The World’s Most Concise Guide
to Crime and Suspense Writing
A new book from Edgar Allan Poe Award winner, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and best-selling author John McAleer, Ph.D. (Harvard), who taught crime fiction at Boston College for nearly four decades, nurturing authors like George V. Higgins (The Friends of Eddie Coyle), Chuck Hogan (The Standoff), Margaret McLean (Under Oath), James Devlin (Elmore Leonard), and Ted Murphy (the Belltown mysteries). Now, in Mystery Writing in a Nutshell, he and his son, Andrew McAleer—also a mystery author and Professor of Crime Fiction at Boston College—share with aspiring mystery and suspense novelists the secrets, techniques, and art of crafting the mystery novel. Mystery Writing in a Nutshell is an invaluable resource, which, step by step, takes the writer through the mystery writing process from creating suspense and strategizing plot twists, to hiding clues, and enriching character development, and much, much more. With this most precise guide yet to mystery writing, it is only a matter of time before your novel is afoot!
by John McAleer and Andrew McAleer
Foreword by Edward D. Hoch
James A Rock & Co. Publishers
ISBN: 978-0-918736-91-8 xviii+100pp, 5"x8" Trade Paper
www.rockpublishing.com, www.amazon.com, www.mysteriousbookshop.com, www.spensersmysterybooks.com, or barnesandnoble.com
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HIGH PRAISE FOR MYSTERY WRITING IN A NUTSHELL...
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"Like father, like son, is, in this case, a very good thing. Mystery Writing in a Nutshell combines the best of both McAleers, and is first rate." |
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-Robert B. Parker, NYT best selling author of the Spenser and Jesse Stone novels |
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"'Mystery Writing in a Nutshell Erudite. The most practical and thorough book on crime writing ever written. John and Andrew McAleer's Mystery Writing in a Nutshell is the Strunk and White of the genre." |
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-Robin Moore, NYT best-selling author of The French Connection |
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"Andrew McAleer's Mystery Writing in a Nutshell is like brainstorming with a smart and savvy writing pal." |
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-Hank Phillippi Ryan, Author of Prime Time |
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"John and Andrew McAleer share their collective wealth of information on the nuts and bolts of creating the ultimate page-turner. Suspense, structure, character development, voice--Mystery Writing in a Nutshell has it all. A staple for the established and aspiring crime writer." |
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-Margaret McLean, author of Under Oath |
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"John and Andrew McAleer's Mystery Writing in a Nutshell provides an essential roadmap to the path of mystery publication. The Write Stuff for every crime writer’s toolkit!" |
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-Kris Neri, award-winning author of Never Say Die |
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"Mystery Writing in a Nutshell, has the distinct advantage of being both authoritative and concise. . . . After all these years, I still learned a few things myself from these pages. I’m sure you will too." |
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-Edward D. Hoch, MWA Grand Master and award-winning author of The Oblong Room |
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"Excellent! Chock full of great suggestions!" |
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-John Lehman, BookReview.com |
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