| 1 | So you want to have a mystery show? Well, there are only a few kinds of mystery, truth be told: |
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| 3 | * A pure procedural, usually [[PoliceProcedural police]] based: We know what the viewpoint characters know. Favorite lurking grounds of YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle. |
| 4 | * The FairPlayWhodunnit: You know what the Master Detective knows, and if you're smart enough, at a certain point, you can solve it ahead of him without being Genre Savvy. |
| 5 | * The CluelessMystery: Not really a mystery, but shows up in mystery shows anyway. Sometimes a sign of poor writing, although sometimes it's the point of the story in question. |
| 6 | * The ReverseWhodunnit: Not a mystery per se, but shows up fairly frequently; also known as "Columbo-style" and a Howcatchem. When done poorly, it becomes a ConvictionByContradiction. |
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| 8 | Consult [[http://www.diogenes-club.com/knoxrules.htm Father Knox's Ten Commandments]] for some additional insight into how classic mysteries are to be written. |
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