Crime fiction
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Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investi
Sherlock Holmes (foreground) oversees the arrest of a criminal; this hero of crime fiction popularized the genre.
Cover art for 'The mystery of a hansom cab', written by Fergus W. Hume
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The novel was published in the UK in June 1926 by Willi
First edition
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A 1920s Dictaphone
Castle Combe, Wiltshire: the house to the left of the tree was Poirot's home in the 2000 TV version.