Before revision: Howdunnit An important variation on the whodunit is the inverted detective story (also referred to as a "howcatchem " or "howdunnit" ) in which the guilty party and the crime are openly revealed to the reader/audience and the story follows the investigator's efforts to find out the truth while the criminal attempts to prevent it.
After revision: Howdunnit An important variation on the whodunit is the inverted detective story (also referred to as a howcatchem or howdunnit ) in which the guilty party and the crime are openly revealed to the reader/audience and the story follows the investigator's efforts to find out the truth while the criminal attempts to prevent it.