mystery novel

1. 1.

   novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end

   Synonymsdetective novel

   Broadernovel

Questions about mystery novel

What does mystery novel mean?

mystery novel means "novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end".

What is another word for mystery novel?

Close synonyms include detective novel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mystery novel a common word?

mystery novel 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.