Peril At End House Essay

Peril at End House Writer, Agatha Christie in her book “Peril at End House,” implies the rules of a detective story. The story has a gloomy, yet suspenseful tone and is a murder/ crime story. Although the murderer is in plain sight, she plays a big role in the story as it unfolds. It is not discovered that she is the true murderer until the end of the story. This book is particularly a detective crime fiction book. Agatha Christie’s “Peril at End House” is a mix of two subgenres of detective fiction. It is classic whodunit and cozy. In a classic whodunit detective story, the crime is solved by a detective and includes a mysterious death. The murderer could be anyone who is close to the victim and could have a possible motive for killing them. In a cozy detective story, a middle-class neighborhood is often involved and the murderer could be anyone who is in the town and knows the person well. The details of the crime scene are often simple and not descriptive (Crime Fiction). In all crime fiction stories, there is a crime committed early in the book, many suspects with possible motives are involved, a detective collects the evidence and discovers the criminal (Danyte 5). …show more content…
Edgar Allan Poe wrote some of the first detective stories that followed these rules. The crime must first be significant enough to deserve attention, which is a murder most of the time. The detective must have an outgoing attitude that allows them to be remembered, whether it is their intelligence or their observative skills. The criminal must also be smart so that the story is interesting and is not easily solved. All possible suspects must be introduced early in the story so that the reader may follow along and try to solve the crime also; all evidence must be stated to the reader. The crime must have a solution that is relevant and possible. The detective must also be able to analyze, explain, and resolve the crime