Detective fiction

Set in the late 1800’s during industrial Victorian London The Limehouse Golem combines the classic idea of a detective murder mystery with a ‘rags to riches’ coming of age story with a deadly ending. Based off of the novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd (1994) the audience follows rising Inspector John Kildare in his search for the serial murderer dubbed the Limehouse Golem and his interactions with former music hall star Elizabeth Cree as she awaits prosecution for the death…

Rational: The Curious of the dog in the night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. This book, published in 2003. The main character is Christopher, who has a mental problem suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. I am going to write a day, Christopher’s diary when he finds out his favorite teacher (Siobhan) has left and she sends a letter to him. I will start a Christopher’s diary with a quite good day and when he receives a letter, which the color of this letter is his favorite. Then I’ll show…

Comparing Three Detective Novels All the three excerpts from “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley, “Murder Is My Business” by Lynette Prucha and “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler are detective genre stories set in Los Angles. The investigators and their clients share some similarities and differences particularly with respect to their roles in shaping the plot and the main themes in the stories. Firstly, the three stories are set in Los Angeles. “The Big Sleep” is typically set during a…

story. In this case, this murder mystery examines justice in a strange way: by making the victims of murder who committed murder themselves and through the act of murder. The action of a detective solves the crime and ensures that the murderer pays for his or her deed. Judge Wargrave does the work of detective and murderer by picking out those who are guilty and punishing them. I think that these acts of justice on Indian Island are unacceptable and…

The story “A Kind of Murder” by Hugh Pentecost is about a boy named Pentecost who stands up for a deaf teacher who really needs help, but then doesn’t help when he’s needed most. In “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, an average barber is debating whether or not he will slit his customer’s throat. The barber wants to keep his honor and the integrity of his business, but also feels like he owes it to his people to kill their worst enemy when he has the chance. “A Kind of Murder” and…

In both Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile and Sydney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express the authors engage the audience by adding suspense into the mystery. While both mysteries add suspicion one constructs a mystery made up of deaths and mystery elements while the other uses movie angels, music, and the character as suspense. Both Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile and Sydney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express equally use suspense in the pieces. Both pieces of entertainment use clues to…

Do you like suspenseful novels that you just cannot put down because they’re so good? While I highly suggest that you read The Lovely Bones if you are into crimes and investigations. This book just happened to catch my attention and put me in the shoes of the main character. It was written by Alice Sebold, who is best known for being an educator, poet and author. The Lovely Bones was one of her bestselling books since Gone with the Wind. Throughout the selection the themes were grief, isolation,…

"Enough Rope" by P.L. Doss is an enthralling murder mystery set in Atlanta. Let me start by saying that it is an exceptional debut that becomes more and more complex as the evidence builds and the tale unfolds. The story is written in the third person perspective and alternates between high-profile Atlanta attorney Tom Halloran and Hollis Joplin, the medical examiner's investigator. During his early-morning jog, Tom Halloran finds a body dressed in women’s clothes hanging from a tree in…

The short fiction piece I chose to analyze was “Little Man” by Michael Cunningham. According to The New Yorker, “Little Man” reinvents “Rumpelstiltskin.” The last time I read “Rumpelstiltskin” was an awfully long time ago, so after reading “Little Man,” I revisited my Tales from Grim children’s book and read “Rumpelstiltskin” to understand the parallels. The stories are quite similar, but they do have slight differences. In “Little Man,” “a two-hundred-year-old gnome” yearns for a child. The…

The Perfect Detective What does it take to solve a crime? Knowledge? Instinct? These are the questions that flow throughout the minds of average people. In Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, Christie is able to show the reader the thinking behind solving a case. With Christie's writing, it brings the reader to experience the workings of detective. These workings ultimately make up one of the most famous main characters. Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, better known as Agatha…