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Best books to learn Writing mysteries & thrillers, in order

Mysteries and thrillers live or die on structure, so a good path front-loads the machinery. Start with plotting suspense and the logic of clues and misdirection, then pacing and the differences between mystery and thriller, then read and dissect the genre's best to see fair-play clueing in action. Order matters because a plot that cheats can't be revised into one that doesn't.

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