The Knox Decalogue
#598: Reflections on Detection – The Knox Decalogue 3: Secret Passages
For the final time this year, then, let’s take another dive into one of Monsignor Knox’s detective fiction decalogue rules.
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#595: Reflections on Detection – The Knox Decalogue 2: The Supernatural
Sometimes I regret saying I’ll do stuff; this week, I regret saying I’ll explore each of the rules of Ronald Knox’s Detective Fiction Decalogue in depth. Mainly because I’m busy, and so I’m not going to do this as well as I otherwise might. And that frustrates me doubly, because Rule 2 is the one that got me thinking about this in the first place.
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#592: Reflections on Detection – The Knox Decalogue 1: The Criminal
So, here we go with an in-depth look at the principles espoused in the Ten Commandments for Detective Fiction as outlined by Ronald Arbuthnott Knox.
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#589: Reflections on Detection – The Knox Decalogue: An Introduction
It may surprise you to learn that I think about the Knox Decalogue a lot. But, like, a lot a lot, “maybe I should write a lecture on the Knox Decalogue and tout it round the various crime conventions” a lot. Instead, because I work full time and am nowhere near famous enough for that to be an option, I’m going to go through the rules one at a time and share some thoughts on here.
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#506: The Men Who Explain Miracles – Episode 9.2: Laying Down the Laws – The Knox Decalogue & Detection Club Oath
The Invisible Event 