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Presents a basic introductory guide to writing a mystery story and provides tips and advice on developing good work habits, creating characters, formulating plots, editing, and getting published. Features full-color photographs, a glossary, and short biographies of several mystery writers.

In the wake of a murder at a local mystery writers' convention, aspiring novelist and part-time investigator Jane Jeffry and her sidekick, Shelley, investigate to find out who might be responsible for poisoning a legendary editor.

Outlines assorted genres of mystery writing and includes advice from successful mystery writers on different aspects of developing and promoting mystery novels.

Details how to write a mystery story, focusing on plot, clues, setting, and conclusion. Includes activities, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Raymond Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this wholly original book, author Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who Chandler was and how he became the writer who would create in Philip Marlowe an icon of American culture. Freeman uncovers vestiges of the Los Angeles that was terrain...

A Cape Refuge teenager is dead. Then another body is found ... will Sadie Caruso be the next to die?

A group of mystery authors gathers on a secluded Greek island for a writer's retreat, only to discover that their enigmatic host has been murdered and everyone present is a suspect. Fifteen years ago, Maia Gold attended a prestigious--and very exclusive--writers retreat hosted by billionaire Argos Alexander on the Greek island of Eris. It's where she wrote her first book, the one that should have launched a brilliant career. But something dark happened...