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