Der polnische und deutschsprachige Retro-Krimi

Not every historical crime fiction can be labeled as a retro-crime fiction, but every retro-crime fiction is to be considered a variant and subgenre of the historical or historicizing crime fiction, which uses specific narrative techniques to create a portrayal of the past. This portrayal relies both on a particular engagement with cultural media and on genre conventions and traditions. The term 'retro-crime', which has been popular in Eastern European literary discourse for several years, is by no means limited, for example, to Polish crime literature. Even in the German-speaking crime fiction scene, there are historical crime novels that tell stories of the modern and postmodern past in retro-stylized or retro-chronicling forms.