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I am going to start writing a thriller novel (murder mystery) and I’d like to know your opinion.

What does every thriller book need to be interesting? Thanks in advance!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 minute after post)

What do you mean? Like suspense? Or plot elements?

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jcd offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (2 minutes after post)

A good twist at the end.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (2 minutes after post)

jcd wrote:
A good twist at the end.

Yep. =)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (3 minutes after post)

you mean like a cliffhanger ending?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 minutes after post)

Make the reader think one thing is happening and make it something completely unexpected.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (6 minutes after post)

OK I understand. That’s a great idea! Thanks. Any other things a murder mystery needs?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (6 minutes after post)

it need a twist,
one of the best places to get comments on your novel is www.webook.com

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (7 minutes after post)

i’ll check it out. any other ideas?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (11 minutes after post)

Creative deaths. Hot guys. That’s about it. :D

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (12 minutes after post)

i also got antother peice of advice

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (13 minutes after post)

any other ideas? this is very helpful!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (16 minutes after post)

Um, a really good series of murder mysteries is J. D. Robb’s In Death series, they’re my favourite, and the best writing advice, besides show don’t tell, is read.

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