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How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
by Janet Evanovich  Publisher Comments How many people would kill to be a bestselling novelist? Especially one like Janet Evanovich.Writers want to know how a bestselling author thinks, writes, plans, and dreams her books. And they are primed for a book from Janet Evanovich that tells, in a...
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Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons (Howdunit Writing)
by Serita Debo Stevens Synopsis Describes the symptoms, forms, methods of administration, and reactions of various poisons, and briefly traces the history of poisioning....
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Scene of the Crime: A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations (Howdunit Writing)
by Anne Wingate Publisher Comments Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and...
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Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers
by Lawrence Block Publisher Comments Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career. From studying...
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How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense
by Carolyn Wheat 
Publisher Comments It takes brains to solve a mystery; it takes guts to survive suspense. Here are tips and inspiration for successful writing in either game. Carolyn Wheat, the highly regarded creative writing teacher and author, explains the difference between...
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Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons
by Michael Newton Synopsis Describes weapons used by criminals, police, soldiers, terrorists, and hunters, and briefly traces the development of firearms and explosives....
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The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction
by Patrick Anderson Publisher Comments There's been a revolution in American popular fiction. The writers who dominated the bestseller lists a generation ago with blockbuster novels about movie stars and exotic foreign lands have been replaced by a new generation writing a new kind of...
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Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases
by Elaine Raco Chase Publisher Comments Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and...
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Mystery and crime :the New York Public Library book of answers : intriguing and entertaining questions and answers about the who's who and what's what of whodunits
by Jay Pearsall Publisher Comments A gathering of more than 1,000 interesting, clever, and hilarious questions and answers about the world of mystery fiction for the ever-inquisitive mystery, crime, and suspense fan by the owner of New York bookstore, Murder Ink....
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Critical Survey of Mystery & Detect 5 Volumes
by Carl E Rollyson Synopsis Continuing the Salem Press tradition of Critical Survey series, Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, Revised Edition provides detailed analyses of the lives and writings of major contributors to the fascinating literary subgenre of mystery...
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Missing Persons: A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Writing)
by Fay Faron Publisher Comments Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and...
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The Classic Era of Crime Fiction
by Peter Haining Publisher Comments This lavishly illustrated history features rare covers and classic illustrations, revealing how crucial artists were to establishing the identity and popularity of crime fiction. During its 'classic era' -- from 1850 to 1950 -- a variety of writers...
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Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers
by Lawrence Block Publisher Comments The craft of writing is a lot like spinning a web: You take threads and weave them skillfully together, and only you know where this intricate network of twists and turns begin and how it will end. Now, with Lawrence Bloock's expert advice, you can learn...
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The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit
by William Tapply Publisher Comments The new expanded edition this classic reference contains original chapters by some of the best contemporary writers and most prominent personalities in the publishing world, who discuss writing and business issues that are vital to mystery writers in the...
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100 Must-Read Crime Novels: Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides
by Richard Shephard Publisher Comments Here is a rich selection of the some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert in the world of crime. The book also allows you to browse by theme...
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Rip-Off: A Writer's Guide to Crimes of Deception (Howdunit Writing)
by Fay Faron Synopsis Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and...
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The Heirs of Anthony Boucher: A History of Mystery Fandom
by Marvin Lachman Publisher Comments This history of mystery fandom is called The Heirs of Anthony Boucher because it was to Boucher's mystery review column in the New York Times Book Review that fans turned, before what Lachman calls "The Fan Revolution" was launched in 1967. In a literary...
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Writing Mysteries (2ND 02 Edition)
by Sue Grafton Publisher Comments In this newly revised edition of the Mystery Writers of America classic, Grafton weaves the experience of today's top authors into a comprehensive how-to....
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Back to the Badlands: Crime Writing in the USA
by John Williams Publisher Comments "A gazetteer of American noir."-Daily Telegraph <BR>In the summer of 1989 John Williams donned a baseball cap and took off for the States to search out the mythical America of modern crime fiction-to find James Ellroy's Los Angeles, Elmore Leonard...
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The Unauthorized Dan Brown Companion
by John Helfers Publisher Comments With "The Unauthorized Dan Brown Companion," readers will at last have all the information needed to distinguish for themselves between the inventions of a master storyteller and the historical revelations of a first-rate investigator....
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