 Mystery: March 14, 2018 Issue [#8799] |
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This week: Partners in Crime Edited by: Arakun the twisted raccoon  
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Quote for the week: "Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes."
~ Miguel de Cervantes
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Catching one bad guy is trouble enough, but what if two of them work as a team? Examples of real life outlaw teams include Bonnie and Clyde, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono (the Hillside Stranglers), and Frank and Jesse James.
Outlaw teams might be friends or there might be a closer relationship between them. Bonnie and Clyde were lovers, Bianchi and Buono were cousins, and Frank and Jesse James were brothers.
Villains who work together have the advantage of combined skill sets. One might be intelligent and good at planning while the other is strong and a good fighter. If they are killers, one might lure the victims while the other does the killing. If they are robbers, one might distract a shopkeeper, while the other steals. Either one might not succeed alone, but can be quite successful when they combine their abilities.
When two people work together for any reason, one often emerges as the leader. The follower might look up to, even worship the leader. He might be willing to die for the leader or take the sole blame for the crimes if apprehended. Other followers might come to resent being ordered around, which investigators can use to their advantage. It might create an interesting twist if the partner who seems subservient and meek is actually the leader.
Teams of criminals can make things very difficult for law enforcement, especially if they don't know they are looking for more than one person. When investigators try to create a profile of the person they are looking for, they will not see the entire picture. The two partners might even alibi each other. Maybe one will be caught and the police will think the case is solved. Eventually the other half of the team might begin committing crimes again, wither alone or with a new partner.
If your story involves a team of criminals, develop the relationship between them carefully. Make sure the characters and their relationship are realistic, or the story will not be believable.
Something to try: Write a mystery story that involves two outlaws working together. |
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