Definition of "howdunit" []

• A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so. (noun)

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• "So there's no whodunit, no howdunit, and no compelling why-he-dunnit, and no need for a detective as brilliant as Clouseau to be assigned to the case, let alone for a "Dream Team" of brilliant detectives."