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2. This type of mystery is defined by humorous narration, scrambling action, bumbling but lovable characters, and just fun. Comedy is the primary goal.  Authors:Works:  Elmore LeonardGet Shorty (1995

4. This type of mystery has a protagonist is usually brainy, eccentric, antisocial, possesses quirky areas of knowledge. Usually male. Authors:Works: Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express (1934)

6. This type of mystery is almost entirely a female subgenre Usually include an amateur detective, cats, knitting or quilting, cooking, pots of tea, family, friends, and community Authors:Works: Nancy AthertonAunt Dimity’s Death (1992) Aunt Dimity Digs In (1998)

8. This type of mystery is about spies and spying American version is also know as a “Thriller” and is more action-packed than realistic, often macho, includes gore and seduction Authors:Works: Robert LudlumThe Bourne Legacy

10. This type of mystery uses crime-solving aspects of pathology, physiology, anthropology or archeology, psychology, and behavioral analysis Use trace evidence processing, fingerprinting, DNA, ballistics, document analysis accident reconstruction, bugging, wiretapping, computer technology, etc. Authors:Works: Patricia CornwallPostmortem (1990) Thomas HarrisThe Silence of the Lambs (1988) )

12. This type of mystery is set among criminals rather than crime fighters Typical storyline concerns revenge, vigilante justice, or the commission (rather than the detection) of a crime Formerly called “Sleaze” Authors:Works: Ed McBainBig Bad City (1999)

14. This type of mystery is set in a previous era, or deals with events which occurred in a previous historical era Often feature real persons or events in some form Authors:Works: Jack HigginsThe Eagle Has Landed (1975)

16.  This type of mystery involves legal proceedings, lawyers, prosecutors and their English counterparts.

18. This type of mystery had a protagonists are from one of the armed services of one of the world’s nations – usually a “superpower” Setting may include a war or military conflict, real or imagined Authors:Works: Nelson DeMilleThe General’s Daughter (1992)

20. This type of mystery must be realistic depictions of official investigations Authors:Works: Ed McBainThe Mugger (1956)

22. This type of mystery has a governmental or public policy setting and focus They can vary from assassination novels, to Washington insider farces, to attacks for or against an issue such as capital punishment Authors:Works: Richard CondonThe Manchurian Candidate (1959)

24. This type of mystery is defined by a non-police detective, usually a paid professional investigator Authors:Works: Dashiell HammettThe Maltese Falcon (1930)

26. This type of mystery typically have a higher level of random violence, explicit gore, and serious mental illness than any other Serial killer stories can be crosslisted in any subgenre except Cozy Authors:Works: Thomas HarrisSilence of the Lambs (1988)

28. This type of mystery is among the most loosely used terms in the genre, being applied to any book with even a little action or adventure Authors:Works: Dan BrownThe Da Vinci Code