Mystery / Crime
Suspenseful stories to keep you on the edge of your seat! Mysteries, crimes and murders to solve...great for budding detectives :)
Key Elements of Mystery / Crime :
A ‘detective’/detectives collect evidence to solve the puzzle - Characterisation and plot interweave evidence with red herrings - Builds peaks of suspense - Short, swift opening encouraging reader’s curiosity - Each character can be a suspect - End comes quickly and is brief - Resolution solves the mystery by showing how the culprit is guilty and everyone else is innocent
Language Features of Mystery / Crime:
Often written in the third person - Descriptions linked to clues - ‘red herrings’ and clues are included by: dialogue, relationships, and characters’ implied motives
A selection of Mystery / Crime novels in the College Library are listed below:
Murder on the Orient Express by 
The Case of the Missing Marquess by 
