A good murder mystery is made of success by having certain qualities. We can examine these qualities by the methods used by Edger Allen Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that maintains the interests of the reader in the murder mysteries, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Speckled Band. One quality is the narrator of the story. The narrators tell the story in their points of view. Another quality is the detective themselves. The different detecting skills. An additional quality is who the detective was helping (the client), the characters, where the murders took place and who committed the murder. Poe’s story introduces a new genre of short fiction in American literature along with brain teaser story line. In Doyle’s story, is an interesting
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Watson, Sherlock Holmes’s friend and assistant. Watson helps the readers understand exactly what’s going on and in a way that puts then reader mind at ease. Holmes throughout the story is presented as a very intelligent man, according to Watson refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not lean towards the unusual and even the bizarre. Watson is not as sharp compared to Holmes and is only there to clarify things for the reader. Watson sets the scene, Holmes wakes Watson really early in the morning to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. In the sitting room there is a lady that’s looking to be around thirty years old, looks pale, her hair has strands of premature grey, dressed in black with a black veil and who's shaking with fear. She's desperate for help, and promises Holmes that she can't pay him anything now but will as soon as she is married and have control of her own income. The lady's name is Helen Stoner, and she's living with her stepfather. The problem is that this young woman, is fearful for her life because her sister, Julia Stoner died in the usual events and died two weeks before her wedding. Before she died, she would hear low whistling and the smell of cigars around three in the morning. Miss Julia Stoner died in her own room, where there was no chance of anybody getting in because her door was locked from the inside every night and the windows were crammed by old fashion shutters with broad iron bars. In this case, Holmes was able to find out who or what the murderer, the stepfathers plan had backfired and the snake killed him with his
Watson, Sherlock Holmes’s friend and assistant. Watson helps the readers understand exactly what’s going on and in a way that puts then reader mind at ease. Holmes throughout the story is presented as a very intelligent man, according to Watson refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not lean towards the unusual and even the bizarre. Watson is not as sharp compared to Holmes and is only there to clarify things for the reader. Watson sets the scene, Holmes wakes Watson really early in the morning to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. In the sitting room there is a lady that’s looking to be around thirty years old, looks pale, her hair has strands of premature grey, dressed in black with a black veil and who's shaking with fear. She's desperate for help, and promises Holmes that she can't pay him anything now but will as soon as she is married and have control of her own income. The lady's name is Helen Stoner, and she's living with her stepfather. The problem is that this young woman, is fearful for her life because her sister, Julia Stoner died in the usual events and died two weeks before her wedding. Before she died, she would hear low whistling and the smell of cigars around three in the morning. Miss Julia Stoner died in her own room, where there was no chance of anybody getting in because her door was locked from the inside every night and the windows were crammed by old fashion shutters with broad iron bars. In this case, Holmes was able to find out who or what the murderer, the stepfathers plan had backfired and the snake killed him with his