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Mystery Terms

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Horizontales
The hints the writer drops that might help the reader solve the mystery.  (They may steer you wrong.)
Something that furnished proof of a crime.
The story character who assists the detective in solving the mystery but generally is surprised at the outcome because the detective is smarter and has caught more of the clues
A FALSE clue which points the reader onto the wrong trail and puts off solving the mystery.
The process of trying to find answers for questions or unsolved mysteries.
When enemies hold your secrets against you in order to get what they want.
The “bad guy” in the mystery story whose bad deeds have set the story in motion.
Someone who may have committed a crime.  Someone who “could have done it.”
The character who will solve a mystery.
Verticales
An illegal act like theft or murder committed by a villain.
Anxiety or excitement about an outcome.
Proof of one’s location at the time a crime is committed.
This is a short for “Confidence Man.”  He is dishonest.  He makes his living by earning your trust, taking your money and leaving you in the dust. 
The person in the story who is hurt or killed by the villain’s actions. 
Another expression for “dangerous woman.”
The resolution of a mystery.
The reason why a crime was committed.  In a mystery story the motive is often greed, money or love.