Crime Fiction

Focus= crime, criminals, and their reasons for committing a crime

The Story of Crime Fiction 

Crime Novels- Best Selling Fiction

SUBGENRE a Detective fiction

Sherlock Holmes 

Sherlock Holmes 2009

Sherlock Holmes. A Game of Shadows 2011

SUBGENRES b Legal thriller

John Grisham 

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham(1992)  and by Alan J. Pakula (movie, 1993) 

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (2011) by Brad Furman  (movie, 2011)

SUBGENRE  c Courtroom drama

The Best Courtroom Dramas

Top 5 Courtroom Drama

Bobv Reiner  on What Makes a Great Courtroom Drama

SUBGENRE d Hard-boiled fiction (cynical and tough detectives. Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlow and Dashiel Hammet’s Sam Spade)

Hard-boiled Detective Fiction  (L.A. Environment in the 30s)

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930) and by  John Huston (movie, 1941)