I will be on the road today en route to Bouchercon, so I won’t be able to respond. Here is a question for you to discuss amongst yourselves.
Do you prefer to read about clever crimes, ingenious crimes, heinous crimes, or funny crimes? Do you like these scenes to be offstage or on site?
See examples of each below.
Clever crime: Stabbing victim with icicle that later melts, dissolving the murder weapon. Or using the victim’s own medications against him.
Ingenious crime: Getting a person who has a bee allergy in contact with an aggressive bee. Maybe multiple people get stung, disguising the true victim. This one takes more thought and planning than a mere clever crime.
Heinous crime: Abducting and murdering people then cutting up their body parts or dissolving them in acid.
Funny crime: Beating the victim with a frozen turkey and then cooking it up for the cops.
Which type do you prefer in the mysteries you read or write?