How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art & Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past

by Kathy Lynn Emerson and Dashka Slater

Book Overview

Emerson, author of the Lady Appleton and Diana Spaulding mystery series, turns her hand to how it's done in this useful guide to writing historical crime fiction. Drawing on her own works and those of her fellow historical-mystery writers (Kerry Greenwood, Alan Gordon, Carola Dunn, and others), she lays out, in commonsense sequence, the stages of planning and writing a historical mystery. Chapters on choosing setting and character, research, crafting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880284928
• ISBN13: 9781880284926
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Perseverance Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"