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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March/April 2023)

Linda Landrigan

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Reading the Signs

In any mystery, the careful deployment of clues, character, setting, and foreshadowing can be seen as the author’s fingerprints. Even if the basic set-up of a story is familiar, the writer’s command of their tools and craft can keep the reader hooked until the final paragraph. Where the investigator’s role is to reveal the significance of each clue, the author’s is to conceal the labor required to create the story. At AHMM, we strive for variety in approach and style, but always seek the kind of writing that will keep the reader thumbing through, leaving their own prints all over the issue.

In Mark Thielman’s “A Study with Scarlett,” actual signage plays a role when an unfortunate error catches the attention of a beautiful woman. A former cop just starting his own security agency misreads the signs when he is invited to an unusual interview for a job in “The Accessories Club” by Robert Lopresti. Three reunited friends parse clues concerning the fate of their beloved high school art teacher in “Claire’s Cabin” by Catherine Dilts. In Michael Bracken’s procedural “Beat the Clock,” Detective Highlander sorts out the welter of clues surrounding the death of a widower. And a man making a jailbreak with the help of his brother questions the brother’s motives in “Toe on the Ladder” by John Paxton Sheriff.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Release: March 01, 2023

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (March/April 2023)

Linda Landrigan

0/5 ( ratings)

Reading the Signs

In any mystery, the careful deployment of clues, character, setting, and foreshadowing can be seen as the author’s fingerprints. Even if the basic set-up of a story is familiar, the writer’s command of their tools and craft can keep the reader hooked until the final paragraph. Where the investigator’s role is to reveal the significance of each clue, the author’s is to conceal the labor required to create the story. At AHMM, we strive for variety in approach and style, but always seek the kind of writing that will keep the reader thumbing through, leaving their own prints all over the issue.

In Mark Thielman’s “A Study with Scarlett,” actual signage plays a role when an unfortunate error catches the attention of a beautiful woman. A former cop just starting his own security agency misreads the signs when he is invited to an unusual interview for a job in “The Accessories Club” by Robert Lopresti. Three reunited friends parse clues concerning the fate of their beloved high school art teacher in “Claire’s Cabin” by Catherine Dilts. In Michael Bracken’s procedural “Beat the Clock,” Detective Highlander sorts out the welter of clues surrounding the death of a widower. And a man making a jailbreak with the help of his brother questions the brother’s motives in “Toe on the Ladder” by John Paxton Sheriff.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Release: March 01, 2023

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