... as the book "The lamb to the slaughter featured in "The tales of the unexpected". Detective stories mainly base themselves around solving murder cases; the reader is taken on a journey to find who is guilty and their motive which is normally along the lines of greed, loneliness and hatred. "The speckled ... curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight - hers and the one by the empty chair opposite." The longer sentences at the beginning make the reader feel as thought they are there observing the description. The main characters in the speckled band are all portrayed as stereotypical men a...

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... . In 1902, Sherlock Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, brought him back to life in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This book received myriad praises and became an all-time classic shortly after it was published. On the other hand, Adrian Monk is much known throughout television. He is known for his awkwardness, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), multiple phobias, and his ... paths. On the other hand, Sherlock Holmes and Adrian Monk have very distinctive characteristics. Sherlock Holmes is native to Europe while Adrian Monk is American. This underlying contradistinction helps the r...

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