Whodunits [noun]

● Riddle

● Conundrum

● Subtlety

● Question

● Enigma

● Secrecy

● Problem

● Mystification

● Perplexity

● Stickler

● Cliffhanger

● Twister

● Occult

● Puzzlement

● Cryptogram

● Crux

● Difficulty

● Poser

● Why

● Charade

● Oracle

● Sixty-four-thousand-dollar question

● Thriller

● Stumper

● Abstruseness

● Grabber

● Chiller

● Teaser

● Inscrutability

● Sphinx

● Rune

● Rebus

● Brainteaser

● Braintwister

● Closed book

● Inscrutableness

● Mindboggler

● Tough nut to crack

● Understanding

● Known

● Whodunits

● Mystery

● Mystery story

● Mysteries

● Thrillers

● Novels

● Agatha christie

● Fiction

● Novelists

● Dramas

● Dashiell hammett

● Sleuth

● Potboiler

● Mickey spillane

● Dorothy sayers

● Arthur conan doyle

● Georges simenon

● Pulpier

● Gumshoe

● Reichs

● Brainteasers

● Detective

● Ngaio marsh

● Noir

● Elmore leonard

● Cliffhangers

● Novellas

● Sherlockian

● Symbologist

● Melodramas

● Cruciverbalist

● Patricia highsmith

● Sherlocks

● Serial killer

● Alexander woollcott

● Farces

● Scifi

● Nonfiction

● Comedies

● Film noir

● Erle stanley gardner

● Cryptogram

● Poirot

● Puzzles

● Pesthouse

● Science fiction

● Anthony trollope

● Gruesomeness

● Dramatis personae

● Genre

● Elizabeth gaskell

● Sagas

● Absurdism

● Philip marlowe

● Inspector maigret

● Aphra behn

● Sitcoms

● Subgenre

● Conan doyle

● Characters

● Novelette

● Femmes fatales

● Oaters

● Serial murderer

● Ford madox ford

● Grand guignol

● Simenon

● Fictionalisation

● Prose

● Trilogy

● Caper

● Soap opera

● Somerset maugham

● William makepeace thackeray

● Episodes

● Crosswords

● Autobiographer

● Gothic romance

● Jean anouilh

● Pastiches

● Double bind

● Villains

● Dramatists

● Dostoevski

● Lit crit

● Metafiction

● Bodice ripper

● Paperbacks

● Ciphers

● Screenwriter

● Bestsellers

● Novelisation

● Spenser

● Intrigue

● Dramedy

● Tom clancy

● Alienist

● Private eye

● Iris murdoch

● Plotline