crime story
Detective fiction genre
A crime story is a narrative centered on criminal acts—their commission, investigation, or consequences.
The genre encompasses detective fiction, police procedurals, heist tales, and true crime accounts.
She's working on a crime story about the 1970s bank robberies.
The term applies equally to fiction and journalism.
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- dead bodyDeceased person's remains
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
noir · femme fatale · whodunit · locked room · thriller · suspect · alibi · witness · corpse · clues · smoking gun · red herring · investigation · cold case · motive · evidence · victim · confession
- talestale, tall tales, yarns, folk tale, fairy tale
- storiestale, tales, myth, legend, fable
- crime fictiondetective fiction, murder mystery, detective novels, detective novel, detective
crime storyromance
Love and its excitement
love story · romantic comedy · fairy tale · pastoral · utopian fiction
crime storyredemption story
Narrative of moral recovery
hagiography · morality tale · heroic narrative · hero's journey
crime, story, crimes, criminal, criminality, criminalize, criminalization, criminally, decriminalize