novel : Idioms & Phrases

• noun novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
  detective novel.
  

WordNet

• noun a melodramatic paperback novel
  penny dreadful.
  

WordNet

• a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

Webster 1913

• noun novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
  detective novel.
  

WordNet

• (Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit.

Webster 1913