Now, although the roots of the mystery story in serious literature go back as far as Balzac, Dickens, and Poe, it was not until the closing decades of the 19th century that the private detective became an established figure in popular fiction.

Even on the fictional level, however, the contradictions which give rise to the mystery story are not fully resolved.

It is the gradual unfolding and deepening of this contradiction which creates the inner dialectic of the evolution of the mystery story.

It is the growing contradiction between individualism and public service in the mystery story which creates this fatal dilemma.

In order to save the mystery story, they have converted the private detective into an organization man.

The story ends on a cliffhanger with several questions left unanswered regarding the merging of the Honored Matres and Bene Gesserit, the fates of those on the escaped no-ship ( including the role of Scytale, the development of Idaho and Teg, and the role of the Jews ), the identity of the god-like characters in the book's final chapter and the ultimate mystery of what chased the Honored Matres back into the Old Empire.

Although " Oedipus's enquiry is based on supernatural, pre-rational methods that are evident in most narratives of crime until the development of Enlightenment thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries " it has " all of the central characteristics and formal elements of the detective story, including a mystery sur-rounding a murder, a closed circle of suspects, and the gradual uncovering of a hidden past.

Also suggested as a possible influence on Poe is ‘ The Secret Cell ’, a short story published in September 1837 by William Evans Burton, describing how a London policeman solves the mystery of a kidnapped girl.

Various conventions of the detective genre were standardized during the Golden Age, and in 1929 some of them were codified by writer Ronald Knox in his ' Decalogue ' of rules for detective fiction, among them to avoid supernatural elements, all of which were meant to guarantee that, in Knox's words, a detective story " must have as its main interest the unravelling of a mystery ; a mystery whose elements are clearly presented to the reader at an early stage in the proceedings, and whose nature is such as to arouse curiosity, a curiosity which is gratified at the end.

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.

The narrative is interwoven with a love story and an examination of women's struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some independence within the social climate of 1930s England, and the novel has been described as " the first feminist mystery novel.

Although Infocom started out with Zork, and although the Zork world was the centerpiece of their product line throughout the Zork and Enchanter series, the company quickly branched out into a wide variety of story lines: fantasy, science-fiction, mystery, horror, historical adventure, children's stories, and others that defied categories.

The story of the secretive yet powerful medieval Templars, especially their persecution and sudden dissolution, has been a tempting source for many other groups which have used alleged connections with the Templars as a way of enhancing their own image and mystery.

The story shifts from a failed Martian political revolution of 2248, to an expedition to explore a mysterious monument on the north pole of Pluto three centuries later, and ultimately to a space station orbiting Saturn, home to a reclusive and wealthy woman who may hold the key to solving a mystery spanning centuries.

:*" The Room in the Dragon Volant ", not a ghost story but a notable mystery story that includes the theme of premature burial

* 200 million year old mystery BBC News story, 12-Oct-2011

The strip was an early example of the police procedural mystery story.

Another Nights tale with crime fiction elements was " The Hunchback's Tale " story cycle which, unlike " The Three Apples ", was more of a suspenseful comedy and courtroom drama rather than a murder mystery or detective fiction.

Mendes is indecisive, saying the script seemed to be about something different each time he read it: " a mystery story, a kaleidoscopic journey through American suburbia, a series of love stories ... it was about imprisonment ... loneliness beauty.

This short story is significant because Fort uses his own data collection technique to solve a mystery.

A recently used cover story is that the perpetrator of the scam wishes the victim to work as a " mystery shopper ", evaluating the service provided by MoneyGram or Western Union locations within major retailers such as Wal-Mart.

The original Eleusinian Mysteries were a mystery kept secret for almost three-thousand years and the basic story, as portrayed, is all that is available.

His stories deal with deceit, murder, romance, mystery, passion, jealousy, libertinism, anarchism, individualism, and the life of peripheral elements of society.

The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novel, with mystery and thriller elements, on the subjects of time travel and social engineering.

In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose.

He argues that living like this would remove the aura of mystery around the opposite sex, which causes " fear, social distance, misunderstandings, and deficits of communication.

Raymond William Postgate ( 6 November 1896 – 29 March 1971 ) was an English socialist, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet.

Postgate wrote several mystery novels that drew on his socialist beliefs to set crime, detection and punishment in a broader social and economic context.

Guru Kallyanikutty Amma cleared the mythical mystery behind the name of this dance form and gave it the most convincing explanation based on truth, social and historical evolution, interpreting Mohiniyattam as the dance of a beautiful lady than that of a mythical enchantress from heaven.

... Progressive Christianity is an approach to the Christian faith that is influenced by post-liberalism and postmodernism and: proclaims Jesus of Nazareth as Christ, Savior, and Lord ; emphasizes the Way and teachings of Jesus, not merely His person ; emphasizes God ’ s immanence not merely God ’ s transcendence ; leans toward panentheism rather than supernatural theism ; emphasizes salvation here and now instead of primarily in heaven later ; emphasizes being saved for robust, abundant / eternal life over being saved from hell ; emphasizes the social / communal aspects of salvation instead of merely the personal ; stresses social justice as integral to Christian discipleship ; takes the Bible seriously but not necessarily literally, embracing a more interpretive, metaphorical understanding ; emphasizes orthopraxy instead of orthodoxy ( right actions over right beliefs ); embraces reason as well as paradox and mystery — instead of blind allegiance to rigid doctrines and dogmas ; does not consider homosexuality to be sinful ; and does not claim that Christianity is the only valid or viable way to connect to God ( is non-exclusive ).

