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The Technique of the Mystery Story

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A complete practical guide for detective and mystery story writers of today. How to arrange, invent, plot out, develop and narrate ingenious, convincing, and baffling stories of crime.

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Carolyn Wells

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Fiction Nonfiction Detective and mystery stories Technique Authorship Creative writing

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