Police novels are one of the best-selling and popular literary colors in the world. For example, among all three books sold in the United Kingdom, one of them deals with the worlds of crime with all its mystery and excitement.
The novel "Crimes of Copy" embodies a creative color through which Emirati writer Adel Al-Sumaiti - who sees writing as an ideal outlet and meets psychological needs - managed to attract lovers of mysteries of police crimes at the Sharjah International Book Fair in his latest edition, as all copies of the novel were exhausted in attempts From readers to wear the mantle of the detective and the reincarnation of a detective, who searches behind the scenes of details to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder after all the evidence against him was gathered, and the writer succeeded in relying on his imagination and literary passion by pushing readers towards exploring wider topics touching their reality in a remarkable teaser.
Attachment secrets
Why do a wide range of readers enjoy reading horrible crime stories and novels? A question posed by «Emirates Today», to Adel Al-Sumaiti, who explained that «these stories are linked to reality and stimulate the curiosity of the reader, given that every person is investigated, regardless of the degree of his genius and intelligence, seeks to solve puzzles and follow the threads of crime».
He said: «We are exposed to these types of events and crimes daily through the media and newscasts, but we rarely take a look at what is going on inside the scenes, and how to deal with and solve crimes, and the police novel gives the reader an insight into this matter, as it travels it to a world of mystery More than other literary genres, including science fiction.
The author added: «Many psychological studies have proven that man by nature does not like to be involved in cases, crimes or any other things that violate the law, but he loves from time to time the exchange of roles with criminals and gangs in his mind, as a way to escape the pressures of reality and life, and police detective It is an ideal outlet and caters to psychological needs. ”
success reasons
On the success of the police novel, Al-Sumaiti considered that each writer must present to the reader what he wants, but in a way that he does not expect, and take into account the effect he wants to make on the recipient and the convictions he wishes to establish in an innovative, amazing and responsible manner.
He continued: “Narrow and focused writing in complex crime, movement-filled events and (action) is not enough to attract the reader's attention. Some international police novels were staggeringly and blatantly violent, and they reflected real talents in depicting terrible crimes, but they lacked the persuasive justification and purposeful, responsible message, While other novels managed to hold the breath of its reader, and put it in a state of anticipation without digging in its mind the frightening and grotesque scene of blood ».
Female presence
On the strong presence of female characters in cinematic crime movies, such as intelligence, investigators in crime theaters, consummate field prosecutions, anatomical doctors, and more, especially since classic crime stories have always portrayed women as victims, Al-Sumaiti emphasized that women have become a vital and important role in the criminal sectors around the world, Security at the state level is replete with women's cadres, whose experience, passion, and subtle specialties have contributed with men in exploring the security future, establishing security and protecting society, and this is what has begun to be reflected in the modern police narration and cinema trends. Finally, considering that "the importance and strength of writing lies in the ability to address problems and encapsulate reality with a lot of imagination that delights the reader and ignites its senses."
The Emirati writer pointed out that «the modern police novel with its content and events, began to keep pace with the facts of the reality and the current stage in terms of employing the huge technological revolution and modern technologies in promoting curiosity, and many of them were able to fly the reader or scenes into the world of artificial intelligence, robots, means of communication, eavesdropping and accurate technical pursuit, It has also begun to transfer him to the atmosphere of cross-border crime, informing him of the secrets and secrets of criminals, and elevating the investigator's personality to non-traditional levels of intelligence, acumen, physical strength, knowledge and broad knowledge.
He continued, "I hope that the Emirati police novel will find its way to the TV dramas, and not be limited to cinema only, so that the viewer gets out of the circle of social dramas that have become captive of repetition, and lacks innovation and purposeful and innovative content."
About the author
Adel Al-Sumaiti is an Emirati author with several publications on his account, among them the novel "Daes", which is characterized by national awareness, and aims to protect young people from intellectual toxins in the name of religion, and the novel "Revenge of the Legend", which transports its reader to a special world of excitement and suspense, and the book "Mimi as Weiwa »Its first and second parts, which present various realistic administrative stories that embody a set of positive and negative attitudes between the manager and the employee.
"The modern police novel began to fly with the reader into the world of artificial intelligence and advanced technologies."
"Narrow and focused writing in complex crime and (action) is not enough to attract the reader alone."