The difference between Police procedural and Whodunit
When used as nouns, police procedural means a subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story, whereas whodunit means a novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
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Police procedural as a noun:
A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.
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Whodunit as a noun:
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.