mystery writer

collocation in English

meaningsofmysteryandwriter

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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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writer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈraɪ.tər/us
/ˈraɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person who writes books or articles to ...
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(Definition ofmysteryandwriterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But she had always wanted to collaborate on a mystery with her husband, an establishedmysterywriter.
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He would like to be amysterywriter.
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She was also renowned as amysterywriter.
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The risingmysterywriterthen disappeared from the publishing scene for 18 years.
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Cook is now a retired teacher andmysterywriter.
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James builds suspense in a way that anymysterywriterwould admire, and the tension is not relieved until the final page.
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In a poll of 17 mystery writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the tenth best locked room mystery of all time.
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Successful mystery writers can produce a series of books based on the same sleuth character, providing rich material for sequels.
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Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers.
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In addition to mystery writers, members of law enforcement were frequently used in discussion panels.
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In a poll of 17 mystery writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the fifth best locked room mystery of all time.
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He began lacing his detective novels with short stories, biographies, and symbolic vignettes, a literary technique that recent mystery writers have copied and expanded.
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