KnowraFair-play mysteryLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Fair-play mystery, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 7Narrower topic 1Detective fictionRelated: Fair-play rules make the final deduction feel earned rather than withheld.Crime fictionRelated: Its conventions make the solution inferable rather than dependent on hidden facts.Agatha ChristieRelated: Christie’s celebrated puzzles invite deduction while carefully managing what the clues seem to mean.Golden Age of Detective FictionRelated: Golden Age writers treated fair access to evidence as a defining contract with the audience.Mystery fictionRelated: Fair-play rules make readers’ ability to solve the case part of the design.Locked-room mysteryRelated: A satisfying locked-room solution makes its decisive clues available in advance.The Murder of Roger AckroydNarrower topic: The novel’s celebrated solution raises questions about what fair disclosure requires.Dorothy L. SayersRelated: Sayers’s puzzles often invite deduction while using character and setting to complicate the evidence.