Crime fiction - Wikipedia
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, 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. [1]
The 50 best crime fiction books of all time - Pan Macmillan
Sep 30, 2024 · From detective novels to cosy crime series, discover our edit of the best new crime fiction of 2024, a look back at 2023 and 2022, and the best of all time.
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Our crime fiction radar is tracking five incoming novels that will have you excited – especially if you like books with a unique atmosphere, and enjoy discovering new writers. We lead off with the well-known literary crime author William Boyle and his latest Brooklyn story….
The 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade - CrimeReads
Nov 20, 2019 · Crime fiction is growing and evolving all the time, and we’re constantly discovering new veins of the literature to read, new authors to appreciate. Over the coming days, we’ll also be looking at the best crime fiction series of the decade and the rising voices of crime literature.
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The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2025 80+ mysteries, thrillers, and horror novels to look forward to in the year ahead
The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - The Greatest Books
All the books on the list "The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time" from Crime Writers' Association. The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association.
The Best Crime Novels of 2024 - The New York Times
Dec 4, 2024 · Our columnist on the year’s most outstanding crime novels. I’ve long believed that crime fiction runs along a spectrum between order and chaos, where the two seemingly disparate states are...
Crime Fiction (503 books) - Goodreads
Oct 2, 2015 · This list is for fiction, especially novels, in which the commission, detection or punishment of a crime is a central element of the plot. There are plenty of lists for sub-genres -- professional or amateur detectives, male or female detectives, British, Swedish or some other nationality detectives.
100 best crime books of all time, as chosen by our readers
Oct 16, 2020 · We asked you to tell us what you think are the best crime and thriller books ever, from iconic classic mysteries to contemporary bestsellers. There’s nothing like a good crime novel – but with brand new thrillers publishing every week, it can be difficult to know where to start.
The Best Crime Novels of 2022 - The New York Times
Dec 6, 2022 · With multiple perspective shifts among detectives, dancers, family members and club patrons, it’s a challenging narrative, but one that masterfully inverts standard crime tropes.