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Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. [ 1] Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves the solving of a mystery or crime (usually murder). Though works combining these genres have existed ...
A mystery film is a genre of film revolving around the solution to a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of a protagonist to solve the mystery by means of clues, investigation, and deduction. This is a list of mystery films by decade.
This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes examines a suspect's boots in an illustration to the 1891 story "The Boscombe Valley Mystery". Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective —whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.
The Canary Murder Case (film) A Caribbean Mystery (film) The Case of the Black Cat. The Case of the Curious Bride. The Case of the Howling Dog. The Case of the Lucky Legs. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. The Case of the Velvet Claws. The Casino Murder Case (film)
Pure and hybrid genres. Films are rarely purely from one genre, which is in keeping with the cinema's diverse and derivative origins, it being a blend of "vaudeville, music-hall, theatre, photography" and novels. [ 4] American film historian Janet Staiger states that the genre of a film can be defined in four ways.