Compare and contrast 'The Speckled Band' and Lamb to the Slaughter'

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Compare and contrast 'The Speckled Band' and Lamb to the Slaughter'

There has been a great deal of famous detective stories that have been written by many authors, all of which are very interesting and exciting. Some examples of very good, successful detective stories are:

'The murders in the Rue Morgue' written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. This book was Edgar's first story and it was very successful.

'The Moonstone' by Wilkie Collins which featured Sergeant Cuff and a stolen gem. This was written in 1868.

Another set of detective stories was Sherlocks Holmes written stories, which were written during the 1880s.

As you can see detective books have been going on since the mid 1800s as well as in the 1900s.

1920s onwards - Agatha Christie starts to write her very famous and very successful detective stories with Hercule Poirot and Dorothy L. Sayers with Lord Peter Wimsey, both of the upper class.

1970s - P.D. James and Ruth Rendell start to write. In their recent books they feature corrupt policemen. In P.D. James' last three books the murder has not been convicted, either because they died or due