Detective fiction

in her novels, including And Then There Were None, one of her most famous. Agatha Christie began writing because her sister dared her to “write a good detective story.” This challenge resulted in her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (“Agatha”). Ever since the publication of this novel, it was clear she was destined to write detective stories. Christie has unsurmountable success in the mystery genre with more works sold than any…

Literary Analysis: The Third Policeman When people meet for the first time, the first thing they do is exchange names. This type of conversation starter is a great way to get to know someone. Name sharing is an occurrence that happens on a daily basis. Names are a form of identity; it tells the other person how they should address their new acquaintance or someone they’ve known for a long time. Having a protagonist with no name was a strange, yet interesting twist that I experienced while…

Murdered by James Schannep is an interactive mystery novel. The reader is the main character and the one that determines how the story will unfold and what actions he will take to progress in the story. The only consistent element of the story is how the story begins. The protagonist is separated from his friends in the unknown city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He finds his way into a side street and by accident discovers a body of a young woman. From there on the story unfolds from the choices…

Even after his death, Truman Capote is still impacting the world with his literary style and techniques. Numerous examples of such can be found throughout his novel In Cold Blood. For instance, his nonfiction novel is composed as if it were in fiction. An example of this is how Capote introduces his characters. In Capote’s novel, real characters are gradually introduced. Slight details of a character, Mr. Clutter, are found in page five: “The master of river valley farm, Herbert William Clutter,…

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a series that defies the laws of traditional television productions; it is tragic and comedic, suspenseful and light-hearted, heart breaking and beautiful. In this BBC production, Dirk Gently, a holistic detective that believes everything is a clue; Todd Brotzman, a skeptical sidekick to the detective and Farah Black, an experienced bodyguard who cannot seem to leave the detective’s side, strive to solve the mystery of the penthouse massacre and the…

Irvin Welsh: Filth The second research I gathered for building the writing style of my story came in the form of 2 novels by Scottish writer Irvin Welsh. Both of these novels came with far more parallels towards how I was to develop the structure of my own story than Of Mice and Men. One such parallel is the use of first person narrative and present tense. This is a more unusual combination in literature and so I was very pleased to come across two famous and well-acclaimed examples in order to…

Chungking Express: The Role of Hong Kong City in the Plot The movie “Chunking Express” which was written and directed by Wong Kar Wai is a romance/drama film produced in 1994. The plot within the movie tells of two stories which are shown in sequence (“Chunking Express” n.p). Each story features a troubled relationship of a Hong Kong police officer. In the first story, the film focuses on Cop 223 (He Qiwu), the obsession he bears of his broken relationship with May as well as the platonic…

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer that will be remembered for many reasons. His writings are among some of the most loved writings in American history. Edgar Allan Poe was best known for evocative short stories and poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world (“Edgar Allan Poe” Biography). Some of Poe’s short stories and poems are still read religiously throughout classrooms everywhere. A piece of Edgar Allan Poe's life had been molded into each one of his…

adopted a very unique writing style in his novel Savage Detectives. The book starts with a dark quote setting the tone for the book. “Do you want Mexico to be saved? Do you want Christ to be our King?” “No” - Malcolm Lowry. From this we can almost predict a dark cynical and corrupting book. I was pleasantly surprised. Enlaced with those aspects you could find humor. The book is divided in three parts: Mexicans Lost in Mexico, The Savage Detectives and The Deserts of Sonora. In the first and last…

Every hard working detective such as Sherlock Holmes knows how to accumulate clues to a crime. In Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery story,”The Adventure of the Speckled Band,”Holmes makes his presence in the investigation of a young woman’s death, with suspicion of the stepfather Dr. Roylott. Holmes finds out the motive, discovers a building fault that could conclude to a clue. Additionally, he discovers a mysterious restriction to an everyday furniture item. This unusual restraint to an everyday…