Van Dine's Commandments: Difference between revisions

=== Van Dine's First ===

The reader must have equal opportunity with the detective for solving the mystery. All clues must be plainly stated and described.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without all blues presented.

=== Van Dine's Second ===

=== Van Dine's Seventh ===

There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. No lesser crime than murder will suffice. Three hundred pages is far too much bother for a crime other than murder. After all, the reader's trouble and expenditure of energy must be rewarded.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden to have a crime without a corpse.

=== Van Dine's Eighth ===

=== Van Dine's Eleventh ===

A servant must not be chosen by the author as the culprit. This is begging a noble question. It is a too easy solution. The culprit must be a decidedly worth-while person — one that wouldn't ordinarily come under suspicion.

In ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'': It is forbidden for a servant to be the culprit!

=== Van Dine's Twelfth ===