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Detective novel is one of the most popular genres in popular literature. According to statistics, the sales of detective novels in Europe and America account for 15% to 25% of the total number of books. Sherlock Holmes created by Conan Doyle has become the most famous fictional character in the world. It is a miracle that agatha christie's novels have sold 2 billion copies (Guinness World Records, 2000 edition). Detective stories have been enduring since they were introduced to China at the end of 19. After 1980s, a large number of translated detective stories have been published, and the total number may be 1500 to 2,000 (or even more). The local detective stories have also made great progress. The detective stories of Xiaoqing, Sun and others have been reprinted so far, and there are as many as 100 contemporary detective novels every year. Below, I have extracted two explanations about detective novels for your reference (detective novels are generally called "mystery novels [novels]" or "detective novels" in Europe and America and "mystery novels" in Japan).

Detective mystery novel is a comprehensive genre of western popular literature, which belongs to the category of thriller mystery novel together with gothic novel, crime novel, spy novel, police novel and mystery novel. Detective novels mainly write about people with amazing reasoning and judgment intelligence, and solve the mystery of crime (mostly murder) according to a series of clues. Its structure, plot, characters and even environment have certain patterns and procedures, so it is also a procedural literature. Because most traditional detective novels solve cases by reasoning, some people call them mystery novels.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 9th century, the capitalist system has been established, bourgeois democracy is developing day by day, politics and religion are separated, and the police system is gradually established, which is the social basis for the emergence of detective novels.

Detective stories began to develop in the middle of19th century. Edgar allan poe, an American writer, is regarded as the originator of western detective novels. In three famous detective novels, Murder in Moge Street (184 1), The Secret of Marirogate (1842) and Stolen Letters (1844), he created the image of Du Bin, the first amateur detective. Du Bin solved the case through observation and reasoning, and became a model of detective image in later detective novels. Edgar allan poe has written seven detective novels, although they only account for a small part of his works, but they have created a pattern of detective novels and exerted great influence on the development of detective novels.

Although Poe laid a good foundation, detective stories did not become popular in the United States until several decades later when anna katharine green (1846 ~ 1935) published The Leavenworth Case (1878). The Leavenworth Case is considered to be the first detective novel written by a woman.

The situation in Europe is very different. The French soon realized that detective stories might be popular. 1863, Emile Gaboriaud (1835 ~ 1873) published his first detective novel, The Bloody Case, which shaped the image of detective Mr. Laicock. Laicock is a nobody, a reformed criminal. Although the story is very emotional, the description of the police and the French legal system is quite true. Gaboriaud's works are very popular in France and abroad, and he has greatly promoted the development and popularization of French detective novels. After him, many detective story writers appeared one after another.

In Britain, detective stories have won a wide audience. Wilkie Collins (1824 ~ 1889) published the Moon Stone in 1868 after the success of The Woman in White (1859 ~ 1860), with its twists and turns and touching plots. The enduring detective novel with world influence belongs to the Sherlock Holmes story of British A. Conan Doyle (1859 ~ 1930). Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes, a talented amateur detective, in A Study of Blood Characters (1887). Since then, in many short stories, such as Four Signs (1889), The Hound of the Baskerville (1902) and uncanny valley (19 15), Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist and Watson is the foil. Sherlock Holmes became a more famous world literary figure than his author.

The success of Sherlock Holmes' detective stories has made detective stories mushroomed in the west. The early major writers were: Richard Austin Freeman (1862 ~ 1943), an Englishman, who created the first detective, Dr. John Thorndike, who used forensic medicine, and created an "anti-detective novel", that is, he first confessed the identity of the criminal and then flashed back to the case; Baroness Oakes (1805 ~ 1947) first wrote an "easy chair" detective who sat in an easy chair and solved the case by reasoning. A Ai Wu Mei Sen (1865 ~ 1948) created the detective Mr. hannode; Gilbert Kane chesterton (1874 ~ 1936) created the priest detective Father Brown, Edmund G. Bentley (1875 ~ 1956), and created the detective Philip Trent; Ernest Brammer (1869 ~ 1942) created the blind detective Max Carados. In the United States, Caroline Wells (1869 ~ 1942) created the detective Fleming Si Tong; Melville Davidson Post (187 1 ~ 1930) created Uncle Abner. However, during this period, Ernest William Horn of England (1866 ~ 194 1) wrote Raphael's Story and Maurice Lebron of France (1864 ~ 1) wrote Grand Theft Auto Assen.

