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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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Angie wrote: "The Woman in the All-Night Diner"Same!
Mike wrote: "The Devil in the Meat Locker... sounds more like a public service film on improper food preparation or something 😁"Do you know something the rest of us need to know?
Murder in the parking garage! As if they're not spooky enough already!
The Stranger at the Two-Star Hotel... sounds like a different type of story
Okay as I said before mine is “Shadow in the Elevator” I’m not thrilled about it, but my husbands is “Murder on the Fire Escape”That’s mine too!! 😂😂😂 I will be using one of these titles 👊
Evil at the abandoned theme park.-A children's book
The Impostor at the Car WashSounds... very intimidating.
Megan wrote: "The Woman at the Car WashSeems innocent enough..."
Haha lol
The Widow in the Waiting Room.What's she doing in that waiting room?
The woman at the car wash......not sure that's going to be a best seller :)
The Widow in the Vitamin Aisle
"The Devil on the Midnight Train." Hmm. With a title like that, it'd have to have to have a hell of a synopsis to tempt me! Lol!
'The Liar at the Two-Star Hotel' – I love it! It could so easily have been 'The Liar at the Farmer's Market'. Somehow I feel that would have been a completely different book altogether.
The Devil in Room Number 8.Sounds good!
Looks like I don't get to leave home!