mystery novel

collocation in English

meaningsofmysteryandnovel

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mystery
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪs.tɚ.i/
something strange or not known that has not yet been explained ...
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novel
adjective
uk
/ˈnɒv.əl/us
/ˈnɑː.vəl/
new and original, not like anything ...
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(Definition ofmysteryandnovelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was suddenly and simultaneously a trauma memoir,mysterynovel, espionage thriller, confessional, legal brief, episodic history, cautionary tale, and work of fantasy.
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Her works include several nonfiction titles and amysterynovelseries.
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She didn't want to be a detective at all at first, because she wanted to be amysterynovelwriter.
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The book has been described as the first feministmysterynovel.
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In 1947, he wrote amysterynoveland was awarded a prize by a novel magazine.
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The story is played as if in the pages of amysterynovel.
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In our example, the patron tells the readers' advisor of a humorousmysterynovelwith a sharp-tongued female protagonist.
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Is it lightly read, as amysterynovel, as a love story, or even as a trivial travel biography?
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He published five more books of poetry, a memoir, a highly respected book on writing, and also amysterynovel.
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Each story reveals information the way clues in amysterynoveldo.
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She had struggled with amysterynovelmanuscript before collaborating with her sister.
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Nelms published one othermysterynovelas well as two short stories.
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Ullman, his work, and his biography like one of hismysterynovelcharacters had seemed to simply disappear without a trace in the digital online age.
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The latter phrase has been widely used as a euphemism for the grave, and has formed the title of several mystery novels.
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In this decade he published several mystery novels, one a film tie-in.
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She then turned her focus towards writing mystery novels in the early 1990s.
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It is also commonly used in mystery novels when investigating, a core gameplay concept of the series.
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