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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
24 New Voices to Discover in Mystery & Thriller
Spring's Most Anticipated Mysteries & Thrillers
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The Widow in the elevator
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Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"the Department of Motor Vehicles lol
Evil on the Cruise Ship...sounds close to Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun 😁
Benten-sama wrote: "The body in the cemetery"Just the one body? Not much of a cemetery then, is it?
The Stranger at the Botanical Garden. Aww I don't like it.
The Imposter at the Car Wash Sounds like good clean fun...
The Liar in the Meat LockerMaybe good for a kids' mystery
The Stranger in the fun house.(Here to kill evil clowns)
The Widow and The Liar at The Botanical Gardens! (white & blue shirt) this sounds pretty interesting lol
The Liar at the botanical garden. This sound really boring. Oh well.
Hazel wrote: "Death at the DMV"Considering how long some of those lines and wait times are, this one could be a real life experience *grin*
The shadow on the cruise ship! Sounds thrilling!
The Woman in Room No.8I had already Evil in Room No.8 during mystery week, so number 8 is my destiny :-D
well that's creepy "the stalker under the stairs".
Arindam wrote: "A widow and a Liar in the Panic Room..."awesome¡
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"Dept. of Moving Vehicles....
