Detective and mystery stories

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037260
- info:lc/authorities/sh85037260
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85037260#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Crime--Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories--Juvenile fiction
- Detectives--Fiction
- Detectives--Juvenile fiction
Use For
- Crime--Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories--Juvenile fiction
Broader Terms
- Adventure stories
- Fiction
Narrower Terms
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
- Noir fiction
Earlier Established Forms
- Crime--Fiction
Sources
- found: Detectionary, 1977: t.p. (detective and mystery fiction)
- found: Burack, A.S. Writing detective and mystery fiction, 1967.
LC Classification
- PN3448.D4
Example Notes
- 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]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-04-10: revised

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