Book Anatomy · Trail

Trail: The outsider sleuth

Thesis. The detective comes from outside the closed world. They see what insiders miss, and insiders resent them.

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A city journalist works a cold case inside a rich family on a small island.
2. The Moonstone: A London detective comes to a country house and upsets everyone.
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Two Londoners face a moor and a local legend.
4. The Da Vinci Code: A foreign academic in Paris, wanted by the police.

Other trails: The ticking clock · The puzzle as plot engine · The hidden heir and chosen orphan · Many voices, one case