crime fiction

collocation in English

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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofcrimeandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His main interest was horror film, although his work included short story and truecrimefiction.
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He is known for hiscrimefictionnovels and for his regular appearances as an expert commentator on notable crime cases in television and newspapers.
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His attention to detail and his concentration on the mechanics of detection makes him the forerunner of the police procedural school ofcrimefiction.
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She also wrotecrimefiction, romantic fiction, and historical fiction, mainly before 1960.
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Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series andcrimefictionfor adults.
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This contrasted with parallel titles of the same names which contained conventional hardboiledcrimefiction.
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I abandoned the pat formula ofcrimefictionthat had steered some of my earlier work and sought to write an open-ended novel of questions.
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They are common in genre fiction, particularlycrimefiction, men's adventure and science fiction, as well as in children's literature.
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Although he did not enjoy caricature work, it paid well and funded his interest in writingcrimefictionfor graphic novels.
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Sadoul has authored works on alchemy, the fantastique andcrimefiction.
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Since then, 17 of his books have been published, 14crimefictionbut also two romantic comedy and one non-fiction.
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Hard-boiledcrimefictionjust uses a different set of clichs and stereotypes.
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After the war, he began to write, initially both science fiction andcrimefiction.
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From 2006, translatedcrimefictionwas honored with its own award conceived partly to recognize the contribution of the translator in international works.
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But he was especially fond ofcrimefictionand soon made it his specialty.
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From 2002,crimefictionalso came to be awarded.
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Since 1980 he published a string of novels in such different areas ascrimefiction, science fiction and children's literature.
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He is best known for hiscrimefiction, but is also the author of some children's books and several radio plays.
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