Mystery readers expect the crime to be solved, whether it's a murder or petty theft.
Not exact matches
For example, does your murder
mystery have all the story components that
readers expect?
«Woe be unto the free - range American
reader who casually picks up any of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache
mysteries, set in the French - Canadian village of Three Pines,
expecting a «Murder, She Wrote» - style cozy.
Readers can
expect major entertainment in two paranormal thrillers that bridge the gap between
mystery and horror, starring a couple of detectives who are in way over their heads.
In some genres (especially high - volume «pulp» genres like romance, science fiction, fantasy, and, to a lesser extent,
mysteries),
readers often
expect anything shorter than a full - length book (fifty thousand or more words) to be priced $ 0.99, while full length pieces are generally priced $ 2.99 — $ 4.99.
For example, if your
readers know you to be a thriller author and you switch to write cozy
mysteries or romantic suspense, you need to prepare your
readers for this change or they'll pick up that first cozy or romantic suspense
expecting it to be a thriller.
In
mystery novels, some
readers expect plot twist, red hearings, and unexpected links.
Romance, like other genre novels — paranormals of various kinds, thrillers,
mysteries, and some YA sell extremely well because their
readers expect not just one novel but an entire series (we meet Dan Brown's protagonist, Robert Langdon, in book after book), which they also
expect to buy.