探偵小説

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 探偵小説(たんていしょうせつ) is a novel centered on investigating and solving a mystery.
• Basic usage: It is used for a genre of book or the structure in which the truth of a story is revealed.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Genre and character
  • 探偵(たんてい) refers to a detective as a person; 探偵小説 refers to a genre of fiction.
• Counting books
  • 一冊(いっさつ) means one book and counts the novel purchased in the first example.