![]() The victim was found drowned in a whiskey barrel at the distillery.Ĥ0. Who would kill the guest of honor at their 100 th birthday party?ģ9. The murder victims all have the same tailor.ģ8. ![]() The report of a celebrity’s death is false, but he dies soon after.ģ7. One of the pies submitted to the state fair contest was poisoned.ģ6. A woman who didn’t know she was adopted meets her twin sister, who gives her a dire warning.ģ5. He was murdered on his honeymoon on a cruise ship, and his new, much-younger bride was the only one on board who even knew him.ģ4. A dead body is found in an unclaimed piece of luggage at the airport.ģ3. The inspector’s friend is murdered while he is talking on the phone to the inspector.ģ2. He claims to be the rich man who was lost at sea two decades ago.ģ1. ![]() The murders are re-enactments of famous murders in novels or movies.ģ0. A practicing witch or voodoo priestess is accused of murder.Ģ9. Three different guests at the Air BnB died later under mysterious circumstances.Ģ8. The painting must have been stolen from the museum in broad daylight, but the security cameras malfunctioned and no witnesses have come forward.Ģ7. Writers are being murdered at the mystery writers’ convention.Ģ6. A woman wakes up with a headache and goes into work, only to learn that she’s been missing for a month.Ģ5. The murders all relate to common fears, such as public speaking, flying, and heights.Ģ4. The accidental death of this investigative reporter seems a little too convenient.Ģ3. A writer researching his biography of a Golden Age movie star comes across something that makes him suspect that contrary to the official story, she was a murder victim.Ģ2. A man she didn’t know left her a valuable and unusual item in his will.Ģ1. Serial murders in cities in two different countries are very similar.Ģ0. Clues to the mystery come to him in dreams, but nobody believes him.ġ9. The graves of historic figures are being robbed.ġ8. In the middle of a wilderness, someone finds an abandoned bunker with security cameras, powered by a generator.ġ7. Every unmarried lady at the ball wanted to dance with the duke, so it’s too bad he was found stabbed in the garden.ġ6. A detective is hired for a high price to find a thief who stole something that doesn’t appear to have any real value.ġ5. He’s always been a faithful husband, but someone has planted false evidence of his having an affair.ġ4. Someone replaced the woman’s contact lens solution with a damaging liquid.ġ3. As a man researches his genealogy, he finds that ancestors from a few different generations and a few different countries made visits to the same remote place.ġ2. A sorority sister who bullied prospective pledges is found dead.ġ1. A museum conservator is restoring an old painting, and an X-ray reveals something shocking or mysterious painted or written in the layer beneath.ġ0. ![]() The dead woman’s wedding ring is found in a ditch forty miles away.ĩ. Her parents believe her to be their biological child, but they all learn otherwise.Ĩ. The creator of a high-tech prototype that will change an industry has gone missing.ħ. It’s going to be a beautiful wedding at a beautiful destination, but two people in the wedding party have been murdered.Ħ. ![]() Notes and gifts from her “Secret Santa” at work take a strange turn.ĥ. Three people close to the murder victim have confessed. Murder victims are found buried with some of their wordly goods, Viking style.ģ. A woman asks a writer to write the story of her life. (And you might also be interested in my list of 50 thriller plot ideas!)īe sure to save the post for future reference (or pin it on Pinterest!)ġ. Whether you stumble across a story idea you love in the process, or you just get your creative writing juices flowing again, it’s so worth it.Īlthough I had mystery novels in mind, some of these could become a subplot in a different fiction genre, from fantasy and romance (especially romantic suspense), to historical fiction and thrillers. You can also use this list as an idea generator for free writing. Ten different writers could take the same writing prompt here and write ten vastly different stories, so there’s no reason to worry about whether it’s okay to get inspiration from here. The originality and charm, of course, is mostly in the execution. The reader knows that by the end of the book, questions will have been answered, which is a comforting element in even the most gruesome murder mysteries. Early on, a dead body turns up, a valuable item goes missing, or a puzzle begs to be solved. The basic mystery plot formula is pretty simple. That inspired me to write this list of prompts for mystery stories. Hi, everyone! You know how I love working on story ideas and creative writing exercises, and I’ve been reading a lot of mystery novels lately - mostly cozy mysteries, not gritty crime novels, although I might enjoy those, too. ![]()
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