The period between World War I and World War II is called the "golden age" of western detective novels. There are thousands of detective stories in Britain and America alone. Reading detective stories is not only a pastime of the leisure class, but also a pastime of the lower class. At this time, the romanticism in these early works gradually disappeared, and murder became an essential factor in every novel. But most of the victims in these works are just symbols. What people care about is no longer the struggle between right and wrong, good and evil, but how to solve the mystery. Most writers in the "golden age" only regard their creation as a guessing game to entertain readers, or an intellectual contest between readers and writers (through his fictional detective). Because readers and detectives have the same clues and opportunities to solve crimes, such novels are also a fair quiz. The works of this period mainly focus on relaxing maze games, which neither discuss social problems nor reflect social reality.

The initiator of the golden age in America is S.S. Van Dane, whose real name is Wei Heng Lai Chi (1888 ~ 1939). In a series of novels such as Benson's murder (1926) and canary's murder (1927), he created the image of a knowledgeable detective Philo Vance, which won the readers' welcome. Wright was followed by ellery queen, who was the name of both the author and the detective. Actually, it is a pseudonym shared by Frederick Denay (1905 ~) and Manfred Lee (1905 ~1). Quinn's works put all kinds of clues in front of readers from the beginning, so that readers and detectives can solve the case together. Quinn's best works include The Mystery of Dutch Shoes (193 1), The Mystery of Greek Coffins (1932), The Mystery of Egyptian Cross (1932) and The Mystery of China Oranges (1932). The magazine "Mystery Fiction" founded by Quinn has played a certain role in promoting the development of short detective stories. During this period, Nilo Wolf, an "easy chair" detective created by Rex stouch (1886 ~), was also quite famous.

At the same time, a large number of detective story writers appeared in Britain. The most famous writer is agatha christie (189 1 ~ 1976), who is one of the most representative writers in the "golden age". He is good at using confusing layouts and suspicious characters to create many illusions, and finally puts forward a surprising ending. She wrote nearly 70 detective novels in her life, and created two detective images, Bojilo and Miss Mabel. Many of her novels, such as Murder on the Orient Express and The Nile Massacre, have been made into films. Other famous British detective fiction writers are Freeman Wells Croft (1879 ~ 1957), who wrote Detective French; H.C. Bailey (1929 ~) created the detective Reginald Fortzen; Anthony Berkeley Cox, who created detective Roger Sheringham; American-born john dickson carr (King of the Chamber of Secrets) (1906 ~) created detectives Phil and Henry Merryville; Dorothy sayers (1893 ~ 1957) created detectives Peter and WIM.

In the late 1920s, an "anti-traditional detective novel" appeared in the United States, which was called a "tough guy" detective novel. This kind of novel describes hard environment and fighting scenes, which is very different from traditional detective works in narrative stories and characterization. This kind of works reflects the social reality to some extent. After World War I, the worldwide economic depression hit the United States deeply, with workers unemployed, living in poverty, official corruption and social unrest. Some excellent detective story writers try to reflect this social reality and improve the literary level of detective stories. Among them, the most famous writers are dashiell hammett (1894 ~ 19 1) and Raymond Chandekan (1888 ~ 1958), the founders of the "tough guy school" detective novels. In their works, characters are no longer symbols arranged for the needs of the plot, and detectives themselves are not omnipotent heroes. They have their own weaknesses and often fall into embarrassing situations. The detective in Hameday's novels is both a hero and a bandit. Philip Marlowe, a private detective in Chandler's novels, is a fugitive. Although he is honest, he still insists on fighting with a gun. The police in their works are often no longer the defenders of the law, they often collude with underworld organizations, and some underworld organizations are often supported by powerful politicians. Other characters in the works often have their own personalities, all of which are multifaceted and flesh-and-blood, giving people a sense of reality. Hammett and Chandler are good at using clean, vulgar and vivid dialogues to reflect the characters' personalities, promote the development of the story and enhance the credibility of the story. Hammett's bloody harvest (1929), the glass key, the thin man (1932), Chandler's deep sleep (1939), Farewell to Dear (1940) and so on. The advantages of "tough guy" detective novels have not been well inherited and developed. After World War II, some detective novelists in the United States and Britain even pushed the "tough guy" novel to the edge of lazy literature. Mickey Spillane (19 18 ~), a very popular detective novel, started with Me and the Jury (1947), with the theme of sex and violence, full of erotic and bloody beatings, and its influence was still felt until the 1970s.

