Just read an interesting point in a history of Nazi film. Detective stories only exist in democracies. Not in Communist or Fascist societies
But it's fair to say the genre didn't enjoy much prestige (I suspect because it went against rules of Socialist Realism).
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IIRC Northrup Frye wrote something about detective novels being cultural expression of police state.
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