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What happened if dozens of distinguished detective writers each wrote one chapter of a mystery book, with the objective of making it one unpredictable story?
It's chaotic, sometimes a bit overwhelming, but overall, a fun read. You can see each writer has their own theory, tendency, style, plot, characters and solution. But in the end, it's really up to us which one we would like to take :D
Theoretically this is a very ingenious idea - but implementing it is not that easy, because, as I said, each ...more
It's chaotic, sometimes a bit overwhelming, but overall, a fun read. You can see each writer has their own theory, tendency, style, plot, characters and solution. But in the end, it's really up to us which one we would like to take :D
Theoretically this is a very ingenious idea - but implementing it is not that easy, because, as I said, each ...more

A progressive mystery written by 12 different mystery writers in 1931. Per Amazon summary: "In 1931, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and ten other crime writers from the newly-formed `Detection Club' collaborated in publishing a unique crime novel. In a literary game of consequences, each author would write one chapter, leaving G. K. Chesterton to write a typically paradoxical prologue and Anthony Berkeley to tie up all the loose ends. In addition, each of the authors provided their own solut
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May 19, 2016
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Juliana Philippa
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