Breaking the Mold

I truly enjoyed reading Vanluevan’s detective story blog, blog, blog. I must say that it broke the detective story mold; it was unconventional according to the detective tradition of Murders in Rue Morgue, but that’s what made it so unique and enjoyable to read. What stood out as unconventional to me was when both the detective and the antagonist turned out to be the same person; this definitely put the story on a different plane what gave this story its twist was that the detective was unaware that he was the culprit at the time.

Second unconventional cue was the fact that he did not gather enough evidence when he set out to find the suspect; he purely went on gut feeling with a side of suspicion. In murders in Rue Morgue the detective gathers enough clues and although they had a suspect at hand he did not settle for because of lack of evidence. The detective sensed that there was more to it than the eye could see.

Third unconventional cue was that the guilty party did his undoing; he set himself up for his unraveling being unaware that in fact he was behind this whole hoax. A great story in deed unconventional never sounded this good, here is to breaking the mold.

Rita Morales