It is never rational and never easily accepted. Ah, but in a mystery, death makes perfect sense—or at least it does by the time the sleuth has solved the crime and brought the killer to justice. Which brings us full circle to the idea of justice.
In a mystery, death is explained through reasoning. A truth is discovered. For just a while, death, the one thing we cannot escape and can never understand, makes sense and we can accept it.
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Required fields are marked. You can see the dark side of people, but you know that justice prevails. Good will defeat evil. People who like detective stories usually love forensics shows like CSI or Bones. What makes detective stories different from other genres? People find in them challenging, exciting puzzles to solve. Why is the victim so important in this kind of story? Because the victim is very often the key to a murder mystery.
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