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Noun mystery story has 1 sense

• mystery story(n = noun.communication) mystery, whodunit - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie; Array
is a kind of story
has particulars: detective story, murder mystery

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mystery story

Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, detective story, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy, fiction, folk story, folktale, gest, ghost story, horse opera, legend, love story, mystery, myth, mythology, mythos, nursery tale, parable, romance, science fiction, shocker, space fiction, space opera, suspense story, thriller, whodunit, work of fiction

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