Crime fiction is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on October 23, 2004.
Article milestones Date Process Result January 19, 2004 Refreshing brilliant prose Kept February 1, 2005 Peer review Reviewed April 22, 2006 Featured article review Demoted June 2, 2006 Good article nominee Not listed Current status: Former featured article

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Reference ideas for Crime fiction The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: Conan, Neal; Mosley, Walter; Balcer, René (2009-08-05). "Why We Love Crime Fiction". Talk of the Nation. National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2024-08-05. Philip Marlowe, Easy Rawlins, Lennie Briscoe — readers love the characters and the crimes they solve. Crime novels fly off the shelves, and crime dramas often stay at the top of the Nielsen ratings. Mystery writer Walter Mosley and Law & Order executive producer Rene Balcer discuss the art of suspense.

"In Italy people commonly call a story about detectives or crimes giallo (English: yellow), because books of crime fiction have usually had a yellow cover since the 1930s." I removed this from the lead section as it seemed very out of place there, but was not sure where exactly in the article this sentence would fit better. Some feedback would be appreciated, thank you!. WNYY98 (talk) 02:32, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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