A few detective novelists try to explore human problems and social reality. Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Judge and His Executioner, Anchor and Promise, written in German, seeks the root of crime and advocates justice, which is obviously realistic. Georges simenon, a Belgian writer who wrote in French, explored people and focused on the psychological activities of criminals. What he cares about is not who committed the crime, but why. He pays attention to emotional logic and tries to clarify complex criminal motives. His works include Yellow Dog, Nerve War, Death in August, McGregor, Unwilling Witness, etc.

Other famous detective novelists after 1940 are: Stanley Gardner, American Earl (1889 ~ 1970), who created Paley Mei Sen who is both a lawyer and a detective; Francis Lockridge and Richard Euclid, writing detective stories about the North couple; Mary J. Lattice and Martha Hennessat, pen names Emma Larsen, created the Wall Street banker detective John Putna Schell; Elizabeth McIntosh of England (1896 ~ 1952), whose pen name is Josephine Tiey, wrote Grant the Detective. Robert Brice Montgomery, pen name Edmund crispin, created detective Cheval Finn.

The pattern of traditional detective stories consists of four parts: 1. Mysterious environment; 2. The plot is rigorous, including: ① introduction of the detective, ② enumeration of criminal facts and clues, ③ investigation, ④ announcement of the case, ⑤ explanation of the case, and ⑤ ending; 3. There are four types of characters in the relationship between characters: ① victims, ② criminals, ③ detectives, ④ friends of detectives, and good people involved in crimes; 4. Specific story background. The order of these four parts can be arranged and combined as needed, but they are the structural basis of traditional detective novels.

The purpose of detective novels is still very popular in the west, accounting for almost a quarter of the annual book sales in the United States, and most of them are works for readers' entertainment. (Wang Fengzhen)

Excerpted from China Encyclopedia of Foreign Literature, Beijing: China Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1982.

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Detective novel is a popular literary genre, which describes the investigation and solution of criminal cases (usually murder cases). The traditional elements of detective novels are: ① seemingly flawless criminal cases; (2) Indirect evidence proves that the criminal suspect has been wrongly accused; (3) the clumsy work of a stupid policeman; (4) Detectives have stronger observation and thinking ability; With a surprising and unexpected ending, the detective told people how he found the criminal. A general principle of detective stories is that what seems convincing on the surface is actually irrelevant. At the same time, the usual number of sets is: the clues that can push down the logical answer to the question are clearly presented to the reader when the detective gets them and infers the answer to the question through the logical explanation of these clues.

The first detective novel was Edgar Allan Poe's Murder in Mog Street, which was published in 184 1 April. The profession of detective appeared only a few decades ago. It is generally believed that the author was influenced by Vito's memoirs (1828- 1829), and he established the first detective agency in the world in 18 17. Dobbin, a French detective in the novel, also appeared in two other novels: The Secret of Marie Rouge (1845) and The Stolen Letter (1845). The length of detective stories has also rapidly expanded from short stories to novels.

The Red Case (1866) by French writer E Gaboriaud is a very successful novel with several sequels. The Moon Stone by W Collins (1868) is still one of the best novels in Britain. A.K. Green became one of the earliest detective novelists in America because of the publication of The Leavenworth Case. The Secret of a Two-seater Carriage (1886) written by Australian writer F Hume was once an imaginative book.

Of all the fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes is the most famous. He and his loyal and somewhat stupid friend, Dr. Watson, first appeared in Conan Doyle's novel "Study on the Red Word" (1887), and then appeared in such stories in the 20th century, such as Memoirs (1894) and The Longer Hound in Baskerville (19000). Sherlock Holmes' detective style has such great charm that Conan Doyle's death did not end Sherlock Holmes' detective career. Some writers often try to inherit the tradition of Sherlock Holmes according to the plots mentioned in the original works.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a number of excellent detective novels appeared, including The Circular Stair by M.R. Reinhardt (1908), Father Brown's Innocence by G.K. chesterton (191kloc-0/) and so on. 1920, the detective's name became a household name in many novels, such as the prosecutor French in F.W. Kraft's Bucket (1920); A. Poirot in Christie's stiles Mystery (1920) and Miss Ma Puer in the murder of the parish priest's house (1930); Lord Wenxi in whose body is D.L. sayers (1923); Vance in the murder of Van Dine Benson (1923); And Quinn in The Secret of the Roman Hat (1929) co-authored by F. Dennai and M.B. Lee.

