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Technique of the Mystery Story

For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem has been worth while, and its pursuit has led along surprising ways, past shuddery thickets and over fearsome bridges, my soul has returned to sober affairs refreshed and content. In a word, here is a remarkable volume which shows us how the wheels go round, not by dogmatic statement, but by an amazing breadth and variety of citation and quotation, showing not only what great mystery writers have thought of their art, but illustrating by apposite examples how they secured their effects. - Summary by J. Berg Esenwein, editor of The Writer’s Library published by The Home Correspondence School, from Introduction

Year of Publication: 1913Genres: Writing & Linguistics

Running Time: 11 hours 15 minutes 34 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction Lynn Lee	7:14
2	The Eternal Curious TomDavisBeal	17:01
3	The Literature of Mystery TomDavisBeal	20:39
4	The History of Mystery Sonia	9:34
5	Ghost Stories Timothy Ferguson	23:16
6	Riddle Stories Larry Wilson	10:53
7	Detective Stories Christine Lehman	42:16
8	The Detective Douglas Taylor	46:45
9	Deduction Douglas Taylor	31:12
10	Applied Principles Douglas Taylor	24:52
11	The Rationale of Ratiocination pattymarie	56:42
12	Close Observation sawasawaya	25:42
13	Other Detectives of Fiction acousticwave	22:42
14	Portraits Joseph Tabler	40:03
15	Devious Devices acousticwave	18:31
16	Footprints and Fingerprints acousticwave	35:32
17	More Devices realisticspeakers	23:33
18	Fake Devices acousticwave	23:41
19	Murder in General Availle	27:45
20	Persons in the Story acousticwave	21:35
21	The Handling of the Crime Sonia	9:08
22	The Motive Sonia	3:52
23	Evidence Sonia	39:39
24	Structure acousticwave	24:43
25	Plots Scotty Smith	28:26
26	Further Advices HenryElliott	17:44
27	Final Advices MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood	22:34