mystery story

C9222
concept

A mystery story is a narrative centered on solving a puzzling crime or unexplained event, typically following a protagonist who uncovers clues and confronts hidden truths.

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All labels observed (43)

Label Occurrences
crime novel 394
crime fiction work 39
Sherlock Holmes short story 37

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: mystery story
Generated description
A mystery story is a narrative centered on solving a puzzling crime or unexplained event, typically following a protagonist who uncovers clues and confronts hidden truths.

Instances (618)

Instance Via concept surface
The Big Four crime novel
The Mystery of the Blue Train crime fiction
After the Funeral crime novel
The Clocks crime novel
Dead Man's Folly crime novel
The Three Apples murder mystery
Jack's Return Home crime novel
novel "Hollow Triumph"
surface form: Hollow Triumph
crime novel
La pregunta de sus ojos crime novel
Justice for None crime novel
novel The Killer Inside Me
surface form: The Killer Inside Me
crime novel
The Rasp crime novel
The Crime Conductor crime fiction work
X v. Rex crime fiction work
The Hidden Eye (1945 film)
surface form: The Hidden Eye
American mystery film
The Cool Cottontail crime fiction work
Five Pieces of Jade crime novel
The Murder of the U.S. Senator crime novel
The Baron of Mulholland crime novel
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley whodunit
Puppet on a Chain crime novel
The Deep Blue Good-by crime novel
Nightmare in Pink crime novel
The Quick Red Fox crime novel
A Deadly Shade of Gold crime novel
Bright Orange for the Shroud crime novel
Darker than Amber crime novel
The Lonely Silver Rain crime novel
The Drowner crime novel
The End of the Night crime novel
The Late Tenant crime fiction work
Savages (novel) crime novel
Frog Music historical crime novel
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955 novel)
surface form: The Talented Mr. Ripley
crime novel
Save Yourself psychological suspense novel
Last Seen Leaving crime novel
The Black Dahlia crime novel
The Room in the Dragon Volant mystery fiction work
novel "Kiss Me, Deadly"
surface form: Kiss Me, Deadly
crime novel
Murder on the Orient Express crime fiction work
The Woman in Red crime fiction work
Mama Does Time crime fiction work
Mama Rides Shotgun cozy mystery novel
Mama Sees Stars cozy mystery novel
Mama Gets Trashed cozy mystery novel
Mama Gets Hitched cozy mystery novel
Postmortem crime novel
All That Remains crime novel
Cruel and Unusual crime novel
The Body Farm crime novel