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 Killing Man crime novel
Black Alley crime novel
The Goliath Bone hardboiled detective novel
Kiss Her Goodbye crime novel
Lady, Go Die! crime novel
Complex 90 crime novel
King of the Weeds crime novel
Kill Me, Darling crime novel
A Long Time Dead crime novel
Badge of Evil crime novel
If I Die Before I Wake crime novel
The Return of Moriarty crime novel
The King of the Thieves crime novel
A Complete State of Death crime novel
Murder Ahoy! mystery-comedy film
The Cry of the Owl psychological suspense novel
Ocean's 11 (unpublished novel by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell) crime fiction work
Ripley Under Water crime novel
The Nice and the Good murder mystery novel
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge Sherlock Holmes short story
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Sherlock Holmes short story
Mr In-Between crime novel
The Adventure of the Red Circle Sherlock Holmes short story
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes story
Erased (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) mystery anime
Kara no Kyōkai mystery fiction work
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Dying Detective Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot Sherlock Holmes short story
The Right to Remain Silent crime novel
The Final Problem Sherlock Holmes story
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty Sherlock Holmes short story
The Drift (novel)
surface form: The Drift
crime novel
Stray Dogs (novel) crime novel
Those Who Walk in Darkness (novel)
surface form: Those Who Walk in Darkness
crime novel
The Adventure of the Second Stain Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Three Gables Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box Sherlock Holmes short story
The Case of the Red Monkey mystery series
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger Sherlock Holmes short story
Looking for Rachel Wallace crime novel
Early Autumn crime novel
A Savage Place crime novel
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of Silver Blaze Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton Sherlock Holmes short story
The Adventure of the Yellow Face Sherlock Holmes story
The River crime novel