For my 4th marking period project I plan on researching the background and basis of detective novels and stories. After that, I will be reading and analyzing a few different works about detective mysteries. I have always been interested in mystery novels, and a few of the best ones are the detective stories. The novels always keep you on the edge or your chair, waiting for new evidence or suspects to show up. The novels keep the reading involved, trying to process the evidence and figure out the details at the same time as the detective. 
I plan on working through the time line, starting with one of the earliest, written by Edgar Allen Poe... "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". After that I will move onto an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, as I follow Sherlock Holmes on his quests. Finally I will read a more recent adaptation of detective fiction. One of my new favorite authors, Michael Connelly, has a new book out in which detective Bosch is at it again, trying to find the killer in "The Overlook". My research paper is going to incorporate all the novels I have read and researched, along with criticism about each, as I pick apart what the necessary elements are in writing a full and enjoyable work of detective fiction. I will also research how to create a full and round detective, just like Dupin, Holmes, and Bosch. For this week, I plan on continuing the novels and get a good jump in finding sources that outline the proper elements needed for the detective fiction. I will also try to find criticism on each author and novel.
