The Technique of the Mystery Story

TABLE OF CONTENTS:



CHAPTER I-THE ETERNAL CURIOUS

CHAPTER II-THE LITERATURE OF MYSTERY

CHAPTER III-THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY

CHAPTER IV-GHOST STORIES

CHAPTER V-RIDDLE STORIES

CHAPTER VI-DETECTIVE STORIES

CHAPTER VII-THE DETECTIVE

CHAPTER VIII-DEDUCTION

CHAPTER IX-APPLIED PRINCIPLES

CHAPTER X-THE RATIONALE OF RATIOCINATION

CHAPTER XI-CLOSE OBSERVATION

CHAPTER XII-OTHER DETECTIVES OF FICTION

CHAPTER XIII-PORTRAITS

CHAPTER XIV-DEVIOUS DEVICES

CHAPTER XV-FOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTS

CHAPTER XVI-MORE DEVICES

CHAPTER XVII-FAKE DEVICES

CHAPTER XV-MURDER IN GENERAL

CHAPTER XIX-PERSONS IN THE STORY

CHAPTER XX-THE HANDLING OF THE CRIME

CHAPTER XXI-THE MOTIVE

CHAPTER XXII-EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XXIII-STRUCTURE

CHAPTER XXIV-PLOTS

CHAPTER XXV-FURTHER ADVICES

CHAPTER XXVI-FINAL ADVICES