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...which is probably why this essay made me laugh like a loon:
If you’ve ever felt let down by the end of a mystery novel, there’s a good reason why. The biggest secret in crime fiction is that there are really only, like, four ways to tie up a mystery, and I’m going to show you all of them in 1,200 words. Get ready to have an entire genre irrevocably spoiled.
2A—The Tertiary Perpetrator—is my favorite, because I like to try to spot 'em when they get introduced.
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I love me some mysteries. Which authors do you like? I ordered the new Gillian Flynn mysteries, I loved her first two. One of my mystery pet peeves is when a mystery author feels the need to explain everything that happened in the tie. "so that's where Mary was, I had no idea" That irks me so much, when and author does it right no recap is ever neccesary.
Posted by: Doret | 24 June 2012 at 09:48 AM
Doret--really? I kinda like the all-encompassing explanation at the end. Of course, I sort of cheat by reading it first (blush) . . .
Posted by: Ilana Waters | 24 June 2012 at 05:19 PM
"..and you would have got away with it, too, if it weren’t for me, the Etsy detective and my associate, Mr. Mittens, the wiliest tomcat in New England!”
Oh, someone should write a completely farcical series based off of this premise. As a long-ago devourer of the Cat Who books, I would totally read all of the books in the Etsy Detective series.
"She featured him in her Treasury...of DEATH!"
" Janine! You...you're a reseller!" "A reseller...out for REVENGE!"
Posted by: Dot | 25 June 2012 at 12:18 PM