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Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder.
Nov 29, 2017 · From Attica Locke to Jo Nesbo, Marilyn Stasio looks back at some of her favorite mysteries and thrillers from a year’s worth of crime columns.
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Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, [1] but also include comedy, and, in turn ...
Nov 30, 2017 · The best crime books and thrillers of 2017. Mark Lawson welcomes the return of George Smiley, drunken spooks and the recreation of a real-life murder trial. Thu 30 Nov 2017 03.59 EST. I n...
Dec 20, 2017 · From a serial killer in mid-century Glasgow, to a Texas Ranger taking on white supremacists in the backwoods, to the deaths of hundreds in the Guyanese jungle, it was a hard-hitting, provocative year in crime literature, a genre well-suited to the messy brutality of modern times. We present to you our idiosyncratic selection of favorites from 2017.
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Crime fiction in history. Crime Fiction came to be recognised as a distinct literary genre, with specialist writers and a devoted readership, in the 19th century.
Dec 24, 2017 · Crime fiction 2017: Close the year with intriguing detective stories. Originally published December 24, 2017 at 6:00 am. Reviewer Adam Woog looks at Robert Crais’ expertly crafted “The Wanted,”...
