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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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The Liar at the Car Dealership. No mystery here!
The Widow in the Casino...a novel about a black widow looking for her new man-victim...in a casino...? sounds more like a prostitute;-)
The Devil on the Fire Escape.Well... ok lol
Death in the Elevator :). This gives me an idea and inspiration to write a mystery novel
The Shadow in the Warehouse... Interesting title!
Love this little activity! Thanks Goodreads! :)
The Stranger in the Emergency Room :)I should start writing it ;)
“The Woman at the Car Wash”....sounds more like a romantic rendezvous set up about a wife/girlfriend trying to catch a significant other cheating. Well, that being said, I guess it could turn into a murderous book.
Evil in the landfillWell it would make a nice Thriller if the title wouldn't rhyme.. ^-^
The Widow on Flight 42Sounds quite good. Don’t know if the widow is a victim the perpetrator or even the sleuth. I actually want to read this. 😜
Death at the All Night Diner - sounds like something I would read!
Murder on Flight 42. And now I want to read it!
Rubina wrote: "The Stranger at the Botanical Garden"Uhhh mysterious AND sexy!! Me likes.
The Stalker at the Car Dealershipdoesn't sound like fiction at all:)
Kathy wrote: "The Imposter.....IN THE BROOM CLOSET MAUAHAHA"Imposter? Of what? A broom? A true master of disguise!!
Mike wrote: "The Devil in the Meat Locker... sounds more like a public service film on improper food preparation or something 😁"The Jungle
The devil in the waiting roomdon't think I like the sound of that
Pat wrote: "The devil in the waiting roomdon't think I like the sound of that"
Better than The Imposter in the Operating Room...
Kirsten wrote: "Pat wrote: "The devil in the waiting roomdon't think I like the sound of that"
Better than The Imposter in the Operating Room..."
I agree with you Kirsten
The Devil in the Emergency Room...sounds like a murderer
"The Imposter in the Landfill".No place like a Landfill to be an Imposter.
Wow, so.... mysterious.