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Arguably the first proper locked-room mystery, The Big Bow Mystery is a murder mystery novel by English author Israel Zangwill. Set in East London, Inspector Grodman investigates the murder of Mrs Drabdump's lodger. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/00/00 | Israel Zangwill | Author | "The Big Bow Mystery" is published. |
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| Particulars for The Big Bow Mystery (book): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Weather | Fog, mist | a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures visibility, Fog is more dense than mist | |
| Political Theory | Labour politics | ||
| Narrative Arts | Locked Room Mystery | crime is committed where it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene | |
| Sociology | Lodger | a person who rents a room in someone's house | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Cultural Attribute | Supper of Bread and Cheese | ||
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