Comparison of Lamb to the Slaughter and the Speckled Band

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote “The Speckled Band” in 1892. It was another episode of the “Sherlock Holmes” series, a famous detective who always solves his client’s mysteries.
Roald Dahl wrote “Lamb to The Slaughter” in 1954. Among Roald Dahl’s famous writings are “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory” and “the Giant Peach”, which are stories for children. Roald Dahl also writes stories for adults, like “Omnibus”, a compilation of short stories like “Poison”, “The Great Automatic Grammatisator” and “Royal Jelly”.
The opening of “The Speckled Band” is very tense. It starts off slowly with Doctor Watson narrates. Then the pace starts to pick up and the situation becomes a bit chaotic “Mrs Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you”. More tension is added with the appearance of “the lady in black”. On the contrary, “Lamb to the Slaughter” starts off very slowly. The setting to start with is very cosy, warm...