Whodunit A Mystery Writers Primer

Author : Billie Williams
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257114212
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whodunit? A Mystery Writers Primer written by Billie Williams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mystery Writers Primer, for beginner or expert, a primer to help get to the next level

Author : Rosemary Herbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195157613
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whodunit? written by Rosemary Herbert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery expert investigates how the giants of the genre pull off all those crimes and keep the twists coming page after page, then shows readers how they can do it too.

Author : Rosemary Herbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756789213
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whodunit? written by Rosemary Herbert and published by . This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who populates the pages of crime & mystery writing? Who are the characters we willingly follow into the mystery genre's uneasy imaginative territory? And who created those characters in the first place? What life experience & expertise informs their work? What are the sources of their themes, regional accents, & even the axes that some grind? Why do some wish to give us a good laugh, while others seem hell-bent on making us shudder? Here is info. on 100s of classic & contemporary characters & authors. Some -- such as P.D. James, Ian Rankin, Sherlock Holmes, & Kinsey Millhone -- are in separate entries. Still more are in articles about character we admire, i.e.: the Clerical Sleuth,Ó & in pieces about those we love to hate, incl. the Femme Fatale & Con artist.

Author : Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whodunit? written by Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William G Tapply
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press
ISBN 13 : 9781590581155
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Mystery Fiction written by William G Tapply and published by Poisoned Pen Press. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit has guided and inspired mystery writers—veterans as well as beginners—for nearly a decade. Here William G. Tapply, with more than 20 popular mystery and suspense novels under his belt, isolates the crucial “elements” of the mystery novels that publishers want to publish and readers want to read: original plots, clever clues, sympathetic sleuths, memorable villains, multi-dimensional supporting characters, true-to-life settings, sharp narrative hooks, and, of course, smooth writing. In clear, readable prose using examples from many of our best contemporary mystery novelists, Tapply shows how the writer can create the pieces and fit them together to make a story you can’t put down. This new expanded edition of Elements contains original chapters by some of our best contemporary writers and most prominent personalities in the publishing world discussing writing and business issues that are vital to mystery writers in the 21st century.

Author : D.P. Lyle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599634414
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Howdunit Forensics written by D.P. Lyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just because you don't have all the tools and training of a full-time medical examiner, doesn't mean you can't learn your way around a crime scene. In Forensics, award-winning author and TV show consultant D.P. Lyle, M.D., takes each area of forensics–from fingerprint analysis to crime scene reconstruction–and discusses its development, how the science works, how it helps in crime solving, and how you as a writer might use this technique in crafting your plot. This comprehensive reference guide includes: • Real-life case files and the role forensic evidence played in solving the crimes • A breakdown of the forensics system from its history and organization to standard evidence classification and collection methods • Detailed information on what a dead body can reveal–including the cause, mechanism, and manner of death • The actual steps taken to preserve a crime scene and the evidence that can be gathered there, such as bloodstains, documents, fingerprints, tire impressions, and more Forensics is the ultimate resource for learning how to accurately imbue your stories with authentic details of untimely demises.

Author : Nancy J. Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781310569548
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing the Cozy Mystery written by Nancy J. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to write a mystery but don't have a clue where to start? Or maybe you've begun a story but are stuck on the plot? Perhaps you're already writing a series, and you need tips on how to keep track of your material? Writing the Cozy Mystery is a valuable guide on how to write a traditional whodunit. This concise tool will show you step-by-step how to develop your characters, establish the setting, plot the story, add suspense, plant clues and sustain your series. You'll find everything you need to know in an easy-to-read, clear manner to write your own whodunit.

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
ISBN 13 : 9780877790426
Total Pages : 1260 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and published by Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349036501
Total Pages : 1555 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writers Directory written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 1555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Pearl
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588363104
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dante Club written by Matthew Pearl and published by Random House. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Before The Dante Chamber, there was The Dante Club: “an ingenious thriller that . . . brings Dante Alighieri’s Inferno to vivid, even unsettling life.”—The Boston Globe “With intricate plots, classical themes, and erudite characters . . . what’s not to love?”—Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and Origin Boston, 1865. The literary geniuses of the Dante Club—poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, along with publisher J. T. Fields—are finishing America’s first translation of The Divine Comedy. The powerful Boston Brahmins at Harvard College are fighting to keep Dante in obscurity, believing the infiltration of foreign superstitions to be as corrupting as the immigrants arriving at Boston Harbor. But as the members of the Dante Club fight to keep a sacred literary cause alive, their plans fall apart when a series of murders erupts through Boston and Cambridge. Only this small group of scholars realizes that the gruesome killings are modeled on the descriptions of Hell’s punishments from Dante’s Inferno. With the lives of the Boston elite and Dante’s literary future in the New World at stake, the members of the Dante Club must find the killer before the authorities discover their secret. Praise for The Dante Club “Ingenious . . . [Matthew Pearl] keeps this mystery sparkling with erudition.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Not just a page-turner but a beguiling look at the U.S. in an era when elites shaped the course of learning and publishing. With this story of the Dante Club’s own descent into hell, Mr. Pearl’s book will delight the Dante novice and expert alike.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Pearl] ably meshes the . . . literary analysis with a suspenseful plot and in the process humanizes the historical figures. . . . A divine mystery.”—People (Page-turner of the Week) “An erudite and entertaining account of Dante’s violent entrance into the American canon.”—Los Angeles Times “A hell of a first novel . . . The Dante Club delivers in spades. . . . Pearl has crafted a work that maintains interest and drips with nineteenth-century atmospherics.”—San Francisco Chronicle