Shared sets of tastes in crime fiction see some of these stories produced, published, sold and quickly disappear into obscurity while other stories enjoy critical and popular acclaim, multiple reprints and are readily accepted into the crime fiction canon.
In particular this article will look at how our tastes in crime fiction have changed over time while the many sub-genres of crime fiction continue to cater to the preferences of a variety of readers with stories of: accidental sleuths, hardboiled detectives and refined police officers murders in country manors, exotic locations and familiar city streets and puzzles that allow us to predict what will come next or make us hold our breath until the last page.
Auden quipped, when writing for Harper’s Magazine in 1948, that: “For me, as for many others, the reading of detective fiction is an addiction like tobacco or alcohol.” This article will respond to Auden’s statement and explore how crime fiction appeals to an incredibly broad range of tastes. Indeed, crime fiction is one of the world’s most popular genres. There is a dead body to suit every reader’s taste.
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