Miyuki Miyabe ( 宮部 みゆき Miyabe Miyuki, born December 23, 1960 ) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.

" Professor and social critic Camille Paglia expressed: " Janet's unique persona combines bold, brash power with quiet sensitively and womanly mystery.

The first part of the book covers the narrator's childhood experiences, describing the various social circles of the local Jewish population and the mystery around the Finzi-Contini children, Alberto and Micòl, who were schooled separately from the other Jewish children and who only appeared at the main school for the annual exams.

In the story, Nancy tries to solve a mystery about a gang of event thieves robbing homes during parties, lectures, musicals, and other social occasions planned or catered by Lightner's Entertainment Company.

* Raymond Postgate's Verdict of Twelve ( 1940 ) is a mystery novel that draws on the author's socialist beliefs to set crime, detection and punishment within a broader social and economic context.

His testimony adds little to the mystery of the disappearance, though it includes several important conversations with Bartholomew about the nature of God, fate, free will, and social justice.

The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, " The Warner Brothers have turned out a better than average murder mystery in The Unfaithful, but they have badly over-weighted with melodramatics the things they obviously wanted to say about a pressing social problem.

The basic premise of all mystery stories is that the distinction between good and bad coincides with the distinction between legal and illegal.

" In fact, a good deal of the early Christian literature is devoted to the exposure and refutation of unorthodox theology, mystery religions and Gnostic groups.

Faith for good reason arises out of the mystery that underlies the very structure and nature of reality, a mystery that in its entirety will never be entirely demystified despite what those who have placed reason on their altar might like us to believe.

An obscure murder mystery film, The Falcon in Hollywood ( 1944 ), had a much darker take with a scheming movie producer resorting to sabotage and murder when the surprisingly good performance of the inexperienced director and cast threatened to sink his investment scam.

* There is a conviction that " mystery ", per se, is a good thing ; the belief that it is not a virtue to solve mysteries but to enjoy them and revel in their insolubility.

Though it all works out finally, a mystery is left, plus the fear of how easily good people can miss their chances.

Waldeck was undoubtedly a man of talent and accomplishments, but his love of self promotion and refusal to let the truth get in the way of a good story leave some aspects of his life in mystery.

Masks are used almost universally and maintain their power and mystery both for their wearers and their audience. The continued popularity of wearing masks at carnival, and for children at parties and for festivals such as Halloween are good examples.

* Kosh's reply of " good " when told that the mystery of the Vorlon's true appearance has been misused to provoke fear among the population of the station hints at the deliberate manipulation he is engaged in.

The campaign is but another stratagem ( developing like a good mystery story ) while in fact, Belisarius is carefully marking time and giving other events set in motion by himself and the conspiracy members time to bear fruit and astonish both friends, and readers in the events and results.

Lenny is also a successful writer who wrote a series of mystery novels, one of them entitled The Murderer Did It, which are called " scary good fun " by Stephen King.

They will have mystery, suspense, inventiveness, color — and above all they will be good reading, just as I try to make The Mysterious Traveler on the air good listening.

School Library Journal states " This is a mystery story for those who don't read mysteries, a fantasy novel for people who don't read fantasy, and a good time for anyone.

From 1986 to 1992, Cariou was seen on multiple episodes of the popular television mystery series, Murder She Wrote opposite his good friend and former Sweeney Todd costar Angela Lansbury.

Mr. Winkle is almost always present and knows all swamp phenomenon, such as the mystery egg which, by swamp tradition, gave good luck.

He can make a good project great ... Why David hasn ’ t won the acclaim he deserves is a mystery to me .”

" She also " liked the humor — there are a lot of good one-liners ( particularly McCoy's line about having drugs that could tranquilize an active volcano )" as well as " the idea of a murder mystery in the Star Trek universe.

Andrews also stated when asked about ' good vs evil ' in his work that he thinks more along the lines of dominant versus subordinate ; that he is attempting to catch a moment of mystery or deviousness in his work.

The record also resembles the 1976 murder mystery from which the band takes its name-a pastiche of bad deeds and of good intentions, heroism and forgiveness.

The Swedish author Rolf Blomberg speculates ( 1966 ) that rumours of hidden monsters in the Amazon basin might have been inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's book The Lost World ( 1912 ) combined with exaggerated reports of sightings of unusually large spider monkeys ( Sjögren, 1980 ), and Bengt Sjögren ( 1962 ) remarked: " For critically educated zoologists is of course all this ' ape mystery ' just a good joke ".

Let a good murder mystery come within his ken, and he just can't be kept out of it.

The anime adaptation has been praised for its creation of suspense and good mystery stories.