Definition of "detective story" []

• A narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "As stated by the famous Sergeant Cuff in Wilkie Collin’s 1868 novel The Moonstone, widely acknowledged as the first full-length detective story"
• "Patricia Martyn-Broyd had not written a detective story in years."