Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film. It focuses on the efforts of the Detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.
The successful mystery film adheres to one of two story types, known as Open and Closed. The Closed (or whodunit) mystery conceals the identity of the perpetrator until late in the story, ad...
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Books In This Genre:
- The Pale Blue Eye ,
- Starvation Lake: A Mystery ,
- Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead ,
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ,
- Final Cut ,
- The second time around ,
- In the hour before midnight ,
- The Beverly Malibu ,
- Hydra With Six Heads ,
- Anarchy and Old Dogs
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TV programs of this genre:
- Veronica Mars ,
- Psych ,
- Push, Nevada ,
- Twin Peaks ,
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? ,
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies ,
- Virtual Murder ,
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ,
- Moonlighting ,
- It Takes a Thief
Also known as:
- Mystery fiction,
- Mystery novel,
- Mystery film