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Definition of Mystery novel
1. Noun. Novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mystery Novel
Literary usage of Mystery novel
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 (1922)
"A real mystery novel. $1.75 THE HERITAGE OF THE HILLS By Arthur P. Hankins A
novel of excitement and adventure high up in the Sierras. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Her works, besides, have a quality to which so many authors of the mystery novel
aspire in vain: that of humor. It is, however, Anthony Berkeley who is the ..."
3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1914)
"To this department—the terror novel, novel of mystery, novel of suspense, or
whatever title it may most willingly bear—we must now come. ..."
4. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
"Who originated the mystery novel? 16. Name three novels by Meredith founded on
actual happenings. 17. Which novel of Meredith's contains The Pilgrim's ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Land of mystery; novel. See Moffett, Cleveland. Land reclamation. See Reclamation
of land. Land tax. See Land—Taxation. Land tenure. Land laws of the Bible. ..."
6. 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 (1922)
"A real mystery novel. $1.75 THE HERITAGE OF THE HILLS By Arthur P. Hankins A
novel of excitement and adventure high up in the Sierras. ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Her works, besides, have a quality to which so many authors of the mystery novel
aspire in vain: that of humor. It is, however, Anthony Berkeley who is the ..."
8. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1914)
"To this department—the terror novel, novel of mystery, novel of suspense, or
whatever title it may most willingly bear—we must now come. ..."
9. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
"Who originated the mystery novel? 16. Name three novels by Meredith founded on
actual happenings. 17. Which novel of Meredith's contains The Pilgrim's ..."
10. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Land of mystery; novel. See Moffett, Cleveland. Land reclamation. See Reclamation
of land. Land tax. See Land—Taxation. Land tenure. Land laws of the Bible. ..."
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