Mystery Writing in a Nutshell

The World's Most Concise Guide to Mystery & Suspense Writing

By: John McAleer, Andrew McAleer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A #1 Amazon Best Seller Mystery Writing in a Nutshell Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner John McAleer & Andrew McAleer Edgar Allan Poe Award winner, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and best-selling author John McAleer, Ph.D. (Harvard), taught crime fiction at Boston College for nearly four decades, nurturing authors like George V. Higgins (The Friends of Eddie Coyle), Chuck Hogan (The Town), Margaret McLean (Whitey on Trial), Edward Hannibal (Blood Feud), James Devlin (Elmore Leonard), James F. Murphy, Jr. (Quonset) and Ted Murphy (the Belltown mysteries). Now, in Mystery Writing in a Nutshell, he and his son, Andrew McAleer, the author of The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists, Double Endorsement and Fatal Deeds and instructor of crime fiction at Boston College—share with aspiring mystery and suspense novelists their secrets, techniques, and art of crafting the mystery novel. Mystery Writing in a Nutshell is an invaluable resource, which, step by step, takes the writer through the mystery writing process from creating suspense and strategizing plot twists, to hiding clues, enriching character development, and much, much more. With this most precise guide yet to mystery writing, it is only a matter of time before your novel is afoot! Foreword by MWA Grand Master Edward D. Hoch Special Anniversary Foreword Thomas Donahue Includes Exclusive Interviews with: William Link Paul D. Marks Robert Parker Margaret McLean Rex Stout William G. Tapply James M. Cain PRAISE “[A] veritable checklist for what a story should cover. . .” –American Society of Journalists and Authors “[A] slim, readable book that will guide anyone in the right direction and help them avoid the pitfalls if they just read it before sitting down to write.” —Midwest Book Review “Simple and straightforward. The nuts and bolts of mystery writing.” –Kirkus Foreword by MWA Grand Master Edward D. Hoch