mystery ***
mystery story
whodunit

Few better mystery stories have been written in our time.

In 1995 she published her first mystery story which became successful.

In the 1950s he did some directing and wrote mystery stories.

His book is a mystery story, not a piece of social commentary.

My new year's resolution this year was to write at least one mystery story a month.

I think you spend too much of your free time reading those mystery stories.

"He's written another mystery story and I don't want him writing mysteries."

But, then again, his entire career as a writer of mystery stories lasted only about 10 years.

If you've ever read a mystery story you know that a detective never works so hard as when he's on a vacation.

But as a writer of mystery stories, he leaves something to be desired.