A Crime writer is a legal term used in the practice of fingerprinting, crime scene investigation and any other related process involving fingerprints. Crime fiction, mystery stories, crime novel, police novel, and fingerprinting are popular terms used to describe fictional stories which centre on the investigation of a specific crime, usually a murder. This term has also come to refer loosely to any story that involves or relies on crime or the criminal. Sometimes this term is used as a standalone term for a crime novel. The most common uses of the term Crime writter in contemporary literature is in reference to an investigation by a private detective or law enforcement officer into an alleged crime.
One of the main characteristics of crime fiction is the use of detective work to solve a crime or solved mystery. Often this crime is carried out by a private detective or a member of the police force, sometimes including the FBI. It is often a form of vigilantism: the writer may be bent on finding or proving a crime or he may be involved in it himself. Often the detective uses methods such as planting evidence, trickery or dangerous disguises to disguise his real identity and thus get close to the criminal. He may also use gadgets such as a time Traveller or a time machine to track the suspect.
Crime fiction differs greatly from the conventional novels and stories where the detective is typically a white collar man working for the law and battling crime. In such stories the detective is almost always male and the crime is almost always against a male. This is not so with crime fiction. The books and stories written by Arthur Miller, John le Carrable and others, about the detective Sherlock Holmes are classic examples. Watson is almost always female and the adventures are often about solving crimes and the solving of mysteries.
Crime fiction is not all about the police and the law; there is a sub-genre called alternate history where the action takes place in another time and place and is normally set in the far future. For instance, the Earth’s population has been wiped out by an attack from a race of killer robots. In the United Kingdom and Australia, the IRA has become an effective terrorist organisation. In these books and stories, the main characters are detectives from various countries who are called upon to deal with the problems caused by these terrorist groups. They usually find themselves in a high risk situation, which is why they are called into these situations in the first place. In some cases they are called upon to deal with other issues such as corporate crime.
Crime fiction can be very dark, as it is often based around murder, trauma and brutality. There can be moments of comedy, as well as many touching and humorous scenes. These make it a great genre for the written word, which is one reason why so many writers choose to write about these things. Fiction is supposed to be uplifting, even comical and this is what many good crime fiction stories are. The tone should be one that is not serious in nature, yet one that leaves you wanting for more. It should leave you eager to know what happens next, as well as what will happen to the main characters.
Crime fiction has been around for many years and is not dying out any time soon. In fact it is becoming more popular than ever, because of the different spins it takes on historical and current events. Many authors have taken this avenue and you can find many different types of fiction being written today. There are historical police series that follow many different footsteps of each of the detectives, while others follow the story of a newbie detective working with a newly formed squad. These novels are not only fun to read, but they also are educational as well. No matter which type of fiction you choose, it can be a very good read and can be educational at the same time.
