In China's reasoning, agatha christie, ellery queen and john dickson carr are collectively called the Golden Three. Among them, Quinn is known for his meticulous logic and challenging readers, and is called "the king of logic".
From 1929 to 197 1, ellery queen has published dozens of mystery novels. Among them, 9 series of "Country Names" and 4 series of "Tragedy" are considered as the highest level representatives of classic mystery novels and insurmountable masterpieces of later generations.
Comment on the tragedy of X with the help of a grandmother: A work beyond the mystery of Greek coffins is the tragedy of X. ..
-agatha christie
Content abstract: Harry longstreet, a stockbroker, was poisoned by a strange weapon on the tram, but the police conducted a carpet search and still found without a clue. In desperation, Inspector Sam and Prosecutor Bruno went to Hamlet Villa to seek help from the former famous Shakespeare playwright Drewry Lane, who was over 60 years old. After hearing the case statement, Ryan claimed to know who the murderer was, but refused to identify the murderer without conclusive evidence! Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for a mysterious person to write and claim to have an important clue to the case. ...
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It seems a little unreasonable. The story takes place around 1920. Compared with the current DNA identification technology, the identification of the victim's identity at that time was indeed limited.
This book only needs an introduction to complete the full text. X is synonymous with the murderer, X also represents an unknown number, and it can also represent anyone and any identity, which is also reflected in the final identity puzzle. A person belongs to three different identities, plus his own identity. Compared with belonging to four different identities, he found harmony in the four identities, and he was not suspected by people familiar with him for five years or even longer. What makes Detective Lane feel wrong most is that every identity seems unreasonable. Just like when checking the identity background of the conductor, people who know him say that he is very nice, and the company also says that he is very active. Sometimes the most terrible thing about a person is not that he has too many shortcomings, but that he has no shortcomings, which seems a bit abnormal.
There is a link in logic to regard this book as a detective novel, rather than a story of full-text reasoning. As early as the first murder, detective Ryan had guessed who the murderer was.
But one person plays three different people, and one person's body shape can't be changed at will, which seems to explain the development of the whole novel, which is a bit far-fetched. This is also a shortcoming of this novel. Besides, I haven't taken a day off in the past five years. Although this situation exists, it is not normal.
In the book, it seems that detective Ryan is a little deaf, and he doesn't explain the plot of imitating other people's voices.
This book is too reasoned and a little lacking in literariness. Suitable for readers and junior scholars to read detective stories. People with medium or experience, like me. Although the story logic is roughly sorted out in the end, it is still difficult to build a deep framework.
Of course, don't use the sword of the former dynasty to behead the officials of the current dynasty. The background of each era is different, so the framework and logic of the novel are different. Don't use modern fixed thinking to explain the logical framework of novels constructed in 1960s and 1970s.
When I was in junior high school, a classmate who knew football very well taught me that if Bailey was put into today's defense system, he might not have such high attainments. Similarly, if you look at the works of reasoning 70 years ago with today's eyes, don't expect too much. The problem is that we are only readers of popular books eager to read pleasure, not scholars trudging through a pile of old papers. We should still spend our good time on works that suit our tastes. ""
History is like an old dog that can't learn new tricks, and it goes on and on.