Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator (often a detective), either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.
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Famous quotes containing the words detective and/or fiction:
“What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.”
—P.D. (Phyllis Dorothy)
“... fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer’s courage.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)