Lit Fest 2025

The case file, often called the “murder book,” is used by homicide detectives to gather information about their investigation, from autopsy reports to witness interviews. In this workshop, we’ll develop our own writer’s murder book. Our case file will include tools for developing the structure of our mystery or thriller, creating our cast of characters, planting clues and red herrings, and more. Our murder books will contain everything we need to write page-turning, believable stories, including how to handle that essential requirement of the modern thriller—the twist.