Home›Detective and Crime Fiction›Setting Country or PlaceBrowse BySetting Country or PlaceFactsSetting Country or PlaceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1850 1Setting Country or PlaceFilter Results6 entriesGenreAllCrime Fiction (3)Detective Fiction (2)Gothic Fiction (1)Hardboiled (1)Mystery Fiction (1)Satire (1)The Novel (1)AuthorAllAgatha Christie (1)Andrey Kurkov (1)Arthur Conan Doyle (1)Leonardo Sciascia (1)Peter Hoeg (1)Raymond Chandler (1)Composition YearAll1902 (1)1934 (1)1939 (1)1961 (1)1992 (1)1996 (1)Original LanguageAllDanish (1)English (3)German (1)Italian (1)Romanian (1)Country of OriginAllDenmark (1)Italy (1)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)AudienceAllChildren's (2)General (4)AwardAllCrotone Prize (1)Glass Key award (1)Admission YearAll1707 (1)1946 (1)Area (sq km)All839 (1)1290.6 (1)25,832.39 (1)43,094 (1)132,932 (1)255,804 (1)Climate ZoneAllContinental (1)Temperate (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1992 (1)Elevation BandAllLowland (2)Founding YearAll482 (1)1781 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1918 (1)LandlockedAllNo (1)PopulationAll2,952,301 (1)3,898,747 (1)4,775,194 (1)6,001,008 (1)23,271,000 (1)56,490,048 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+02:00 (1)UTC-08:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6DenmarkSetting Country or Place1 entryEnglandSetting Country or Place1 entryKyivSetting Country or Place1 entryLos AngelesSetting Country or Place1 entrySicilySetting Country or Place1 entryYugoslaviaSetting Country or Place1 entrySources1. Detective fiction (Wikipedia)Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceQuote, Detective fiction, lead section, genre origin sentenceThe detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.