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Crafting a killer cozy can be perilous. Fans of the subgenre expect authors to forego explicit gore and violence while at the same time creating a mind-boggling murder mystery with pulse-pounding tension and a twisty plot. But how is a writer supposed to satisfy such disparate demands?

How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery tackles this exact problem by providing an actionable roadmap for starting (and completing!) a manuscript that will leave readers dying for more. Packed with charts and questionnaires designed to streamline the writing process, this comprehensive step-by-step guide will help you create compelling characters, vivid settings, and clever storylines.

Whether you're a new writer or just new to the genre, you will walk away from How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery with a checklist for everything you'll need to start your first draft and you will also learn…

The history behind the modern cozy and why they're so popular with today's audiences The 13 key reader expectations for the genre The 10 essential rules every cozy must follow to create a fair play puzzle The difference between cozies, thrillers, capers, detective stories, and police procedurals The difference between a premise and a hook—and how to kick-butt writing both The essential beats for the four-act plot structure How to effectively hide clues and create plot twists

And as a special bonus, How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery contains an extensive **GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS** and modern as well as classic examples of commonly used mystery solutions and misdirects.