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Definition of Detective story
1. Noun. A narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detective Story
Literary usage of Detective story
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"The detective story of the Season з STERY BOULE I CABINET i BURTON E STEVEN:SO;N
... Now there is a detective story, just out, by a clever author who has ..."
2. The Technique of the Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells (1913)
"But this old story is not a detective story according to our classification, it
is a simple Ghost Story. It is only of in.terest in referring to the ..."
3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1904)
"A REMARKABLE detective story THE DARROW ENIGMA Literary World: By MELVIN L.
SEVERY "An ... "A detective story which is one of the best of its class. ..."
4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"This would be a good place to say something of the history of the detective story,
if only I knew enough. It is very easy to say, "'The Blind Man's Eyes' ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"“The Millionaire Baby,” though a great detective story, is so purely ... ‘As a
detective story It is as good as most, and will comfort many weary brains. ..."
6. Specimens of the Short Story by George Henry Nettleton (1901)
"The Purloined Letter is as far from the ordinary " detective story " as Stevenson's
Treasure Island from the " blood-and-thunder pirate story. ..."
7. The Bookman (1899)
"Many a person takes up a book simply to while away a sleepless night or to occupy
the mind on a railway train, and to such a person the detective story is ..."
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