Carolyn Wheat

Presents a guide to crafting mystery and suspense stories, defining the difference between the two genres and offering tips on subtly dispensing clues, constructing story arcs, and understanding the fundamentals of composition.

The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense

How to Write Killer Fiction

Wracked by guilt, Cass searches for a young mother’s killer On the western edge of Staten Island, not far from the city dump, lies a watery patch of earth known as Fresh Kills. It’s an old Dutch name, and it has nothing to do with violence—until now. A defense lawyer in private practice, Cass lets a friend talk her into handling something she wouldn’t normally touch: an adoption case. It was meant to be open and shut, but it gets messy when the mother, Amber, decides to keep the child—a decision that will mean her death. She is found facedown in the mud of Fresh Kills, and Cass Jameson can’t help but feel that it is all her fault. To wash her hands of guilt, Cass must find Amber’s killer, a search that will take her into a brutal part of the underworld, where children are just another commodity to be bought and sold.

Fresh Kills

Mystery stories by "Earlene Fowler, Carolyn Hart, J.A. Jance, John Lutz, and others."

Murder on Route 66

A spellbinding mystery from the author of Fresh Kills. Brooklyn attorney Cass Jameson is putting every effort into finding Linda Ritchie's killer. Even though Brad, Linda's ex-husband, is the prime suspect, Cass is convinced that the real killer is on the loose, especially when she finds out that Linda was blackmailing half of Brooklyn.

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