Crime Fiction
Golden Age detectives usually solve crimes using this instead of violence
What is intelligence, brain
The name of the main character that moves to the suburbs.
Who is Mary Maloney
This literary device gives hints about future events in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This subgenre of crime fiction features cynical detectives, violence, and corrupt cities.
What is hard-boiled detective fiction?
Patrick Maloney
Who is Mary's husband
This misleading clue is meant to distract readers from the real solution.
What is a red herring?
A leg of lamb
What is the murder weapon?
This type of ending does not clearly show what happens to the characters after the story finishes.
What is an open ending?
This detective lives at 221B Baker Street.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
A literary technique where the reader knows crucial information that the characters do not
What is dramatic irony
The sequence of events that make up the story is called this.
What is the plot?
This doctor and friend narrates many Sherlock Holmes stories.
Who is Dr. John Watson?
Mary goes to this place to create an alibi
What is the grocery store?
The traditional elements of a crime story
What is crime, detection and solution