How To Write a Mystery Novel Behind the Scenes: Creating a Crime Series By Gene Grossman Gene Grossman created the popular 15-book series of Peter Sharp Legal Mysteries, each one with a crime that stumps the a
If you can’t lose yourself completely in a murder mystery, then there is nothing to be gained with the final revelation, the answer to the riddle of the story. It just won’t matter. I love it when I close a book at the end, and look around me, almost surprised to see the world...
feeling and practical skills to care for one child, let alone six” (258), the mother who incessantly “misquoted the world’s loveliest poets” (27), the mother whose passion for literature he shared and who like him “always calmed down a little when there was a book in her hand” ...
The mystery: The precursor to his classic murder mysteries, Alfred Hitchcock takes on the (notoriously hard to adapt) mystery book to great effect. It's about a young bride (Fontaine) whose husband's (Olivier) first wife died under mysterious circumstances. Who killed her? And why? 'The Th...
MOTOR CITY SHAKEDOWN is the type of book I really enjoy: history and mystery blended so well that it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. It had an extra hook as well. The time period is 1911 and the city is Detroit, a time and a place I know very little about. The author ...
Immerse yourself in addictive gameplay with beautiful scenery that appeals to adults, children, and young adults alike. Solve challenging puzzles and find hidden objects that lead you closer to the heart of the mystery. Meet the Characters: ...
murder, mystery & the macabreFacebook youtube Instagram Spotify itunes Home Shop Contact About Patreon Open Search Episode 282: Nellie Bly (part IV) In the final part of our Nellie Bly series, we follow her through yet another reinvention ...as wife to industrialist Robert Seaman and, after...
Ivana Chubbuck, acting coach to the stars and creator of the Chubbuck technique, shares her top tips for actors to hone their craft. Throughout my years as an actor, I read many of the iconic books about acting and found them highly theoretical, as opposed to a practical guide o...
Even while he was alive, Cunanan was a mystery. He grew up in National City, California, a lifetime away from the glitz and glamour of Miami's South Beach. In every profile of the killer, he's described as being a very intelligent and handsome young man with an IQ higher than...
Although the idea of following rules and playing fair with the audience wasn’t a standard in the genre until much later, there were early works which preempted the growth of the “puzzle plot” mystery story. Israel Zangwill wrote his 1892 book The Big Bow Mystery, an early flagship locked...