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Your novel needs a setting. The setting must be strong and suitable for your story. However, it must not overwhelm the story. Sprinkle it in as you go. Do not write travelogues.
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Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense by Sam Eastland Before the Revolution in two steps, Tsar Nicholas Romanov trusted his brilliant Finnish born investigator Pekkala to solve impossible cases. However, in the Summer of 1917, the great detective became Prisoner 4745-P exiled to spend the rest of his life for crimes against
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Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski Thirty-seven year old reporter Mickey Wade recently lost his position at the Philadelphia City News. Broke and heeding his mom’s advice, he moves into the apartment of his ailing grandfather to reduce his costs and to help care for his elderly relative. The Frankford neighborhood is nasty; worse than when he
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Memory by Donald E. Westlake Memory is a noir novel, centered very much on its now-loner protagonist. Paul thinks he has a mystery to investigate — to figure out who he is — and he goes through the detective-motions. But the pieces, even as they add up, don’t help him. What he really has to
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In many writing articles and references, you will be strongly advised to outline your novel. However, be aware that outlining is largely a waste of time without this important requisite. This article will show you how to avoid the author’s biggest mistake.
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Geosynchron (Book Three of the Jump 225 Trilogy) by David Louis Edelman Imagine the brilliance of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in the personality of a rock star. Imagine this individual has charted maverick territory in the technological world, and that same world is waiting on baited breath for him to let it know when
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Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan Broken Angels takes place in a future where the concept of “re-sleeving” your consciousness means that lifetimes stretch on for centuries, and bodies can be manufactured to accommodate any function. Kovacs has been around a long time – as an Envoy he was part of a particularly brutal special
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Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed: A Novel by Marc Blatte When I tackle a new mystery novel, I want something different. I want a backstage pass to someplace I haven’t been before. Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is the cool roadie, the one that lets you backstage, lets you into the party. A party not filled with
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The City & The City by China Mieville The book actually starts, knowingly, as a homage to detective novels. (Raymond Chandler is referenced in the acknowledgements.) Detective Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad is summoned to a homicide of a young blonde woman found on the streets of central European-like BesŸel. So far,
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Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) by Jim Butcher The world’s favorite wizard-detective strikes again! Butcher just keeps making this series better and better. Not a disappointment to be found, just sheer excitement, adventure, and butt-whoopings a plenty. Watch out Harry Potter and Sherlock Homes, here comes Harry Dresden! Final Score: 90 out of