1. And Then there were none Agatha Christie
Mystery Novel Vocabulary
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2. sleuth— detective; gumshoe; investigator

3. deduction— a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true; reach by reasoning

4. alibi— defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed; excuse; explanation; reason; justification

5. cryptic— mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous

6. Motive— reason; purpose; incitement

7. Flashback— recollection; remembrance

8. Foreshadow— show or indicate beforehand; signal; hint; foretell

9. Culprit— wrongdoer; offender

10. Breakthrough— discovery that helps solve a crime

11. Hunch— guess or feeling not based on facts; inkling

12. Suspect— person who is suspected of a crime; to believe to be guilty

13. Modus operandi— The way someone does something; a characteristic method