In a sense, the 1930s was the golden age of detective stories. The detective mentioned above continues to appear in our new novel. D hammett's works were also very popular in this period. He writes short stories and novels based on his experience as a private detective. One of the most famous is maltese falcon (1930), which describes Sam Spader. In hammett's works, the description of detective's character becomes as important as the reasoning in early detective novels. The thin man (1932) has a more traditional style, portraying Nick and Charles, and adding a wonderful detective story of a witty couple. After hammett, there are R Chandler and R MacDonald, who also focus on describing the rough but human detective's character. The protagonists in their novels are Marlowe and Archer respectively. 1In the late 1940s, M. spillane maintained the writing style of tough guy detective novels such as hammett, but focused on sex and abuse in his works. After me and the jury (1947), this has become a formula, which has brought him amazing benefits.

In the late 1930s, detective novelists became rich because of the large number of paperbacks. Among them, American E.S. Gardner and Mei Sen, a lawyer in his novel, solved the case in court. Fat detective R Stott who loves orchids and his elegant assistant Goodwin; F. Lockridge and R. Lockridge, they described another clever northern couple. In France, there is G. Simonon, who wrote one novel after another at a rapid speed, making the protagonist prosecutor Maigret one of the most famous detectives after Sherlock Holmes. Other writers who have inherited the tradition of Sherlock Holmes or found their own way include N Blake (the pen name of the poet Day-Lewis), M innis, d·n· Marsh, J Tai Caliso and C Dixon (j·d· Karl).

The American Association of Mystery Writers, founded in 1945, is a professional group aimed at improving the level of mystery novels, including detective novels. It has a great influence by awarding the edgar allan poe Prize for outstanding works every year. Since the appearance of the Cold War, people's interest in espionage and international conspiracy has increased. mystery novel has had some adverse effects on the popularity of detective novels, but Poe and Conan Doyle's successors still have a wide audience.

The important works in detective novels are killing for pleasure by H. Heigraff (1941; Revised edition 1968) and the catalogue of crimes co-authored by J. Ba and W. H. Taylor (197 1).

Excerpted from Encyclopedia Britannica International Chinese Edition (based on New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998, 15), Beijing: China Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1999.

Complete works of Japanese detective novelists

Seiichi Morimura is a representative of detective novelists, who is good at describing events from the perspective of criminals and depicting psychological descriptions in detail.

The film (Chinese name "Witness") filmed by the work "Proof of Human Nature" is a sensation in China!

Seishi Yokomizo can be said to be the founder of modern Japanese detective novels and the originator of modern Japanese mystery novels. Seishi Yokomizo's series of mystery novels have improved the level of japanese mystery after World War II, shortened the original gap with Europe and the United States, and laid a grand occasion for japanese mystery to come from behind and dominate the world after World War II.

Seicho Matsumoto can say that Matsumoto's novels are more inclined to the cause of crime. He is good at describing mystery novels about commercial wars, and he is a master of Japanese literature and an outstanding master of mystery novels. His works broke the fixed pattern of early Japanese detective novels and got rid of the social mystery novels in previous works. There are many works, including Black Fog in Japan, Points and Lines, Partitions with Eyes, Shawa, Ladder of Women, and The Price of Women. Sandware and other works have also been made into films of the same name.

Edgar Watt Lapoul is the father of mystery novels several years earlier than the official history, which is the founder of modern reasoning. Edgwa Lapol is known as the "father of detective mystery novels" in Japanese literature and is the most famous detective novelist in Japan. His works, with complicated plots and intense suspense, are full of rare mystery and reasonable reasoning and judgment. They take absurd and fantastic romance as the main theme of their creation, and they can deeply grasp the psychology of the characters, and their reasoning is rigorous and impeccable! His detective Kogoro is a household name in Japan.

Misa Yamamura said that female mystery novels, when they are really Misa Yamamura, usually have a lot to do with local conditions and customs, and the plot is also very bizarre. Most of Misa Yamamura's works are set in Kyoto, with local colors and bizarre plots. Every novel has a new idea, but it has a reasonable ending. She is known as the "queen of mystery novels".

