Conventions In The Fifth Floor

Since the mystery genre’s first detective was introduced by Edgar Allen Poe in 1841, the problem solving, puzzling, pieces of writing in the mystery genre have attracted a large quantity of people towards this genre. As time goes on, individuals started to look for more complex, intricate literature, but compiling most of the mystery genre pieces together, you will see various commonalities amongst them all. I am going to be analyzing and explaining how, The Fifth Floor, meets the key components that fit the common mystery genre conventions and how even though these common traits are found, what makes the novel still a great book to read. Starting off, The Fifth Floor, is a mystery/private eye genre. The novel is about a detective named, …show more content…
Michael Kelly being the detective he is goes to the house to find out what was going on, only to see that a man was dead and hanging inside the house and also possibly a clue to the answer of: Who committed the act of the Chicago Fire and what was their reasoning behind it? This newfound murder links with the fifth floor of the Mayor’s office, a place in which Johnny Woods works. Taylor, the daughter of Janet and Johnny Woods, appears and she is an additional character that plays a role in the story. At around the same time another character is introduced by the name of, Rachel Swenson. As the book progresses, Kelly finds himself juggling the case of the murder and trying to solve the case of the Chicago Fire. Kelly one morning wakes up at 3AM and notices that someone has broken into his house. That someone shoots a rubber bullet at Rachel Swenson who was also at Michael Kelly’s home. This tells Kelly that they were after something and were willing to go far, but not extremes to get it. Then, Taylor Woods would let Kelly in on information about the abuse that’s been going on. She would later ask Kelly if he was going