Step into a gripping mystery where secrets, lies, and danger collide. Discover Jeanne Riedel’s suspenseful stories filled with twists and unforgettable characters.

🔗https://www.jeanneriedelbooks.com/

#FamilySecrets #RelationshipTruths #TrustAndHonesty #MysteryWriting #JeanneRiedel #PsychologyOfSecrets #EmotionalTruths #BookBlog

Discover how real homicide investigators verify alibis — from witness checks to digital evidence — and see how the truth is uncovered in serious crimes.

🔗 jeanneriedelbooks.com/how-alibis-are-verified-real-investigations

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How do you create a mystery that defies mystery conventions? Join me for a deep dive into Susan Glaspell's brilliant 1917 short story, "A Jury of Her Peers." I've broken the story down scene by scene, so we can see how she's constructed this clever, unconventional mystery story: https://open.substack.com/pub/classicstoryteller/p/a-jury-of-her-peers-by-susan-glaspell?r=4qqzz5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Reading the recent news about the Minnesota poison specialist accused of poisoning his wife strangely reminds me of how my late grandfather, a physician in Washington, D.C., used to consult with mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958), "America's Agatha Christie," to fine tune some of her medical mystery plot lines when he had his practice in D.C.'s Alban Towers.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/connor-bowman-murder-charge-betty-bowman-rochester/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roberts_Rinehart

#Poison #MysteryWriting #WashingtonDC

Oh, wow! So, we just had presentation on plot twists in #mystery fiction in this Sisters in Crime webinar, and I was glued to my seat. Jane Kalmes was so informative about how to set up and pay off twists, what makes a good twist, and when to reveal them. "A plot twist is a belief the reader has that gets violated" and "Plot twists are surprising & supported" were some great quotes.

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I have crawled through #WritersCoffeeClub for today (which is doing intro day so a lot of people are talking about their projects!) and boosted every #mystery project I could find so far. I found one new person to follow! We're growing 😀

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