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Let's Play: Create 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 shirt color 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!
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and shirt color 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 mystery title? Share it with us in the comments!
Check out the complete coverage of Mystery & Thriller Week:
Top 100 Mysteries & Thrillers on Goodreads
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The Stranger in the All-Night Dinner
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Debra wrote: "The Body at the DMV"That sounds like something that is fairly likely and has probably happened...
Murder in the Cemetery..........seems quite fitting!
"The Liar In The Swamp" - oh look, apparently I'm gonna write a book about Donald Trump :D
If you want something new to read, look no further than Nomad's Island. A novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat with twists and turns that will keep you guessing. Nomad's Island will whisk you away to a ruthless place where life struggles to survive and eyes taunt you from the jungle's edge.
Iru wrote: "The shadow in the meat locker...Sounds good"
meat locker too ><
Prissy~ wrote: "Murder in the Broom Closet(could be scary or funny as hell)"
HEEEEYYYY were the same !! lol
The Widow under the stairs (this could be really intense...or just a weird retelling of Harry Potter)
The Stranger and the Widow (I'm wearing a black and white top) at the Two-Star Hotel.Sounds more of an erotic novel than a mystery xD
Evil at the DMV. Wth, that's not even a mystery. That's nonfiction.
The Shadow in the Elevator.That actually sounds quite creepy. Imagine being shut in an elevator on your own and there is a shadow of another person on the wall.....
Alison wrote: "The Liar at the Car Wash"ditto! We should co-author it!
The Liar in the Car Wash.. lol .. I was always freaked out by car washes when I was a kid.
The Widow at the Botanical Garden
Murder In The Elevatorhahahahahha... I hate elevators, very appropriate ;)
The Stranger under the Stairs aka Harry Potter from the Dursley's perspective.
The Widow in the Vitamin AisleSounds depressing, rather than mysterious.
