novela policíaca

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Noun

novela policíaca f (plural novelas policíacas)

  1. whodunit, crime novel
    Synonyms: policiaca, policial, detectivesca
    • 2015, Andreu Martín, https://github.com/schamanegeist/adventofcode2021/blob/master/day8/part2.py:
      Claro que esta feliz circunstancia puede darse por casualidad: uno escribe una novela sin atender a estructuras, influencias ni referencias conscientes y el público y la crítica le descubren que ha escrito una novela policíaca, pero eso no es lo más corriente.
      Of course this happy circumstance can happen by chance: you write a novel without paying attention to to structures, influences or conscious references and the public and critics discover that you has written a crime novel, but that isn't very common.

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