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2 days ago · For writers, genres offer a roadmap for crafting their stories. Each genre comes with its own conventions and rules, providing a framework within which writers can experiment and innovate. Understanding the expectations of a chosen genre helps writers connect with their intended audience and deliver a more satisfying reading experience.
5 days ago · Beginning with the iconic adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, mystery and crime books have flourished into a multifaceted and mega-popular genre of modern literature. Of course, nowadays you’re more likely to find police solving crimes through DNA analysis, and amateur detectives tracking down suspects through their smartphones.
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1 day ago · Mystery novels have a uniquely Christian history. Some of the genre’s great innovators have been pastors or theologians. As historians like Douglas G. Greene have noted, the genre thrived in ...
3 days ago · A Banquet of Consequences (Inspector Lynley #19) by Elizabeth George (2015) 577 pages ★★★★★ — Elizabeth George’s latest is much more than a whodunit The aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley and his brilliant but exasperating partner at New Scotland Yard, Detective Barbara Havers, become embroiled in a murder mystery involving a famous feminist author.
1 day ago · When Boddy himself is murdered, the mystery ensues as the group gets caught up in hijinks and the bodies begin to pile up. Clue is a fun parody of the classic whodunit, while also being one of the genre's most defining stories, as the eclectic bunch of suspects are each revealed to have means and motive. True to the game, it presents viewers ...
3 days ago · This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.
3 days ago · Genres can be seen as the wardrobe for storytelling. The style of clothes the story “wears” offers the readers what they can expect to read. Stories have different genres (looks) for different occasions. For example, think of mystery as a sleek black detective’s coat, romance as a soft delicate ballgown, and comedy as a clown costume.
