Mystery story

/mˈɪstəɹi stˈɔːɹɪ/

/mˈɪstɚɹi stˈoːɹi/

Mystery story

a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

synonyms : mystery

Examples

1. To me that's got no juice as a mystery story.

2. Without the detective, people like me - the watsons of the world - wouldn’t get anything out of mystery stories.

3. Now detectives aren’t exclusively found in mystery stories, but they are pretty inextricably linked with the genre.

4. But at the heart of the mystery story is the detective.