Mystery

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Half the pleasure is being beaten fairly. The answer sits on the page from fairly early on, and you are invited to reach it first.

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Cozy mystery2 Whodunit2 Crime / noir0 Noir0 Political intrigue0

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What you're in for

·The clues are on the page. Fair-play mysteries survive a reread with every one still there.
·Tone swings hard. Cozy village mysteries and bleak crime novels sit in the same genre.
·A good one makes the solution feel inevitable once you see it and invisible until you do.

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