A thriller provides the sudden
rush of emotions, excitement, and exhilaration that drive the narrative,
sometimes subtly with peaks and lulls, sometimes at a constant, breakneck pace.
It keeps the audience on the "edge of their seats", akin to a
sensation of hanging from a cliff, as the plot builds towards a climax.
Mystery
fiction is a genre of
fiction typically
focused on the investigation of a crime. Mystery fiction is often used as a
synonym fordetective fiction or crime fiction—in
other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either
professional or amateur) investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes
mystery books are nonfictional.
"Mystery fiction" can be detective stories in which the emphasis is
on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit.
Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on
action and gritty realism.
Mystery fiction may involve a supernatural or thriller mystery where the solution does not
have to be logical, and even no crime involved
- Anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown
- Any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity orspeculation
- A novel, short story, play, or film whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlinglyunsettled until the very end
- Obscure, puzzling, or mysterious quality or character
- Any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.