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The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s. The Golden Age proper is in practice usually taken to refer to a type of fiction which was predominant in the 1920s and 1930s but had been written since at least 1911 and is still being written.
Herewith, then, is a sort of credo, based partly on the practice of all the great writers of detective stories, and partly on the promptings of the honest author's inner conscience." [74] Ronald Knox wrote a set of Ten Commandments or Decalogue in 1929, [72] see article on the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
These individuals have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of early detective fiction was written during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" (1920s–1930s). These detectives include amateurs, private investigators and professional policemen. They are often ...
I love a good mystery, but I write books because I want to tell people’s stories and explore themes I think are important. In this case, the story I wanted to tell was of a nontraditional family.
The "whodunit" flourished during the so-called "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", between the First and Second World Wars, [13] when it was the predominant mode of crime writing. Many of the best-known writers of whodunits in this period were British – notably Agatha Christie , Nicholas Blake , G. K. Chesterton , Christianna Brand , Edmund ...
His two best-known fictional detectives (Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale) were both English. Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of so-called "Golden Age" mysteries; complex, plot-driven stories in which the puzzle is paramount.
Nigel Strangeways is a fictional British private detective created by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. He was one of the prominent detectives of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, appearing in sixteen novels between 1935 and 1966. He also features in a couple of short stories. [1]
Writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (139 P) Pages in category "The Golden Age of Detective Fiction" This category contains only the following page.