whodunit

Example Sentences

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Another set of noteworthy entries from 2025 engage with classic whodunit scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

While intended to capture the sun-soaked sleaze of a B-movie noir, “Honey Don’t!” is a perplexingly plotted whodunit that delivers the “who” but none of the “why.”

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

This year, she’s vying for lead actress in a comedy for her performance as an eccentric gumshoe on the Netflix whodunit “The Residence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

Its Waitrose supermarkets has a whodunit two-parter which leaves audiences on a cliffhanger, starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen as a detective on the hunt to uncover who has stolen the family's red velvet cake.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

Aguirre-Sacasa has said that his drama first presents as a whodunit and evolves into a “whydunit.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove