Detective

Can all information be uncovered by the science of deduction? Sherlock Holmes is a consulting detective who works to prove that it can. Sherlock has the extraordinary ability to reveal characteristics of strangers, simply by observing what most people fail to notice. His skills are expressed in literature, A Study in Scarlet, and motion picture, “A Study in Pink”. Both of these storylines follow Holmes and his assistant as they expose the clues behind a suspicious murder. The passage and show…

they were trapped in a train that hit a snow drift. I’d hate to be in either of those spots. To make matters worst when they were stranded that's when the killing happened. There was only one problem really, only one of the stories actually had a detective present. The…

and ¨The Masque of the Red Death¨ by Poe feature several elements of Gothic literature. In And Then There Were None, Christie creates a mystery that is almost unsolvable. Most of the characters become suspects at some point in the story and the detectives can't solve the case. In contrast, Poe's ¨The Masque of the Red Death¨ there is a disease known as the Red Death, which they consider to be a murderer. Everybody knows who the murderer is. Similarly, there is one character who believes they are…

Jedediah Berry, the author of The manual of detection, opens this old time detective novel in what is described as the "unnamed city". Characters are overshadowed by buildings reaching into the endlessly rainy skies. The gloomy, dystopian like, society is surrounded underground subways that connect different worlds together. At the center of the city lies the agency where clerk, Charles Unwin, is employed under the famous detective Sivart. The story begins following Unwin to the subway where he…

Father Brown Stories, and A Morbid Taste for Bones. Within the realm of literature are numerous genres, one of which is mysteries, and many different types of mysteries fall underneath the field. Of the two stories mentioned, the first was a priest detective who solved mysteries with a reformed criminal almost always at his side, the latter a classic murder mystery solved and investigated by a humble monk. There are abundant quantity of qualities that must be imprinted…

The Private Detective On the top of high mountain of a town, a detached house surrounded by wide green field which is vintage, its color is very attractive which flash to people eyes make everyone stop for it beauty, it always stand still as a new building although it had been build over 100 years and no one residence there for a very long time and no one ready to step in though specific area as there is a story behind it. People said whoever step in though the area, they will disappear in 3…

This movie is a classic crime/detective genre and is a black and white movie. The movie was made in 1941, and is about a young detective who gets involved with a gang in the city he lives in. It has twists and turns around every corner and has you on the edge of your seat the whole time. My opinion on it however is that it was a good movie and keeps you intrigued, it was kind of slow and at some points it was hard to understand what everybody was saying. Like I said earlier the movie was made…

is to understand why this novel was hailed as a success, getting to know more about Agatha Christie’s work and to go in depth on this masterpiece. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) is considered the grand dame of British detective, mystery and crime fiction novels. The dozens of literary works she wrote turned her into one of the most widely read novelists of all times. According to what Chris Ewers quoted in his article Genre in Transit: Agatha Christie, Trains, and the…

them, and reacted violently. Poe writes the explanation in a way where Dupin tells all of the important characters what he has discovered in a sweeping reveal that shocks both the characters and the reader. This is a style that is copied in many detective writings and is used by many characters from Holmes to…

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, written by Edgar Allan Poe is a first of its kind detective story that uses a detailed narrative with imagery, simile, and attention to even the most insignificant detail to suggest the themes of the story and draw readers into the investigation of the L’espanaye family murders. These literary devices and techniques are best seen in the description of Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin and the detailing of the crime scene on the Rue Morgue. In describing Monsieur C.…