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inverted detective story

crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery
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inverted detective story

Summary

inverted detective story is a fiction genre[1]. It draws 294 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #25 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • inverted detective story's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[3].
  • inverted detective story's subclass of is recorded as crime fiction[4].
  • inverted detective story's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07h9_b[5].
  • inverted detective story's related image is recorded as Dial M For Murder.jpg[6].
  • inverted detective story's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ReverseWhodunnit[7].

Why It Matters

inverted detective story draws 294 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #25 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Columbo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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