Definition of "murder mystery" []

• A narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "This would indeed be the stuff of a truly gripping murder mystery were it not for the fact that only one of those priests was murdered: the Abbè Gélis."
• "Zwingli United Church of Christ, in Sharon Township, Ohio, put on an Addams Family murder mystery to raise money for a branch of the Boy Scouts."