KnowraDetective fictionLinked fromLinked fromThe 38 pages that link to Detective fiction, each with the reason it gives.All 38Broader topic 7Related 2Narrower topic 26Compared with 3NovelBroader topic: Novel-length mysteries can sustain clues, suspects, and investigation across a large cast.Crime fictionBroader topic: This form makes investigation and deduction the story’s central structure.PlotBroader topic: The investigation reconstructs causes behind events already presented.Dime novelBroader topic: Dime novels helped popularize crime-solving heroes for a mass audience.Mystery fictionBroader topic: The investigative form that most clearly organizes mystery fiction around solving a case.Literary genreBroader topic: Its investigation and solution make genre expectations especially explicit.Popular literatureBroader topic: Its puzzles and recurring investigators have made it a durable popular form.