How to Bring Mystery Into Your Books

i think at the level of plot, it's important to not give too much away. As agatha christie put it, it's the chase that people want. Who done it is most interesting before we know who did it. So i'd say it's also not just plot, but also character. And et, when you look at literature and the best characters, they're the ones that befuddle us. They're the hamlets of the world, the tony sopranos of the world,. We don't know what they're going to do, and that's why we really have to gage with them and simulate their minds"