Detective Fiction Terms

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  1. an excuse used ot avoid blame or punishment
  2. Your answer:
    felony
    alibi
    evidence


  3. one who is able to break into building without being noticed
  4. Your answer:
    deduction
    cat burglar
    sleuth


  5. genre involving people not normally associated with crime
  6. Your answer:
    cozy mystery
    alibi
    locked-room mystery


  7. conclusion reached by logical thinking
  8. Your answer:
    sleuth
    deduction
    forensic science


  9. to steal money or property entrusted to someone
  10. Your answer:
    suspect
    embezzlement
    deduction


  11. something that furnished proof
  12. Your answer:
    deduction
    evidence
    stool pigeon


  13. crime punishable by imprisonment
  14. Your answer:
    alibi
    private eye
    felony


  15. examination of evidence for use in criminal cases
  16. Your answer:
    thriller
    embezzlement
    forensic science


  17. story featuring tough, unsentimental detective
  18. Your answer:
    hard-boiled mystery
    locked-room mystery
    cozy mystery


  19. where a seeming impossible crime is committed
  20. Your answer:
    hard-boiled mystery
    locked-room mystery
    cozy mystery


  21. private investigator
  22. Your answer:
    sleuth
    evidence
    private eye


  23. clue or detail that draws attention away from the criminal
  24. Your answer:
    stool pigeon
    deduction
    red herring


  25. a detective
  26. Your answer:
    sleuth
    red herring
    cat burglar


  27. informer or spy
  28. Your answer:
    alibi
    witness
    stool pigeon


  29. person suspected of committing a crime
  30. Your answer:
    red herring
    stool pigeon
    suspect


  31. designed to hold a reader's interest through intrigue and suspense
  32. Your answer:
    locked-room mystery
    thriller
    cozy mystery


  33. mystery or detective story
  34. Your answer:
    thriller
    whodunit
    sleuth


  35. person who offers evidence about a crime and is called to testify in court
  36. Your answer:
    witness
    suspect
    alibi



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