侦探小说作为小说类型的一个特殊分支，其独特魅力赢得了许多读者的倾心，在侦探小说发展史上，涌现了许多优秀侦探小说家和众多的流派，塑造了享誉世界的侦探形象。其独特风格、规则和创作目的奠定了侦探小说在当代文学的一定地位。但从一般意义上讲，侦探小说还不能归入主流文学之中，它是一种以小说的形式展示的复杂、多变的猜谜活动，因为它本身存在许多缺陷，也不具备主流文学的某些特征。%Detective novel, as a specialized offshoot of novel categories, its special charm wins the approval of a quantity of readers. In the detective novel history, there are enormous works, better-known detective novelists, as well as impressive detective figures. Moreo-ver, its unique style, rules and creation purpose lay a status for detective novel in literature. Although detective novel holds a unique place in modern letters, it does not fall under the head of fiction in the ordinary sense. It just belongs to a complicated and extended puzzle case in fictional form, because it has many detects in itself and lacks the features possessed in mainstream literature.
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