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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!
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Death in the vitamin aisle ............................
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mine is a cozy mystery. yay! Death in the Waiting Room
The Stranger on the Cruise Ship...pretty much describes everyone on every cruise I ever took!
The liar on the Cruise Ship... sounds a little strange but mysterious... maybe it can be a story similar to the board game called Clue who's to blame? 😁
Casey wrote: "The Liar Under the Stairs. Release date TBA lol"Ditto, happy birthday to you too. ;)
The Devil on the Steamboat. I think I'll use it!
My new book: “The Shadow in the Elevator” Ya know I can really do a lot with this title‼️‼️ I’m so 😁 thrilled‼️
The Liar at the Car DealershipNo surprise there!
Jenny wrote: "The Stalker in the Elevator"You really have to have a big elevator to make that work.
Mine is the Liar in the Fun House. I love to read mysteries and really enjoy when I can figure out some part of the end before I get there.
Death on the Cruise Ship - it doesn't sound very exciting, there must be at least a dozen books with that title?
Nisha wrote: "Evil in the Cemetery :P"Emma♔☯ wrote: "The body on the cruise ship"
Emma♔☯ wrote: "The body on the cruise ship"
Me too!
Murder at the empty zoo! LOL Sounds like a winner!
Murder In The Meat Locker
The Imposter on Flight 42....woooooooooo....
Murder in the Parking Garage...the inciting incident of Monk!
Thew stalker tracks the girl to the empty zoo!!!(added a few)
The Murder in Room No. 8 Now to start plotting!
Murder in the CemeteryWhat's one more dead body?
The Stalker in the Empty Zoo. Looks like the author has a real challenge ahead.
