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An inverted detective story, also known as a "howcatchem", is a plot structure of murder mystery fiction in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator. The story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.
Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar (1880 – 1942) [1] was a Tamil writer of detective fiction in the 1940s. He is one of the pioneer in detective story writing in Tamil language. [2] His protagonist, Digambara Samiar, was a sanyasi or holy man on a mission to fight crime. Some of his works are made into movies such as Menaka (1935 film), [3] [4] Menaka ...
The future King of Thailand, Crown Prince Vajiravudh, published 15 stories featuring a detective Mr. Thong-in, and his assistant Mr. Wat, which were published in 1904-1905. The stories are widely recognised as containing elements from both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". [68] [69]
An inverted detective story, also known as a "howcatchem", is a murder mystery fiction structure in which the commission of the crime is shown or described at the beginning, [61] usually including the identity of the perpetrator. [62] The story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.
Robert Arthur Jr. (November 10, 1909 – May 2, 1969) was a writer and editor of crime fiction and speculative fiction [1] known for his work with The Mysterious Traveler radio series and for writing The Three Investigators, a series of young adult novels.
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab received praise in works including A Companion to Crime Fiction, [2] A History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945, [3] and A History of Victoria, [4] and was featured in the book Vintage Mystery and Detective Stories. [5] A parody version was published in 1888, and film adaptations were produced in 1911, 1915 and 1925.
Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer.He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic.
Bleiler said that this story "has always been considered one of the landmarks in the history of the detective story". [47] In his essay The Art of the Detective Story Freeman wrote that in the inverted story: "The reader had seen the crime committed, knew all about the criminal, and was in possession of all the facts. It would have seemed that ...