mystery story
1mystery story — Work of fiction in which the evidence related to a crime or to a mysterious event is so presented that the reader has an opportunity to consider solutions to the problem, the author s solution being the final phase of the piece. The mystery story …
2mystery story — story whose plot contains a mystery, detective story, adventure story …
3mystery story — noun a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑mystery, ↑whodunit • Hypernyms: ↑story • Hyponyms: ↑detective story, ↑mu …
4mystery story — Synonyms and related words: Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, detective story, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy, fiction, folk story, folktale, gest, ghost story, horse opera,… …
5Mystery (fiction) — Mystery fiction is a loosely defined term that is often used as a synonym of detective fiction mdash; in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) solves a crime. The term mystery fiction may… …
6Mystery of the Whale Tattoo —   …
7Mystery of the Desert Giant —   …
8Mystery of the Samurai Sword —   …
9mystery — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Grand Guignol, Marchen, Passion play, Tom show, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, ambiguity, ambiguousness, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, antimasque, apologue, arcanum,… …
10mystery — mystery1 /mis teuh ree, tree/, n., pl. mysteries. 1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature. 2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or …
