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)
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 |
|---|---|
| Tucker’s People | crime novel |
| Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife | crime novel |
| Paul Ferroll: A Tale | crime novel |
| Dead Man’s Footsteps | crime novel |
| Picture You Dead | crime novel |
| The Innocent | crime fiction work |
| Long Road to Mercy | crime fiction work |
| The Big Sleep | hardboiled detective novel |
| The High Window | hardboiled detective novel |
| The Little Sister | hardboiled detective novel |
| Playback | crime fiction work |
| Farewell, My Lovely | hardboiled detective novel |
| Poodle Springs | hardboiled detective novel |
| The Godfather (novel) | crime novel |
| The Last Don | crime novel |
| Fu Manchu stories | crime fiction |
| Omertà | crime novel |
| A Conspiracy of Faith | crime novel |
| The Purity of Vengeance | crime novel |
| Cocaine Nights | crime novel |
| Bad Debts | crime novel |
| Dead Point | crime novel |
| White Dog | crime novel |
| The Surgeon | crime novel |
| The Sinner | crime novel |
| Body Double | crime novel |
| Playing with Fire | psychological suspense novel |
| Unknown Assailant | crime novel |
| The Abbot’s Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation | mystery fiction work |
| Compulsion (novel) | crime novel |
| The City & the City | crime novel |
| Eight Months on Ghazzah Street | psychological suspense novel |
| The Wife’s Secret | psychological suspense novel |
| The House of Hidden Secrets | psychological suspense novel |
| The House on the Water’s Edge | psychological suspense novel |
| The Comfort of Strangers | crime novel |
| Clean Break | crime novel |
|
"Don’t Cry, Baby"
surface form:
Don’t Cry, Baby
|
crime novel |
| Princes in the Tower murders | historical mystery |
| The Cuckoo's Calling | crime novel |
| The Silkworm | crime novel |
| Career of Evil | crime novel |
| Lethal White | crime novel |
| Troubled Blood | crime novel |
| The Ink Black Heart | crime novel |
| Heads You Lose | crime novel |
| Death in High Heels | crime novel |
| London Particular | crime novel |
| Tour de Force | detective fiction |
| Cat and Mouse | crime fiction work |