noun
definition
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
Examples of whodunit in a Sentence
This is an excellent story, a super mystery, a jolly good whodunit.
Families with dramatic secrets abound, and storylines run the gamut from infidelities and teenage pregnancies to classic "whodunit" murders and child abuse.
Actors will act out scenes from a crime followed by a workshop where kids can super sleuth to find out whodunit?
This is an atmospheric whodunit wreathed in winter mists and mystery, but given legs by a sturdy cast of rustic functionaries.
It is not appropriate here to unmask the culprit in the style of a whodunit.
Death by violence is common to both but in neither is the whodunit element of central importance.