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.
All labels observed (43)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| crime novel | 394 |
| crime fiction work | 39 |
| Sherlock Holmes short story | 37 |
| detective fiction short story | 29 |
| historical mystery novel | 29 |
| detective fiction | 25 |
| psychological suspense novel | 17 |
| hardboiled detective novel | 10 |
| historical crime novel | 10 |
| mystery-comedy film | 9 |
| whodunit | 9 |
| crime fiction | 8 |
| detective story | 8 |
| Sherlock Holmes story | 7 |
| cozy mystery novel | 5 |
| mystery fiction work | 4 |
| mystery story canonical | 3 |
| American mystery film | 2 |
| Feluda story | 2 |
| historical mystery | 2 |
| locked-room mystery | 2 |
| medieval mystery novel | 2 |
| murder mystery | 2 |
| murder mystery novel | 2 |
| mystery short story | 2 |
| narrative mystery | 2 |
| Hercule Poirot story | 1 |
| Mystery novel | 1 |
| detective fiction subgenre | 1 |
| detective narrative | 1 |
| detective novella | 1 |
| fictional crime case | 1 |
| hardboiled detective fiction | 1 |
| lighthearted mystery novel | 1 |
| metaphysical detective story | 1 |
| murder mystery film | 1 |
| murder mystery play | 1 |
| mystery anime | 1 |
| mystery fiction | 1 |
| mystery fiction subgenre | 1 |
| mystery series | 1 |
| mystery-thriller novel | 1 |
| subgenre of crime fiction | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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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 |
|---|---|
|
Åsa Larsson
surface form:
Sun Storm
|
crime novel |
| The McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder Your Employer | crime novel |
| The Mystery of Marie Rogêt | detective fiction |
|
End of Watch (publication chronology of King novels)
surface form:
End of Watch
|
detective fiction |
| The Expressman and the Detective | detective narrative |
| And Then There Were None | crime novel |
| Sherlock Holmes stories | detective fiction |
| The Valley of Fear | Sherlock Holmes story |
| The Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes story |
| The Winner Stands Alone | crime novel |
|
The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo
surface form:
The Godfather
|
crime novel |
| The Firm | crime novel |
| A Time for Mercy | crime fiction |
| The Judge's List | crime fiction work |
| A Murder of Quality | crime novel |
| The Guardians | crime fiction work |
|
Death on the Nile (novel)
surface form:
Death on the Nile
|
crime novel |
| Mute Witness | crime novel |
| The Executioners | crime novel |
| In the Heat of the Night (novel) | crime novel |
| Hollywood noir | subgenre of crime fiction |
|
Josephine Tey’s novel "The Daughter of Time"
surface form:
The Daughter of Time
|
historical mystery novel |
| A Drink Before the War | crime novel |
| Darkness, Take My Hand | crime novel |
| Sacred | crime novel |
| Prayers for Rain | crime novel |
| Moonlight Mile | crime novel |
| World Gone By | crime novel |
| The Drop | crime novel |
| Small Mercies | crime novel |
|
Layer Cake (novel)
surface form:
Layer Cake
|
crime novel |
| A Morbid Taste for Bones | historical mystery novel |
| One Corpse Too Many | historical mystery novel |
| Monk’s Hood | historical mystery novel |
| Saint Peter’s Fair | historical mystery novel |
| The Leper of Saint Giles | historical mystery novel |
| The Virgin in the Ice | historical mystery novel |
| The Sanctuary Sparrow | historical mystery novel |
| The Devil’s Novice | historical mystery novel |
| Dead Man’s Ransom | historical mystery novel |
| The Pilgrim of Hate | historical mystery novel |
| An Excellent Mystery | historical crime novel |
| The Raven in the Foregate | historical mystery novel |
| The Rose Rent | historical mystery novel |
| The Hermit of Eyton Forest | historical mystery novel |
| The Confession of Brother Haluin | medieval mystery novel |
| The Heretic’s Apprentice | medieval mystery novel |
| The Potter’s Field | historical mystery novel |
| The Summer of the Danes | historical mystery novel |
| The Holy Thief | historical mystery novel |