Crime Fiction Sub-Genre Distinctions (an encore)~Plus a New Contest!

by Kassandra Lamb ~ In April of last year, I wrote this post about the distinctions between some of the mystery sub-genres. I’m re-running this post (with a few tweaks) as the introduction to some other posts coming up, that will hopefully further clarify certain crime fiction sub-genre distinctions.

Crime Fiction Sub-Genre Distinctions That Are Clear As Mud

Genre definitions and crime fiction sub-genres can be quite murky and confusing for both writers and readers.

First there is the ...