Informal word for a detective story (8)

I believe the answer is:

whodunit

(Other definitions for whodunit that I've seen before include "Murderer revealed at the end, US style" , "Crime story (colloq.)" , "'A crime novel, colloquially (8)'" , "Question commonly posed" , "thriller" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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