Why are detective stories the most popular genre in fiction? What makes them so popular?
Escapism
Crime fiction often has a faster pace than other genres. You can lose yourself in a page-turner and forget everything else.
Puzzle solving
Detective stories with their clues, alibis and red herrings pose a mental challenge. You might enjoy the intellectual puzzle and try to solve the mystery.
Human behaviour & psychology
Crime fiction deals with the baser aspects of human nature. Emotions and reactions help establish motives.
Setting
For me, the place and period where the Story is set are important. For example, cosy mysteries are usually set in a small town or village.
What do you think, why do we love crime fiction?
Salted Caramel 
I like both the challenge of solving the mystery and the action that takes place in the story. Yesterday I saw ‘death on the Nile’ it was an adaptation of the book by the same name by Agatha Christie. The movie was okay, not what one would except from a all star cast.
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I love the Justice at the end ❤
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Me too, and no loose ends. 😍
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I like trying to figure it out. Makes me feel smarter.
Congratulations on finishing the A to Z this year!
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I can’t work it out very often I am afraid.
Thank you so much, the challenge was a lot of fun.
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Reassurance
If you read them from the back you can skip reading them if they don’t end satifactorily. Also, I hate to waste time and get disappointed/sad. No more blind unwise sad waste of time! foir me! Life is sad enough as iit is!
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