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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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Evil in the Vitamin Aisle
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Evil in the Waiting Room(An Infectious Disease Story)
The Widow in the Broom Closet! Hmmm, interesting! Maybe the widow killed her husband for some dark secret and now, she's hiding from the law in this broom closet (which by the way, IS BIGGER ON THE INSIDE) and, making this nefarious plan to... (Well, tbc!!!) @_@ :3
Death in the Elevator! - Stuck in a shutdown lift, "JJ" (gumshoe Joe Johnson) is trapped on his birthday with a man who may actually talk him to death, all coming with a Muzak soundtrack in the background of this mysterious Otis product.
Death At The Farmer's Market. Sounds perfect for me. What a hoot!
Death At The Farmers Market. Love It!
Prudence wrote: "Also, who else searched for their title, just to see who had the same birthday? ;)"I did lol - but I haven't seen it yet
Murder on Flight 42 Oooooh. Love it!
(Whatever you do, don’t get up from your seat! You really don’t want to use that nasty bathroom anyway.)
Jimmit wrote: "The Imposter in the Emergency Room"LOL - love this one
Soulmadeofmusic wrote: "The woman in the parking garage haha"Lol
The Shadow in Room No. 8 :D Now I wish it was real so I could read it!
Mike wrote: "The Devil in the Meat Locker... sounds more like a public service film on improper food preparation or something 😁"This one made me laugh so hard xD
Megan wrote: "The Woman at the Car WashSeems innocent enough..."
This one sounds like a romance/smut title! LOL
"Evil in the Broom Closet" written by D.S. Great title and the book is in the works. All of the creepy stuff came to me the minute I actually LOOKED in my broom closet......:-O
Theresa wrote: "Megan wrote: "The Woman at the Car WashSeems innocent enough..."
This one sounds like a romance/smut title! LOL"
Lol it really does - I may have read something with a title like this at one point
