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TreasonousBastard

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3. Haven't read a mystery in years, but used to devour them. Gardner, and a few others, often used...

Sat Dec 19, 2020, 12:28 PM

Dec 2020

to cheat by throwing in the new stuff at the end.

I consider a good mystery one that has all the necessary facts in the story and your own little gray cells are matched with Poirot's.

Procedurals, where everyone knows who did it and the story is about proving it, can also be exciting, but as story telling, not mystery.

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Let's discuss the mystery novel for a minute or two... [View all] AmyStrange Dec 2020 OP

The butler did it underpants Dec 2020 #1

Of course... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #4

I like clues and plenty of "red herrings"... Backseat Driver Dec 2020 #2

Definitely need the red herring... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #6

Haven't read a mystery in years, but used to devour them. Gardner, and a few others, often used... TreasonousBastard Dec 2020 #3

You're right, he does, but... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #8

I like the Sherlock Holmes type of mysteries, murielm99 Dec 2020 #5

I love Sherlock Holmes, but... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #7

A writing term I've heard for mysteries the reader can solve is "Fair-Play". forgotmylogin Dec 2020 #9

Well said, and... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #10

Just watched Netflix series Safe and The Stranger beveeheart Dec 2020 #11

I'll have to check that out... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #12

I'm a red herring person in my writing. Looking to improve either Tetrachloride Feb 2021 #13