Like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Sara Paretsky and Thomas Harris, you, too, can learn the trade secrets of quality detective fiction.<br><br>It's true.  Just one year from now, you can deliver a completed mystery novel to a publisher--by writing only on weekends.  Authors Robert J.  Ray and Jack Remick guide you through the entire mystery-writing process, from creating a killer to polishing off the final draft.  Each weekend you'll focus on a specific task--learning the basics of novel-writing, the special demands of mystery-writing, and the secrets professionals use to create stories one scene at a time, building to a shivery, satisfying climax.  Using Agatha Christie's <i>The Body in the Library</i> as a model for the classical mystery tale and Martin Cruz Smith's <i>Gorky Park</i> for the hard-boiled mystery, this unique step-by-step program gives you all the information you need to reach your ultimate goal: a finished book in just 52 weeks!  <br><br>Let two successful masters of the genre show you how...<br><br>Discover:<br><br> Why you must create your killer first<br> The tricks to writing dialogue that does it all--moves your plot, involves your reader, and makes your style sizzle<br> How to "bury" information (and corpses) for your reader to find<br> Why you should NOT build your book around chapters<br> Special techniques for clearing writer's block<br> Plus: examples from Sue Grafton, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Cornwell, Thomas Harris, Raymond Chandler, and more.