Clues are perhaps one of the most important aspects of a detective story besides the criminal's identity and how the crime gets solved, because clues move the story forward at an intriguing pace for three reader. Clues are the things that help to solve the crime and caters to the interest of the reader as they read and try to learn more about the who the villain might be as the chapters progress.
They also arouse the curiosity levels, depicting out conclusions from the reader. Every clue in the story sustains and heightens an intense conclusion that could reveal the truth of either the identity of the criminal, the crime, or the whole plot of the detective storyline.
Uncovering the Hidden Details in the Detective Story
Clues are meant to uncover the hidden details in the story, as they are laid out there purposely by the author and for the readers. You can think of them as bread crumbs, which could lead you towards ending the whole detective storyline. All the clues are made available to the readers, as they are hidden in the chapters. They need to just read between the lines of the chapters, and voila, they will solve the mystery all by themselves.
Solving the Mystery of the Detective Storyline through the Clues
There can be many clues in the storyline, all spread throughout the plot, and the reader can figure out if they can indeed solve the case. There are some bonafide clues hidden through the character details, or in their descriptions, or even given in the description of some situations or places, which the reader can easily indicate directly from the text. For example, when the detective says, 'Ah!', here it is, or even something like that in the story, then it means that the detective must have found something interesting that can reveal a very important detail.
Medium of Detection
Clues can be the true medium of detecting hidden plot details or the criminal's identity or hidden motives behind the crime. However, the way these clues are hidden in storytelling must exhibit a level of secrecy or not reveal too much about the storyline plot. The author must take great care not to over-use the clues to aid for detection. The author must give some credit to the readers, and what they will search for in the storyline will be found by them towards the end of the story. The author can carefully place the clues between the chapters.
For example, a clue can be hidden in chapter 11, page number 45, and then another in chapter 13, on page number 134. The clues may present themselves very inconspicuously and in a sequence. That is being dislocated from one another so that they are concealed, and their connection cannot be figured out so easily by the reader. Only the true detectives can easily make out the connection between them.
However, clues in a detective storyline are not too hard to find. But one must be willing to make an effort to find them. That is, read each and everything carefully to picture the story in their imagination, and with their power of their imagination, feel like they are in the story, trying to solve the crime themselves. Only then can they easily find the clues and find out what they mean and make the connection to the crime or either to the criminal's identity. It is exactly like putting up the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
So, if you are indeed looking for an example of a detective story, where clues are perfectly hidden in the storyline, then 'Lightning Strikes Twice' from the Urbanax Files written by an inspirational author Ric Frances is definitely worth reading. How Ric Frances has hidden the clues and reveals the truth is quite interesting and inspiring to notice as a reader.
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