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- “There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” – AMBROSE BIERCE.
- “My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That’s where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.” – CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN.
- “I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.” – AGATHA CHRISTIE.
- “When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” – MARY HIGGINS CLARK.
100+ of the best book quotes about mystery. 01. “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”. Charles Dickens. author. A Tale of Two Cities. book. mystery. concept.
Oct 3, 2023 · This list does a magnificent job of covering those bases from every possible angle. Books like Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Rudolph Fisher’s The Conjure-Man Dies give us the pure ...
Oct 15, 2024 · While every book is working to fully immerse their readers into the shoes of the characters, mystery books go the extra step of making the reader an active part of the action. For every detail and clue being shared, the reader is as much connecting the dots as the detective in the story, and in many ways, tasked with the same mission to solve the crime before the final chapters.
Oct 1, 2020 · Writing is the flip side of sex – it’s good only when it’s over. ~Hunter S Thompson. My task, which I am trying to achieve, is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel – it is, before all, to make you see. ~Joseph Conrad. Write every day even if it is just a paragraph. ~Michael Connelly.
Mar 25, 2020 · Cracking the Mystery of Why We Love Mysteries By Christina Hoag. Amateur sleuths, hardboiled cops, private eyes, spooks and spies. We love them all. Mysteries and thrillers make up the second most popular genre of books after romance. Why are we as readers so drawn to these stories that plumb the dark recesses of human nature?
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Apr 19, 2018 · Humans are innately attracted to mysteries. Problems abound. Problems that need solving. Questions in need of answers. Real life is messy and there's far too much 'stuff' left unresolved. Humans want good to win and evil to be stopped, but reality rarely affords closure. Mystery novels offer what our psyche craves.
