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Q&A Can a mystery novel have more than one mystery in it? And does it have to be a "who dunnit" concept?

I am writing a novel and it goes something like this: In the first half of the novel, the protagonist knows who is doing the killing, but they are trying to make sense of it as in "how are they doi...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Kora Middleson‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:29:42Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37876
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kora Middleson‭ · 2019-12-08T09:29:42Z (over 4 years ago)
I am writing a novel and it goes something like this: In the first half of the novel, the protagonist knows who is doing the killing, but they are trying to make sense of it as in "how are they doing it?" and "why are they doing it?" In the second half of the novel, the protagonist finds out there's an object that can stop the killing altogether, so the main question is "where is the object?"

Would this story classify as a mystery?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-07-25T17:51:47Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 7