Mystery readers want a puzzle.
Not exact matches
If you're a true crime
reader or
want to know more about the
mystery that gripped a city for more than 30 years, check out the book and our Q&A with the authors.
It's your hard work and you
want readers to see it because if they like cozy
mysteries they will love your book.
Cozy
mystery readers do
want to meet your engaging heroine as she ventures into a new town or career, but remember the old advice to show - don't - tell.
Readers who prefer more literary
mysteries will
want to pick up a copy of this collection.
Graphically violent scenes do not deter me from reading a
mystery — so many of the plots are grisly, after all — but many
readers want a suspenseful book that will not make them wince.
Developmental edits can be time - consuming because the editor is reading your manuscript not only from a typical «editor's» standpoint (fixing grammatical errors), but as a «
reader» who is determining whether it is an entertaining book that achieves what it set out to achieve (this will depend on the genre; for example, romance novels
want to entice
readers with sensual characters and chemistry, while a murder
mystery's goal is to instill fear and intrigue in the
reader's mind).
The twists and turns of events keep the
reader involved and
wanting to solve the
mystery...»
However, if you wrote a small teaser about a character from one of your murder
mysteries, then logically, it would leave
readers wanting more.
As a
mystery writer, you have an advantage as a
reader of other
mystery writers (or, a disadvantage — you probably don't
want to know whodunit but, in some cases, can't help but figure it out).
Readers wanted romance, science fiction,
mystery / thrillers, and young adult.
Volunteers
wanted: House of Scarabs is a mythology based
mystery / thriller - if that genre interests you I am looking for volunteers to join my «early
readers gang».
I don't think
mystery readers read as fast as romance
readers, but I
want to be in a position to release as many as six in the series next year if there's interest.
Whether you
want to maintain a little
mystery about your personal life, keep the focus on your books and writing, or draw your
readers deeper into your writing brand, here are some options for fleshing out your «about me» section.
«A sumptuous exploration of some of the best
mystery authors of our time... Books to Die For is a resource
readers will
want to keep for decades.»
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that my husband
wants to watch every single episode of NCIS every time one airs on the «repeat» channel, but I'm not much of a
mystery reader.
Amazon
wants to take some of the
mystery out of predicting what books will sell with its new Kindle Scout publishing program, which lets
readers vote on their favourite excerpts from unreleased books