ext_87336 ([identity profile] jamesenge.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2009-11-21 10:58 pm (UTC)

R. Austin Freeman (of Dr. Thorndyke fame) wrote a number of these "inverted detective stories."

I suppose the original one is Oedipus' investigation into the murder of Roger Ackroyd Laius. (Or maybe Cain's murder of Abel, where God is the detective.)

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