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Locked-room mystery
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Subgenre of detective fiction
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The "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery is a type of crime seen in crime and detective fiction. The crime in question, typically murder ("locked-room murder"), is committed in circumstances under which it appeared impossible for the perpetrator to enter the crime scene, commit the crime, and leave undetected. The crime in question...

Instance of
Literary genre
Subclass of
howdunnit
Different from
Closed circle of suspects
Subject
Homicide
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