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• A good dictionary
• A good thesaurus
• Crossword puzzle dictionary
• Making Crime Pay by Andrea Campbell
• Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain
• The Writer's Journey by Chris Vogler
• Scene and Structure by Jack Bickham
• The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon (great book on grammar)
• Rights of the Accused by Andrea Campbell
• Writers Digest Howdunit books
• The Bone Lady by Mary H. Manheim (forensic anthropology)
• The Arsenic Milkshake by Sylvia Barrett (forensic science)
• Baby name book
• Phone book (for last names)
• The Sell Your Novel Toolkit by Elizabeth Lyons
• Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
• The Complete Book of Scriptwriting by J. Michael Straczyniski (great on character and plot)
• Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues and Investigation by Andrea Campbell
• Getting the Words Right by Theodore A. Rees Cheney
• Making Your Words Work by Gary Provost
• Creating Story People by Dwight Swain
• The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
• The Deadly Directory by Kate Derie
• Legal Ease: A Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure by Andrea Campbell
• Don't Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden