The Technique of the Mystery Story


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(3.9 stars; 5 reviews)

For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem has been worth while, and its pursuit has led along surprising ways, past shuddery thickets and over fearsome bridges, my soul has returned to sober affairs refreshed and content. In a word, here is a remarkable volume which shows us how the wheels go round, not by dogmatic statement, but by an amazing breadth and variety of citation and quotation, showing not only what great mystery writers have thought of their art, but illustrating by apposite examples how they secured their effects. - Summary by J. Berg Esenwein, editor of The Writer’s Library published by The Home Correspondence School, from Introduction (11 hr 15 min)

Capítulos

Introduction 7:14 Leído por Lynn Lee
The Eternal Curious 17:01 Leído por TomDavisBeal
The Literature of Mystery 20:39 Leído por TomDavisBeal
The History of Mystery 9:34 Leído por Sonia
Ghost Stories 23:16 Leído por Timothy Ferguson
Riddle Stories 10:53 Leído por Larry Wilson
Detective Stories 42:16 Leído por Christine Lehman
The Detective 46:45 Leído por Douglas Taylor
Deduction 31:12 Leído por Douglas Taylor
Applied Principles 24:52 Leído por Douglas Taylor
The Rationale of Ratiocination 56:42 Leído por pattymarie
Close Observation 25:42 Leído por sawasawaya
Other Detectives of Fiction 22:42 Leído por acousticwave
Portraits 40:03 Leído por Joseph Tabler
Devious Devices 18:31 Leído por acousticwave
Footprints and Fingerprints 35:32 Leído por acousticwave
More Devices 23:33 Leído por realisticspeakers
Fake Devices 23:41 Leído por acousticwave
Murder in General 27:45 Leído por Availle
Persons in the Story 21:35 Leído por acousticwave
The Handling of the Crime 9:08 Leído por Sonia
The Motive 3:52 Leído por Sonia
Evidence 39:39 Leído por Sonia
Structure 24:43 Leído por acousticwave
Plots 28:26 Leído por Scotty Smith
Further Advices 17:44 Leído por HenryElliott
Final Advices 22:34 Leído por MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood

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Must Read for Mystery Fans


(5 stars)

Prolific mystery author Caroline Wells wrote this insightful and methodical examination of the genre late in her productive and very successful career. The book Is a terrific resource for fans interested in what makes some stories work better than others and the techniques used by different authors in different ways. I especially enjoyed quotes and details from stories penned by authors whose work I had never read and now plan . to


(3.5 stars)

interesting, enjoyed the investigation into where many of the great writers got their techniques. wish it had less on the detective books and more on other types of mystery.