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U30DBC: Murder Mystery Thingy day 2
red herring - something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting.





More info can be found in http://literarydevices.net/red-herring/





The prompt for June 2, 2015: In writing a mystery is it essential to have a red herring?








If I ever get a red herring, it would purely be by accident. My characters would be in a dance of the hunter and prey. So misdirection, a/k/a strategy and cunning, is probably going on, but I would hope that it was more cleverly disguised than a red herring. I do not like red herring because it screams slapstick telegraphing of actions.
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