noun
narrative trick
A storytelling device in mystery fiction where the narration itself misleads the reader, often by withholding or distorting information. Common in Japanese mystery novels.
このミステリー小説は叙述トリックが巧みで、最後まで騙された。
This mystery novel uses a clever narrative trick, and I was fooled until the very end.
叙述トリックは読者をミスリードする技法の一つだ。
The narrative trick is one technique for misleading the reader.