Detective Fiction Conventions

The detective fiction novel, The Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle, features the well-known Sherlock Holmes and his trusty partner, John Watson. The two are settled in many stories, books, and television shows but in this instance, they are in a detective novel. The novel, narrated by John Watson, tells a detective journey in which townsman Charles Baskerville is supposed to be killed by a hound that is left by the curse of Hugo Baskerville. Sherlock is called upon by the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry Baskerville, and accepts the mystery after a bit of convincing speech.
The detective novel, The Hounds of Baskerville, is a mix of the subgenres crime fiction, thriller, gothic, and police procedural. Doyle uses these and the creation of his two main characters to create a crime fighting duo which the mastermind, Sherlock Holmes uses no bias. All these subgenres make up what is the detective fiction novel, The Hounds of Baskerville. …show more content…
The common and upcoming subgenre in the United States is becoming more and more popular. The common subgenre usually surrounds around an antagonist and has a focus all around it. In the nove, an antagonist is formed from an originated story of the hound that murdered Sir Charles. The murder of Sir Charles is seen as a crime that this novel uses to entice the readers in a detective novel form. The plot is formed through this crime and used throughout the story as the starting point for the novels beginnings. Sherlock is a professional detective so the