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Originally Posted by lmarie
Uh, no. (Former librarian here.) "Crime" often includes titles such as police procedurals, analysis of historical crimes, etc. "Mystery" is more often understood to be fiction which includes some type of murder, the solving of which is central to the plot. "Mystery" tilts to the puzzle-oriented plot device whereas "crime" is much broader and often includes fiction and nonfiction.
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I agree that this is one way to look at it. But if you go to a bookshop that uses the category mystery instead of crime (US shops I believe) and do not have mystery sub genres you will find police procedurals under mystery.