murder book

English

Noun

murder book (plural murder books)

1. A murder mystery book.
   • 1983, “Eyes Without a Face”, in Rebel Yell, performed by Billy Idol:

     I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip / Reading murder books, trying to stay hip

2. (law enforcement) A case file of a murder investigation.

Further reading

• murder book on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “murder book”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.