35 Tips for Plotting a Murder: Killer Advice for Crafting Your Next Novel!

by Daniel Linden

As you reach the final pages of the book, your heart races with anticipation. The tips and tricks you've learned along the way have brought you to the edge of your seat, but nothing could prepare you for what comes next. Suddenly, you feel a stinging sensation on your finger, and you look down to see a thin cut from the sharp edge of a page.

Your eyes widen in terror as you realize that the book in your hands is the true killer!

You try to run, but the killer book follows, its pages slicing through the air like a sword. You're trapped in a fight for your life, and the only way out is to use the very tips you've learned to craft the perfect murder mystery.

As you dodge and weave through the empty streets, you realize that the only way to defeat the killer book is to outsmart it. With each move, you employ the techniques you've learned, from misdirection to pacing to planting the perfect clues.

With a final blow, you strike down the killer book, its pages falling to the ground like droplets of blood. You've survived the ultimate battle and now armed with the knowledge of 35 tips for crafting the perfect murder mystery, you know that, in the end, you'll emerge victorious in any writing mystery-thriller writing challenge that comes your way.

81 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2023

About the author

Daniel Linden Sensei is master instructor of Shoshin Aikido Dojo. Training in Martial Arts for over 40 years, Linden Sensei has been teaching Aikido for over 35 years. He is one of the most experienced teachers of aikido in th US and currently holds the rank of rokudan (6th Dan). Starting with Boxing in Chicaco in 1962, Linden Sensei also practiced Judo, Karate, and Wrestling. After serving the United States in South Viet Nam for the Navy, Linden Sensei began his study of Aikido in Chicago under Takahashi Sensei and later under Akira Tohei Sensei. Linden Sensei moved to Florida in 1975. There he opened his first Aikido dojo in Central Florida in Crescent City. In 1977 he moved to Denver, Colorado and founded the Rocky Mountain Aikikai, which is still in operation. Linden Sensei moved back to Florida in 1982 and taught Aikido at the University of Central Florida before founding Shoshin Aikido Dojo, Int. in Orlando. Sensei Linden has many interests that spill over into the teaching of his art. The dojo has a Luthiery Studio where he builds world class mandolins and guitars. His big Labrador Retriever, Gibson, sits outside the door watching. He plays guitar, mandolin, and violin for The Rocky Mountain Memory Show which plays music on local and national tours. He is an avid traveler along with his wife Laurie and has seen the Anatalyan Deserts, the High Himalaya and the Citys of Europe. In his career as a Security Specialist for the City of Olando he has been on special assignment to the F.B.I., Ogange County, The F.D.L.E. and has served often with the Presidential Detail of the United States Secret Service. Over the years Daniel Linden has taken advantage of the freedom to develop a unique approach to Aikido that also draws on his strong martial background. While embodying the principles of Aikido, he has found a fresh approach in explaining these principles to Westeners using non-Japanese terms. He has made this approach availabe to all Aikidoka through this book.