Detective fiction

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

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

French phrase

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

club for mystery writers founded in 1930

television series

fictional character based on Di Renjie, judge, prime minister of Wu Zhou dynasty

a set of 10 rules for crime writers drafted in 1929 by Ronald Knox; one of the key contributions to the conventions of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery

story from the One Thousand and One Nights

children's book series by Martin Widmark

genre of detective fiction

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

traditional Chinese crime fiction