Do I talk about the thrillers where authors like Clive Cussler, John Grisham, Stephen King, Ann Cleeves, and more have found their niche? Do I talk about cozy mysteries written by Susan Wittig Albert, Joanne Fluke, Laura Childs, and others who enjoy a more light-hearted approach to murder? Or what about spy thrillers, scifi mysteries, fantasy, and so many more? Moving into modern mystery writers and their famous detectives, I’m left wondering where to turn. In this era, we see the rise of the noir detective, the type that were a huge success when their stories were made into radio shows and movies. The 1920s and 30s, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammet, and Erle Stanley Gardner put pen to paper and produced another round of beloved detectives such as Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade, and Perry Mason. A Study in Scarlet, the first novel to feature the great deducer was published in 1887 the detective became so popular that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had to resurrect him after his supposed demise at the Reichenbach Falls. This was followed by the everyone’s favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Wilkie Collins published The Moonstone in 1868, a book you can still find on shelves today.
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After its publication, you see a rise in detective stories, which grew from short publications in magazines to full novel-length stories. Auguste Dupin, use deduction and reasoning to solve a series of murders in Paris. In this story we see the main character, Monsieur C. Despite that, hopefully this week’s column will still manage to hold your attention while I write a little bit about this history of the mystery novel.Ĭredit for the first modern detective story goes to Edgar Allan Poe for The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which is actually a short story that was published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine on April 20, 1841. Who doesn’t love a good mystery novel? Well, there are those who don’t favor them.
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