murder mystery

1. 1.

   a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered

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Questions about murder mystery

What does murder mystery mean?

murder mystery means "a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered".

Is murder mystery a common word?

murder mystery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.