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In The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904), Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of Eustace Brackenstall. A whodunit (less commonly spelled as whodunnit; a colloquial elision of "Who [has] done it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. [1]
[17] [18] [19] In 1944, Agatha Christie published Death Comes as the End, a mystery novel set in ancient Egypt and the first full-length historical whodunit. [ 1 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In 1950, John Dickson Carr published the second full-length historical mystery novel called The Bride of Newgate , set at the close of the Napoleonic Wars .
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Each episode features a story set in the fictional Scottish village of Mortcliff (taken from "mort" meaning death and "cliff" as in cliffhanger). The in-universe investigations are led by detectives DI Knight and DC Slater, and forensic expert Officer Simmons. [23] A team of three "armchair detectives" try to solve the murder.
Who Dunnit is a Midway pinball machine with a 1940s style and a murder mystery theme. The playfield features up to five different murder mysteries in which the player must find clues and evidence by making indicated shots. The machine accepts up to four players, and features four-ball play. [1]
The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business or The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit (German: Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat, lit.
Albert Campion is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Margery Allingham.He first appeared as a supporting character in The Crime at Black Dudley (1929), an adventure story involving a ring of criminals, and would go on to feature in another 18 novels and over 20 short stories.