" The emotional basis of a standard detective story is that murder will out and justice will be done. " (Raymond Chandler celebrated author and pioneer of American detective fiction. 1888-1959) The hero of the detective story be " motivated less by the desire to solve the mystery of a murder than the compelling necessity to right social wrongs. " ( Phillip Durham, University of California) Consider the extent to which each story conforms to and departs from the conventions of crime fiction highlighted in the statements above. Which of the stories do you consider to be most effective
The climax to the story is actually an anti-climax because Conan Doyle builds up the tension all the way through the story giving the reader an impression of a spectacular ending but then the climax is disappointing when all the loose ends are tied up nothing is left weighing in the balance of the reader so the reader is left with nothing to think about leaving the climax extremely anti-climatic and boring. At the end everything is uncovered and nothing is left shrouded in mystery which is far too neat for a modern reader and is also unrealistic as no-one could actually end a police inquiry like that.