Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimesis an American writer of detective fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
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Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story.
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There are people who read Tolstoy or Dostoevski who do not insist that their endings be happy or pleasant or, at least, not be depressing. But if you're writing mysteries - oh, no, you can't have an ending like that. It must be tidy.