Detectives have an interesting talent to find missing pieces of evidence and clues together in a detective story, which is why they make for a great read of a story. Their quality and inconsequentiality may often increase the reader's interest and determine the story's quality and interesting plot. It depends upon their intellect to find what they are looking for and triumphantly ferret the author's clues most carefully throughout the story.

Perhaps one of the greatest detectives, Sherlock Holmes, naturally depends upon his qualities of reasoning, intellect, and imagination to find the missing clues and evidence together to solve the crime mystery.

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One of the Greatest Detectives

Once in a story, Sherlock Holmes looked for a clue and found a burnt match in the mud. He then explained that the match was not buried in the mud but laid on top of it, which meant it was either purposely or unintentionally dropped. There was no reason for the match to be there unless someone dropped it there without intentionally knowing about it.

Sherlock Holmes further explains in his story that he found it because he was looking for it and expected to find something out of the ordinary. It is how detectives think in a detective storyline. They believe in their ability to find something intriguing as a clue. They trust their instincts and, in their abilities, to always find missing clues and evidence.

The clues that they find altogether construct the crime's real picture:  how the crime would have happened and its consequences. It also helps them to uncover the plot and the identity of the criminal.

The Process of Finding the Clues and Resolving the Case

The process of exploration to find the clues is satisfactorily explained in a detective storyline. How detectives use a magnifying glass in the old days to look for clues and how modern technology today helps them find criminals' hidden fingerprints. There can be many clues in the storyline that detectives can find for their advantage, using their abilities, imagination, and expertise, presenting a vast range of possibilities. The possibilities of identifying the criminal, how they have conducted the crime, and whether the suspect is guilty or purposely being portrayed to be the criminal.

All such possibilities depend on dropped, left, or placed clues in hidden locations in some significant way. They are presented in such an interesting pattern in the storyline, making it a nail-biting experience for the reader.

It is the job of the detective to find these clues amazingly. Most of the time, the readers do not pick up on the detective's clues, but then the detective explains his findings and how a single hint can draw a conclusion to something. A detective may simply say, "oh, what do we have here?" which simply signifies that he has found a clue.

The Greatest Detective in the Storyline

By far, Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest detectives to make fine observations of the clues and then draw out the entire plot about how the crime was conducted and who could have done it. His observation and analysis powers could even be applied to the tiniest shred of tobacco or a piece of a splinter of wood left on the crime scene.  Or the way it was so intriguing presented in the storyline makes the reader wonder how he could do it.

The conclusion made by the great detectives in those times are based on their phenomenal qualities and powers without any aid of modern technology is simply amazing. Today, scientific ways and analysis can conclude the crime or the criminal. In today's detective stories, modern detectives may use their talents to investigate the crime scene and draw worthy conclusions about the crime, situation, motives, contradictions, and opportunities.

An example can be read about in the book 'Lightning Strikes Twice' from the Urbanax Files written by an inspirational author Ric Frances. With his art of storytelling, Ric Frances has outlined all the interesting ways that a detective uses to solve a mysterious kidnapping case. The way the detective in the book 'Lightning Strikes Twice' from the Urbanax Files uncovers the truth is truly worthwhile reading for all the enthusiastic detective story readers out there.

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