wheredunit

English

Noun

wheredunit (plural wheredunits)

1. A type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on where the crime was committed.
   • 2008, Justin Chang, "The Chaser", Variety, 17 May 2008:

     "The Chaser" is less whodunit than wheredunit, perversely withholding the location of Young-min's home from everyone but the viewer, who gets to know Seoul's Mangwon district quite intimately as Jung-ho, his bumbling sidekick Meathead (Koo Bon-woong) and other cops run around it in infuriating circles.

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Anagrams

• unwithered