Mystery and Crime Fiction
According to the Kansas Writers Association, "the crime fiction genre deals with crimes. Beyond that simple definition, it deals with detection of crimes, criminals, and their motives."
Selected Types of Crime Fiction:
Classic Whodunit: A crime that is solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader. The stories feature a mysterious death, a closed circle of suspects who all have motives and reasonable opportunity to commit the crime.
Courtroom drama: A mystery that takes place through the justice system, often the efforts of a defense attorney to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit.
Hard-boiled: A mystery that contains graphic and gruesome details of the crimes committed, which are often violent or sexual in their nature. These stories often feature psychopaths and serial kills and have detectives with deeply flawed characters.
Police procedural: A thriller that has the detective doing things police officers do as they work their way through a case.
Private Eye: A mystery focused on the independent snoop-for-hire. These have evolved from tough-guy “hard-boiled” detectives to the more professional operators of today. These stories feature more psychology and less action.
Psychological suspense: A mystery focused on the intricacies of the crime and what motivated the perpetrator to commit them.
Thriller: A mystery with a basic set of structural components: threats to the social order, heroes and villains, and deduction and resolution.
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