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Flashcards by Maria Rita Pepe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria Rita Pepe
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| Question | Answer |
| Amateur Detective | a mystery solved by an amateur, who generally has some profession or affiliation that provides ready access to information about the crime |
| Child in Peril | a mystery involving the abduction or persecution of a child |
| Classic Whodunit | a crime that is solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader |
| Comic (Bumbling Detective) | a mystery played for laughs, often featuring a detective who is grossly unskilled (but often solves the crime anyway, owing to tremendous good luck) |
| Cozy | a mystery that takes place in a small town—sometimes in a single home—where all the suspects are present and familiar with one another, except the detective, who is usually an eccentric outsider |
| Courtroom Drama | a mystery that takes place through the justice system—often the efforts of a defense attorney to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit |
| Dark Thriller | a mystery that ventures into the fear factor and graphic violence of the horror genre |
| Espionage | the international spy novel—here based less on action than on solving the “puzzle”—is today less focused on the traditional enemy spies than on terrorists |
| Forensic | a mystery solved through the forensics lab, featuring much detail and scientific procedure |
| Heists and Capers | an “antihero” genre which focuses on the planning and execution of a crime, told from the criminal’s perspective |
| Historical | a mystery that takes place in a specific, recognizable period of history, with much emphasis on the details of the setting |
| Inverted | a story in which the reader knows “whodunit,” but the suspense arises from watching the detective figure it out |
| Locked Room | a mystery in which the crime is apparently committed under impossible circumstances (but eventually elicits a rational explanation) |
| Medical | generally involving a medical threat (e.g., a viral epidemic), or the illegitimate use of medical technology |
| Police Procedural | a crime solved from the perspective of the police, following detailed, real-life procedures |
| Private Detective | focused on the independent snoop-for-hire, these have evolved from tough-guy “hard-boiled” detectives to the more professional operators of today |
| Psychological Suspense | mysteries focused on the intricacies of the crime and what motivated the perpetrator to commit them |
| Romantic | a mystery in which the crime-solvers fall in love |
| Technothriller | a spinoff from the traditional thriller mystery, with an emphasis on high technology |
| Thriller | a suspense mystery with a wider—often international—scope and more action |
| Woman in Jeopardy | focuses on a woman put into peril by a crime, and her struggles to overcome or outwit the perpetrator |
| Young Adult | a story aimed at a teenage audience, with a hero detective generally the same age or slightly older than the reader, pursuing criminals who are generally less violent—but often just as scary—as those in adult mysteries |
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