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- Dictionaryde·tec·tive sto·ry/dɪˈtektɪvstɔːri/
noun
- 1. a story whose plot revolves around the investigation and solving of a crime.
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Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes... Wikipedia