This is essentially a continuation of Knox's decalogue from the golden age of detective fiction[0] (though I would say that rule 9 is pretty discarded at this p

This is essentially a continuation of Knox's decalogue from the golden age of detective fiction[0] (though I would say that rule 9 is pretty discarded at this point). I think that Golden Age detective fiction is kinda interesting, because it's totally fallen out of style, with loads of author's books just becoming out of print in English. But you can still find prints of translations in Japanese! I think the popularity of this genre ends up bleeding a lot into other genres as well, leading to very interesting tropes in science fiction or other genres, just cuz readers have higher expectations in getting fooled by the author. It does lead to "nerdy" shit where the obsession with the mechanics leave you with pretty hard-to-believe characters, but hey, the mechanics are fun! [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction#Description_of_the_genre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fictio...