Mystery Genre

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Mystery Genre
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Mystery

• a work of fiction, a drama, or a film dealing
  with a puzzling crime

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What is Mystery?

• A Problem To Solve
• Who did it?
• What is it?
• How did it happen?

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Mystery is

• Realistic in some ways
• Everything in the story revolves around a puzzle
  or an unusual problem to solve.
• The author drops hints that might help the reader
  solve the mystery.
• There might be distractions in story to lead the
  reader away from the correct solution.
• The story ends with a credible, realistic
  solution to the mystery

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Often Called A Whodunnit?

• An often complicated, plot-driven story
• the reader is provided with clues
• the identity of the perpetrator of the crime may
  be deduced (figured out) before the solution is
  revealed in the final pages of the book

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Mystery Genre Terminology

• Alibi a plea offered by an accused person of
  not having been at the scene of crime.
• Clue something that appears to give information
  toward solving the crime.
• Crime a serious violation of the law.
• Culprit a person guilty of a crime.

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• Deduction collecting facts and drawing a
  possible conclusion.
• Evidence someone or something that proves who
  committed the crime.
• Motive the cause of a criminals action.
• Red herring a false lead that throws
  investigators off track.

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• Sleuth an investigator or detective.
• Suspects people who appear to have a motive to
  have committed the crime.
• Suspense feeling of excitement or uncertainty
  as to the outcome of a situation.
• Witness person who has personal knowledge about
  the crime.