Sign in with Facebook
Let's Play: How To Make An Ominous-Sounding Mystery Title
Mainstream mystery titles have the uncanny ability to turn the ordinary into the ominous. Like a macabre version of Mad Libs, sometimes all a title needs is a combination of a person and a place to achieve maximum foreboding. The Body in the Library, The Couple Next Door, and The Woman in the Window are all prime examples of this. And if you want to turn the terror up a notch, you can never go wrong with adding the word "girl" to let readers know that trouble isn't too far away.
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and birth date to the chart below. Then stand back for that spine-tingling (or snicker-inducing) effect. Who knows? Your title could be the next big name in the mystery genre!
What's your bestselling mystery title? Share it with us in the comments!
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and birth date to the chart below. Then stand back for that spine-tingling (or snicker-inducing) effect. Who knows? Your title could be the next big name in the mystery genre!
Comments Showing 551-600 of 1,633 (1633 new)
message 551:
by
Paula
(new)
Apr 04, 2018 08:45AM
The Woman At The Botanical Garden
flag
The Liar at the Farmer's Market.This is the guy who tries to convince me to eat Kale, ugh.
The Imposter in The Wardrobe. That's a ..... snoozefest. zzzzzzzzzzz...
Death in the Emergency Room, by Ellen Tsagaris
Caro wrote: "The Shadow under the Stairs...(now I feel I need a story that makes justice to this title)"
Write it!
Britta wrote: "Death at the Abandoned Theme Park"I would definitely read this one.
The Stalker in the Parking Garage. I've seen that on TV many times.
Evil in the Broom Closet? Sounds more like junior high school kids playing spin the bottle than a murder mystery!
The Stalker On the Midnight Train! That title Rocks!
The Shadow at the Farmer's Market...sounds lie a cozy mystery to me...
JesRed wrote: "The Stalker On the Midnight Train! That title Rocks!"That is part of a song . midnight train to Georgia . Go figure
The Body at the Botanical Garden . . . I do have a botanical garden nearby, hmmm.
The Devil at the Abandoned Theme Park.I think Nour's "The Stalker in the Landfill" is the best so far.
Death in the Warehouse - Definitely a murder mystery
The Shadow at The Two Star Hotel... sounds seedy ;)
"The Shadow in The Swamp"My husband's is better: "The Stranger in The Broom Closet" which sounds like an Agatha Christie novel.
Also, who else searched for their title, just to see who had the same birthday? ;)
The Widow in the Warehouse...I'm not feeling it. Sounds more like an erotica title to me. But, I guess it can be an erotic thriller mystery??? Lol! Maybe I'm on to something!
The Stranger in the Meat Locker. Lol. Now I expect a birthday present from Goodreads next year since you have my birthday.
Death at the Two Star Hotel.Reminds me of the game where you take the first line of any novel, then follow it with this second line: "And then the murders began." Works every time.
The liar in the Cemetery...I would totally read that!!
The Stranger at the Farmer's Market. That sounds like a fun 'cozy' mystery, lol.
