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Mystery

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Edgar Award-winning author Larry Beinhart provides advice and examples from writers from Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane to Scott Turow and Thomas Harris. Highly praised as the "quintessential guide to crafting a mystery."

Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional
by G. Miki Hayden
Although not quite as comprehensive as its subtitle suggests, this is still a solid offering that takes a look at the genre then supplies writing exercises, market advice, submission protocol, help with word choice, grammar, and sentence structure and more. Six interviews with mystery writers are included. The book was nominated for Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony awards.

The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery
Jack Remick, Robert Joseph Ray
Developmental writing exercises and examples offer 52 weekend work sessions, each beginning with the definition f the task and its purpose, augmented with a writing sample from a famous mystery writer, and leading into the exercises that will become the basis of a novel.

Writing Mysteries : A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
Sue Grafton (Editor)
Contributing members of the Mystery Writers of America help readers interested in mystery fiction learn how to write tight, salable mysteries.

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