Compared with superior women, Xia is a little introverted, and her style is very delicate and touching to read.

The wind is delicate and deep, and won the evaporation award of the Japanese Association of Reasoning Writers.

Juko Nishimura's articles greatly surpass Morimura's novels. Morimura's novels are abnormal, but they profoundly reflect the social reality.

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Conan Doyle (1859—— 1930) is an outstanding British detective novelist and playwright.

Graduated from Edinburgh Medical University, practicing medicine 10 for many years, earning only living expenses, and then writing detective novels.

The Study of Blood Traits was published after several rejections, and it is famous for its Four Signs. 189 1 year, he gave up medicine and became a detective novelist. His representative works include Scandal in Bohemia, Red Hair Society, Five Orange Nuclei and so on.

1894 decided not to write detective stories and let Sherlock Holmes die in the torrent of the last case. Unexpectedly, readers were furious and protested in succession. Conan Doyle had to let Sherlock Holmes live in an empty house, and wrote detective novels such as The Hound of the Baskerville, The Return and uncanny valley. Sherlock Holmes has become a household name in the world. Holmes's office has also become a tourist attraction. The logical reasoning of the work is fascinating, the structure is ups and downs, and the characters are vivid, which involves the social reality of Britain at that time. Regarding his artistic achievements, the famous British novelist Mao Mu once said: "Compared with the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes written by Conan Doyle, no detective novel has ever enjoyed such a great reputation." Conan Doyle is known as "the father of English detective stories" and is one of the best-selling writers in the world.

Agatha christie (1890-1976), a famous British female detective novelist and playwright, is recognized as the queen of detective novels in the world.

Agatha christie's original surname is Miller, and her full name is Agatha Marie Knalisa Miller. She was born in Torquay, Devon, England. Her father is English and her mother is English. She read literary works under the guidance of her mother and was deeply influenced by Dickens' novels. /kloc-started writing detective stories at the age of 0/6. The first one was Mystery of Villa, but the publisher was not interested. After constant writing practice, he finally wrote famous detective novels such as Nile Massacre and Murder on the Orient Express, which shaped Poirot's artistic model. "Doubt everything, doubt everyone" is Poirot's special character. For example, the book "The Mystery of Roger" has a great surprise at the end. He has been engaged in detective stories for 55 years, and has written 60 detective stories and dozens of detective-themed scripts in Yu Ben. Among them, "Rat Trap" created a record of 30 years on the British stage. Detective stories are very literary, inheriting Conan Doyle's complicated layout and her research on medicine and medicine, which is a must. The written opinions are vivid and fascinating. French President Charles de Gaulle was a fan of Christie's short stories. The Queen of England once awarded agatha christie a member of the British Literature Society. His works have been translated into 103 languages, and the total amount of foreign language translation exceeds that of Shakespeare. In the 1980s, it was listed as the world's number one best-selling author. Just like Conan Doyle, Christie ended the detective Bai Luo in 1975' s The Curtain. Unfortunately, Bailuo was not so lucky as Holmes, because Christie followed in Bailuo's footsteps and died the next year.

Poe ( 1809—— 1849)

American writer and literary critic is known as "the originator of detective stories". Born into an actor's family. Advocate "art for art's sake" and advocate aestheticism and mysticism. It is greatly influenced by decadent bourgeois literature in western Europe, especially in France. His novels include Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, Black Cat and Murder in Moge Street. The thesis includes the philosophy of writing and the principle of poetry. 184 1 The Murder in Mogo Street is recognized as the earliest detective novel. It says murder in the Chamber of Secrets, but the murderer is actually an orangutan. 1842 published the mystery case of Mary Roger, which was solved purely by reasoning. Five other novels, such as Scarab, You Are a Murderer and Stolen Letter, have successfully created five modes of mystery novels, among which amateur detective August Du Ping is an artistic model. Edgar Allan Poe's novels are weird and full of horror.

