double-crossed

I found “Double-Crossed” to have contained what seemed to be also apparent in Rue Morgue.
First, regarding the structure of the story of Rue Morgue, there is the crime, followed by the evidences, the method and the motive, then, finally, the conclusion. Dupin tries to figure out the riddle of the crime by studying evidences found in the crime scene, combined with the witnesses’ words concerning the voice they each heard. As he goes on to make sense of each bit and pieces of the evidences, the method of the crime becomes clearer, finally leading to the idea that the murderer may not be a human after all, which then makes it obvious as to why the witnesses couldn’t agree with each other upon the murderer’s nationality.

In double-crossed, there also lies the crime, and then there are the evidences and the suspects with the motives. A girl is found dead, and there is the book, wristband and key chain as the evidences. As to those many suspects that are presented in this story, it reminds me of the numerous claims that had been made regarding the voice, by the set of the witnesses in the Rue Morgue story. As each of the witnesses made different arguments as to the identity of the murderer, things didn’t seem too hopeful at first but in the end, we found that their seemingly perplexing opinions on the voice turned out to be saying one thing in unison, which was the answer to the big question of the crime itself. In double-crossed, we see that the suspects of the crime turned out to be all guilty of one crime. And though I’m not necessarily trying to make a point regarding this particular idea of the numerous being the answer of one question, the way the story of "Double Crossed" has been constructed seem to reflect what have been found in most traditional detective stories thus far.