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Crime (Part 2 of 'Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read')

"The classic mystery story is about a crime already committed, a past event the investigation has to reconstruct. A thriller's thrills are frequent, whereas a crime writer can get away with one corpse. It's obvious which genres the Agatha Christie whodunnit and the 007 spy novel belong to, but between them are sub-genres — courtroom duel, psychological thriller, suspense novel, crime caper, criminal-centred fiction — not so easily classified. Part two of this seven-part series tries to reflect as much of the crime spectrum as possible, as well as the regularity with which literary novelists have made evildoers their theme. The difference? The latter break genre rules, typically eliminating the hero who solves or prevents crime. And they usually write more stylishly; but the recent rise of the literary crime fiction epitomised by PD James has made that distinction less clear."
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The Riddle of the Sands
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
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