Edgar Watt Lapol (1894—— 1965) was originally named Taro Hirai. A famous Japanese novelist. 19 16 graduated from waseda university. I worked as a printer and librarian at school. Love to write novels. 1923 published the first novel "Two Cents Coin" (also known as "Desire on the Beach"), which was favored by the new youth magazine V and became an instant hit. Since then, he has been engaged in the creation of detective novels and science fiction novels. He is the founder of the Japanese school of mystery, and is known as the "father of detective mystery novels" in Japan. As representative works, such as the murder case of D slope, psychological test, human chair, Jin Mianju people, transparent strange man, moon gloves and so on. He has written "Juvenile Detective Series" (20 books) and "Juvenile Detective Series" (24 books), and has successfully created detective images such as Kogoro and his assistant Xiong. 1954, Edgar Watt Lapel Detective Novel Award was established, and the prize was a statue of Sherlock Holmes. As the first director of the Japanese Reasoning Association, his novels are rich in imagination, unique in style and bizarre in plot. Together with his friends, he founded the magazine Gem and published detective mystery novels. I wrote an autobiographical memoir, Thirty Years of Detective Stories, summarizing and evaluating my life's creation.

Seicho Matsumoto (19 10- 1992) is a famous Japanese mystery novelist. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Born in poverty, I worked as a handyman and printer after graduating from high school. Then I went to the advertising department of Asahi Shimbun to do the design. Influenced by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Kan Kikuchi, he devoted himself to novel creation at the age of 40. 1954, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "The Diary of Kokura". In his early works, he mainly wrote about social nobody, and then turned to reasoning 4G{AvZjl5G.

Novel. Representative works include Points and Lines, The Wall Has Eyes, The Focus of Zero, The Villain, Shawa, The Painter Who Murdered Lovers, etc. 1963 was elected as the director of japanese mystery, and was praised as "the era of dispelling mystery novels". In addition, he also wrote many historical novels, science fiction novels and modern novels, and won various literary awards many times. He is a typical late bloomer.

Seishi Yokomizo (65438+May 24th, 0902- 198 1 year 65438+February 28th) was a Japanese novelist and reasoning writer. A leading figure in Japanese mystery literature, he devoted his life to promoting mystery literature. He belongs to a group that initiated a new field of Canadian mystery novels, along with Edgar Vajpore. A series of reasoning creations of these two brothers' literary circles shortened the distance with Europe and America, and made the post-war Japanese mystery catch up. Seishi Yokomizo's creations are amazing, such as Prison Gate Island, Eight Tombs Village, and The Devil's Handgun Song, all of which are well-known masterpieces. Among them, Prison Gate Island is a recognized classic in the history of Japanese mystery literature. His post-war masterpiece "Killing in this Array", featuring the famous detective Jin Tianyi Gongjie, was a great success. Later, he wrote a series of mystery novels, including 77 long and short stories, with Jin Tianyi as the protagonist. In the novel, the main stage of detective Jin Tianyi's public agency activities is Tokyo and its surrounding areas, as well as Okayama Prefecture, where the author's works are full of horror rumors. The former shows the decadence and metamorphosis of postwar cities, while the latter focuses on the countryside and blood relationship. The general reader has a higher evaluation of the latter. Jin Tianyi Kosuke became one of the three famous detectives in Japanese suspense history because of the author's brilliant pen.

Ellery queen ellery queen is a pseudonym shared by his cousins Manfred B. Lee (1905 ~ 197 1) and Frederic Denay (1905 ~ 1982). It is a classic in the history of detective mystery novels. They were originally engaged in advertising and film industry respectively. 1928, because they participated in the prize essay, they began to write detective novels together. Three years later, both of them quit their jobs to specialize in the creation of detective mystery novels. In their cooperation for more than 40 years, they created a series of unique detective novels, most of which were published under the pseudonym of ellery queen. Ellery Quinn is also the hero in his novels, and his roles are detective novelist and super detective. Ellery queen, a handsome young detective, and Richard Quine, a police officer of new york Police Department, his father, are the main characters in most of his works.

Ellery queen in the story has a burly physique like an athlete and charming silver-gray eyes. He has quick thinking and superb reasoning ability. This image has become the standard model of American detective characters-a very sexy Sherlock Holmes in modern America.

Quinn's detective mystery novels opened the golden age of American detective mystery novels, and ellery queen became famous in the selection of "10 the greatest detective mystery novelist in history".

The greatest features that run through all ellery queen's works are ingenious setting and strict reasoning. It is difficult for readers to guess who the criminal is without seeing the end. After seeing the answer, they can only admire the author's impeccable rigorous reasoning. Another feature of Quinn's works is that there is no exaggeration of violence and pornography, which is valuable in detective novels.

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