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050	1	4	_aPN 3377.5 _bF893h 2004
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100	1		_aFrey, James N., _d1943-
245	1	0	_aHow to write a damn good mystery : _ba practical step-by-step guide from inspiration to finished manuscript / _cJames N. Frey.
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2004.
300			_axi, 271 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-271).
520			_a"Frey urges writers to aim high - not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists - a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters - and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot."" "Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, accessible (and often humorous) style, how the characters - the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses, and the bystanders - create a complete and coherent world."--Jacket.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery stories _xAuthorship.
650		4	_aCuentos policiacos _95463
650		4	_aDetective y ficción de misterio _xAutoría _96996
650		4	_aHistorias de detectives y misterio _96997
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol054/2003058633.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003058633.html
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