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The Technique of the Mystery Story

by Carolyn Wells

The Technique of the Mystery Story is a complete practical guide for writing detective and mystery stories. The guide is useful reference for writing similar content to Sherlock Holmes stories. Since this was written about a century old, most of the fact finding techniques are no longer applicable to current forensic techniques. However full of good sensible advice on constructing and writing a mystery novel.

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English

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English

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2014

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Carolyn Wells

United States

Carolyn Wells was an American writer and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. After finishing school she worked as a librarian for the Rahway Library...

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