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HOWDUNIT
Martin Edwards
Copyright
Dedication
Premise. Introduction
Motives
The Value of Detective Fiction. G. K. Chesterton
The Art of the Detective Story. R. Austin Freeman
Why Crime Fiction Is Good for You. Ian Rankin
Why Do It? James Runcie
The Moral Compass of the Crime Novel. Frances Fyfield
Beginning
Motivation. Peter James
Getting Started. Janet Laurence
Finding Ideas. Freeman Wills Crofts
Sources of Inspiration. Nicholas Blake
Making Choices. Anthea Fraser
Putting Murder on the Page. Ann Granger
Intensity in Crime Writing. Natasha Cooper
Openings. John Harvey
‘Something Should Happen Now’: Narrative Hooks. Peter Robinson
People
Character from Suspense. Mark Billingham
Cops and Criminals, Contrast and Comedy. Bill James
Making Characters Believable. Marjorie Eccles
Characters, Relationships, and Settings. June Thomson
Places
On the Suffolk Coast. P. D. James
The Human Geography of Crime Fiction. Ann Cleeves
Setting Stories in Unfamiliar Places. Michael Ridpath
M.O
Let the Story Be the Driver. Val McDermid
Style. Lindsey Davis
Choosing a Theme. Kate Charles
Pace. Michael Jecks
Writing Scenes. William Ryan
Dialogue, Rhythm, and Keeping to the Point. Margery Allingham
Listening and Dialogue. Patricia Moyes
Writing Dialogue. Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Perspectives
Getting a Perspective. Aline Templeton
What On Earth Is It Like to Be You? Liza Cody
Plots
Plots. Agatha Christie
Logic and Working Backwards. J. J. Connington
All Will be Revealed. Mary Kelly
Structuring a Plot. Kate Ellis
Voyages of Discovery. Eric Ambler
How to Change Your Murderer. Andrew Taylor
Detectives
Amateur Detective or Professional? Priscilla Masters
Believable Amateurs. Susan Moody
Private Eyes. Michael Z. Lewin
Research
Getting It Right. Ngaio Marsh
Keeping Up to Date. Desmond Bagley
Amateurs and Expertise. John Malcolm
Detection
Detective Stories and Virtuosity. Edmund Crispin
Rules and Prejudices. John Dickson Carr
Classic Ingredients. Christianna Brand
Clues. Michael Innes
Snakes and Ladders. Catherine Aird
Optimal Subterfuge. Sophie Hannah
Suspense
Suspense. Robert Goddard
The Face in the Mirror. Julian Symons
The Suspense Novel. Jessica Mann
The Hours Before Dawn. Celia Fremlin
Action
Inspiration, Perspiration, Realization. Lionel Davidson
Adventure Fiction. Tom Harper
Writing Action Scenes. Felix Francis
Filling the Gaps. Michael Gilbert
Constructing a Thriller. Michael Hartland
The Cold War, Then & Now. Mick Herron
History
A Laying On of Hands. Michael Pearce
The Christmas Tree Theory of Historical Research. Imogen Robertson
Historical Dialogue. L. C. Tyler
Humour
Humour and Human Nature. Alexander McCall Smith
Character and Caricature. Robert Barnard
Humour and Satire. Ruth Dudley Edwards
In Short
Let’s Pretend. Roy Vickers
Switch-overs in Short Stories. H. R. F. Keating
Fiction and Fact
Fictionalizing Characters and Crimes from Real Life. Peter Lovesey
Trial and Error. Anthony Berkeley
Partners in Crime
Collaborative Writing. Dorothy L. Sayers’ letters to Robert Eustace
Adapting
Writing for Radio. Alison Joseph
Adaptability. Simon Brett
Challenges
Impostor Syndrome. Martyn Waites
Writing: A Painful Pleasure. Suzette A. Hill
Writer’s Block. David Stuart Davies
Improvising. Stella Duffy
Ending
The End of the Beginning. Laura Wilson
In My End. Joanna Hines
Publishing
The Changing Face of Publishing. David Roberts
What Editors Want. Antonia Hodgson
Traditional versus Self-Publishing. Russell James
One Thing Leads to Another. Jill Paton Walsh
Writing Lives
The Writing Process. Reginald Hill
Keeping Track. Paula Gosling
Reading for Pleasure. Jonathan Gash
Don’t Give Up the Day Job. Janet Neel
Writing to Relax. Bertie Denham
Social Media and the Death of Nancy. Elly Griffiths
The Joy of Writing. John Le Carré
Different Books; Different Problems; Different Solutions. Len Deighton
The Contributors: Biographical Notes
The Detection Club: Presidents
The Detection Club: Members
Index of Authors
Subject Index
Copyright and Acknowledgements
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