URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85037260#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: Detective and mystery fiction; Detective and mystery stories--Juvenile fiction; Detectives--Fiction; Detectives--Juvenile fiction

Broader Terms:

• Adventure stories
• Fiction

Narrower Terms:

• Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
• Noir fiction

Examples:

• Example under references from Crime stories, [plays, etc.]; Gentleman detective stories, [films, etc.]; Murder mysteries; Mysteries (Stories, films, etc.]; Mystery and detective stories, [films, etc.]; Mystery stories, [films, etc.]; P.I. stories, [films, etc.]; Private detective stories, [films, etc.]; Private investigator stories, [films, etc.]; Who-done-it stories, [films, etc.]; Who-done-its; Whodunit stories, [films, etc.]; Whodunits

Sources:

• Detectionary, 1977: t.p. (detective and mystery fiction)
• Burack, A.S. Writing detective and mystery fiction, 1967.

LC Classification: PN3448.D4

Created: 1986-02-11

Last Modified: 2009-09-29 12:39:25



Alternate Formats: RDF/XML, N-Triples, JSON