Where Crime Fiction Sub-Genres Overlap: Traditional, Historical and PI

by Kassandra Lamb (with some editorial assistance from Kathy Owen) ~ This is installment #2 in our series on sub-genres, specifically addressing where some crime fiction sub-genres overlap.

In last week’s post, I differentiated between traditional and cozy mysteries, but today I’d like to delve further into what constitutes a “traditional mystery.”

This is a tough sub-genre to pin down

Probably the best way to describe traditional mysteries is that they are classic whodunnits inspire...