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These stories do not conform to the rules of murder mysteries so where does the mystery and suspense come from? The Tell-tale heart - Stone Cold
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These stories do not conform to the rules of murder mysteries so where does the mystery and suspense come from? In both The Tell-tale heart and Stone Cold the rules of murder mystery are not applied. In a murder mystery you would expect to find out who the murderer is at the end of the book and you also expect a detective to be carrying out an investigation. Murder mysteries also normally use a 'Red Herring': this is when you are given false clues. Although The Tell-tale heart and Stone Cold don't involve either of these things and yet they are still murder mysteries. The way in which this is undermined is that you know whom the murderer and the victim is from the start. So the mystery is actually produced by other things. The plot builds up mystery in The Tell-tale heart as you are never sure if the heart is...
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