Mystery Books


Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama Best Price: $5.97 Through studying David Mamet's theories, I came to realise that a character can be understood...	Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers Best Price: $13.79 Very interesting book. I enjoyed it, but it was more technical than I expected. Lots of great,...	How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript Best Price: $13.59 As a self-confessed collector of books on writing, I found this one of the best of a very few...	Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America Best Price: $5.08 I used this book as a way to refresh my perspective on a mystery novel after finishing a second...	The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved Best Price: $12.97 This book captured me on many levels. I found in this book, not only a love and reverence for...



You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write) Best Price: $1.20 You Can Write a Mystery is not as valuable to me as a writer as, say, Funk and White's Elements...	Mystery Writing in a Nutshell Best Price: $5.30 As an avid mystery reader (from Doyle to Fforde), I did not expect to find this peak behind the...	Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction Best Price: $7.89 I found this book enjoyable to read, but not very useful as a practical guide. Written almost...	The Crime Writer's Reference Guide: 1001 Tips for Writing the Perfect Murder Best Price: $12.49 I'm not sure what the other reviewers found so compelling. I found little here other than pages...	The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery Best Price: $7.88 This book got me going, but that's where it ended. It's good for someone who needs lots of...



Elements of Mystery Fiction, The: Writing the Modern Whodunit Best Price: $10.28 William G. Tapply has great credentials for explaining about how to write mystery fiction: His...	How to Write a Thriller Best Price: $13.80 This book is designed to help aspiring thriller writers to create exciting, suspenseful novels...	Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography Best Price: $5.95 As a long-time fan of PD James, I was eager to read her fragment of an autobiography. Upon...	The Shakespeare Code Best Price: $8.14 Don't bother reading this book if you still believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. It would...	Just the Facts, Ma'Am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Investigation Techniques (Howdunit) The book reminds me of a recruiting tool for the police academy at Podunk Community College. And...

Detecting Women Pocket Guide: Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women (Mystery Series) Best Price: $14.41 For avid readers of mystery series, this is a must have. Do you remember which letters of Sue...	Investigating Mysteries:Literature & Writing Workshop (The Case Of The Missing Ring,Meg Mackintosh and The Case Of The Missing Babe Ruth Baseball,The Binnacle Boy.) Best Price: $0.01 Three Mysteries by Donald J. Sobol,Lucinda Landon, & Paul Fleischman	Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases (Howdunit) Best Price: $6.99 When I first started reading Amateur Detectives, I felt that it needed much more than it...	It Came From Ohio: My Life As A Writer (Goosebumps) Best Price: $50.53 Reading this book was like having dinner with R. L. Stine. I live in Columbus, Ohio and R. L....	How to Write Mysteries (Genre Writing Series) Best Price: $1.59 How to Write Mysteries is a must for the libary of the budding author. Not only does it offer...

Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense: Break into the Exciting and Profitable Field of Book, Screenplay, and Television (Writing Guides) Best Price: $13.76 True Crime sells, and you may as well be the one to write it. Writing Bestselling True Crime...	Writing the Modern Mystery (Genre Writing Series) Best Price: $2.21 If you're gonna write, you need this book. Disregard the title. This book speaks across the...	How to Write a Mystery Best Price: $7.00 If nothing else, books on writing can help jumpstart your engine when writing. Mr. Beinhart's...	Raymond Chandler: A Biography Best Price: $3.95 Forty years after his death Chandler was in need of a new study, both of his life and of his...	Ngaio Marsh: A Life Best Price: $24.94 Ngaio Marsh, a died-in-the-wool New Zealander, wrote more than thirty polished, quintessentially...

