Ever wonder how mystery authors come up with their plots, characters, and red herrings? Wonder no more: this is your chance to participate in the making of a mystery! Audience members help supply the victim(s), the protagonist, the sidekick, the red herring, and the murderer… and will eventually put the entire story together. Throughout the event, author Jeannette de Beauvoir uses these categories to weave in information about the genre and the craft: the difference between a cozy mystery and a procedural, the importance of sense of place, the formation of character, and the plot—which most certainly will include a twist.
In less than 80 minutes you’ll have created a (semi)-coherent story to rival Agatha Christie—but having a lot more fun than Agatha ever did! Will everyone weave together a spooky story aboard a midnight train, a hilarious mix-up in an old castle, or perhaps strange comings and goings in a haunted mansion? To find out, bring your imagination and sense of fun to the mystery room.
Jeannette de Beauvoir didn’t set out to murder anyone—some things are just meant to be! Her mother introduced her to the Golden Age of mystery fiction, and she’s kept following those authors and many like them ever since. Currently working on the Sydney Riley Provincetown mystery series, she bumps off a resident or visitor to her hometown on a regular basis. Dead in the Water, the eighth book in the series, came out May 1.
Registration is required. Call 508/946-2470 or email lfox@sailsinc.org.
Thanks to the Friends of the Middleboro Public Library for sponsoring this program.