In addition to an analysis of the detective fiction genre as a whole, this CliffsNotes volume covers the following novels and stories: Moonstone by Wilkie Colins "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" by A. Conana Doyle Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers The Benson Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! by Agatha Christie The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham Black Orchids by Rex Stout The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters.