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- noun A type of
detective story in which thefocus is not on whocommitted the crime, but how they have done so.
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Examples
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A 'howdunit' from one of the best in the mystery business
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So there's no whodunit, no howdunit, and no compelling why-he-dunnit, and no need for a detective as brilliant as Clouseau to be assigned to the case, let alone for a "Dream Team" of brilliant detectives.
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So there's no whodunit, no howdunit, and no compelling why-he-dunnit, and no need for a detective as brilliant as Clouseau to be assigned to the case, let alone for a "Dream Team" of brilliant detectives.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Sometimes I go back and pick up where I left off for the whydunit or howdunit.
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Many of the more recent stories are gems, including a pair from _EQMM, _but so is the 1973 _AHMM _tale "To Hide a Tree," combining a unique and devilishly clever howdunit with a sharply observed reflection of its time.
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Many of the more recent stories are gems, including a pair from _EQMM, _but so is the 1973 _AHMM _tale "To Hide a Tree," combining a unique and devilishly clever howdunit with a sharply observed reflection of its time.
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It was fast developing into a pathetic, and disturbing howdunit.
The Piano Teacher Robert K. Tanenbaum 1987
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In the howdunit stage the so - called "medical mystery" gained much popularity, and after the turn of the century the comparatively simple "medical mystery" matured into the more complex "scientific detective story."
In The Queens' Parlour Queen, Ellery 1864
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Suddenly, instead of simply whodunit, solving crimes was a matter of howdunit, and with what size shoe, and whether anyone left behind traces of evidence that the blue ALS light could pick up.
VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 2008
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