10 taboo: reveals the secret taboos of the authors of detectives

Even the most passionate fans of detective novels probably do not realize, but the authors of the books in this action-Packed genre, there are unspoken secret taboos on certain things.

Movie channel "Russian detective" talked with writers from around the world and found out a list of taboo subjects and techniques, which we didn't even know existed! Some items may seem very unusual but unquestioned authority of the genre think it is.

Its taboo shared Tatiana Ustinov, Sergey Litvinov, Tatyana Polyakova, winner of many national awards, the founder of the genre "Blues-hankaku" soji Shimada ("the Tokyo zodiac") and others.

Detective in invalid ways of establishing the truth as seances, fortune telling, reading other people's thoughts and other mystical practices.

The investigation, which involved supernatural forces, doomed to failure, says Tatiana Garmash-Roffe, writer, one of the leading authors of the genre of psychological detective:

According to Tatiana Ustinova, author of detective novels, writer, translator, presenter, nominee for the award "Russian detective" the criminal should be discovered by deduction: using logical reasoning, not because of digital technologies.

In the traditional detective the detective can't fall in love and an affair, the role of women in his life needs to be minimized. It's an unspoken rule sōji Shimada — legend of action literature of Japan, a writer working in the genre honkaku, which means "pure" detective, is built on a series of logical thinking.

In the novels Simadi reader often acts as an investigator, getting an opportunity based on clues to solve the mystery before the detective.

No matter how much was accomplished in the novel of crime, in the end, evil must not win, I'm sure the writer Tatyana Ustinova:

The same opinion is shared by the writer Tatiana Garmash-Roffe:

Randomness and coincidences — an inexcusable mistake of the authors of the detective genre, the American writer Mike Omer. The task of the detective to gather evidence that would serve as a clue, and to build a chain of reasoning, and not rely on "lucky chance".

Moralizing and explain no place in a detective novel, says Daria Desombre, writer, author of detective novels:

In the action-Packed stories, often there such a plot twist as the murder of the hero, captivity or torture. According to Tatyana Ustinova, in a detective novel inappropriate for detailed descriptions of bloody atrocities.

The theme of cruelty often found in the literature. In most suspense novels, you can find an example of abuse, but the descriptions of these scenes have rigid boundaries, says Tatiana Polyakova, writer, author of works in the genre of "adventure detective" nominee for the award "Russian detective":

Children should not suffer from actions of adults and to get into different trouble of a criminal nature, emphasizes Tatyana Polyakova. In her detective novels the child will always be protected from harm. This is one of the main principles of the writer.

The writer Tatyana Polyakova will never in their works in detail and realistically to describe scenes of a sexual nature. For her this is unacceptable.

Novelist and screenwriter Alex Michaelides convinced that discrimination on the basis of race and skin color is unacceptable neither in life nor in literature. Therefore, the heroes of his novels will never face this problem.