For mysteries, however, it crucial to plan out the crime and the clues. I figure out who gets murdered then develop a roster of suspects and motives.
'Butt in chair.' In other words, show up to write and treat it like a real job, not just a hobby. My mother used to repeat that quote that 90% of success is just showing up, and that’s very true when it comes to writing.
It’s a great time to be a female crime writer, but there are challenges for sure. Many readers expect a thriller and noir writer to be male.
Sleuth by Gail Bowen is filled with many valuable pieces of advice, especially about the planning process a writer goes through.
If vampires and the mere mention of blood-play set your heart racing, then BLOOD WILL OUT by Ontario author Jill Downie is the perfect book to take with you for dockside reading.
You can’t go wrong with any of the books in the Flavia de Luce series by Toronto author, Alan Bradley.
Rebus has never been good at sticking to the rules, and Rankin adeptly shows the nuances between saint and sinner in this intelligent and complex novel.
The plot of TIGERS IN RED WEATHER is complex and multi-faceted, filled with twists and turns that slowly reveal character flaws and culminate in an unexpected conclusion.
For all those of you who left the pages of Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak series with frostbite on your fingers and a yen for more, let me take you further into the cold, and then further still, deep into the Arctic tundra of M. J. MCGRATH’s Edie Kiglatuk mysteries..
The consistently surprising and insightful series by Lisa Lutz is a bittersweet combination of soul-searching and scheming.
The crimes are peculiar and the investigative techniques are innovative.
