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The New Age of Murder Mystery: Embracing the Anti-Trope
We all love a good scare or a thrilling whodunit. But a large part of what makes the murder mystery and horror genres so comforting—yes, comforting—is their reliance on familiar tropes. Tropes are the cogs in the murder mystery machine, promising a certain amount of order to the chaos and the assurance that the puzzle will ultimately be solved. Take everyone's favourite Locked-Room Mystery, where the victim is found dead with the doors bolted and windows secured from the inside. The payoff is a fiendishly clever solution; let's face it,... Read more...