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Old 10-11-2008, 11:35 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
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.
Yes. Bookstores I'm familiar with have a Mystery section devoted to crime fiction. True crime stories tend to be shelved separately.

I think most folks here, when they think fiction genre, will think "Mystery", not "Crime" as describing what they read.
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