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Death and the Detective: A Word Prompt-inspired Series
Paperback
Series: The Writing Prompt Mystery, Book 1
Publisher: Cathy Miller
Published: Feb 6 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What do you get when a set of creative writing prompts become a detective series?
In this collection of short stories that make up the Death and the Detective series, word prompt challenges led Detective, Brett Connors, down the coast of California to follow the trails of serial killers. After twenty-five years as a homicide detective, Connors thought he could not be shocked. He was wrong. Deadly images burned through his protective shield as he raced against being called to one more murder scene. Would he arrive too late?
A great mystery or story can start with a single word.Word prompt challenges inspire participants to use random words or phrases to create poems, flash fiction, or short stories. Writers and non-writers tap into their unique self.Death and the Detective is the first in the Writing Prompt Mystery series. The series will provide you with an example of how word prompts work. Feel inspired by the detective series and the word prompts used. Then try it out for yourself. Develop your own stories or series or whatever form of writing you prefer. Do it for fun and break down that wall to the other side of creativity.
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