Detective fiction

/dɪtˈɛktɪv fˈɪkʃən/

Detective fiction

a genre of crime fiction that focuses on the investigation of a crime or series of crimes, often featuring a detective who solves the mystery through logical deduction and intuition

Examples

1. I have written detective fiction.

2. And it inspired detective fiction and film.

3. She's published essays on the love poems of Thomas Hardy, on Guantanamo, on John Ashbery and on the early history of young adult detective fiction.

4. And reading these books, reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books, there is a sense of moral purpose that's not so obvious with detective fiction.