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- noun Plural form of
whodunit .
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Examples
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The killing fell into a category cops call whodunits-murders that are notoriously tough to solve because no one is talking, there is no obvious relationship between killer and victim, and the victim had contact with numerous potential suspects.
Minnesota Monthly Web Edition By Beth Hawkins 2010
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The killing fell into a category cops call whodunits-murders that are notoriously tough to solve because no one is talking, there is no obvious relationship between killer and victim, and the victim had contact with numerous potential suspects.
Minnesota Monthly Web Edition By Beth Hawkins 2010
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In most criminal "whodunits", an investigator has the added advantage of knowing details of the crime that only the culprit could know thus eliminating compulsive liars or other "false confessions" and corroborating the truth of what the suspect says.
Coleen Rowley: Torture Is Wrong, Illegal and It Doesn't Work 2008
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BLITZER: It's one of the most notorious "whodunits" in recent memory.
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A Blackwell spokesman said: "At the press of a button, people can now access paperback copies of their favourite classics, psychological thrillers, contemporary 'whodunits' or previously hard to find books, whenever they want."
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Heck, some people manage to crank out a dozen whodunits without crafting a remotely interesting or sympathetic protagonist.
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Then again, can we say that whodunits have been done to death?
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Mysteries can be cozy or hardboiled, whodunits as well ashowdunits.
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Highly recommended for historical mystery aficionados who enjoy intriguing whodunits wrapped in a wartime love story.
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear: Book summary 2010
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Heck, some people manage to crank out a dozen whodunits without crafting a remotely interesting or sympathetic protagonist.
Sunday sleuth 2009
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