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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 Wash. Know what's eerie? I was just at the car wash yesterday! Dun dun dunnnnnnn!
Murder on the Midnight Train. It's so perfect.
Marco wrote: " Murder on the Midnight Train Now if only I had the time to actually write this..."
Me too. same birthday. love it.
Cris wrote: "Evil in Room No. 8Weak! :/"
Me too! I've been searching for a twin. Did you know that we have the 4th rarest birthday?
"Murder At The Carwash"... I guess this is a modern remake of the Poirot classic.
Sara wrote: ""Evil in Room No. 8""There's three of us!
Marie wrote: "The Stranger at the Empty Zoo!"Yay!! Me too :)
The woman...in the parking garage dun dun dunnnnn
The Imposter In The Wardrobe... the stuff nightmares are made of...
Death in the emergency room. Worst title ever. Sounds like a handbook for new nurses and doctors working in ER
Evil at the Two-Star Hotel😝 that doesn't sound evil enough😂
"The Widow in the Waiting Room". Sounds interesting!
Stephanie wrote: "Murder...In the Vitamin Aisle!!!!!"I got this one too!
The Stalker on the Steamboat? Sounds like a cross between Lois Duncan and Mark Twain!
The Shadow in the Cemetery.That's exactly where I would expect to see a shadow.
The Stranger Under the Stairs <--- well I guess they could stay there...and never come out. Yikes
The Body on the Fire Escape? That could be any morning after a hard night of drinking :-P
The Liar in the Parking Garage ............. that really does not sound ominous to me! haha xD
Murder in the Wardrobe... sounds like the horror/mystery version of Narnia.
The Stranger in the broom closet...My first reaction was a mystery/comedi? But... Pretty good. Maybe generic. ;P
"Murder on the Midnight Train," sounds like a sequel to Murder on the Orient Express, LOL.
Quite interesting btw