Crime fiction

subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective investigates a crime

genre of fiction focusing on crime, encompassing literature, film and theatre

genre of fiction where nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story

genre of crime fiction originating from the Nordic countries

subgenre of detective fiction in which a seemingly impossible crime is committed

thumb|The cover of seminal hardboiled magazine Black Mask (magazine)|Black Mask, September 1929, featuring part 1 of its serialization of The Maltese Falcon, by [[Dashiell Hammett. Illustration of private eye Sam Spade by Henry C. Murphy Jr.]]

thumb|In The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904), [[Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of Eustace Brackenstall]] A whodunit (less commonly spelled as whodunnit; a colloquial elision of "Who [has] done it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues to the case, from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric, amateur, or semi-profe

subgenre of crime fiction

subgenre of detective fiction

fiction genre

subgenre of crime fiction

2008 video game

subgenre of Chinese crime fiction involving government magistrates who solve criminal cases

organization for mystery writers in Japan

Swedish literary society

crime fiction genre by Scottish writers set in Scotland

traditional Chinese crime fiction

subgenre of crime fiction