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Mystery: October 08, 2008 Issue [#2642]

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What is a mystery? It's like a puzzle. A reader has to discover the secret or riddle in order to solve it and find out who the criminal or enemy is. Clues are imperative, but should be puzzling. Make a reader have to think by using a strong plot that paints a picture in the reader's mind, yet leaves them guessing.*Smile*


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Letter from the editor

*Star* What is your idea of a good mystery? Is it a cozy mystery with less action, a hardboiled detective mystery, an amateur detective mystery, or one not mentioned here?

This week's newsletter is about detective fiction, which centers upon criminal investigation, usually murder by a detective, either amateur or professional. Detective fiction is the most popular of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction.

Did you know that "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by The late and great Edgar Allan Poe began the trend? Published in 1841 and featuring the first fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, Poe set up a plot that was a success. His detective stories are classics that have been described as ratiocinate tales. The primary concern is these stories is ascertaining truth,and the usual means of obtaining it is through a complex and mysterious combination of intuitive logic, astute observation, and perspicacious inference. Poe's stories centered on analysis and forensic detail, much like the infamous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Tips on writing a good detective fiction:
*A robbery
*An "inside job"
*A popular investigator
*Bungling interactive characters
*Detective inquiries
*False suspects (one of the best)
*The "least likely suspect (another top in my opinion)
*A rudimentary murder
*Reconstruction of the crime
*A twist in the plot

Put all of these ingredients together, and you've written a detective mystery. *Delight* *Star*


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*Exclaim* Any questions or comments? Do you have a mystery story you would like to submit? Feel free to contact me if so. *Wink* I just love a good mystery!

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