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MYSTERY TITLES THAT ASK QUESTIONS

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Louis Phillips:


Not all mystery titles are single words or short phrases, Some titles are complete sentences (THE BUTLER DID IT)
while others ask questions. A fun game (?) may be to ask readers to name authentic mystery novels that ask
questions & then answer them. Oh well, couldn't do this without consulting and ransacking Allen J. Hubin's
indispensable Bibliographies of Crime Fiction. Mystery readers cannot thank Mr. Hubin enough.

 DO YOU LIKE TAHITI?
 Don't know. Never been.

   WHO CRIES FOR A LOSER?
  This season, ask NY METS fans.

 WHO'D WANT TO KILL
 GEORGE?
Ask George's wife.

   CAN A MERMAID KILL?
That question never gets asked enough.

 WHO'S ON FIRST?
I don't know -- but isn't he the 3rd baseman?


WHY CALL IT HOMICIDE?
 Well, the corpse has 5 bullet holes in his chest.

   

JRob:
How about Gary K. Wolf's "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" which went on to become the highly successful movie (albeit drastically changed) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

mystery editor:
What about WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS by Kate Atkinson?

--from Meredith Phillips, Perseverance Press

Becke Davis:
I think I timed out - I was trying to think of question titles, but this is more challenging than I thought it would be! Try again:

WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? Agatha Christie

MADAME, WILL YOU TALK? Mary Stewart

WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? Mary Higgins Clark

ANNA, WHERE ARE YOU? Patricia Wentworth

I'm sure there are loads more, but I'm going to cut this off before I time out again.

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