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The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. [2] Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit.
Crime novels that have within them an investigation procedure including a detective or detectives. See also Category:Mystery novels that may also contain detectives but add an element of " whodunit ".
Mystery novels (i.e. whodunits) should be categorised here. See also Category:Detective novels ; the distinction is based around the element of the unknown (i.e. mystery) - see mystery (fiction) which is a redirect from "mystery novel".
Sherlock Holmes (foreground) oversees the arrest of a criminal; this hero of crime fiction popularized the genre.. 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]
General crime novels (but not Mystery and Detective stories i.e. not whodunits) should be categorised here. For non-fiction books about crimes, see Category:Non-fiction books about crime . Wikiquote has quotations related to Category:Crime novels .
Arsenic and Adobo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery) The first book in a culinary cozy mystery series, Arsenic and Adobo finds 0ur protagonist, Lila, moving back home from a horrible break-up. But ...
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