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whodunit

[ hoo-duhn-it ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.


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Origin of whodunit1

1925–30; jocular formation from question Who done it?, for standard English Who did it?
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“Ludwig†is already a hit in the U.K., land of the upbeat whodunit, and its second season pickup can’t have been a surprise.

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I loved the Southern Gothic vibe in this legal whodunit set in a small community outside Charleston, S.C.

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How did you approach the “whodunit†aspect of the plot?

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Its Waitrose supermarkets has a whodunit two-parter which leaves audiences on a cliffhanger, starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen as a detective on the hunt to uncover who has stolen the family's red velvet cake.

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In recent years, the 56-year-old has appeared in the Knives Out whodunit series as Benoit Blanc, an eccentric detective from the American South.

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