Subgenres
Crime literature
- Crime stories / caper stories / inverted detective stories
- Fantasy crime fiction
- Gothic romances / shockers / suspense
- Hardboiled detective stories
- Historical whodunnits / crime stories
- Humour and crime / Parodies
- Legal thrillers / crime stories
- Occult detective stories
- Police procedurals
- Psychological thrillers / detective stories
- Science fiction crime stories
- Spy or agent novels
- Thrillers
- Whodunnits