Whodunit
A whodunit or whodunnit (for "Who done it?" and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. The reader is provided with clues from which the identity of the perpetrator of the crime may be deduced before the solution is revealed in the final pages of the book. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective. The locked-room mystery is a specialized kind of a whodunit.
External resources
- Detective Fiction Books
- Golden Age Mysteries Discussion Board
- A John Dickson Carr Page
- Ellery Queen: A Website on Deduction
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Some representative examples of whodunits in chronological order |
| ► | Humour in whodunits |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External resources |
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