Category: Quick reads

Many detectives in classic mystery fiction are actually far from perfect. Sherlock Holmes can be arrogant, emotionally distant, and even harsh at times. Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s novels, is brilliant but also deeply self-important. Columbo, on the other hand, appears messy and unpolished. Why do authors avoid making these characters completely flawless? If a…

When people read detective or mystery novels, they often notice the same thing: some details feel important at first but never really matter in the end, while other seemingly ordinary details later turn out to be key clues. This is basically the difference between red herrings and foreshadowing. Foreshadowing usually doesn’t stand out when it…

Murder on the Orient Express is a classic in detective fiction not only because of its clever central puzzle, but also because it changes the idea of what a “murderer” is. In traditional detective stories, the culprit is typically a single, clearly identifiable individual, and the process of deduction involves narrowing down a group of…