Mystery fiction

Over 50 years ago Thomas Keneally wrote his first novel, ‘The Place at Whitton’. Since that time he has written 35 novels, 18 non fiction books, 5 screenplays and 5 plays. He has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award five times and won it twice. His books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize four times and he has won it once. He has won the Prime Ministers Literary Award, the New South Wales Premiers Literary Award and the LA Times Book of the year. He is an Officer for the…

atmosphere, milieu, characters, and the vast range of his vocabulary do also contribute to the obscurity of his fiction. His unique style, though it has increased the resources of the English language, also creates problems of comprehension as it carries layers of meaning. If one is not clear enough to pick up to the tropes of art is bound to falter and fail. That’s why Updike’s fiction has been termed…

Ever heard of a book called Treasure Island? Treasure Island is a good book, it is about pirates. And as the title states, it's about Treasure Island! Treasure Island is the mystery that they are all trying to figure out. But like a lot of people say, this book is an oldie but a goodie! It was written in 1881 by Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was a great author and wrote many books. He wrote Prince Otto and Kidnapped. A lot of other historical events happened in this year, like…

Mark Haddon’s, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, is a well written piece of fiction, that displays unique literary merit. From the very first page of the novel the reader is plunged into the interior mental landscape of a fifteen year old autistic boy named Christopher. Christopher’s understanding of the world is distinctly different than an ordinary persons. Haddon is successful in making The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a work of art attracting and…

the jumpy different perspectives of the main characters. Along with that I noticed that transitions between chapters were ineffectual, if not nonexistent. The author of this story, , chose to work in old English in order to enhance the historical fiction aspect of the book. Normally I would fully support, creative enhancements of a story’s plot, but instead of enhancing the language, using old English only bogged this book down. Her language placement was all over the place and unorganized this…

The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, and Winnie-the-Pooh, where known as the golden age of children books. The Virginian and Riders of the Purple Sage made westerns a new unique American genres. Also, genres like science fiction, horror, mystery, and romance started spring up in the dime novels, these were stories that cost a dime to buy. Pulp stories were coming about too, they were sordid tales of murder, prostitution, and gangster’s violence: others told more of…

reading for me to get into. Even if you are a fan of mostly real world stuff, this story is very interesting and may even open you up to a new type of reading for you. If you are into fairytales and mysteries then I would for sure recommend this story to you. If you are into mostly realistic fiction and nonfiction I would still suggest that you give this book a shot. Her ability to tie in a fantasy world into our everyday society is very interesting and entertaining to read. She has a very…

about 129,864,880 books in the world at this exact moment. Each book is a different genre. Different genres mean that each book has a subgenre that makes it unique. Books that fall into the fiction category can be various types of fiction such as the so-called mainstream fiction which is romance, science, and mystery. It is a part of human nature to compare oneself to a fictional character. The list of fictional characters that a person can be compared is outstanding which makes it difficult for…

Biography Mary Higgins Clark, a bestselling author of mystery and suspense books, was born in the Bronx, New York on December 24, 1927. Clark had published her first short story in 1956 but decided to try her hand at books in 1964 when she became windowed with five children to look after. Where Are the Children?, her first suspense novel, became an instant bestseller. After her father died, Clark became a secretary to help support the family after graduating from high school. Then she spent…

When considering a story such as The Immortals, one must take into account not only the contents, characters and setting of the story, but the manner in which it is told, and the perspective by which it is narrated. All of these components are certainly full of importance, but all of them must be valued equally or the balance would tip and fall crashing down from the point all the best stories, like The Immortals, strive to reach. Unfortunately, there is a surprising amount of rather irritable…