: Re: Can a mystery novel have more than one mystery in it? And does it have to be a "who dunnit" concept? I am writing a novel and it goes something like this: In the first half of the novel,

Can you do it? Sure. As opposed to what? Do you think the Mystery Novel Police will arrest you for breaking the rules of the genre?

The question is not, "Am I allowed to do this?", but "Does it make a good story?" If the answer to the second question is "yes", then do it. If as you write this story you discover that it's not working, that the story is boring or confusing or whatever, then drop it and try something else.

Have you ever seen the old TV series "Columbo"? Each episode was a murder mystery, but they were not really "who done it"s. Each episode began showing the audience the murder happening, so the audience knew from the start who the killer was. And we were usually given to understand that the detective quickly figured out who the killer was. The mystery was always, "how can he prove it?"

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