![]() In a mystery, you are usually given a flood of things so that you cannot see the relevant tree for the possibly-relevant forest. A mystery story, on the other hand, is about giving you information and preventing you from seeing its relevance until the right time. To a great extent this is possible because a mystery story does not obey Chekhov's rule about the gun Chekhov's Gun is a rule for drama, which requires streamlining the tale to prevent the dramatic flow from being clogged. ![]() While it all starts out ordinarily enough, it gets stranger and stranger, until it becomes a struggle to protect the Holy Graal from occultists who intend to use it for dark purposes. Summary: War in Heaven is a mystery story, and opens with someone having been murdered in a publishing office. ![]() She moved her head from side to side, then suddenly she became rigid as if she had scented prey or enemy she crouched lower, her body trembling, her tail swishing, but she made no sound. 3)įrom the top of the bank, behind a sparse hedge of thorn, the lioness stared at the Hertfordshire road. The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse. ![]()
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