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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 ‘Imposter in the parking garage’ just seems a bit pedestrian to me 🤪
The Widow in the Landfill.
The Body in Room no. 8 !!Poor room no. 8, what did it do to you ?!
The Shadow Under the Stairs.Harry Potter spin-off?
Evil at the Abandoned Theme Park (Book 1 in the Scooby Doo adult series)
The Widow at the DMV. It was the perfect crime ... until she tried to get the title to his Lamborghini.
"The Shadow on the Cruise Ship" - I'd love for it to be a Poirot novel, or maybe Holmes-one? It definitely sounds like one of the classic British crime stories.
The Shadow on the Steamboatdoesnt sound so bad
The Widow in the Cemetery. Ghostly with a dash of sorrow. I like it.
The Stranger at the Botanical Garden. Odd but it could be good....
Murder in the Funhouse Sounds like an episode from Supernatural :D
The Widow in the Casino. I would not read that if you paid me. lolMy mom's is The Liar in Room No. 8. Now that I might read.
The Devil in the All Night DinerYa know, I like it
The Stalker in the Landfill...Can I get a nomination for worst title?
Death at the Empty ZooThat's a good trick, seeing as empty implies there's no one around to get killed or to do the killing on account of the zoo being empty.
Of course, the easy way out would be for the zoo to be "empty" because it's under construction and is thus not yet open or housing any animals, making the killer and/or killee likely to be employees or the owners or something. But that doesn't sound nearly as compelling. In fact, that seems rather mundane really.
Murder in the Emergency Room!Actually does sound like a great read and something I could tackle.
And you?
The woman in the meat locker How ugly! I don't like that. Especially as I am a vegetarian.
Haley wrote: "The Woman on the Steamboat" That's a nice one
The Body At The DMV ;)
Nov 7th: The Stalker at the DMV.How curious and ironic. I can't drive and Stalker behaviors frighten me the most.
The Body on Flight 42If I could pick one I'd use: The Woman at the Empty Zoo
The Widow in the Broom Closet.I like it better the way I misread it first...
The Window in the Broom Closet.
Now that's creepy.
Ruth Ann wrote: "The Stalker at the Botanical Garden"I'd buy that.
The Stranger in the Broom Closet*wonders why someone would hide in a broom closet*
Evil in the Warehouse ... sounds like another public service film :)My sister's is The Devil on the Midnight Train ... I like hers better!
SAME!! :)