: 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,

Most mysteries don't exist in isolation, but rather they are manifold, take one of my favourites, Roanoke, there are several mysteries within the mystery of the Roanoke disaster:

where did the colonists try to go?
where did they actually end up?
when did they leave?
and most "interestingly" what on Earth does "CROATOAN" mean?

So multiple related mysteries certainly have a place in a single piece.

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