“Suspicion quickly centers on Jessica’s friend”

A hidden relationship is always one of my favorite plot twists!

quite a number of Jessica Fletcher's friends turned out to be sketchy. I still love and miss her. great video👏👏👏😀

Great video, Jane! Hiding the villain in plain sight is one of my favourite plot twists. I actually remember the Murdoch Mysteries (love Crabtree) and Murder She Wrote episodes.

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The #1 is also key to the solution of POIROT'S CHRISTMAS.

It would be interesting see a video about what makes a bad mystery. I think that one type of bad mystery would be where the murderer turns out to be someone who never appeared in the book/show anywhere. Another would be where the sleuth finds a clue, and acts on it, but the clue is hidden from the audience. (In Mission Impossible 3, the team pursue an object called "Rabbit's Foot", which is never defined). Yet another bad mystery trope would be where, at the big reveal at the end, the sleuth announces some secret chamber or trap door (or other secret) that the audience never had a chance to discern.

As a newbie, I'd sure appreciate some advice on how to foreshadow in these cases, without tipping my hand, please. Do you have any advice? Thanks Jane!

Terrific! Thanks Jane!

I love the idea about a killer making him/herself a supposed victim. Great video as always, Jane!

Ever watch a bad mystery? In "The Glass Onion" the murderer is actually the secret twin of someone that was a victim of a murder, and seeking revenge. At no point in the entire show is the audience ever given any clue that this might happen.

i'm bingeing your videos in prep for nanowrimo and i just wanna say i appreciate your expertise and clear explanations so much! and i love how you always use examples. such great quality videos!!!

I love these!

Another great video. Thanks

Yet another delicious video. Thank you Jane!

These tips are really helping me write the better mystery novel - just like building the better mousetrap. Thank you, Jane. (No. No Agatha Christie pun was intended, although it was a funny pun.)

It's helpful to me how you explain the plot and hidden clues from movies. Thanks for another encouraging video!

My story has a hidden relationship plot, in it, the victim bites it after being sent a lot of threatening letters, accusing him of the death of a woman by the name of Primula Greaves and the threatner is one of the main cast who is secretly Primula’s vengeful best friend while the killer is her even more vengeful husband

I remember seeing this episode of Midsomer Murders and it’s a hidden relationship (kinda, hear me out) the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur is found dead and Barnaby is sent to investigate, finding the prime suspect the entrepreneur’s son but his girlfriend gives him an alibi, they turn to the entrepreneur and his maid says that the wife usually goes out for a walk. Later, a man blackmails the killer and during a cricket match, the blackmailer is found dead and the son next to his body, apparently found by the girlfriend, the girlfriend testifies that the son left during the time of the murder and the son is arrested. But Barnaby reveals that the girlfriend and the maid are mother and daughter and the two worked together to drive the entrepreneur to suicide to avenge their loved one, the girlfriend’s father who died in an explosion thanks to the entrepreneur, but luckily Barnaby stops it before the entrepreneur can die

I've read that you need to show the reader all the clues or they will feel cheated because they didn't have a fair chance at guessing who the killer is. But this is okay? In which circumstances is it okay to hide information from them? I've been binge watching your videos, and learning so much! I really appreciate the help!