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Demystifying the Beats
Cozy, hard-boiled, or historical…
Is writing your mystery novel a complete mystery?
Crafting a convincing mystery requires unique story beats—the keys to delivering a satisfying read.
This sassy chat (in book form) presented by award-winning authors reveals the secrets to help you execute a story that works. You won’t be handcuffed to a formula. It’s a guideline for assembling clues, criminals, and conclusions in your unique, “perfectly-poisonous” blend.
Whether your book is a carefully plotted caper, a crime of opportunity, or something in between, join our covert operation as we demystify the mystery beats.
Is writing your mystery novel a complete mystery?
Crafting a convincing mystery requires unique story beats—the keys to delivering a satisfying read.
This sassy chat (in book form) presented by award-winning authors reveals the secrets to help you execute a story that works. You won’t be handcuffed to a formula. It’s a guideline for assembling clues, criminals, and conclusions in your unique, “perfectly-poisonous” blend.
Whether your book is a carefully plotted caper, a crime of opportunity, or something in between, join our covert operation as we demystify the mystery beats.
- GenresNonfiction
128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2022
About the author
Jordyn Kross
30 books101 followersAward-winning, spicy romance author, Jordyn Kross, is an unapologetically naughty novelist who spent years honing her writing skills with tech manuals and marginal poetry before finding her passion for writing sexy, boundary-stretching happily-ever-afters.
When she’s not writing, she’s attempting to garden in the desert Southwest, hiking with her insane pound posse, and admiring that handsome man wandering around her house who continues to stay.
Jordyn enjoys saucy double entendres, pretending to be an extrovert, and is well-known for having no filter. And when she’s not in social media jail, she can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads, or hiding in a dark cave peering out at Twitter.
Her complete award-winning Melting Hearts series of contemporary erotic romance is available everywhere in ebook and print. She's currently working to finish one of her many in-progress series, Dirty Daisy Mystery Series. Book four is expected in February 2027.
Keep up with all her shenanigans by subscribing to her Naughty News at
my website.
When she’s not writing, she’s attempting to garden in the desert Southwest, hiking with her insane pound posse, and admiring that handsome man wandering around her house who continues to stay.
Jordyn enjoys saucy double entendres, pretending to be an extrovert, and is well-known for having no filter. And when she’s not in social media jail, she can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads, or hiding in a dark cave peering out at Twitter.
Her complete award-winning Melting Hearts series of contemporary erotic romance is available everywhere in ebook and print. She's currently working to finish one of her many in-progress series, Dirty Daisy Mystery Series. Book four is expected in February 2027.
Keep up with all her shenanigans by subscribing to her Naughty News at
my website.
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November 11, 2022
This is the way "How-to's" SHOULD be written
Maybe it takes the combined minds of four actual mystery writers to pull this off (instead of some academic analysts, let's say), but these authors have given us wannabes the path to writing our own mysteries. Having written a couple of mysteries myself, I now see what I did, and did not do well, and all the places I could have done better. Maybe I'll try again. Thanks guys for this excellent book!
Maybe it takes the combined minds of four actual mystery writers to pull this off (instead of some academic analysts, let's say), but these authors have given us wannabes the path to writing our own mysteries. Having written a couple of mysteries myself, I now see what I did, and did not do well, and all the places I could have done better. Maybe I'll try again. Thanks guys for this excellent book!
September 15, 2023
Informative and useful. I wish it had more examples of the ways beats can be combined or shifted throughout an act or moved to different parts of the plot
February 10, 2025
Very helpful, quick read with lots of information about writing a mystery novel. Will use this whenever I need to write mystery subplots.
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