{"product_id":"how-to-write-a-mystery-9780345397584","title":"How to Write a Mystery","description":"WHODUNIT? YOUDUNIT \u003cbr\u003eSo you want to write a mystery. There's more to it than just a detective, a dead body, and Colonel Mustard in the drawing room with the candlestick. Fortunately, Larry Beinhart--Edgar Award-winning author of You Get What You Pay For, Foreign Exchange, and American Hero--has taken a break from writing smart, suspenseful thrillers to act as your guide through all the twists and turns of creating the twists and turns of a good mystery. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on advice and examples from a host of the best names in mystery writing--from Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane to Scott Turow and Thomas Harris--plus some of his own prime plots, Larry Beinhart introduces you to your most indispensable partners in crime: \u003cbr\u003e *Character, plot, and procedure \u003cbr\u003e * The secrets to creating heroes, heroines, and villains (\"All writers draw upon themselves and their experience. While the whole of yourself might not be capable of being either a serial killer or an FBI agent, there are parts in each of us that are capable of almost anything.\")\u003cbr\u003e * The fine art of scripting the sex scene\u003cbr\u003e *The low-down on violence (\"A crime novel without violence is like smoking pot without inhaling, sex without orgasm, or a hug without a squeeze.\" )\u003cbr\u003e *And much more \u003cbr\u003eFrom the opening hook to the final denouement, Larry Beinhart takes the mystery out of being a mystery writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Beinhart\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edgar Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNo One Rides for Free, How to Write a Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e You Get What You Pay For\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForeign Exchange.\u003c\/i\u003e His book \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hero\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the movie \u003ci\u003eWag the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323578126610,"sku":"9780345397584","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb51db84-6a1c-4dca-968f-999e9b00f925.jpg?v=1727659204","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-write-a-mystery-9780345397584","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}