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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
please PLEASE for the love of all things holy keep thriller and horror away from mystery !! those clearly belong in "action / adventure" (or whatever we are calling the adrenaline-based category). some mysteries may be spooky sometimes but that is not a defining characteristic (a story certainly does not have to be "thilling" and even less "horrifying" to be mysterious), and while i imagine that some horror stories might include an element of mystery (i wouldn't know, because i wouldn't read one if you paid me) it's certainly not a pre-requisite. if the two ever *are* lumped together, it's probably one of those situations where the person organising the books couldn't think of a better place to put them so "meh, let's just stick them with the mysteries."
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OK, Ok, that was the clear direction I was looking for.