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detective fiction

subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective investigates a crime
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detective fiction
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Summary

detective fiction is a fiction genre[1]. It draws 3,819 Wikipedia views per month (fiction genre category, ranking #20 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: crime fiction[3], mystery fiction[4]
  • Commons category: Crime fiction[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Detective fiction[6]
  • Main subject: criminal investigation[7]
  • Partially coincident with: mystery fiction[8], murder mystery[9]
  • Different from: detective[10], detective literature[11], police film[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

detective fiction has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Subject Headings. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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