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Mystery/Detective Fiction

Mystery/Detective Fiction. Mystery Genre. Also called “detective fiction” Involves a mysterious death or crime that is investigated The first detective story was “Murder in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe (1841). Elements of a Mystery. Detective- the main investigator

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Mystery/Detective Fiction

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  1. Mystery/Detective Fiction

  2. Mystery Genre • Also called “detective fiction” • Involves a mysterious death or crime that is investigated • The first detective story was “Murder in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe (1841)

  3. Elements of a Mystery • Detective- the main investigator • Detective’s partner • Client- the person/company asking the detective to solve the crime • Crime • Motivation- why the culprit committed the crime (also called motive) • Clues- hints as to who committed the crime/why • Red herrings- fake clues to throw the detective off the culprit’s path • Suspects- people who may have committed the crime • Alibis- a person’s story when and where they were (often during the time of the murder)

  4. Mysteries Include: • The seemingly perfect crime 2. (sometimes) a wrongly accused person 3. *Denouement- a revelation (where the detective reveals the identity of the culprit)

  5. 1930s Detective Fiction • The “Golden Age” of Detective Fiction • “Whodunits”- a segment of detective fiction where the audience partakes in much of the detective’s deductive process • Setting: typically a secluded area (country house) • Features upper class characters

  6. Dame Agatha Christie (1880-1976) • The “Queen of Crime” • 66 detective novels, 14 short stories • Proclaimed as the Best Selling Author of All Time • Helped during WWII by volunteering to aid wounded soldiers • Interested in the topic of justice

  7. Murder on the Orient Express • Published 1934 • A Hercule Poirot mystery • Inspired by a mixture of real-life events

  8. Lindbergh Kidnapping • Real-life kidnapping case • Charles Lindbergh (20 months), the son of Charles Lindbergh senior, was abducted from his home • Father found he was missing from his crib, an envelope on the windowsill, and pieces of a wooden ladder under the child’s bedroom window

  9. The Ransom Note • Dear Sir! Have 50.000$ redy 25000$ in 20$ bills 15000$ in 10$ bills and 10000$ in 5$ After 2-4 days we will inform you were to deliver the mony. We warn you for making anyding public or for notify the Police The child is in gut care. Indication for all letters are Signature and 3 hohls.

  10. Herbert Hoover became involved/ John Condon asked news for help and received a letter from the kidnappers telling him to be an intermediary • The ransom was paid in gold certificates and cash (tracked) • On May 12th, the body of Charles was discovered in the forest • Police though this was an inside job and accused the nurse

  11. The nurse drank poison and committed suicide before being proved innocent • Richard Hauptmann was eventually arrested after he attempted to exchange gold certificates for cash • $14,000 of the ransom money, a notebook sketch of a makeshift ladder, wood from the makeshift ladder, and John Condon’s telephone and address (written on a closet wall) were found in his home

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