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The Whodunit Detective Agency [1] (also known as JerryMaya's Detective Agency, Swedish: LasseMajas detektivbyrå – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the English translation, it is called "The JerryMaya detective agency".
An inverted detective story, also known as a "howcatchem" and sometimes "howdunit", is a murder mystery fiction structure in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, [1] usually including the identity of the perpetrator. [2] The story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery. [1]
In a whodunit, however, the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. This engages the readers so that they strive to compete with or outguess the expert investigator. [3] A defining feature of the whodunit narrative is the so-called double narrative.
These individuals have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of early detective fiction was written during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" (1920s–1930s). These detectives include amateurs, private investigators and professional policemen. They are often ...
Historical mystery; Locked-room mystery; Police procedural: mystery fiction that feature a protagonist who is a member of the police force. Well-known novelists in this genre include Ed McBain, P. D. James, and Bartholomew Gill. [6] Whodunit: mystery fiction that focuses on the puzzle regarding who committed the crime. Noir. Nordic noir; Tart Noir
Gone Girl. Based on Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel, Gone Girl is the kind of film that leaves you stunned. Ben Affleck plays Nick Dunne, a college professor and writer whose seemingly ...
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