, where the identity of the perpetrator is unknown until the end.

1. Mystery storyB2informal

   A story, novel, play, or movie about a crime, typically a murder, where the identity of the perpetrator is unknown until the end.

   Детектив

   • She loves reading classic whodunits by Agatha Christie.
   • The movie is a clever whodunit with a surprising twist.
   • He wrote a whodunit set in a small English village.

   Synonymsdetective noveldetective storymurder mysterymysterymystery story