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)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen

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.