/lit/ - Literature

Serialized detective stories set in a forgotten realmsish fantasy world. Tonally, hopefully smiliar to Discworld.

Stil trying to work out the details. The first story will probably be some adaptation of A Study in Scarlet(for ease of learning the characters and ive never written ymstery before).

SHould the detective be some especially keen race of creature, or just a paticurally observant human?

And the narrator/assistant/Watson? I was thinking something like a dwarf, with a rigid view of what the world should be like. maybe something unintelligent like a goblin, a reason to explain the detective's thinking. Maybe a human for relatability.

Any thoughts?

What makes a good mystery?

Favorite Mystery stories?

Tips for writing good Mysteries?