Rip-Off: A Writer's Guide to Crimes of Deception (Howdunit) Best Price: $16.49 I thought this was, overall, a pretty good book. Faron, who ran her own private investigation...	The Mystery of Agatha Christie Best Price: $182.71 Gwen Robyns probably feels, as I do, that Agatha Christie was a genius mind and a sensitive,...	Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series) Best Price: $7.50 Murder One contains a lot of case studies of actual crimes. It also details motives and methods...	Joan Lowery Nixon: Masterful Mystery Writer (Authors Teens Love) Best Price: $22.61	Private Eyes: A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating (Howdunit Series) Best Price: $3.96 After reading some of the other reviews, I am compelled to write again. This book contains...

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist Best Price: $87.15 As Baroness P. D. James states in her preface to this engrossing book, "we have what is in...	Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond Best Price: $14.95 This book covers an interesting life story and has great detail, but unfortunately much of that...	The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book Best Price: $3.94 I am really intrigued whenever I read a brand new mystery or suspense thriller, which is why I...	Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: The Mystery Behind the Agatha Christie Mystery Best Price: $12.49 This book is an exciting analysis and alternative reading of Agatha Christie's masterpiece,...	Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work (Howdunit) Best Price: $2.50 i couldn't wait to recieve this book and now that i have; i find it the most helpful book in my...

In the Footsteps of Agatha Christie Beginning with text and photograph headers presented in the old manual typewriter fonts,...	How to Write Kids' Mysteries: A Guide for Teen And Adult Writers Best Price: $30.00 You don't need to be an "A" student, a genius-born writer, or in the top 10% of your...	Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers As a former law enforcement officer who served with a crime scene unit, an avid reader and...	They Wrote the Book: Thirteen Women Mystery Writers Tell All Best Price: $4.75 A tremendously engrossing and warm collection, THEY WROTE THE BOOK, contains essays by thirteen...	Lesbian Detective Fiction: Woman as Authors, Subjects and Reader Best Price: $17.99 This work examines how lesbian detective and mystery fiction represents lesbian characters and...

Dark Thoughts: On Writing : Advice and Commentary from Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense Do you wonder what scares your favorite horror writers? Would you like to know who influenced...	Ross Macdonald : A Biography Best Price: $18.35 Too long, too dull. Millar simply did not live an interesting life; he mostly sat around...	Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America (Genre Writing Series) Best Price: $2.75 This is a kind of "anthology" reference book on writing modern mysteries for...	Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett Best Price: $0.75 "Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett" includes 950 letters that Dashiell Hammett...	The Crime Writer's Handbook (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides) Best Price: $28.00 Must have book for any writer of fictional crime. I bought this to help me understand the five...

Daemon Hall Best Price: $7.67 If you are a fan of scary stories, be sure to get your hands on DAEMON HALL. Andrew Nance uses a...	Malicious Intent : A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other Criminals Think (The Howdunit) Best Price: $3.39 This guy claims expertise he does not have. It is clear that this he thinks combining a...	Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Baker Street (Oxford Portraits Series) Best Price: $6.95 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, yet he...	Black Beech and Honeydew: An Autobiography	A Lot to Remember: A Supernatural Journey Through Thr French Province of Lot (Joan Grant Autobiography) Best Price: $10.00 If you are looking for a travel summary of the sights and sounds of the countryside, what the...

Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir Best Price: $5.98	The divide.(Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry)(Book Review): An article from: Poetry Best Price: $5.95 This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on...	Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography Best Price: $24.89 James Brabazon's unprecedented look into the hidden life of Dorothy L. Sayers is an incredible...	Careers for Mystery Buffs & Other Snoops And Sleuths Best Price: $2.75 Careers For. . . * VARIETY OF CAREERS SHOWN. From the obvious to the obscure, readers will be...	Hillary Waugh's Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing Best Price: $1.97

Secrets of the World's Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Garner was a self-taught author who kept detailed accounts of the development of...	Strictly Murder!: A Writer's Guide to Criminal Homicide Best Price: $11.50 I'm attempting to write a hard boiled mystery and I've read almost everything I can get my hands...	In the Queens' Parlor, and Other Leaves from the Editors' Notebook Best Price: $26.30	Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional Best Price: $5.52 The interviews with published mystery authors are worth some time, but this book suffers greatly...

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