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The value of detective fiction / The art of the detective story / Why crime fiction is good for you / Why do it? / The moral compass of the crime novel / Motivation / Getting started / Finding ideas / Sources of inspiration / Making choices / Putting murder on the page / Intensity in crime writing / Openings / “Something should happen now”: narrative hooks / Character from suspense / Cops and criminals, contrast and comedy / Making Characters believable / Characters, relationships, and settings / On the Suffolk coast / Human geography / Setting stories in unfamiliar places / Let the story be the driver / Style / Choosing a theme / Pace / Writing scenes / Dialogue, rhythm, and keeping to the point / Listening and dialogue / Writing Dialogue / Getting a perspective / What on earth is it like to be you? / Plots / Logic and working backwards / All will be revealed / Structuring a plot / Voyages of discovery / How to change your murderer / Amateur detective or professional? / Believable amateurs / Private eyes / Getting it right / Keeping up to date / Amateurs and expertise / Detective stories and virtuousity / Rules and prejudices / Classic ingredients / Clues / Snakes and ladders / Optimal Subterfuge / Suspense / The face in the mirror / The suspense novel / The hours before dawn / Inspiration, perspiration, realization / Adventure fiction / Writing action scenes / Filling the gaps / Constructing a thriller / The Cold War, then and now / A laying on of the hands/ The Christmas tree theory of historical research / Historical dialogue / Humour and human nature / Characters and caricature / Humour and satire / Let’s pretend / Switch-overs in short stories / Fictionalizing characters and crimes from real life / Trial and error / Collaborative writing / Writing for radio / Adaptability / Imposter syndrome / Writing: a painful pleasure / Writer’s block / Improvising / The end of the beginning / In my end / The changing face of publishing / What editors want / Traditional versus self-publishing / One thing leads to another / The writing process / Keeping track / Reading for pleasure / Don’t give up the day job / Writing to relax / Social media and the death of Nancy / The joy of writing / Different books; different problems; different solutions /
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London : Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
9780008289256 (paperback)
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